Hindus are currently celebrating Holi, widely known as the festival of colors and one of the world’s oldest living celebrations — a joyful annual event rooted in ancient myth, spiritual renewal and ...

Hinduism is widely regarded as the oldest religion in the world, with roots that trace back thousands of years. Unlike other major religions, Hinduism has no single founder, no fixed date of origin, ...

Hindus are the world’s fourth-largest religious group, after Christians, Muslims, and the religiously unaffiliated. According to Pew Research Center (Hackett et al., 2025), the number of Hindus ...

(RNS) — For many who claim Indo-Caribbean heritage, Vice President Kamala Harris’ spotlight is the perfect chance to dive into the community’s lesser-known past: where indigenous faiths and cultural ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. On Thursday, Nov. 4, millions of Hindus will gather to celebrate one of India’s ...

SUKKUR, Pakistan (AP) — On the sandy banks of the Indus River, which flows top to toe through Pakistan and into its southern Sindh province, Hindus waited for brightly colored boats to ferry them to a ...

Conceptualised by Yasmin Kidwai and Himanshu Anand under Culture Plus, the festival celebrates Sufism and bhakti in their ...

The first time someone asked me if I was a “Hindi,” I felt a heaviness in my chest. I felt it come back when I walked into a department store and saw T-shirts with “Namastay in Bed” and “Namaslay” ...

As many parents know, the line between passing along cultural traditions and mortifying your children in public can be perilously thin. For one mother, that dilemma arose this year ahead of Navaratri, ...