TAMIL NADU, INDIA, September 9, 2008: Tension gripped a village in this Tamil Nadu district on Monday after a Hindu temple was opened to Dalits on the orders of the Madras High Court. The court ruling prompted the protesting upper caste Vanniyar community to leave the village, officials said. The temple had been closed for nine months due to a…
www.thestatesman.net PHULBANI, ORISSA, INDIA, September 7, 2008:Rituals associated with the death of Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati — the Sodoshi Mohatshov, 16th day function — were held amidst unprecedented security measures at his Chakapada Ashram, 61 km from here today. Devotees from other parts of the state could not reach Chakapada and the scheduled Kalas Yatra (urn carrying the soil) of the…
www.guardian.co.uk UNITED NATIONS, September 7, 2008: People should have one meat-free day a week if they want to make a personal and effective sacrifice that would help tackle climate change. So said the world’s leading authority on global warming, Dr Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which earned a joint share of last year’s…
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…