In early June 2023, a dare between two youths set off a chain of events that led to the temporary closure of the Kaliamman ...
In a quiet village on the western border of Uttar Pradesh, a centuries-old tradition has stood unshaken — Holika Dahan has never been performed here. The reason? The villagers believe that Lord Shiva ...
The reason behind the absent Holika Dahan bonfire, curiously, is Shiva — the god usually credited with accepting all that is ...
The development came about after the village’s Dalits, which form about six percent of the village’s total population of ...
A village in the Katwa subdivision of Bengal was transformed into a fortress on Wednesday, March 12, after the Dalit ...