India prepares for Kumbh Mela, world's largest religious gathering, amid COVID-19 fears

(ANALYSIS) Massive crowds are expected to gather at India’s northern city of Haridwar throughout April 2021 for the religious festival of Kumbh Mela, despite the country’s grappling with a COVID-19 surge. The Kumbh Mela is a Hindu pilgrimage held every 12 years and is the world’s largest religious festival, with a total 100 million pilgrims expected over several weeks.

Asia, NewsTulasi SrinivasApril 15, 2021Tulasi Srinivas, Kumbh mela, Hinduism, India, pilgrims, COVID-19, Primary Feature, Secondary FeatureComment

Peter Wood's new book ‘1620’ dismantles the 1619 Project and commends the democratic spirit of the Pilgrims

Wood joins a chorus of historians who see the New York Times’s 1619 Project as a failed effort to reframe American history and with “1620” makes the case that the Mayflower Compact inaugurated the American experiment in democracy. “If the 1619 Project were a term paper, any knowledgeable, fair-minded teacher would give it an F,” Wood writes. The project’s lead essay by Nikole Hannah-Jones won a Pulitzer Prize.

BooksDr. Robert CarleNovember 25, 2020Dr. Robert Carle, Peter Wood, 1619 Project, 1620, 1620 book, new book 1620, 1620 by Peter Wood, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Pulitzer Prize, pilgrims, american colonies, Mayflower compact, capitalism, american democracy Comments

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