Shubho Mahalaya Makes Bengalis Nostalgic

KOLKATA, INDIA (GaeaTimes.com)- Today is Shubho Mahalaya and the Bengalis in various parts of the country are feeling nostalgic. The day marks the beginning of the Devipaksha an auspicious fortnight. The children and adults in Bengali household revel in the festive mode inmost of the families in West Bengal. For the NRIs this is … Read more >>.

Indians raise memorial to fallen Canadian soldiers

TORONTO – In a unique inter-faith gesture by the Indo-Canadian community, the Canadian Museum of Hindu Civilization (CMOHC) here has raised a memorial to fallen Canadian peace-keeping soldiers to commemorate their sacrifices around the world.

The grand Maple Leaf Memorial, built with granite imported from India, sits on the premises of the Hindu Temple in … Read more »»».

Russian court sentences 3 neo-Nazi pagans to up to 21 years in jail for killings and bombings

3 Russian neo-Nazis sentenced for hate killings

MOSCOW – A Russian court has handed long sentences to three ultranationalists convicted of hate killings and bombings.
The Moscow City Court said in a statement Wednesday that the three were in a militant neo-pagan cult and preyed on labor migrants from ex-Soviet Central Asia and the Caucasus.
It said between … Read more >>.

Growing calls in Nepal to halt animal slaughter during Dussehra

KATHMANDU – When she was eight, Pramada Shah nee Rana remembers how she threw a tantrum when her grandmother ordered a goat to be bought and sacrificed as a thanksgiving to the gods for fulfilling a wish.

“When they brought the goat home from the market, I thought it was going to be a …. Original article  : Growing calls in Nepal to halt animal slaughter during Dussehra.