www.hinduonnet.com WASHINGTON, DC, USA, January 20, 2009: President-elect Barack Obama has appointed a leading Indian-American lawyer Preeta Bansal as General Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor at the Office of Management (OMB) and Budget at the White House. Bansal is currently Partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP in New York City. Since 2003, Bansal has also been a…
www.hinduismtoday.com Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity; of the appetite for adventure over love of ease. This often exists in a man of sixty more than in a boy of twenty. Swami Bua, age 120
www.zeenews.com SHIMLA, HIMACHAL PRADESH, INDIA, January 11, 2009: The State Agriculture University in Himachal Pradesh is experimenting with a concept based on Vedic rituals to boost yield. “The 15 hectares of land within the University campus where the technique of ‘Homa Agnihotra Farming’ is under experiment for over two years is yielding good results,” said Director of Research Chaudhary Sarwan.…
www.hinduonnet.com SHRDI, INDIA, January 11, 2009: The four walls surrounding the statue of Shirdi Sai Baba have been adorned with gold sheets embossed with pictures of the 20th century saint. The sheets, prepared using about 50 kg of gold, 50 kg of bronze and about 250 kg of copper, have been donated to the temple’s trust by a Hyderabad-based businessman.…
www.hinduonnet.com DEHRADUN, UTTARAKHAND, INDIA,January 16, 2009: Glen Copper, a British, who met his soulmate through internet, converted to Hinduism before deciding to tie a nuptial knot. Copper became a Hindu with a new name, Girish Kumar Arya, and married Bhavna Anand who was already in love with him. The marriage took place at Luxman Chowk colony here yesterday with the…
www.hinduismtoday.com Lead me in the center of thy silence to fill my heart with songs. Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) celebrated Bengali writer who won the Nobel Prize Literature in 1913
www.hinduismtoday.com Knowledge devoid of devotion is like chewing stones. Mata Amritanandamayi
timesofindia.indiatimes.com PANAJI, GOA, INDIA, January 11, 2009: “Create a temple protection law”, was the demand echoed by nearly 70,000 Hindus gathered at the SAG ground at Campal on Saturday for a meeting of the Goa Akhil Mandir Suraksha Samitti. Over 800 members of various Hindu organisations gathered to hear their leaders condemn the recent series of temple desecrations in the…
The entire incident left temple priests outraged. According to police, the foreign visitor, Sebastian, dressed like a sadhu. That made it difficult for security guards at the entrance to make out whether he is a Hindu or not. “He looked like a sadhu. He was wearing ochre robes of Hindu monks and yellow kurta with a shawl. He had also…
news.bbc.co.uk LONDON, UK, January 16, 2008: [HPI note: Hindu pundits have long resorted to palmistry for life readings and marriage compatibilities. The BBC brings a scientific research on the relative size of one’s fingers.] The length of a man’s fingers may predict his success in the City, research findings suggest. Scientists at Cambridge University found that financial traders whose ring…