Hinduism’s motherland was not in India but Pakistan

Empires of the Indus by Alice Albinia
In a land where it seldom rains, a river is as precious as gold.
Water is potent: it trickles through human dreams, permeates lives, dictates agriculture, religion and warfare. Ever since Homo sapiens first migrated out of Africa, the Indus has drawn thirsty conquerors to its banks. Some of the [...]

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Hindutva Terrorism under scanner

Death of Kanpur bomb makers strengthens suspicions
NEW DELHI: The explosion that killed two Bajrang Dal leaders on Sunday night in Kanpur when they were making bombs reinforces suspicions that at least some of the terror strikes of the recent past can be traced to a small fringe of Hindu fundamentalists. Investigators especially point to the [...]

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India’s denial of democracy spurs violence in Kashmir

MASKED by the Olympics, the bloody events in Georgia, and the forced departure from office of Pakistan’s president Parvez Musharraf, another closely linked troublespot has begun to rumble.
For the first time in a decade, serious unrest has brought the troubled region of Kashmir to the brink of a full-scale rebellion by disgruntled Muslims, who form [...]

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Why Kashmiris are against India?

According to a computation made by the General Administration Department (GAD) in 2005, for submission to the Sachar Committee, the Jammu and Kashmir state had roughly 3,52,000 employees. The Department worked out the percentage of employees to the total strength of respective communities. Hindu employees represent 4.61 percent of the 30 lakh Hindu population in [...]

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0.4% Americans are Hindus

Hindus constitute 0.4 % of US population according to a survey by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life issued Monday.

The 148-page Pew study is the first report of the U.S. Religious Landscape Survey and is believed to be one of the most comprehensive snapshots of religious affiliation. The study was based on [...]

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