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www.thenational.ae KOLKATA, INDIA, October 11, 2008: Police officers in Orissa said that Christian youths have turned to militancy by teaming up with local Maoists. Police are concerned that if anti-Christian riots continue, the Christians may also join forces with Muslim militants to take on Hindus. Chandrasekhar Pattnaik, a police officer with the intelligence branch, said: “Some of these Christian militants…

timesofindia.indiatimes.com UNITED STATES, October 5, 2008: A growing number of experts and common folk in the U.S. are becoming fans of flexitarianism — being a vegetarian of convenience. They say that cutting back on meat, rather than abstaining completely, may be a practical compromise that benefits our bodies and our environment. “It gives you the health benefits of a vegetarian…

www.hinduismtoday.com Religious worship is not directed to images in themselves, considered as mere things, but under their distinctive aspect as images leading us on to God. The movement toward the image does not terminate in it as image, but tends toward that whose image it is.    Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), Catholic philosopher, theologian

www.indianexpress.com MUMBAI, INDIA, October 9: Dhakleshwar, one of the city’s oldest temples has received a makeover of a different kind. The trust that runs it managed to secure an International Standardisation Organisation (ISO) certificate. The renovation work on this 174-year-old temple, also a heritage structure, is almost over and its doors will be reopen to the devotees on Friday. As…

www.ptinews.com SRIRANGAM, TAMIL NADU, INDIA, October 9, 2008: Pay or move out is the ultimatum given by leaders the famous Lord Ranganatha temple to over 3,600 families residing on temple land. Ownership of the land was bestowed on the temple during the British regime in 1866 and was confirmed again in 1910. Ever since people can remember, they had lived…

news.bbc.co.uk MUMBAI, INDIA, September 29, 2008: Call centers are giving new meaning to the term, “dead-end job.” The hours are long and overtime is demanded. The work is simultaneously stressful and mind-numbing. Promotion is rare and salaries have fallen. India’s youth are becoming disenchanted. Many are leaving the industry, either to complete their education or to move immediately into another…

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“On behalf of the Temple of Understanding” (an international interfaith organization of which Singh is chairman) “and on my own behalf, I strongly condemn the recent incidents of violence by organizations that claim a Muslim or Hindu name but act in a barbaric fashion,” Singh said. “Attacks upon defenseless churches, burning and raping are a disgrace to religion that prides…