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TRINIDAD, April 27, 2008: (by Paras Ramoutar) Suriname’s Vice-President, Ramdien Sardjoe has spoken of the clashes in the world society. He told the closing session of the Global Lord Hanuman Hindu Conference at the Dattatreya Yoga Centre on Saturday that the entire world is encountering clashes and a great crisis because of the lack of understanding and lack of confidence. “Lord Hanumanji’s life is presenting a great message to live on this earth in harmony, in cooperation and with love, peace and understanding,” Sardjoe told the overflowing assembly of devotees from T&T, India, Canada, USA, England and Holland.

Sardjoe said Lord Hanumanji is an ideal example for building a bridge to unity, oneness, for synthesis and for togetherness of all types of races, creeds, countries, cultures and communities. “This is because of the uniqueness of our Vedic Hindu Culture, as they work with unity in diversity and diversity in unity and unity in oneness. Thus, we can make a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, multi-religious society, just as the rainbow brings together the beauty of many different colors,” he said. Sardjoe said that throughout the Hindu religious text, the Ramayana, one observes that whenever a vexing problem arose requiring diplomacy, Valmiki (the author) lauds Hanumanji as a confluence of integrity, valour, intelligence, strength, patience and wisdom.

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NEW DELHI, INDIA, April 27, 2008: (By Rajiv Malik, HPI Correspondent India/South Asia) “Upanishads are India’s greatest gift to the world and the message of Upanishads is not meant for the people of any particular caste, creed, country or religion. They show the correct path to the whole of mankind.” These views were expressed by Dr. Karan Singh, President, Indian Council for Cultural Relations [ICCR] while releasing a book entitled “Aum Purnamada” authored by Acharya Yaad Kumar Verma (Shri Ramdasanudas) on April 27th, 2008. The book contains translation of five hundred fifty mantras selected from nine Upanishads. The function was attended by a large number of Vedic scholars, intellectuals and media persons.

Dr. Karan Singh praised the organizers of the event “Shabda Setu” [bridge of words] and its president Dr. Harish Naval. The function was presided by well known scholar and author Padmashri Dr. Shyam Singh Shashi and Shri Mookhesswur Choonee, High Commissioner of Mauritius in India was a special guest of honor for the evening.

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HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, April 25, 2008: In Hollywood, it makes sensational news when celebrities from singer Rihanna to actress Jessica Alba get Sanskrit tattoos done. However, the same region has quietly witnessed a silent revolution over the past eight months with an upsurge of interest in the rising Speak Sanskrit movement. Starting September 2007, Samskrita Bharati, a voluntary nonprofit organization spearheading the movement to popularize the usage of Sanskrit in daily life, stationed a full time volunteer in the LA area to initiate change. Successfully, the volunteer Sowmya Joisa, a recent graduate from University of Pennsylvania conducted nearly 20 different Speak Sanskrit workshops attended by over 300 people. Additionally, over 150 people attended a recent Sanskrit entertainment program conducted as the culmination of a youth workshop in Irvine, CA.

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