Fathima from NTK, if you consider Murugan as your ancestor and you genuinely respect him, what have you done to show that respect during Kanda Sashti?
Did you observe a fast during these six days? Do you read the Vel Maral or Kanda Sashti Kavasam every day until Soorasamharam?
Or do you remember Murugan as your ancestor only when you need him for a political debate?
Is Murugan your ancestor only when it is convenient to make a political argument?
In a shocking case of hate crime, a 15-year-old madrassa student set on fire a Hindu-owned shop. While casually passing by, he burnt a dupatta with his lighter, causing the fire
The culprit belongs to a community officially classified as a “minority” - a category entitled to special privileges, govt schemes and laws designed to protect it from “Hindu majority”
Ram ji was living in Nashik and jatayu fell in Kerala. That's almost 2000 km. How did Ram ji travel such a huge distance and talked to Jatayu while he was still alive?
@grok how is this possible? 😳
Hamas is still using hospitals.
Hamas is still using hospitals.
Hamas is still using hospitals.
Hamas is still using hospitals.
Hamas is still using hospitals.
Hamas is still using hospitals.
Hamas is still using hospitals.
Hamas is still using hospitals.
🚨BREAKING: Islamists have gathered outside Singh’s Dining in London, an Indian-owned restaurant that does not serve halal meat.
A sign outside the premises reads “proudly non-halal” sign.
They are threatening to burn his shop down, r@pe his family members and kill him.
London has fallen.
Wait a minute. Wine? Ancient gods? In Pakistan?
Hidden in three valleys of Pakistan’s Hindu Kush mountains, Bumburet, Rumbur, and Birir, lives a community of roughly 4,000 Kalash people.
While most Pakistanis are Muslim, the Kalash preserve their own traditional religion.
And their festivals are extraordinary.
CHILAM JOSHI: Spring celebrations in May.
UCHAU: Harvest celebrations in late summer.
CHAUMOS: Winter celebrations in December.
Music. Dancing. Colorful embroidered clothing. And traditional wine made from grapes.
BUT HERE’S WHERE HISTORY GETS FASCINATING.
For generations, outsiders noticed some Kalash people with fair skin and light eyes.
They claimed these people must be descendants of Alexander the Great’s soldiers.
Alexander campaigned in the wider region in 326 BCE.
But genetic research has not established that ancestry.
THEY DON’T NEED A GREEK ANCESTOR TO MAKE THEIR HISTORY REMARKABLE.
And there’s another tradition worth discussing.
Kalash women have historically had opportunities to choose husbands, elope, and remarry.
Under a traditional remarriage custom, a new husband could be required to pay twice the original bride-price.
A remarkable custom, although it doesn’t mean every Kalash woman experiences complete freedom or equality.
THEY ARE NOT LOST EUROPEANS. THEY ARE KALASH.
Their community has preserved distinctive traditions through centuries of change.