Hindus in India have had a helping hand – several in fact – when it comes to fighting deadly contagions like COVID-19: multi-armed goddesses co-opted to help contain and kill pestilence. Collectively ...

(RNS) A new public campaign in India uses powerful images of three Hindu goddesses with bruised faces to raise awareness about violence against women. The ad campaign is titled “Abused Goddesses” and ...

In two recent gallery shows in New York female artists of Indian heritage emphasized the universal appeal and power of female Hindu deities. In India, taking such artistic license can stir controversy ...

A Toronto-based filmmaker says she has received a deluge of death threats and abuse from Hindu nationalists in India after she depicted the goddess Kali smoking a cigarette. The image, which featured ...

Embassy Row -- otherwise known as Massachusetts Avenue -- in Washington, D.C., is decorated with flags of every nation, flying in front of impressive embassy buildings. In front of the embassies, ...

It's fairly common practice for painters to imitate photographs. There's even a term for it: Photorealism. But you don't see the inverse as often — that is, people trying to make photos look like ...

Embassy Row — otherwise known as Massachusetts Avenue — in Washington, D.C., is decorated with flags of every nation, flying in front of impressive embassy buildings. In front of the embassies, there ...