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Barack Obama: Inspiration From Mahatma Gandhi?

President Barack Obama addressed the Indian parliament on Monday.  In his speech he said that “Throughout my life, including my work as a young man on behalf of the urban poor, I have always found inspiration in the life of Gandhiji and in his simple and profound lesson to be the change we seek in [...]

Hinduism Needs Reformers Not Leaders

Stephen Hawking has said in his new book (Grand Design) that God did not create the universe.  If this is the case then why are we wasting our time on pleasing Gods and following his/her/their religions?  Maintaining the God myth is very expensive and time consuming process.  Consider the fact that at this given moment [...]

Bollywood Actor Ajay Devgan’s Comments Homophobic?

How many Indians are gay, lesbian or homosexual?  This is a very difficult question to answer because such issues are still very sensitive in modern day India.  Most Indians who are familiar with world history understand that India and most of the world had a much more permissive attitude towards individuals who are lesbian, gay, [...]

Indian Police Act as Marriage Counselors

The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has released a report that states that 60% of all complaints registered against the police in India are false. Approximately 49,000 complaints are filed against the police in a year. Of course data of this kind will not fool anybody in India. Very few Indians have faith in the [...]

Baptist Church of Mizoram to Excommunicate Gays

Rev C Rothuama is the President of the Baptist Church of Mizoram (Mizoram is a remote state in the northeastern part of India).  In a meeting chaired by Rev Rothuama in Lawngtlai the Baptist Church of Mizoram (BCM) decided to take strong actions against members of the Church who are homosexuals including ex-communication from the [...]

Aligarh Muslim University Suspends Gay Professor

Dr. Shrinivas Ramachandra Siras (reader Modern Indian Languages) at Aligarh Muslim University was suspended by the University for being a homosexual.  Dr. Shrinivas has a PhD in Marathi and specializes in comparative Indian literature, modern Marathi fiction, short story and modern Marathi poetry.