www.nytimes.com AZAMGARH DISTRICT, INDIA, September 1, 2008: When Chandra Bhan Prasad visits his ancestral village in these feudal badlands of northern India, he dispenses the following advice to his fellow dalits: Get rid of things that demand children’s labor. Invest in your children’s education instead of in jewelry or land. Cities are good for outcastes like us, and so is…
www.hinduismtoday.com Nothing ever will be attempted, if all possible objections must first be overcome. Samuel Johnson
www.hindu.com VIJAYAWADA, INDIA, September 1, 2008: The work of fixing gold plates to the vimana gopuram of the temple of the Goddess Kanakadurga on Indrakeeladri resumed on Wednesday after a gap of four years. Temple officials plan to complete the fixing of all the plates by the nine-day Dasara festivities, which are scheduled to commence in the last week of…
www.mysticaltemplesofmalaysia.blogspot.com KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, September 2, 2008: A Hindu devotee in Malaysia, Kumaresh Batumalai, has created a blogspot to create awareness of the divine power in Malaysian Hindu temples as well as empower Malaysian Hindus. Each month will feature three short stories focusing on Hindu temples. This month features Arulmigu Maha Sapthakannika Devi Kovil, Seremban, Sri Sakthi Vinayagar temple, Gomback…
www.hinduismtoday.com The older I get, the more Hindu I become. V.S. Naipaul, expatriate Trinidadian novelist, now living in UK, widely regarded in English literary circles as the best living writer in the English language.
religion.info USA, August 27, 2008: Vedanta, an American and Hindu-based organization created for Westerners interested in Eastern religious thought and practice, is becoming increasingly Indian Hindu in makeup, causing controversy and concern among the remaining non-Indian members. Such members claim that Vedanta is losing its distinctive mission of reaching Westerners with Easternphilosophy and spirituality. The first Vedanta center was founded…
timesofindia.indiatimes.com THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS, September 2, 2008: At the Ganesh Chaturthi festival celebrations in the Hague, Netherlands, this year, the city will have a memorable event happening. A 2.25-meter tall Ganesha installed for the celebrations in Hague, perhaps the largest in Europe, was be shipped from Pune. The celebrations in the Hague are being organized by the United Kingdom-based Hindu…
www.televisionpoint.com CHENNAI, INDIA, August 27, 2008: Magic Box Animation Studio of Chennai released CDs and DVDs of the 2D and 3D animation film called Sri Ganesha recently, and has been receiving great response from the public. R. Satish Gupta, proprietor, Magic Box Animation Studio, says, “Along with conveying the moral of the story, we wanted to encourage the use of…
news.bbc.co.uk MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA, September 2, 2008: Images from Google Earth have confirmed that cattle tend to align their bodies in a north-south direction. Wild deer also display this behavior – a phenomenon that has apparently gone unnoticed by herdsmen and hunters for thousands of years. In the Proceedings for the National Academy of Sciences, scientists say the Earth’s magnetic…
www.hinduismtoday.com The longest journey is the journey inward, in the process of self-improvement. Swami Shivapremananda, South American Swami who teaches yoga, a disciple of Swami Sivananda