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...money, it's a very understandable psychological drive to want to openly spend it," says Chandra Bhan Prasad, a pioneering Dalit newspaper columnist. That's especially true, says Prasad, if you feel unwelcome by the traditional ruling classes: "There is still a feeling among many in the upper-caste Hindu élite that she's not acceptable...
...feed for animals at a fur farm, evading the KGB and the Soviet Navy in his subsequent escape. Actor Martin Sheen calls him “one of the gutsiest guys on the planet” and the Dalai Lama has gifted him a statue of Hayagriva, a wrathful Hindu deity who strikes down his evil foes...
...their demands for elections met, the Maoists were able to induct direct representation in the elections, and the royal family was allowed to continue till after the CA when the charge will be given to elected representatives to decide on Nepal’s status as the only Hindu monarchy in the world.However, a Pandora’s Box of pitfalls can be sensed. There are over 70 different political parties competing in the elections to be held on April 10 for only 17.5 million eligible voters. As the elections near, more and more parties are forming strategic alliances. While...
...Islamic elaboration in Iran and all the "stan" countries, as well as by Zoroastrians and Baha'is. Eid Milad an Nabi, the Birth of the Prophet, which is celebrated by some but not all Sunni Muslims and, though officially beginning on Thursday, is often marked on Friday. Small Holi, Hindu, an Indian festival of bonfires, to be followed on Saturday by Holi, a kind of Mardi Gras. Magha Puja, a celebration of the Buddha's first group of followers, marked primarily in Thailand...
...Harvard College Buddhist Community and Dharma, Harvard’s Hindu students association, came together for the first time this weekend in a two-part event to discuss the concepts of nirvana, the Buddhist term that describes perfect peace of mind, and moksha, the Hindu concept of self-realization and liberation from worldly existence. One of the differences between the two concepts, according to Rohan V. Prasad ’10, the spokesman for Dharma, is that nirvana can be achieved instantaneously and in daily life, whereas moksha is more of an end-of-life aspiration. “Both...