Allahabad

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India

Why was the crowd in Allahabad Lathi Charged leading to Stampede?

In an unfortunate turn of events 20 (possibly more) people have died in a stampede in Allahabad. These pilgrims were there for the Maha Kumbh. Now, I have been looking at many news outlets and except for one, no one is reporting why the railing collapsed? It is being made

Desh Kapoor

10 Feb 13 1 min read

India

MahaKumbh 2013: 100 million to Converge at Ganga including Richard Gere, Catherine Jones, Dalai Lama (Pictures)

Mark Twain happened to witness a Maha Kumbh in his life when he visited India. And, this is what he said about his experience: “ It is wondeful, the power of faith like that, can make multitudes upon multitudes of the old and weak and the young and frail enter without

Desh Kapoor

14 Jan 13 3 min read

Religion

Death Rituals in Hinduism

In the last week, I performed the last rites of my Mother. Since most of us were not much knowledgeable in the sequence and the process, and nothing was available on the net, we had to keep on asking. Here is how we did and the notes on various steps,

Desh Kapoor

02 Jan 10 6 min read

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