Hinduism

In Kayamkulam and Haripad, tension is brewing between the RSS and CPI(M) over the preposterous theory that someone is planning to steal bulls from the Oachira temple. The bulls are supposed to be the direct descendants of Nandi
Nikhil Thiyyar Kayamkulam

My recent trip to Gujarat was largely uneventful except for all the fafdas (some crazy shaped puffs made of gram flour) that I had during my road journey to Surat from Ahmedabad. Every time I would tell my driver Ratanbhai that I wanted to have tea and a little bite - he would park the car at the nearest fafda place. I wanted to have an omelette and told him so, but I could not have committed a bigger blasphemy in his eyes. He made a dirty face and told me that it was not available on this highway and its consumption was generally not encouraged!

At a recent international conference, Buddhist and Hindu leaders came together to discuss ‘lawless forces backed by extremely violent ideologies’ and its impact on democracy in Asia
Sadiq Naqvi Delhi

Of all the ugly discourses happening during achhe din, the Adarsh Sanghi/Bhakt and Adarsh Liberal posters/cartoon strips are the least offensive and the most amusing. Here’s an example from an article in the Hindustan Times: 

An Adarsh Liberal is “someone who goes on an expensive holiday to discuss and understand poverty,” and while he “supports PETA”, he “eats chicken and beef”, “shifts goalposts if losing arguments”, “attacks Hindu gods to become secular”, etc.