Two girls, granddaughters of late green crusader judge Bhagabati Prasad Banerjee, have undergone a thread ceremony, departing from the tradition of only boys undertaking the ritual. The move has drawn ...

In an effort to revive a tradition started by noted freedom-fighter Veer Savarkar, a group from Pune has started a campaign to endow non-Brahmin Hindus with the “munj" (sacred thread). The late ...

An invite to a poite or sacred thread ceremony of a 16-year-old got me thinking. Would this poor chap manage to wear it through the muggy summers and muggier monsoons, no matter the blink-and-you-miss ...

Ananda and Sohini Bandyopadhyay organised an upanayan that was loyal to their family traditions, while doing away with patriarchal ones Despite growing up in Seattle, Hrid and Heeya find themselves ...