Asura is a modern reimagining of the popular ... The ‘slice of life’ series – the name of which means demigods in Buddhist cosmology – ‘resonates across cultures with universal family ...

Asura, (pronounced Ashura) the show's name, comes from the concept of Buddhist and Hindu power-seeking demigods, and each of the sisters in the story is meant to represent these figures.

In the Buddhist language, Pāli, the word for human dissatisfaction and suffering is dukkha. For Buddhist thinkers, all human suffering is caused by desire, attachment or craving. As a Buddhist ...

A Buddhist monk has been mauled to death by his own pet pit bull, which launched a brutal attack on the man's face. Phra Bandit Bootsen was feeding the one-year-old pup named Jord, when it latched ...

Religious groups across Los Angeles, including Sikhs, Hindus, Christians, Muslims, and Buddhists, are providing aid and relief to wildfire victims. Moninder Singh, a dedicated volunteer at a ...

In the period Japanese series Asura, Palme d’Or-winning Japanese film-maker Hirokazu Kore-eda (Shoplifters, 2018) has gathered a highly talented cast to highlight the complicated bonds between ...

Set in 1979 Tokyo, with Kore-eda writing and directing each of the seven episodes, Asura is centred on the touchstone of his storytelling: the ever-changing family unit. The most subtle of auteurs ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The quiet way Netflix has chosen to release Japanese-language mini-series Asura is both fitting and ...

Acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda, the mastermind behind the Oscar-nominated and Palme d'Or-winning Shoplifters, brings us Asura, a gripping drama that follows four sisters in 1979 ...

Netflix aficionados are in for a treat with the platform's latest addition, which has been met with critical acclaim despite its limited coverage. It may not be topping the charts this week, but ...

Written and directed by the internationally acclaimed Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japanese web series Asura season 1 premiered on Netflix on 9 January 2025 and has already garnered an 8.2 IMDb rating. A ...

But Buddhism played a major role in a fall of the centre of the Islamic Empire. History often speaks of the continuous rise of Islam with the arrival of Prophet Muhammad in the 7th century.