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

From Java, Philippines, Bali, Cambodia, Borneo to Burma: Understanding Ganesha from an iconographical perspective

Monidipa Bose Dey - 20 August, 2020

Ganesha, also popularly referred to as Vighnesvara, is the god who presides over obstacles, by both placing them in the way and also removing them

Culture and History

The Islamic invasions of Srirangam: How Delhi Sultanate ravaged one of Vaishnavism’s most sacred sites

Satish Viswanathan - 17 August, 2020

Srirangam contribution is particularly noteworthy because it is one of the holiest sites for Vaishnavites, the devotees of Lord Vishnu.

Specials

Seventy years after Jogendra Nath Mandal decided to return from Pakistan over atrocities on Hindus, his prophecies have come true

OpIndia Staff - 15 August, 2020

Jogendra Nath Mandal was appointed as a minister in the first Pakistan govt, but later he had returned to India

Specials

Independence Day: Remembering the forgotten freedom fighters from Northeast India

OpIndia Staff - 15 August, 2020

On this occasion of 74th Independence Day, let us remember five such freedom fighters from the North East India.

Opinions

On this Independence Day, here is why the Govt of India must pledge to root out toxic ideology of Gender Identity Politics

K Bhattacharjee - 15 August, 2020

The government must undertake concrete measures to prevent the mainstreaming of the ideology of Gender Identity politics.

Opinions

On its first Independence Day since the liberation of Ram Janmabhoomi, India must pledge to return Kashi-Mathura to its true inheritors

K Bhattacharjee - 15 August, 2020

The 74th Independence Day celebrations are underway across the country and it is a momentous occasion for the country for more reasons than one.

News Reports

Standing up for Hindus: In Conversation with author-journalist Francois Gautier

Dr. Mrittunjoy Guha Majumdar - 13 August, 2020

Indian born French journalist Francois Gautier talks on a range of issues concerning India, Hinduism and the society

Opinions

People who think govt control of temples will rid them of inter-jati conflict assume that a pro-Hindu govt will always be in power

Guest Author - 10 August, 2020

Viewing it through the single lenses of govt control, though, does not do justice to the various other aspects of society within which these temples are situated

Opinions

Indians, how they get ‘secularism’ so horribly wrong and how the atmosphere changed after Islam and Christianity entered India

Maria Wirth - 10 August, 2020

Indians are generally highly intelligent. Yet when it comes to secularism, most intellectuals, media and politicians get the concept wrong, so wrong that it looks as if Indians were purposely fed wrong information.

News Reports