Hindus
Hindus (Hindustani: [ˈɦɪndu] (listen)) are persons who regard themselves as culturally, ethnically, or religiously adhering to aspects of Hinduism. Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for people living in the Indian subcontinent.The historical meaning of the term Hindu has evolved with time. Starting with the Persian and Greek references to the land of the Indus in the 1st millennium BCE through the texts of the medieval era, the term Hindu implied a geographic, ethnic or cultural identifier for people living in the Indian subcontinent around or beyond the Sindhu (Indus) river. …
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AUP: Athabasca University Press · 22 February 2024 English
In this poignant and meditative collection of short stories, Zubair Ahmad captures the lives and experiences of the people of the Punjab, a region divided between India and Pakistan. In …
state of Haryana—although it is well known that Hindus were encouraged to list Hindi as their mother … gious identity, in this case involving Sikhs and Hindus. In Pakistan, however, Urdu prevailed. Punjabi …
UAP: University of Alberta Press · 1 December 2023 English
This ethnography shows how the language of compassion is used to oppress Bhutanese refugees.
between 1988 and 1989; and the 1988 Census. For Hindus, marriage ideally is arranged based on caste hierarchies …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 26 September 2023 English
“A distinctive and insightful perspective on being Muslim in the post-9/11 world.” — Charles TaylorVeteran Toronto Star editor Haroon Siddiqui, brown and Muslim, has spent a life on the media …
the adjacent plot that had a small temple. Te Hindus objected. Te case went to court. Neither side had … — a Muslim on behalf of Hindus and a Hindu to vouch for Muslims. Te Hindus chose Maulana Shah Mahmud … Baksh asserted that since the land belonged to the Hindus, it was entirely up to them what was or wasn’t … historic norm of arranged marriages endures among Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs. * * * When venturing out … Rumi was venerated not just by Muslims but also Hindus. Muslims had a particular cultural affinity with …
CARDUS: Centre for Cultural Renewal · 19 July 2023 English
Canadian fertility rates have fallen sharply in recent decades and are now at levels far below what Canadian women say they want. Understanding this reality merits closer inspection. Our earlier …
similarities to each other than to Hindus or Sikhs, for example. Buddhists and Hindus were more similar to each … grouped together as fellow Abrahamic faiths, while Hindus, Sikhs, and Buddhists were grouped together as … within India, Sikhs have lower fertility than Hindus, who in turn have lower fertility than Muslims …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 February 2023 English
Concern over ecological and environmental problems grows daily, and many believe we’re at a critical tipping point. Scientists, social thinkers, public officials, and the public recognize that failure to understand …
something that has been a choice or necessity for many Hindus for a very long time. It is a lifestyle that ought …
VTPI: Victoria Transport Policy Institute · 24 January 2023 English
The Chinese are the most industrious nation, the Hindoos the most mild, the Tartars the most warlike, the Arabians the most barbarous, and the Persians the most learned. [...] It …
himself from this type are the Aryans embracing the Hindus and weather; and to make weapons with which secure … including not only Europeans, wherever found, but also Hindus, Hebrews, and Arabs,” and “In temperament the [American] … including not only Europeans, wherever found, but also Hindus, Hebrews, Constructs systematic descriptions and …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 January 2023 English
Literature utters the unutterable, not through logic, not through science, not through argument, but through a pitch of eloquence so pronounced the conscientious reader cannot fail to pay attention.Louis Groarke …
Buddhists practise vegetarianism and meditation; Hindus burn incense, visit temples barefooted, and do … Adventists, Anglicans and Baptists, Buddhists and Hindus. Paul Tillich, somewhat famously, thought that …
APF: Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada · 13 January 2023 English
Meghalaya often witnesses pre-election violence Considering a history of pre-election violence in the rooted in identity and political issues, including state of 3.3 million — and the prospect of even …
the region ahead of the 2024 general Bangladeshi Hindus could be incentivized to move elections. In the …
APF: Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada · 2 December 2022 English
The trend of anti-conversion IMPLICATIONS policies has raised pertinent questions about the validity of people’s fears of religious conversions and Religion has a significant role in the Indian their factual …
stating that religious freedom does not include a Hindus, 14.2 per cent as Muslims, and 2.3 per cent fundamental …
CARDUS: Centre for Cultural Renewal · 23 November 2022 English
Executive Summary This paper builds on previous research on faith in Canada conducted in partnership with the Angus Reid Institute and explores the role of faith in Canadians’ lives and …
• More than two in five Sikhs (42 percent) and Hindus (43 percent) are found here. Non-religious (n=321 … clusters (excluding the religiously unaffiliated). Hindus and Sikhs cluster closer to the middle as being … Landscape of Faith in Canada cardus.ca | 30 Hindus Eighty-five percent of Canadians who identify as … as Jewish. Figure 17: Spectrum of Spirituality, Hindus, 2022 (n=302) 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 85% 65% 72% …
