Disappearing Daughters of India – Female Foeticide
WHAT IS FEMALE FOETICIDE ? Female foeticide is the selective abortion/elimination of the girl child in the womb itself, done deliberately by the mother,
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WHAT IS FEMALE FOETICIDE ? Female foeticide is the selective abortion/elimination of the girl child in the womb itself, done deliberately by the mother,
When recently, on a visit to southern India, I saw so many new churches, I got the idea to write an open letter to Pope
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The 12 Jyotirlingas of Lord Shiva — where each stands, its sacred story, and how to make the Dwadasha Jyotirlinga pilgrimage in person or in spirit this Shravan.
The Rudrabhishek is the abhishekam said to please Lord Shiva fastest. What it is, the meaning of each sacred substance, the Sri Rudram, and how it is performed at home this Shravan.
Shravan runs July 30–Aug 27 in 2026, with four Sawan Somwars (Aug 3, 10, 17, 24). Why the whole month belongs to Mahadeva — the churning of the ocean, the poison He drank, and how to keep the Sawan vrat.
Thiruvonam 2026 falls on Wednesday, August 26 — the crown of Kerala’s ten-day festival. The Bhagavata story of King Mahabali and the Vamana avatar, and why Onam is a homecoming, not a defeat.
On Monday, August 17, 2026 — a Shravan Monday — Hindus offer milk and prayers to the serpent. The stories of Shesha, Vasuki, Kaliya and Astika, and the puja vidhi for Nag Panchami.
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