How Can We Matter

The term Kanyadaan  signifying a Hindu wedding ceremony, translates to "giving away one's daughter". It is also known as Mahadaan , meaning "the biggest donation".  Nita Ambani, Image Credit: The Web During the Kanyadaan ceremony, the bride's father takes her hand and offers it to the groom, symbolically giving her away. The father then places her hand over the groom's, signifying his embrace of her as a bride. He also asks the groom to promise to treat his daughter as an equal partner.  Radhika Merchant and Anant Kanyadaan Please listen to  Nita Ambani's explanation of the broader significance of the Kanyadaan ritual in the context of her son Anant's wedding with Radhika Merchant. Speaking just before the Kanyadaan ceremony, she says it is a union where two families come together, one gaining a daughter and the other a son.  She also reminds the audience that Hinduism is Nitya Nutan (ever new or fresh) - that is, capable of constant self-re...

Their composed, distinguished, and majestic silence would have set an example on the magnificent and glorious nature of their most sacred scripture that contains 'the ultimate guidance for all humankind', if only ...

This is an earnest request to the President of the BJP and to the head of RSS to reign in the fanatical and overenthusiastic elements of the BJP and RSS outfits, who are going on a suicidal mission to destroy the plural and peaceful traditions of Hinduism and Hindutva.

This may look like a Grade 10 student's exercise: In the picture, given Column A, give its meaning in Column B, and state in a single word, the quality (set of attributes, behaviors) of being Column A.

New York Times is openly and unashamedly, without any guilt or embarrassment, admitting that it is indeed misusing its talents and sacrificing its self-respect for the sake of selfish financial gains, befitting the portmanteau term of press and prostitute - Presstitute .

Every religion has an extreme fringe  that misinterprets its great teachings to promote violence and intolerance. Unfortunately, this is what we are witnessing in the contemporary India today, where Hinduism faces many challenges due to the often entrenched bigotry and seemingly willful ignorance of the fringe  group.