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James Lawson's booming voice and loving spirit left a lasting mark on this UCLA professor
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoUCLA professor Vinay Lal recalls his friend the Rev. James Lawson, who died this week, as being...
The Global Takeover of Indian-inspired and Ayurvedic Beauty Has Arrived
WWD via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTraditional Indian ingredients and rituals are sweeping skin care, fragrance and wellness markets...
The complicated life and career of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the 'father of the atomic bomb,'...
Business Insider via Yahoo Canada News· 12 months agoThe physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer in Princeton, New Jersey.AP In the 1940s, physicist J. Robert...
What is Bodhi Day? And when do Buddhists celebrate it?
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 7 months agoBuddhists around the world are celebrating Bodhi Day. Also called Buddha’s Enlightenment Day, it...
Is the swastika a symbol of hate or peaceful icon? Faith groups try to save reviled emblem
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoFor many, the cross with bent arms is a painful symbol of evil, hate and genocide. For others, it's...
How Seattle Became the First American City to Ban Caste Discrimination
Time via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoPeople celebrate the passing of an ordinance to add caste to Seattle's anti-discrimination laws in...
Seattle considers historic law barring caste discrimination
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoOne of Kshama Sawant’s earliest memories of the caste system was hearing her grandfather — a man she...
Religious polarization in India seeping into US diaspora
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoIn Edison, New Jersey, a bulldozer, which has become a symbol of oppression of India’s Muslim...
What is India's caste system? Is it contentious in U.S.?
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoCaste is an ancient system of social hierarchy based on one’s birth that is tied to concepts of...
Leonardo DiCaprio puts spotlight on Indian ‘citizen scientist’ who discovered new fish in his...
The Independent via Yahoo Canada News· 12 months agoLeonardo DiCaprio has shone the spotlight on an Indian man who accidentally discovered a rare new...