Don’t be a monkey — unless you want a stranger to flick you on the nose while you walk your dog. The next issue of Police Beat is here to tell you all about bike thefts, the tragic story of an ...

Hinduism is widely regarded as the oldest religion in the world, with roots that trace back thousands of years. Unlike other major religions, Hinduism has no single founder, no fixed date of origin, ...

Hindus are the world’s fourth-largest religious group, after Christians, Muslims, and the religiously unaffiliated. According to Pew Research Center (Hackett et al., 2025), the number of Hindus ...

(RNS) — The Hindu holiday of Raksha Bandhan, which falls on Saturday (Aug. 9), has long followed a familiar custom: a sister ties a rakhi, or sacred thread, around her brother’s wrist to symbolize her ...

SUKKUR, Pakistan (AP) — On the sandy banks of the Indus River, which flows top to toe through Pakistan and into its southern Sindh province, Hindus waited for brightly colored boats to ferry them to a ...

The first time someone asked me if I was a “Hindi,” I felt a heaviness in my chest. I felt it come back when I walked into a department store and saw T-shirts with “Namastay in Bed” and “Namaslay” ...

A variety of Instagram posts by beauty influencer Lana Patel. (Screen grab) Patel, a trans woman, found herself drawn to her late grandfather’s Hindu traditions as she got older, rejecting the ...

BJP accuses Congress government of suppressing Hindu culture by halting traditional cockfights and interfering with local ...

We had a wedding filled with the vibrancy of Indian culture and the traditions of American culture. I find that our differences have made us a much stronger couple. My wife, Katy, and I come from ...