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Inside Remo D’Souza’s home with ‘world’s smallest Shivling, Mother Mary statue’; converted to Christianity at 15

Inside Remo D’Souza’s home with ‘world’s smallest Shivling, Mother Mary statue’; converted to Christianity at 15

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5 min readNew DelhiApr 28, 2026 04:47 PM IST Choreographer Remo D’Souza and his wife Lizelle have been living in their lavish Mumbai bungalow ‘Sabr’ for over a decade now. The couple’s abode is rooted with design statements, religious values, and their beliefs. In a recent interview with The Curly Tales, Remo and Lizelle gave a tour of their house – with 11 pets, Ganesh mandir, and world’s smallest Shivling. In the beginning of the video, the couple shared their love for pets and Remo revealed, “We have 8 dogs and 3 cats. There’s Ice, Snow, Coco, Hope, Ricco, Kundi, Star, and Fury. The cats are Bambi, Zee Zee, and Simba. They have the whole house to themselves. When Kamiya pointed out that there’s a mother Mary statue outside the house and a temple inside, Lizelle replied, “So, I am a born Catholic and he is a born Hindu. I have been brought up in a boarding school, surrounded with all religions. I followed all the religions, so it’s always a part of us.” Remo …

Rising attacks on Christians in India are not good for its global image

Rising attacks on Christians in India are not good for its global image

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December 27, 2025 04:15 PM IST First published on: Dec 27, 2025 at 04:14 PM IST On November 23, 2024, Pastor Pranjal Bhuyan of Golaghat Baptist Church was arrested on a false accusation under the Assam Healing (Prevention of Evil) Practices Act. He was the first person to be arrested under this new law. He was released on bail six days after the FIR was lodged. In May this year, the district court dismissed the case. While the world celebrates Christmas, it seems to be a low-key affair in a number of states in our country, where miscreants are attacking Christians in their homes and places of worship. Many cases of false allegations of conversion have led to the arrest of Christians. Currently, 12 states have stringent anti-conversion laws that make it difficult for anyone to wriggle out of the net after being incarcerated. The right to practise, profess, and propagate any religion enshrined in Article 25(1) is set aside by these overpowering legislations. Matters have come to such a pass that even possession of …

India’s ‘lady superstar’, converted from Christianity to Hinduism, dated 2 South stars, she is…

India’s ‘lady superstar’, converted from Christianity to Hinduism, dated 2 South stars, she is…

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Who is Nayanthara? Nayanthara is an Indian actress and producer recognized for her roles in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam cinema. She was the sole South Indian actress included in the Forbes India Celebrity 100 list in 2018. Her career, spanning over 20 years, includes appearances in over 75 films and accolades such as five Filmfare Awards South, a Tamil Nadu State Film Award, a Nandi Award, and seven SIIMA Awards. Nayanthara’s family history Nayanthara was born in an ordinary family in Karnataka. Previously, her name was Diana Mariam Kurien. Her father, Kurien Kodiyattu, served as an army officer, while her mother, Oommen Kurien, was a housewife. Raised in a Christian household, Nayanthara chose to embrace Hinduism at 27 and modified her name to Nayanthara. Nayanthara’s early career years Nayanthara began her acting journey in 2003 with the Malayalam movie Manassinakkare. Her debut film grabbed the attention of everyone. In a brief period, she began receiving proposals for Tamil and Telugu movies. Over the years, she was part of several blockbusters, in different languages, including Aiyyaa, …

Giving a political colour to Jemimah Rodrigues’ post-match comments robs the country of savouring a famous victory to the fullest

Giving a political colour to Jemimah Rodrigues’ post-match comments robs the country of savouring a famous victory to the fullest

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Here is the first line on the acknowledgments page of my novel A Time Outside This Time: “In a 2017 article on behavioural science in The New Yorker, I read that grocers had learned that they could sell double the amount of soup if they placed a sign above their cans reading ‘12 PER PERSON’.”  The sign used by the grocers is a part of a phenomenon that psychologists call “anchoring,” and an aspect of anchoring is what is called “priming”. The associative mechanism in our thinking — let’s say, if someone says, “train travel in India” and I think immediately of Shah Rukh Khan and Malaika Arora dancing atop a moving train — gives us insight into our memories and ideologies. Associative thinking is of interest because it shows us that the behaviour of individuals and groups can be primed by events as well as messaging and propaganda; equally significantly, priming explains how our unconscious biases affect our thinking that we would otherwise consider independent or rational.  In A Time Outside This Time, my …

JD Vance’s ‘wife’s faith’ remark, social media uproar & a clarification: What happened so far

JD Vance’s ‘wife’s faith’ remark, social media uproar & a clarification: What happened so far

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US Vice President JD Vance on Friday issued a clarification after his comments about hoping his Hindu wife, Usha Vance, would one day embrace Christianity triggered a wave of controversy and debate online. The question was posed to Vice President JD Vance by a woman, believed to be of Indian origin,(AFP) The controversy began when Vance, while speaking at a ‘Turning Point USA’ event in Mississippi earlier this week, was asked if he wished his wife would “come to Christ.” Responding candidly, he had said, “Now, most Sundays, Usha will come with me to church. As I’ve told her, and as I’ve said publicly, and as I’ll say now in front of 10,000 of my closest friends — do I hope, eventually, that she is somehow moved by the same thing that I was moved by in church? Yeah, I honestly do wish that because I believe in the Christian gospel, and I hope eventually my wife comes to see it the same way.” The question was posed to him by a woman, believed to …

