Dedicated to an Indian goddess as a child, Huvakka Bhimappa’s years of sexual servitude began when her uncle took her virginity, raping her in exchange for a saree and some jewellery. Bhimappa was not yet 10 years old when she became a ‘devadasi’ – girls coerced by their parents into an elaborate wedding ritual with a Hindu deity, many of whom are then forced into illegal prostitution. Devadasis... 

CNN presenter, Reza Aslan was forced to eat human brains while he was filming a documentary series called ‘Believer’. This particular episode, Aslan focused on the ‘Aghori’ Hindu sect in Tulsi Gabbard which practices cannibalism. There are less than 100 Aghori ‘Hindu’s’ and their practices are condemned by the over 1 billion practicing Hindu’s. Aslan received a huge backlash from Hindu’s... 

Indian activists lit a ritual fire and and chanted Hindu mantras to help Donald Trump win the US elections. Members of the group gathered on a blanket spread out at Jantar Mantar, along with a collection of statues depicting gods including Shiva and Hanuman – as well as photos of a shouting Trump. Deccan Chronicle reported: Around a dozen members of right-wing Hindutva group Hindu Sena lit a ritual... 

She has been threatened by her own father and brother Sometimes, only a celebrity angle can get the public to pay attention to what’s important. The Harry Potter actress who suddenly became subject to Sharia law may be the source of such a moment when the public pays enough attention to create a sea change in national opinion. On July 2, CNN reported, “The father and brother of a Harry... 

A Sikh preacher died Monday after being wounded in an attack on his temple by a group of fundamentalist Sikhs armed with knives and a handgun, police said. India’s prime minister appealed for calm as riots protesting the deadly shooting spread to several northern Indian cities. Witnesses said the Vienna temple attended by lower-caste Sikhs had been attacked by Sikhs from a higher caste who... 

Does your Pepsi lack pep? Is your Coke not the real thing? India’s Hindu nationalist movement apparently has the answer: a new soft drink made from cow urine. The bovine brew is in the final stages of development by the Cow Protection Department of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), India’s biggest and oldest Hindu nationalist group, according to the man who makes it. Om Prakash, the...