Websites

https://www.hinduismtoday.com/

Magazine produced by Himalayan Academy, based in Hawaii, which exists to foster Hindu solidarity worldwide and inform and inspire Hindus and those interested in Hinduism. Widely respected for providing non-sectarian, comprehensive and inclusive news on a wide range of religious and cultural topics from a Hindu perspective.

https://hindu-academy.com/

Hinduism as ‘spiritual humanism’ with links to many resources for schools and talks by Jay Lakhani.

www.iskconeducationalservices.org

Many resources on Hinduism reflecting pluralism and diversity as well as ISKCON perspectives.

https://hinduismeducationservices.co.uk/

Many resources on Hinduism, school and university visits, founded by the previous director of ISKCON Educational Services.

http://www.ochs.org.uk

Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. Downloadable lectures and other information.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/c2rndjjldzyt/hinduism

Items on Hinduism in the news.

BBC Radio 4 also has/had several series with relevant topics:

Beyond Belief

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006s6p6

Includes programmes on ‘Ayodhya’, ‘Karma’, ‘Women in Hinduism’ and ‘Yoga’

In Our Time

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qykl

Includes programmes on ‘The Bhagavad Gita’, ‘Hindu Ideas of Creation’ ‘Lakshmi’ and ‘The Upanishads’.

Incarnations: India in 50 Lives

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05rptbv

Includes programmes on ‘Gandhi: In the Palm of Our Hands’, ‘Kautilya: The Circle of Power’, ‘Mirabai: I Go the Other Way’, ‘Rammohan Roy: Humanity in General’, ‘Shankaracarya: A God Without Qualities’, ‘Shivaji: Dreaming Big’, ‘Vivekananda: Bring All Together’.

For philosophy, the following are useful:

https://iep.utm.edu/ Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

https://plato.stanford.edu/ Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

For sacred texts

https://www.sacred-texts.com/ Internet Sacred Text Archive.

Traditional Indian stories for children:

http://www.talesofpanchatantra.com/short-stories-for-kids

For festival dates consult the RE:ONLINE festivals Calendar (provided by the Shap Working Party):

https://www.reonline.org.uk/festival-calendar/

Many of the entries on Hindu topics on Wikipedia are reliable and very good, but use with the usual care.

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