Calcutta, Jan 27, 2012 (Washington Bangla Radio / Penning Creations) It’s not for nothing that Bengal is known as the land of festivities. We look forward with eager anticipation to our annual Durga Puja celebrations, offer our prayers on a regular basis on the day of Laxmi Puja, light up our homes during Diwali and seek blessings from Goddess Jagaddhatri – all within a span of a couple of months or ...

In the jihadi worldview there has never ever been any ambiguity about the perceived ‘enemies of Islam’. Kashmir may have been a transient tactical goal for the LeT, but its leadership has moved far beyond, identifying an ‘unholy trinity’ of ‘Crusaders, Zionists and Hindus’, as the unrelenting enemy of Islam. It is against this ‘enemy’ that the LeT – the ‘Army of the Pure’ – now directs its rage and its terror ...

Assam: Goalpara – Militant HabitatWashington Bangla Radio (blog)... Pakistan's external intelligence agency, Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), two belonged to the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI), and one to the NDFB. ...

The next speaker, Dr. Mihir Meghani, co-founder of Hindu American Foundation, showed an enlightening video about the need for advocacy of Hinduism, to ensure that the voice of the Hindu community is heard by public policy makers. ...