Opinion piece by Gaurav Sharma 8th November 2024 – Like the past few years, this November was to be a month of celebrating Hindu Heritage Month across Canada. In the ...
1st November 2024 – In a very shocking turn of events in Canada, an annual Diwali event at Parliament Hill has reportedly been cancelled by the Conservative Party of Canada ...
23rd August 2023 – CoHNA Canada hosted its inaugural community meet and greet event in Toronto on August 5, 2023, bringing representatives from various Hindu and allied organizations together. Close ...
2nd June 2023 – Anyone with basic school level science education must have heard of Albert Einstein’s ground-breaking ‘Theory of Relativity’. The theory essentially means that mass and energy are ...
1st June 2023 – Hinduphobia has a long and tragic history in the North American continent. With growing internet technology, the hate against Hindus has increased multi-fold online. Memes mocking ...
5th April 2023 – Last night, Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Windsor, a city in southwestern Ontario, was attacked and its walls were defaced with anti-India slogans. The slogans read ‘Hindustan ...
27th January 2023 – Last Friday evening, citizens from the Greater Toronto Area assembled at Ram Mandir Mississauga to show their solidarity with the Hindu temple after a hate attack ...
14th February 2023 – Another Canadian Hindu Temple has now been vandalized by unknown miscreants, this time in the City of Mississauga which is part of Region of Peel. Ram ...
1st February 2023 – For a common Canadian, it is taken for a fact that the Nazi symbol is called ‘Swastika’. For this person, the symbol connotes hatred, religious extremism ...
30th January 2023 – Shri Gauri Shankar Mandir in Brampton Ontario has been vandalized by unknown assailants. On the outer walls of the temple, the attackers wrote “Khalistan Zindabad” and ...
5th January 2023 – While the year might have changed, what has not changed is the growing Hinduphobia in Canada. On 16th December 2022, The Pointer published an article titled ...
19th December 2022 – The last month was a special one for Hindus in Canada. CoHNA celebrated the first federally recognized Hindu Heritage Month (HHM) in Canada. While (HHM) has ...
30th November 2022 – The celebrations for the Hindu Heritage Month for 2022 have concluded with a bang. Yesterday, the City of Toronto lit the iconic ‘Toronto’ sign at Nathan ...
26th November 2022 – About a fortnight back, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed a plea against journalists Jonathan Kay and Barbara Kay which was brought forth to the ...
7th November 2022 – Last Saturday, Hindu Heritage Month was celebrated with full fervor and festivities at the Bharat Mata Mandir in Brampton. Several politicians including city and regional councilors, ...
1st November 2022 – It is officially that time of the year. November is the HINDU HERITAGE MONTH (HHM) in Ontario and the festivities have already begun in a very ...
21st October 2022 – The City of New York has announced that, beginning 2023, Diwali will be a holiday in all public schools in the city. In a press conference ...
11th October 2022 – Well, it is that time of the year when one can easily find unique display Halloween articles in several stores across Canada. However, ‘Yoga’ posed Halloween ...
29th September 2022 – House of Commons has unanimously passed a motion to recognize November as the Hindu Heritage Month (HHM) across Canada. Technically known as Private Member’s Business Motion ...
22nd September 2022 – Early this week, the California Governor Gavin Newsom gave his nod to toughen state laws against the display of Nazi hate symbol Hakenkreuz (hooked cross), loosely ...
21st September 2022 – The Indian High Commission in the United Kingdom has condemned the violence that has been targeted towards the Indian community in the city of Leicester in ...
19th September 2022 – Shrimad Bhagwat Gita is now officially a part of the Canadian Parliament library. A 3-day-long International Gita Mahotsav was kicked-off in the Canadian capital on 16th ...
14th September 2022 – Yet again a Hindu temple in Toronto has come under attack. BAPS Swaminaryan Temple which is based in Toronto has been vandalized. An unverified video has ...
4th July 2022 – As soon as the makers of the documentary film ‘Kaali’ informed the netizens about the movie being filmed at Aga Khan Museum on Saturday evening on ...
28th June 2022 – A Hindu shopkeeper, named Kanhaiya Lal, has been killed in broad daylight in Udaipur India for blasphemy. In an ISIS style killing the two culprits, namely, ...
27th June 2022 – Last week, Victoria became the first Australian state to ban the Nazi hate symbol, Hakenkreuz or the hooked cross. Displaying the hate symbol in Victoria is ...
16th May 2022 – Ever since the release and successful running of the movie “The Kashmir Files”, Hindus are under severe attack from some media houses and members of the ...
15th May 2022 – For all Sanskrit lovers and enthusiasts, this is coming out as a very pleasant surprise. A movie named, Ekachakram, which premiered early this year has sold-out ...
3rd March 2022 – In a passionate statement delivered in the Canadian Parliament on Monday, Chandra Arya, Liberal MP from Nepean, called upon the members of the Parliament and Canadian ...
17th February 2022 – The name of the capital city of Thailand is now being changed from Bangkok to “Krung Thep Maha Nakhon”. The announcement was made by the Office ...
16th February 2022 – Last weekend, Hindus from different organizations in Surrey and Calgary staged their protest against cultural appropriation and recent vandalism and robberies that shook the Hindu community ...
5th February 2022 – Last Thursday, NDP House Leader Peter Julian had tabled Bill C-229 as a private member bill that aims to prevent Canadians from selling, promoting and displaying ...
24th January 2022 – Were the Mundari tribe be in India, they would have been called as ‘cow-vigilantes’ by the mainstream media. They would have been the targets of misinformation ...
