Religion News Service

Kamala Harris' heritage draws attention to Hinduism's complex history in Caribbean

Shawn Binda, a Canadian Hindu of Trinidadian origin, launched Hindu Lifestyle, his YouTube channel, in 2017, sensing the need to explain Hinduism’s history in Western society, especially to ...
PBS

The Infinite Stories of Hinduism

What does it mean to be Hindu? What does it mean to be Hindu? In this episode of Crash Course Religions, we’ll learn about the surprising history of the term “Hindu,” what the word “karma” ...
Pew Research Center

In Their Own Words: Cultural Connections to Religion Among Asian Americans

Pew Research Center recently conducted a survey on religion among Asian Americans, the largest nationally representative survey of its kind to date. In addition, to look more deeply into how Asian ...
The Financial Express

California’s Diwali state holiday: Meet Indian-origin politicians behind the bill; Hindu groups thank Newsom

Indian-American and Hindu communities have applauded California Gov Gavin Newsom for signing a bill into law that has helped ...

Remembering C. Minakshi, a trailblazing scholar and authority on Pallava history

C. Minakshi, a pioneering historian from Madras, broke barriers in the 1930s, leaving a lasting legacy in Indian ...
NPR

A Hindu-Muslim dispute tests centuries of interfaith culture in India's Varanasi

VARANASI, India — On a recent Friday afternoon in this holy city in northern India, scooters, pedestrians and cycle rickshaws jostled for space on a street leading to the city's most famous Hindu ...