Variety

There is more to life and politics and current affairs. In this section, we attempt to bring you articles that talk about issues and experiences that matter on a more human and personal level

News Reports

‘Hope sex will eventually be acknowledged as a sport’: Group in Sweden to hold a sex championship, each ‘match’ to last for 45-60 mins

OpIndia Staff - 3 June, 2023

Sweden has recognised sex as a sport and is set to hold the European Sex Championship from June 8

Books

‘This Much is enough for me’ by Virender Kapoor’: Story of a young woman and intellectual patronage

OpIndia Staff - 31 May, 2023

Balancing your life is a personal choice- Virender Kapoor’s new book 'this Much is enough for me' tells how

News Reports

‘Did my little might like the Ramayana’s squirrel’: Dancer Padma Subrahmanyam narrates how she brought the Sengol to PM Modi’s notice through a letter

OpIndia Staff - 26 May, 2023

Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam also talked about the significance of the golden sceptre Sengol in Tamil culture which also finds mention in a Tamil epic.

News Reports

Chola dynasty sceptre ‘Sengol’ to be placed in the new parliament building by PM Modi, was forgotten after handed over to Nehru as a...

OpIndia Staff - 24 May, 2023

Historic sceptre, 'Sengol' from Tamil Nadu will be placed in the new parliament, which was used as symbol of transfer of power in 1947

Opinions

The Non Practicing Hindu

Virender Kapoor - 20 May, 2023

Unlike other religions, Hindu religion does not have a central holy book, a central deity, and definite set of rules to follow

Opinions

From maintaining sanctity of temples to remembering the struggle for reclaiming lost sites, read key takeaways for Hindus after recent Trimbakeshwar controversy

Gopal Tiwari - 20 May, 2023

Trimbakeshwar incident has posed the question of how Hindus are going to preserve the sanctity of their holy places.

News Reports

Russian psychiatrist Anton Andreev becomes Hindu after attaining Tantra Diksha in Varanasi: This Math in Kashi has initiated disciples from 80 countries

OpIndia Staff - 19 May, 2023

Anton Andreev, a Russian psychiatrist, has embraced Hinduism after receiving Tantra Diksha in the holy city of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.

Political History of India

Aurangzeb had demolished Trimbakeshwar temple to build a mosque, Marathas performed Karseva and restored it: The history of the Jyotirlinga

Gopal Tiwari - 17 May, 2023

In 1754, the Marathas performed a karseva to restore the Trimbakeshwar temple that was demolished by Mughal tyrant Aurangzeb.

News Reports

New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art returns 16 smuggled artefacts worth over Rs 9.8 crore to India, were sold by jailed smuggler Subhash Kapoor

OpIndia Staff - 17 May, 2023

New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met) returns 16 smuggled Indian artefacts worth Rs 9.8 crore

Opinions

J Sai Deepak demolishes Nehruvian-Marxist monopoly over history in two books: European and Middle Eastern coloniality, truth about partition, pan-Islamism and more

Jinit Jain - 17 May, 2023

J Sai Deepak, through being richly persuasive and in possession of unmatched scholarship, brings a stirring and edifying take on topics hitherto pushed into oblivion

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