Swastika Chandra explained her first name meant ‘good luck’ in Sanskrit and where she grew up in Fiji it was a common name, but Uber suddenly banned her account in October last year due to it ...

Swastika comes from a Sanskrit word meaning good fortune or well-being. It's a symbol that has been relevant to many religions across Asia, like Jainism and Buddhism, long before it was co-opted ...

Hindu Group Argues Against Swastika Ban Robert Siegel talks with Ramesh Kallidai, secretary general of the Hindu Forum of Britain, about the group's campaign to redeem the swastika as a religious ...

The (Opera House Restoration Building Committee) ultimately decided to restore the symbols to their original design and use them as an educational opportunity. The committee put informative displays ...

"My decoration said 'Happy Diwali' and had a swastika on it," said Deo, a physician, who was celebrating the Hindu festival of lights... Saturday, December 21 26°F / Cape Girardeau Latest ...

I can completely understand the history of the symbol. However, that history was erased the minute the Nazis took it over,” said Lucia Dressel.

Still, that did not prevent the Nazis from appropriating the swastika (Sanskrit, svastika, “conducive to well-being”), which Indians (including Hindus, Buddhists, and Jains) continue to use as ...

“My decoration said ‘Happy Diwali’ and had a swastika on it,” said Deo, a physician, who was celebrating the Hindu festival of lights. The equilateral cross with its legs bent at right ...