Two girls, granddaughters of late green crusader judge Bhagabati Prasad Banerjee, have undergone a thread ceremony, departing from the tradition of only boys undertaking the ritual. The move has drawn ...

In an effort to revive a tradition started by noted freedom-fighter Veer Savarkar, a group from Pune has started a campaign to endow non-Brahmin Hindus with the “munj" (sacred thread). The late ...