Tag: diaspora
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What is Diwali and how is it celebrated in India and the diaspora?
[ad_1] Diwali is the most important festival of the year in India — and for Hindus in particular. It is celebrated across faiths by more than a billion people in the world’s most populous nation and the diaspora. Over five days, people take part in festive gatherings, fireworks displays, feasts and prayer. Diwali is derived from the word…
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Modi’s Hindu Nationalism Stokes Tension in Indian Diaspora
[ad_1] Lecture halls at Canadian and American universities have become battlegrounds for critics and defenders of Hindu nationalism, punctuated by threats of violence and even death. Temples of Sikhs and Hindus in Canada and Australia have been defaced with slogans harking back to India’s timeless divisions. Parades in two North American cities have featured displays…
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Diaspora ‘over the moon’ as world congratulates India on successful lunar mission
[ad_1] In July, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) initiated the launch of a spacecraft with the objective of achieving a landing in the vicinity of the moon’s south pole. On Wednesday, the successfully landed on the moon at 6:04pm (Indian local time) and this has positioned India as the fourth nation to touch the…
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Britain’s Chinese student diaspora should not live in fear
[ad_1] Receive free Chinese politics & policy updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Chinese politics & policy news every morning. The writer is a dissident Chinese student, currently studying for a higher degree in law in the UK Fear and apprehension stalks Chinese students in the UK, where…
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A new Art Gallery of Ontario exhibit looks at the beauty and culture of the African diaspora
[ad_1] “The Hair Appointment,” by Jeremy Rodney-Corridor, 2018 (All photographs courtesy of Sunday College) At 24 years previous, Josef Adamu was an aspiring mannequin struggling to realize traction in his profession. Then he had an concept: if he wished to discover a path ahead in his business, he ought to carve one out for himself.…