Complaints from religious and political leaders have forced the scrapping of a requirement for Hindu scriptures to be made available to students in India's Muslim-majority state of Jammu and Kashmir.

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This prayer from the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, the second part of the Yajurveda, an ancient Sanskrit text, has held great significance to me and served as a steppingstone in my spiritual journey.

A Catholic priest and human rights activist from the western Indian state of Gujarat has welcomed the inclusion of a Hindu scripture, Bhagavad Gita, in the school syllabus but warned against growing ...

Hindu scriptures such as the Vedas, Puranas, and epics like the Mahabharata make numerous references to dogs. Far from being dismissed as ordinary animals, dogs in these texts are often portrayed as ...

Is a natural disaster like tsunami god s punishment for people s moral laxity? Does God inflict mass destruction in which the innocent are killed? Why doesn t a loving God prevent natural disasters?