afp.google.com SRINAGAR, INDIA, September 1, 2008: Muslims in Indian Kashmir suspended a two-month long protest caused when the government agreed to temporarily provide land to a Hindu trust managing a key pilgrimage in the Muslim-majority region. Muslims in the Kashmir valley, where the land is located, held huge anti-India demonstrations after state authorities made public their plans in June to…
www.deccan.com LONDON, ENGLAND, September 1, 2008: Herbal and Ayurvedic medicines, which are sold on the Internet, contain lead, mercury and arsenic levels beyond “acceptable standards,” according to the latest research. The highest levels of lead and mercury were found in medicines made by the ancient practice of rasa shastra, which deliberately combines herbs with metals, minerals and gems. Two main…
www.ddinews.gov.in NEW DELHI, INDIA, August 27, 2008: In a bid to help India achieve its national development goals, UNICEF on Thursday pledged USD 700 million for its joint initiatives with the government, UNICEF said about one-fifth of the world’s children live in India. Stating that the USD 700 million has been pledged for achievement of overall goals of the 2008-2012…
www.hinduismtoday.com The body is cleansed by water, the internal organ is purified by truthfulness, the individual soul by sacred learning and austerities, the intellect by true knowledge. Laws of Manu 5.109
www.hinduismtoday.com KAUAI, HAWAII, USA, December, 1999: [HPI note: this is the article Hinduism Today published on the occasion of Swami receiving the Hindu of the Year Award.] At 83, Swami Chidananda, president of the Divine Life Society, is one of India’s spiritual treasures, a sage, a beacon of light and a living example of the simplicity that lies at the…
www.indianexpress.com JELASPOTA, ORISSA, INDIA, August 28, 2008: While violence rages across Kandhamal district, in the ashram, where its spark was lit when Swami Lakshmanananda Saraswati and four others were killed on August 24, the adults are angry, the children traumatized. Many of the 130 girls in the Kanya Ashram, a residential school on the campus, were eyewitnesses to the killing…
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www.sivanandaonline.org RISHIKESH, INDIA, August 30, 2008: One of the prominent saints of contemporary times, and the President of the Divine Life Society, Rishikesh, established by Swami Sivananda, Swami Chidananda Saraswati, passed away on August 28th, 2008 at the age of 92 . He was a great Yogi and was a Loyola College, Chennai alumni in his pre-monastic days. He was…
www.dailypioneer.com ORISSA, INDIA, August 25, 2008: The police have arrested Pradesh Kumar Das, an employee of the World Vision, a Christian Charity, from Khadagpur while escaping from the district at Buguda. In another drive, two other persons Vikram Digal and William Digal have been arrested from the house of Lal Digal, a local militant Christian, from Nuasahi at Gunjibadi, Nuagaan.…
multiversitylibrary.com AUGUST 28, 2008: The fascinating book, “Danes Are Like That!,” is available for free at the URL above. This 106 page study is by an Indian anthropologist, G. Prakash Reddy, who spent time living with the people of Hvilsager village in Denmark. His objective was to study the Danes therein just as Western anthropologists studied the villagers of India…