California
Donors are pushing to elevate Jain studies and principles at colleges as calls grow to diversify Euro-centric narratives in education.
May 2, 2021
World & Nation
The chants could be heard from the sidewalk.
Sept. 4, 1988
Markus Mossner, a 24-year-old West German, has taken a vow not to squash any insects under foot or to swat mosquitoes biting him if he can help it.
Aug. 2, 1987
In India, believers of Sarna Dharma, an ancient Indigenous faith system centered on reverence for nature, are seeking formal government recognition.
Nov. 24, 2022
Entertainment & Arts
Country singer Dolly Parton will be honored for the work of her Dollywood Foundation, which invested in what would become the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
Aug. 3, 2022
For centuries, the emperor Aurangzeb remained relegated to India’s history books, but his name is now being used in a way that alarms Muslims.
June 3, 2022
Books
Over the next few weeks, more than 120 million people will converge at the confluence of three rivers, the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Sarasvati, in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj for a Hindu pilgrimage.
Jan. 23, 2019
As a child growing up in Studio City in the 1980s and 1990s, composer Reena Esmail invented her own religion.
Nov. 17, 2018
Early Saturday evening, the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s chief operating officer, Chad Smith, stood on a balcony at Walt Disney Concert Hall and dropped a watermelon into a bucket on the sidewalk near Grand Avenue, sounding a satisfying splat.
Nov. 19, 2018
The Jain religious minority won a significant legal victory Monday when India’s Supreme Court upheld the practice of fasting until death.
Aug. 31, 2015