www.ndtv.com KOLKATA, INDIA, October 9, 2008: Durga Puja is on the fast track to becoming a branded affair. Corporate sponsorships of Durga Puja in West Bengal have increased by 30 per cent in 2008–at rates ranging from five to ten million rupees, depending on the locality. Corporations are taking over the entire marketing rights of the puja event, and sponsors…
www.thestatesman.net NEW DELHI, INDIA: Tibetan refugees born in India face a tough decision. As refugees, they do not get good jobs. The Indian government offers citizenship to the 600,000 Tibetan refugees living here, but for many the fear of losing their Tibetan identity and culture is stronger than the lure of better paying jobs, even among the second- and third-generation…
164.100.52.41 UK, September 30, 2008: Fashion expert Prof. Simon Lewis, Pro-Vice Chancellor of Nottingham Trent University of Britain and the head of its College of Art and Design, said there is a huge market for Indian fashion designers and their products in western countries. India is perceived as the land of cultural pluralism, with a rich civilizational history–rich, exotic, mysterious,…
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www.HAFsite.org WASHINGTON, D.C., USA, October 8, 2008: Suhag Shukla, Esq., managing director of the Hindu American Foundation, condemned the recent inter-religious riots in India, saying, “Religious violence is contrary to the India’s long history of pluralism and co-existence that threatens the fabric of the country. We unequivocally condemn the violence and demand justice for the aggrieved as we mourn for…
www.kantipuronline.com KATHMANDU, NEPAL, October 8, 2008: Mahanavami, the ninth day of Dashain, is being celebrated by followers of Hinduism around the globe. Devotees throng the temples of Durga on this day which marks the last day of Navaratri festival that started with Ghatasthapana. Thousands of people have queued up to worship the Goddess Taleju at the historic temple of Taleju…
sify.com RANCHI, JHARKHAND, INDIA, October 6, 2008: An elephant attacked houses of people allegedly involved in damaging a temple of Lord Ganesha in Jharkhand and ensured their arrest. According to media reports on Saturday, a wild elephant attacked houses of around 10 people who on August 16 had damaged the temple situated in Mahudi hills of Hazaribagh district, around 120…
www.hinduismtoday.com Prayer is not asking, it is yearning of the soul for communion with God. Swami Sivananda (1887-1963)
www.nytimes.com NEW YORK, USA, October 4, 2008: A decision of parents to cremate their deceased son has sparked religious turmoil. Shafayet Reja, the son of a a Muslim father and a mother who was raised Hindu, died September 10 in a car accident; and his parents decided to follow the Hindu tradition of cremation rather than burying the body in…
www.hinduonnet.com MADURAI, INDIA, October 5, 2008: A seventh-century sculpture of Lord Bhairava, 125 cm tall and 52 cm broad, has been unearthed from the Pachaiyaru river bed at Azhagapuri near Palani in the district, officials said. Narayanamurthy, the archaeological expert who unearthed the granite stone sculpture of the Lord, said that a Shiva temple once stood where the river now…