www.echo-news.co.uk SOUTHEND, ESSEX, UK, September 12, 2008: Thousands of Hindus are expected at the fourth Ganapati Visarjana ceremony being staged on Shoeburys East Beach. Organized by the Shree Jalaram Seva Trust, the celebration is thought to be the largest outside India. Saturdays ceremony marks Ananta Chaturdashi, the birthday of the Lord Ganesha, the elephant-headed God. His birthday is one of…
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www.hinduismtoday.com KAUAI, USA, September 11, 2008: The October/November/December edition of Hinduism Today magazine has been released in digital form and is now available — for free — on your desktop. This compelling issue can help you protect your children from misinformation. It gives Hindu families, teachers and institutions a powerful educational tool which help us all teach kids the truth…
www.capeem.org CALIFORNIA, USA, September 10, 2008: To counter gross inaccuracies in American 6th grade schoolbooks, the California Association of Parents for the Equalization of Educational Materials (CAPEEM) filed in March 2006 a lawsuit against the California Department of Education (CDE) and members of the State Board of Education (SBE). The lawsuit has now concluded its pre-trial phase. CAPEEM initiated the…
www.hinduismtoday.com There is a startling parallelism between today’s physics and the world vision of Eastern mysticism. The increasing contribution of Eastern scientists from India, China and Japan, among others, reinforces this conjunction. Physical science has now become planetary and draws into its fold an increasing number of non-Easterners who find in its new vision of the universe many elements that…
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HPI NEW DELHI, INDIA September 8th, 2008 [by Rajiv Malik, HPI correspondent]: A public memorial was held September 7 in Orissa in honor of Hindu saint Swami Lakshamanananda Saraswati, whose brutal murder has shocked the nation. Swami Ji had served for four decades, walking miles through the most difficult terrain of Orissa’s tribal belt and teaching Vedas to women and…
rameshnaidoo.blogspot.com INDIA, September 10, 2008: This site features a short film by Pia Scov on the conversion tactics of Christian missionary groups in India. Catholics, Protestants, and groups masquerading as Christian to further their own ends are the main abusers. With promises of money, healing and advantages these groups prey on the illiteracy, poverty and innocence of villagers to convert…
www.hinduismtoday.com Our peace of mind increases in spite of suffering; we become braver and more enterprising; we understand more clearly the difference between what is everlasting and what is not; we learn how to distinguish between what is our duty and what is not. Our pride melts away and we become humble. Our worldly attachments diminish and, likewise, the evil…
www.hinduismtoday.com As clouds are blown away by the wind, the thirst for material pleasures will be driven away by the utterance of the Lord’s name. Sri Sarada Devi