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Hindus urge Germany’s Semperoper Dresden to drop culturally insensitive ballet “La Bayadère”

Hindus are urging Semperoper Dresden (Germany) to discard its upcoming production of “La Bayadère”; scheduled for February 15—March 05, 2023; which they feel seriously trivializes Eastern religious and other traditions. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that reportedly taxpayer funded Semperoper Dresden, “one of the most beautiful opera houses in the world”, should …

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Upset Hindus urge Spain brewery to remove goddess Lakshmi image from its beer & apologize

Upset Hindus are urging Artes (Barcelona, Spain) based microbrewery Societat Cervesera Artesenca to apologize and remove the image of Hindu deity Lakshmi from its MandarIPA beer, calling it highly inappropriate. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that inappropriate usage of sacred Hindu deities or concepts or symbols or icons for commercial or other …

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Hindus seek Diwali holiday in Orange County schools in Florida

Hindus are urging all public, private/independent, charter, parochial schools in Orange County (Florida) to close on their most popular festival Diwali; which falls on October 24 this year. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that it was simply not fair with Hindu pupils in Orange County schools as they had to be at school …

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Hindus ask for Diwali holiday in Austin area schools of Texas

Hindus are urging all Austin area independent school districts; and private/independent, charter, parochial schools; in Texas; to close on their most popular festival Diwali. Besides the largest Austin Independent School District (ISD), they are also seeking Diwali holiday in seven other area ISDs (Del Valle, Eanes, Hays Consolidated, Lake Travis, Leander, Manor, Pflugerville); and all private/independent, charter, parochial schools. Currently, …

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Hindus press for Diwali holiday in Atlanta schools

Hindus are urging all Atlanta public, private, charter, parochial schools to close on their most popular festival Diwali; which falls on October 24 this year. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that it was simply not fair with Hindu pupils in Atlanta schools as they had to be at school on their most popular …

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Upset Hindus urge Netflix reconsider hosting anime “Record of Ragnarok II”, as it trivializes Lord Shiva

Upset Hindus are urging Netflix to seriously rethink hosting of upcoming anime TV show “Record of Ragnarok II”, which they have called as “highly inappropriate” as it trivializes immensely revered Hindu deity Lord Shiva. Official trailer and a poster of “Record of Ragnarok II” (directed by Masao Okubo) have been recently released and both of these show the presence of …

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SBI Card partners with Aditya Birla Finance to launch ‘Aditya Birla SBI Card’

Hyderabad/New Delhi, June 30, 2022: SBI Card, India’s largest pure-play credit card issuer, today announced the launch of ‘Aditya Birla SBI Card’, a highly rewarding lifestyle credit card, in a strategic partnership with Aditya Birla Finance Ltd (ABFL), the lending subsidiary of Aditya Birla Capital Ltd. The card has been designed to give customers significant reward points on their spending …

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ACFI constitutes a new board and appoints Mr. Yashpal Sharma as its new President

New Delhi, 30th June, 2022: Air Cargo Forum India (ACFI) formulates a new board for a term of 2 consecutive years 2022-2024 at the Annual General Meeting held on 29th June 2022. Mr. Yashpal Sharma, MD – Skyways Group has been appointed as the President of ACFI for this period. Mr. Cyrus Katgara, the past President handed over the mantle to new board. Mr. Katgara will be part of the current board as Ex Officio. He will continue supporting ACFI to achieve its goals and help …

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10 Virginia school districts closing on Diwali in 2022: Hindus want Diwali holiday in all northern-central VA

Welcoming 10 public school districts in Virginia reportedly closing schools for students on Diwali this year, Hindus are urging the rest of the 24 public school districts and all private-charter-independent-parochial schools in Northern and Central Virginia to close on their most popular festival Diwali. Diwali falls on October 24 this year; and 2022-2023 calendars of Alexandria City, Arlington, Fairfax County, …

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Hindu statesman Rajan Zed presented “Interfaith Leadership & Vision Award” by Episcopal Church

Distinguished global religious statesman Rajan Zed was presented with “Interfaith Leadership & Vision Award” by Episcopal Church in Nevada on June 19. The Reverend Father Thomas W. Blake, Rector, Saint Catherine of Siena Episcopal Church in Reno, presented Zed with this Award, “for leveraging interfaith skills to increase cooperation and harmony among the diverse communities.” Rajan Zed, who is President …

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