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(ANALYSIS) Aging is often feared, resisted, and in the cruelest of cases, mocked and even punished. Louise Aronson, a geriatrician and author of the book “Elderhood,” puts it well when she says older people who seek health care are often made to feel superfluous even if the intention is benign. In the workplace in general, […]
Originating in North America, the blossoms have become central to Hindu rituals in India. Source link
The flower has developed a deep national importance, but what exactly it signifies depends on whom you ask. Source link
No one knows precisely when the Patan Dhoka was first constructed, but it was likely sometime during the Malla period (13th – 18th centuries). It has been refurbished many times over the centuries, including after the infamous 1934 earthquake when it was severely damaged. Most recently, it received a facelift in 2018 when it was repainted to […]
Female churchgoers are more likely than male churchgoers to say they don’t have friends from other religious groups (23% v. 14%). Men are more likely than women to report having Jewish (46% vs. 36%), Muslim (35% vs. 22%) and Hindu friends (14% vs. 8%). Those with a high school education or less are among the […]
A Hindu politician has accused his Christian predecessor of allowing a temple’s sanctity to be violated with an animal product. Source link
(EXPLAINER) Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegation last year that gunmen — acting on behalf of the Indian government — were connected to the assassination of a Sikh separatist leader near Vancouver sent relations between the two nations spiraling. A year later and the rift has grown worse. Both countries have expelled diplomats, while […]
(ANALYSIS) In the company of endless superhero comics and Japanese pirate manga lives a delightfully sizable population of religious graphic novels. This is fitting, as perhaps the oldest comics are religious. For, regardless of intention, what do ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics read like if not the comic strip our modern age believes itself to have invented? […]