Blaze at Indian fireworks warehouse kills at least 32 ahead of Hindu festival of lights A blaze erupted at a fireworks warehouse in ...
Ancient Thai-Indian links get modern twist in Bangkok Outdoor markets tout sari sales, five-star hotels feature Indian chefs and Thais drop by a ...
Muslims in Malaysia march with severed cow head to protest building of new Hindu temple Dozens of Malaysian Muslims paraded Friday with the head of a cow, a sacred animal in Hinduism, in a dramatic protest against the proposed construction of a ...
An Indian artist said Tuesday that he had faced intimidation from hardline Hindu nationalists for depicting a popular god in unusual poses, including as an Oscar statuette. "I have been receiving phone calls which threaten me with dire consequences. They told me ...
NEW DELHI (Reuters Life!) - An ancient Indian epic about princes, demigods and a cataclysmic war is getting a makeover on Twitter -- 140 characters at a time. Chindu Sreedharan, a U.K.-based lecturer, is retelling the Mahabharata using the micro-blogging service, hoping ...
Nepal is looking to phase out the centuries-old tradition of open-air cremations by building a new electric crematorium at its main Hindu temple, authorities said Wednesday. For hundreds of years, families in majority-Hindu Nepal have brought their dead to the world-famous Pashupatinath ...
