Jan Khaskheli Thursday, March 24, 2011 Source Akhund Joot (a flame) has been leaping from an oil lamp in front of Baba Srichand’s portrait in a separate structure on the premises of a 500-year-old temple. The lamp is believed to have been burning in the honour of the Darya (the River Indus) since long. There… Continue reading The flame that honours a saint
Afghans in India yearn for home
Source: The Times of India Dharitri Bhattacharjee, TNN, Feb 27, 2011, 02.31am IST In Tagore’s ‘Kabuliwala’, an Afghan moneylender longs for his ‘watan’ even as he develops affection for a little girl, Mini, in Kolkata. The character of Rehmat, later immortalized by Balraj Sahni on screen, became synonymous with the Kabuliwalas who arrived in the… Continue reading Afghans in India yearn for home
Leicester’s Hindus asked to help family stay in Britain
Saturday, February 19, 2011, 09:30 Source: This is Leicester Members of Leicester’s Hindu community are supporting an Afghan family’s battle to stay in this country. Arti Kumar and her two sons, Akash and Ravi, fled the war-ravaged country in September, 2007 after being targeted by the Taliban. The Hindu family claimed asylum in Britain but… Continue reading Leicester’s Hindus asked to help family stay in Britain
Afghan Hindu Temple – Hamburg Germany
About this video: “Hinduismus – Hindu Temple Hamburg part 1. 2011 – Afghani” is a video from the Pandit Pokharel channel, with a runtime of 9 minutes 51 seconds. It shows the Durga Hawan and Ramayan Akhandpaath held at the Hindu temple in Hamburg, Germany, the temple of the Afghan Hindu community, on 12/13 February… Continue reading Afghan Hindu Temple – Hamburg Germany
Hindu family facing Afghan deportation fears Taliban
February 2nd 2011 By Rahila Bano Source: BBC Asian Network A Hindu family facing deportation to Afghanistan say they fear religious persecution by the Taliban if they are forced to return. Arti Kumar says she fled the country in September 2007 with her two sons, Akash and Ravi, because they had been targeted by the… Continue reading Hindu family facing Afghan deportation fears Taliban
Hindu, Sikh children bullied out of school
Source: Pajhwok News by Sultana Rahim Ayubi on 27 January, 2011 – 08:45 KABUL (PAN): When he was 12, Velinder Singh, a Sikh, was bullied so viciously by his Muslim classmates, that he dropped out of school and went to work with his father as a shopkeeper. “One day my son’s classmates cornered him and forced him at knife point to read out the… Continue reading Hindu, Sikh children bullied out of school