www.nytimes.com MALDIVES ISLANDS, INDIAN OCEAN, November 10, 2008: The president-elect of the Maldives, a nation of 1,200 low islands in the Indian Ocean, is planning to establish an investment fund with some of its earnings from tourism so it can buy a haven for its citizens should global warming raise sea levels at a dangerous pace, according to several news…
royalnews.wordpress.com AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, November 15, 2008: It seems like there’s India fever with royals lately. Belgium’s King Albert II and Queen Paola of Belgium just got back from a 10 day tour of the country. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden also spent nearly two weeks there last month. King Albert II, in his visit, made a point of meeting…
www.hinduismtoday.com Temper takes you to trouble, pride keeps you there. Ma Yogashakti Saraswati
news.bbc.co.uk VERMONT, UNITED STATES, November 14, 2008: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is calling on Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont to raise health insurance premiums for people who eat meat, and lower the premiums for vegetarians. In a letter sent Monday to Bill Milnes Jr., president of Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Vermont, PETA’s Executive Director…
www.elfaroceutamelilla.es VALENCIA, SPAIN, November 14, 2008: Hindu priest and yoga teacher J. Ramchandani gave a seminar on Bhakti Yoga at the Hindu Temple of Valencia on Thursday November 6th. Ramchandani, born in Spain, is the son of a Hindu father and a Catholic mother. The title of the conference was: “Bhakti-yoga, The Magic of Devotion.” He also presented his new…
worldsreligionsjamia.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, September 17, 2008: The congress on “World’s Religions After September 11 – An Asian Perspective” will meet in New Delhi from January 17-20, 2009 at the Jamia Millia Islamia University campus. The Congress is being hosted by the recently established Center for the Study of Comparative Religion and Civilizations at the university. This Congress is a…
www.arshabodha.org SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY, USA: Dr. Dilip Amin will give a lecture entitled, “Interfaith Marriages and Future of Their Progeny: What Our Young Adults Should Know.” More than one third of our young adults marry a person from outside of Indic faith traditions. Religious differences bring complexities in married life, including unintended religious conversion to the faith of their spouse.…
www.hinduismtoday.com You don’t stop laughing because you grow old; you grow old because you stop laughing. Anonymous
pib.nic.in NEW DELHI, INDIA, November 4, 2008: At a meeting chaired by Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh with Ministries of Water Resources, Environment and Forests and Urban Development in New Delhi today, a decision was taken to declare the Ganga a National River. It also created the Ganga River Basin Authority as an empowered planning, implementing and monitoring authority for…
www.hindu.com CHENNAI, INDIA, November 8, 2008: A 1,200-year-old Siva temple of the Pallava period at Tiruppulivanam village in Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu, has been wiped clean of its beautiful Chola-period paintings. The frescoes, about 975 years old, have been sand-blasted out of existence. The frescoes were painted perhaps during the rule of Rajendra I, on the northern prakara wall. Dr.…