There are golden-oldies easter eggs all over Sincerely: a nod to Elvis Presley when she sings “Walk like an angel/Sometimes, I might even/Talk like an angel” on “Territorial,” echoed by the ...

(RNS) — Leena Manimekalai’s 2019 film “Maadathy,” about the brutalization of a Dalit girl who becomes a village deity, began with the words, “Behind every deity in India, there is a story of injustice ...

Kali Mata, an incarnation of the goddess Durga, is considered the most powerful deity in Hindu culture. Kali Puja is fast approaching and is dedicated to the goddess Kali. Kali Puja, Shyama Puja, or ...

Diwali 2024: The same festival is observed in various ways across different regions of India, with Kali Puja being held on the day of Diwali in West Bengal. Bengalis pray to Goddess Kali on Deepawali, ...

Kali Puja stands as a significant Hindu festival, honouring the Avatar of Goddess Durga in her formidable manifestation as Maa Kali. People perform the puja to protect themselves from bad effects that ...

One of the oldest stories about Kali that’s told in Bengali households harks back to when the male gods failed to control the mayhem unleashed by rampant asuras. The formidable goddess, in her ...

Uchis has spoken about her tumultuous upbringing before — “Kicked out the house as a teen/But I was on my own much longer it seemed,” she tells us on “It’s Just Us” — but this is the first project in ...