www.newyorker.com NEW YORK, USA, May 7, 2007: Early one morning in June, 2003, two dozen police officers drew their guns and prepared to raid a stately three-story brick-and-concrete home on a corner lot in Everest Colony, a quiet residential neighborhood on the outskirts of the Indian city of Jaipur. Several khaki-clad officers scaled the imposing stone wall surrounding the house,…
www.hinduismtoday.com The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right time, but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
www.theglobeandmail.com MONTREAL, CANADA, September 5, 2008: Quebec schools won’t be marking the arrival of just Christmas any more — now they will be required to note the passage of holidays like Hanukkah and Eid al-Adha, Dipavali and the birth of the Sikh guru Nanak. The dates on the school calendar are part of a controversial new course on ethics and…
All the speakers offered floral tributes to the pictures of Swami Lakshmanananda Saraswati and Bharat Mata [Mother India] at the opening of the meeting. Shri Swadesh Pal Gupta, President of the Indraprastha Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Delhi, who had personally known Swami Ji for a long time, expressed his views: “Swami’s murder has shocked the whole world. It is difficult to…
www.hinduismtoday.com Devotion must not be like the flood of the rainy season in which all get washed away. Devotion should be like the river that retains water even in the hottest season. Saint Kabir (1440-1518)
www.hindu.com PALANI, INDIA, September 4, 2008: A redesigned rope car system and a new panchamritham-making facility were inaugurated here Tuesday, as well as several other improvements. The temple will have a modern hall for the offering of hair, additional seating at the winch station and a massive dining hall at Dhandapani Nilayam. The Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments,…
www.hindu.com LEICESTER, ENGLAND, September 2, 2008: Fashion designers in Britain are gearing for a national competition for the best bridal sari, reflecting the hopes, dreams and aspirations of a British-Asian bride. The competition, British Sari Story 2008, is calling for people to create their own embroidery, embellishment and beading with patterns that reflect present-day British Asian life. Leicester’s Indian-origin Lord…
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…