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News Reports

India lodges strong protest over desecration of Buddhist carvings in PoK’s Gilgit-Baltistan, asks Pakistan to vacate illegally occupied territories

OpIndia Staff - 3 June, 2020

India has lodged a strong protest with Pakistan over the destruction of Indian-Buddhist heritage in the Gilgit-Baltistan region

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Buddhist rock carvings vandalised by Islamists in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan flag painted on ancient artwork

OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020

Islamists vandalise Buddhist rock carvings in Gilgit-Baltistan by writing Islamic slogans on the rock-art from 800 AD.

Opinions

Satyatva or the Absolute Truth: Resonances across Religions and Rejection of Exclusivism

Dr. Mrittunjoy Guha Majumdar - 11 March, 2020

the Absolute Truth transcends the relative, the subjective, the worldly, to the extent of transcending polarities and dualities

News Reports

Main gate of a Buddhist Monastery set ablaze by miscreants in Leh

OpIndia Staff - 11 July, 2019

The Ladakh Buddhist Association has demanded strict action against the culprits.

News Reports

Buddhist Monk arrested in Bodhgaya for the sexual exploitation of his students

OpIndia Staff - 2 September, 2018

The children also accused the head monk of locking them up them in a room with food and water for a prolonged period of time.

News Reports

Town near Tokyo was named after Goddess Lakshmi, but there’s more that bind Hinduism and Japanese Buddhism

OpIndia Staff - 13 August, 2018

Japan worships a host of Hindus Gods and Goddesses although they are not always aware of their origins.

News Reports

Reuters displays blatant Hinduphobia by comparing Hindu Swastika to the Nazi Hakenkreuz

Jhankar Mohta - 30 June, 2018

There is a significant difference between the two symbols, which they have ludicrously compared and have in turn hurt the Hindu sentiments.

Opinions

The Swastika in Charlottesville: the symbol needs to be reclaimed from Nazis

Shrideep Biswas - 15 September, 2017

This article elaborates upon the Indic perspective regarding the 'Swastika Controversy' in the Western world.

News Reports

On Guru Purnima: Thirty-four meanings of the word ‘Guru’

Nityanand Misra - 9 July, 2017

The origin and various meanings of the word 'guru' that commonly is used for 'teacher' or 'learned'.

Culture and History

Series | Decoding Indian Belief Systems: Does Hinduism believe in one God or 33 crore Gods?

Guest Author - 2 December, 2015

While the texts might have meant 33 Supreme Gods (including elements of nature and the abstract aspects of the self), they have been lost in translation and many Indians since then believe that Hinduism has 33 crore Gods.

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