That conflicting religious philosophies often propel nations into war has long been a truism of history. But when Samuel P.Huntington gave the oft-used “clash of civilizations” phrase a foreboding — ...

In a heart-wrenching incident from Indore, Madhya Pradesh, a three-year-old girl named Viyana Jain passed away after being initiated into the Jain ritual of Santhara, a voluntary fast unto death.

Santhara, a Jain spiritual practice which entails voluntarily giving up of one's life through fasting, has been in the eye of a storm for years now. A blown-up poster of the 24th Jain Tirthankar, ...

Santhara, a Jain spiritual practice which entails a voluntary giving up of one’s life through fasting, has been in the eye of a storm for years now. The law says it's suicide, Jains say it's their ...