The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, which looks after the grand Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, just pulled back the curtain on its finances in a big way. After weeks of whispers, allegations, and a whole lot of noise about missing donations, they’ve shared some clear numbers and explanations. Construction wrapped up, the Pran Pratishtha […]
This past weekend, right in the heart of Delhi at Jantar Mantar, people took to the streets for what seems to be the very first big on-ground protest against E20 petrol—the fuel with 20% ethanol blended into it. They weren’t there for fun or politics in the usual sense. They were frustrated drivers, mechanics, and
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President Donald Trump dropped some pretty strong words about Iran while the country is in the middle of mourning its late Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In an interview, he pointed out that all the top Iranian officials are gathered together for the funeral and said something like, “They are all there. One shot and
Suddenly everyone’s sharing a video claiming the petrol you’re buying is secretly wrecking your car, sucking up insane amounts of water, or even inviting ants to a feast at your fuel tank. That’s the kind of buzz that’s been swirling around India’s E20 ethanol-blended fuel lately. The government has finally come out swinging, calling out
In Tehran the other day, they said goodbye to Zahra Haddad-Adel. She was the wife of Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei. But he wasn’t there. Not standing with the family, not in any of the pictures from the memorial. His own wife’s farewell, and he was absent. It feels so heartbreakingly human, you know?
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Over a hundred folks from India and Pakistan – 117 in total, 61 from our side and 56 from theirs – put their names on an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. They’re asking, straight from the heart, for talks on Kashmir, an end to this endless hostility, and
What happened in Chembur yesterday is the kind of thing that just shouldn’t happen. An 11-year-old boy named Vihan Shrivastav died after a big roadside tree came crashing down right onto his school bus. Four other kids got hurt too. It’s one of those stories that makes you stop and hug your own people a
A retired High Court judge from our own country, a man who has spent his life in courtrooms fighting for justice, now sitting at the heart of a United Nations inquiry into one of the most heartbreaking tragedies of our times. Justice S. Muralidhar, former Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court, is leading a
Champat Rai, the man who served as General Secretary of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust for years, has stepped down. Trustee Anil Mishra has also resigned with him. They did it on moral grounds, at a time when questions and pain are swirling around the donations given so lovingly by ordinary devotees. This
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When big leaders get along for real, not just for the cameras, it gives you a bit of hope that things between countries can work out. That’s the vibe coming out of Washington right now about President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, basically came out and
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