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

Culture and History

Telangana: Magnificient Yadadri Lakshmi Narasimha temple inaugurated, stunning visuals take social media by storm

OpIndia Staff - 29 March, 2022

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao inaugurated the restored Yadadri temple yesterday.

Variety

A holy tomb in Pakistan’s Sindh where male donkeys are offered to fulfil the desire of a male child

OpIndia Staff - 27 March, 2022

Pir Syed Rajan Qattaar Jahania used to ride only donkeys for travelling long distances, that's why male donkeys are offered at his tomb

News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Hindu women stopped from carrying out ‘Basauda Pujan’ for Sheetala Mata near Idgah mosque in Mathura

OpIndia Staff - 24 March, 2022

Basauda Pujan is also called as 'Sheetala Saptami' or 'Sheetala Ashtami' and is celebrated every year around the Ashtami date of the Krishna Paksha of Chaitra month of Hindu calender.

News Reports

Retired IPS officer says the truth of brutalities in Kashmir is scarier than what The Kashmir Files has managed to show

OpIndia Staff - 17 March, 2022

Dr NC Asthana has listed out the continuing massacres on Hindus in Jammu and Kashmir which has continued even after the mass exodus of 1990.

World

My Lai massacre: Over 500 innocent villagers, including women and children, were slaughtered by US troops on March 16, 1968

Suyash - 17 March, 2022

In a gruesome violence against innocent Vietnamese villagers perpetrated by US troops. 182 women, 173 children and a total of 504 people were killed in the village of My Lai on March 16, 1968.

Culture and History

Malhar Rao Holkar: From a valiant warrior who established Swarajya in Malwa to a father-in-law with a difference

Suyash - 16 March, 2022

Did you know that owing to an old custom among the Dhangars, Malhar Rao Holkar reserved a certain portion of his wealth as a private asset for the women of his house?

News Reports

‘The Kashmir Files’ success: Local businesses offer discounts, incentives to encourage people to watch the movie

Suyash - 15 March, 2022

Incentives from independent businesses have come as an encouragement for the masses to come out and watch The Kashmir Files in large numbers.

News Reports

‘India’s history needs to be liberated from Nehruvian-Marxist ecosystem’: How Sanjeev Sanyal, Anand Ranganathan and others dismantled the Leftist agenda at St Xavier’s debate

OpIndia Staff - 14 March, 2022

The house tilted in favour of the motion arguing that history does need to be re-narrated and needs to be liberated from the Nehruvian-Marxist biases.

News Reports