6th January 2022 – A well researched documentary named ‘The Silence of Swastika’ was released on 30th December 2021 and it has already left the internet audience in awe. With ...
6th January 2022 – We are in the first week of the New Year and like every new beginning, this one is exciting and opens an ocean of opportunities for ...
31st December 2021 – This year like the previous one has been challenging for the world. COVID-19 pandemic is leading the world to a new world order. Other things that ...
15th December 2021 – The festival of Durga Puja, which is celebrated in India and many other parts of the world by Hindus, is the latest addition on the list ...
1st December 2021 – In a recent attack on minorities in Pakistan, some unknown miscreants are being alleged to have vandalized a Sikh Gurudwara on 27th November 2021 in Kashmore ...
23rd November 2021 – International Hindu Foundation (IHF), a Calgary based Hindu organization, conducted a special food donation drive last Friday on the auspicious occasion of Gurpurab and Dev Deepawali. ...
15th November 2021 – In yet another fascinating event which celebrated the Hindu Heritage Month festivities in Greater Toronto Area in Ontario, a flag bearing the pious symbol of ‘OM’ ...
14th November 2021 – A Calgary based Hindu organization, International Hindu Foundation, is demanding that Diwali be declared as a federal holiday in Canada. The online petition at https://chng.it/k5hw7zzrRR which ...
9th November 2021 – In separate events across GTA, celebrations for the Hindu Heritage Month continued this past weekend. Hindu Forum Canada organized another successful Hindu Heritage month celebrations event ...
6th November 2021 – The motion to celebrate Hindu Heritage Month each November was passed at Toronto District School Board (TDSB) in 2018 and since then it has been commemorating ...
1st November 2021 – Ontario proclaimed Hindu Heritage Month for the first time in 2016 to recognize the contribution of Hindus in the Canadian society. This year’s celebrations have kicked-off ...
30th October 2021 – Sukmawati Sukranoputri, the daughter of Indonesian first President, has re-converted from Islam to Hinduism on 26th October 2021. She embraced Hinduism in a formal ceremony called ...
24th October 2021 – Bangladesh saw one of the worst attacks in the recent history on the Hindu minority community this past Navratri. Scores of Durga Puja pandaals were vandalized, ...
12th October 2021 – The premier Sikh religious body, Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) with headquarters in Amritsar, has launched a province-wide campaign to counter religious conversions of Sikhs at ...
20th September 2021 – August 2021 marked the centenary of the gruesome genocide and forceful conversion of Hindus in the Malabar district of Kerala. The ghastly attacks which ran for ...
18th September 2021 – A church in the US has written a letter to the general public in Minnesota against the construction of a Hindu temple. Calling Hinduism a false ...
11th September 2021 – Attacks on Hindu festivals is not new and is, in fact, becoming the norm. On Diwali, the ask is to not celebrate it with fireworks. On ...
1st September 2021 – Denying the bail plea of one Javed, aged 59 years, who is accused of cow slaughter, Allahabad High Court has made some extraordinary remarks about killing ...
30th August 2021 – As Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a renovated ‘Jallianwala Bagh’ couple of days ago which is a mark of India’s valorous freedom struggle from the British ...
25th August 2021 – Indian Council for Historical Research (ICHR) has decided to correct a historical mistake in which several Moplah leaders, who orchestrated and arranged for murder, loot, rape ...
19th August 2021 – On 3rd August, Hindu Times Canada was informed about some misleading comments about Hindu history and scriptures on one of the podcasts that was broadcasted on ...
5th August 2021 – Yesterday, a furious and uncontrolled mob entered and attacked a Hindu temple in the Bhong city of Rahim Yar Khan district of Pakistan. Dr. Ramesh Vankwani, ...
26th July 2021 – In a world which is seeing a Hindu rising, a world where Sanatan Dharma is battling and trying to regain its lost pride, it is important ...
23rd July 2021 – Rashmi Samant, 22, became the first Hindu and Indian girl student to have been elected as Oxford University Student Union (OUSU) in February 2021. As soon ...
18th July 2021 – Deep Ganguly When we learn to hear the inner sounds of the body, a whole new world opens up. We all take listening/hearing for granted. We ...
15th July 2021 – Have you seen the yesteryear’s blockbuster ‘Anand’ which starred Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan? If you did, you probably are familiar with its famous dialogue. “Babu ...
14th July 2021 – It is in the Parliament of India where the most important decisions about the present and future of the nation are taken. The architects of the ...
11th July 2021 – Two days back, NASA introduced its latest interns to the world through Twitter. One of the girls is a Hindu and can be seen wearing a ...
10th July 2021 – Over the past few centuries, the meaning of the word ‘Pandit’ has corrupted. It has wrongly been associated with person’s caste at birth, rather than the ...
7th July 2021 – In an email dated 6th July, the district manager of Zumiez confirmed to the International Hindu Foundation (IHF) that the controversial footwear, showcasing Om and distorted ...
Ankur Narula is a Christian pastor based in the Jalandhar city of Punjab. Starting with a handful of followers few years back, his official Facebook page ‘Ankur Narula Ministries’ is ...
For the past few years, this question has gained prominence within the Hindu community. On social media platforms, this is debated frequently. At times, the debate becomes heated and people ...
8th June 2021 – A Puslinch resident, Randy Guzar, who is retired now has been working hard and fighting a lone battle for years to have a name change for ...
It was a moment of pride for all Indians when the United Nations passed a resolution in 2014 to celebrate 21st June as the International Day of Yoga. A record ...
It is a common mistake which some sections of the media make when they equate the ancient Hindu insignia of “Swastika” to the notorious Nazi symbol from Adolf Hitler’s era. ...
