www.pressdemocrat.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, October 3, 2008: India strengthened its laws against smoking in public places Thursday, but enforcement is not expected to be easy. For years, anti-smoking laws here have been widely ignored. India’s smokers are accustomed to lighting up anywhere they happen to be, even in hospitals and playgrounds. Tobacco companies have fought to keep warnings off boxes,…
www.hinduismtoday.com One of the most beautiful compensations of this life is that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself. Ralph Waldo Emerson
news.bbc.co.uk BHAKTAPUR, NEPAL, September 29, 2008: The state-run Trust Corporation, authorized by Nepal’s new Maoist-led government, has selected six-year-old Shreeya Bajracharya to fulfill the role of Kumari (“living goddess”) in the temple town of Bhaktapur. Always before, Kumaris have been appointed by the royal high priest; but the monarchy was abolished after the Maoists, who are atheists, won elections earlier…
www.hindu.com PATHANAMTHITTA, INDIA, September 30, 2008: The selection of the new Melsanthi (head priest) at the Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple for the next one year is most likely to be made by a new five-member committee as per the recommendations of the Paripoornan Commission. The Commission has maintained that the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), comprising the Board president and members, should…
timesofindia.indiatimes.com LONDON, ENGLAND, September 29, 2008: Can one’s faith in God really ease pain? “Yes”, say scientists at Oxford University, based on a recent experiment. The scientists subjected 12 Roman Catholics and 12 atheists to painful electric shocks as they studied two paintings–the Virgin Mary and a somewhat similar painting by Leonardo da Vinci. While looking at the Virgin Mary…
www.hinduismtoday.com Sugar is sweet at all times, even in the dark. So remains devotion for the devout, in times of comfort or discomfort, praises or insults, darkness or enlightenment. His Divine Holiness Pramukhswami Maharaj, spiritual head of Bochasanwasi Shree Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha
www.hinduonnet.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, September 30, 2008: Fruit prices have jumped–some by nearly 46 per cent–on expectations of increased consumption during the ongoing Navratri celebrations. Traditionally, people fast during the nine days of this festival, replacing other items in their diet with fruit. Because the increased demand is so predictable, prices start increasing several days before the start of the…
www.myfoxatlanta.com GEORGIA, USA, September 10, 2008: Fox Television news reported three weeks ago, “Gwinnett County authorities said the chief priest of a local Hindu temple lied to them and they weren’t happy. Sheriff’s investigators filed a felony charge following an I-Team investigation that raised questions about honesty inside the Hindu Temple of Georgia.” Click on URL above for the stations…
timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, September 27, 2008: A proposal to modify Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (which criminalizes sex between persons of the same gender) has come under fire in a government affidavit, becoming a heated matter of discussion in the last few weeks between the Delhi High Court and different branches of the government with opposing views.…
www.hinduismtoday.com Give me a few men and women who are pure and selfless, and I shall shake the world. Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902).