Conversion Racket Disguised As Free Medical Camp Busted In Meerut

Conversion Racket Disguised As Free Medical Camp Busted In Meerut

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Last Updated:December 11, 2024, 13:02 IST The so-called medical camp in Meerut’s Shivpuram area was a facade for a prayer meeting. It promoted conversions to Christianity among attendees After being lured with promises of medical treatment, the attendees found themselves in a prayer meeting. (News18 Hindi) Police busted a religious conversion racket operating under the pretence of a medical camp in Meerut. The Partapur police station apprehended five individuals linked to the racket. The supposed medical camp, situated in the Shivpuram area, was a facade for a prayer meeting where people were encouraged to embrace Christianity. Earlier, members of a Hindu organisation, acting on a tip-off, arrived at the scene and questioned the attendees. It was found out that after being lured with promises of medical treatment, the attendees instead found themselves in a prayer meeting. The police discovered numerous books related to Christianity at the location. Vineet, a man who had converted to Christianity a decade prior, has been identified as the mastermind of the conversion scheme. The police said that Vineet had been …

US Polygamist leader with 20 ‘wives’ faces sentencing for criminal sex acts with children | News Today News

US Polygamist leader with 20 ‘wives’ faces sentencing for criminal sex acts with children | News Today News

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A polygamist religious leader who claimed more than 20 spiritual “wives ” including 10 underage girls faces decades in prison at his sentencing on Monday for coercing girls as young as 9 years old to submit to criminal sex acts with him and other adults. Samuel Bateman, whose small group was an offshoot of the sect once led by Warren Jeffs, has pleaded guilty to a yearslong scheme to transport girls across state lines for his sex crimes, and later to kidnap some of them from protective custody. His plea agreement called for 20 to 50 years in prison, though each conviction carries a possible life sentence. But first, a federal judge will hear from a doctor who evaluated Bateman’s competency. The question could determine whether the sentencing goes forward or Bateman is remanded to state custody for psychiatric treatment until he’s deemed mentally fit to assist in his defense, his attorney Brian Russo said.Authorities say that Bateman, 48, tried to start an offshoot of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints based …

Have Chunky Panday and Aditya Pancholi converted to Christianity? Watch video

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A video has surfaced online in which renowned actors Chunky Panday, Aditya Pancholi and comedian Sunil Pal were seen at a Christian missionary congregation.   On Thursday, a social media page took to their social networking site X (formerly known as Twitter) and shared a video showing actors Chunky Panday, Aditya Pancholi and stand-up comedian Sunil Pal indulged in the practices of Christian community. We thought Bollywood only sell themselves for money. Who knew one day they’ll also start selling out their religion for money….!! Chunky Pandey, Aditya Pancholi and Sunil Pal doing Hallelujah 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/pLErQUAeNT — Yo Yo Funny Singh (@moronhumor) September 19, 2024 The post featured two clips added simultaneously in which Chunky was seen interacting with the pastor on stage. He was seen accompanied by Aditya and Sunil. The clip starts with, “Main toh sabko bolta hoon, meri toh nikal padi bhai, mera itna good luck ho gaya jabse mere sar pe aapne haath daala hai mujhe blessings di” To which pastor says, “Thank you, Jesus”. while everyone in the crowd cheers …

Govinda’s wife Sunita Ahuja recalls converting to Christianity in school only to have wine: ‘I was always cunning’ | Bollywood

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Sep 19, 2024 06:34 PM IST Govinda’s wife Sunita Ahuja revealed why she converted to Christianity when she was in school. Sunita and Govinda have been married since March 1987. Govinda‘s wife Sunita Ahuja is known for being candid and straightforward during her media interactions. In a recent interview on Timeout With Ankit Podcast, she shared a funny incident from her childhood. She revealed that she secretly converted to Christianity without telling her parents in order to be able to have wine. (Also read: Govinda’s wife Sunita Ahuja reveals his reaction to criticism of his faltering career: ‘Mere ghar me mere dushman hain’) Govinda’s wife Sunita Ahuja recently spoke about converting to Christianity in school. Sunita Ahuja says she got baptised to have wine While speaking of her childhood, Sunita said, “I was born in Bandra. I’ve been baptised. I was in a Christian school, and all my friends were Christians. As a child, I had heard that Jesus’ blood is wine. And I thought to myself, ‘Wine means alcohol’. I was always very cunning. …

‘Kareena Kapoor follows Christianity, I used to play hymns for her kids’: Taimur Ali Khan’s nanny | Bollywood

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Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan married in 2012; they have two sons – Taimur Ali Khan (born in 2016) and Jehangir Ali Khan (born in 2021). Their former nanny Lalita Dsilva, in an interview to Pinkvilla, shared details about the Pataudi family and how religion plays a role in the kids upbringing. She also said Kareena ‘follows Christianity’. Also read: Taimur Ali Khan’s nanny reveals what Kareena Kapoor said when she asked if her salary would be ₹2.5 lakh Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan with sons Taimur and Jehangir during a holiday in Europe. (File Photo) ‘I used to play hymns’ Lalita Dsilva said, “Kareena Kapoor follows Christianity, unki (Taimur and Jehangir) mother Christianity follow karti hain. Toh mujhe kahti thi ki ‘Aapko acha lagta hai hymns lagana toh aap hyms lagayiye’. I used to play hyms for them. Phir she (Kareena) used to say that the Punjabi hymn, Ik Onkar, she used to follow that toh woh laga dete the (The kids’ mother follows Christianity. So she would tell me ‘If you …