Common family names of Hindus, Jains and Sikhs (followers of Dharma traditions) were picked from the Macys marriage registry for our data analysis. Though individuals religious preferences were not verified, the consistency of results across these common family names, gives validity to our conclusions. The results clearly show that at least a third of these young Dharmics have selected an…
www.southasianfocus.ca SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, October 22, 2008: The Indian diaspora worldwide were in celebratory mood for Diwali, and that stands true for Australians. Thousands of people gathered in Sydney and Melbourne over the weekend to usher in Diwali festivities that coincided with the flowering of jacarandas and ripening of mangoes in Australia. While over 20,000 people celebrated Diwali at Olympic Park…
www.harekrsna.com JAGANNATHA PURI, ORISSA, October 18, 2008: The protracted debate regarding who can and cannot enter the world-famous Jagannath Temple has hit a roadblock. The temple is off limits to non-Hindus; but there is also contention about which “categories” of Hindus may worship there. On two occasions, police claim (after verifying identity cards), Hindu pilgrims from Indonesia have been driven…
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www.iht.com MASSENA, NEW YORK, October 15, 2008: A high school in the state of New York has won approval to offer students a voluntary yoga program–as long as it’s not called yoga. Some local parents had voiced fears that a “yoga program” would promote Hinduism and thereby violate the doctrine separating church and state; but they have agreed to let…
www.aol.in AHMEDABAD, INDIA, October 15, 2008: Pounds sterling, dollars, euros, dirhams — Gujarat’s revered Ambaji temple is flush with cash offerings in foreign currency after every Navratri. For the shrine in Banaskantha district, about 110 miles from here, which is visited by millions, true prosperity is measured not in gold but cash offerings, especially in foreign currency, made by Gujaratis…
travel.nytimes.com PONDICHERRY, INDIA, October 19, 2008: My wife and I have come to Pondicherry in southeast India mostly for the yoga. The classes used to be held in one of the many parcels of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram scattered across the Pondicherry, or as it is now correctly called Puducherry – the vernacular original which means “new village” in Tamil.…
news.bbc.co.uk BARCELONA, SPAIN, October 10, 2008: An EU-commissioned study has found that the global economy is losing more money every year from the disappearance of forests than it has in the current banking crisis. Adding the value of the various services that forests perform, such as providing clean water and absorbing carbon dioxide, the study estimates the annual cost of…
www.hinduismtoday.com If our senses conveyed the whole truth to us, we would see the Earth as rivers and glaciers of electrons, each speck of dust as a rolling mass of light. Paramahansa Yogananda
www.chennaionline.com KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, October 16, 2008: The Malaysian Government has banned the non-governmental Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf), branding it as a threat to national security. Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar issued a statement declaring Hindraf, which has been advocating ethnic Indian rights since late last year, as an illegal organisation. “As a result of the investigations, the Home…