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.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.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.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…
www.hinduyouth.net USA, August 28, 2008: An HPI reader sent the link above with a counter displaying the number of Hindus on Earth, updated continuously using Hinduism’s current growth rates. The website was created by the Hindu Youth Network, a very active Toronto-base group of young Hindus. As of the writing of this news summary we are 1 billion 36 million…
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www.nytimes.com WASHINGTON, DC, USA, August 13, 2008: Ethnic and racial minorities will comprise a majority of the United States’ population in a little more than a generation, according to new Census Bureau projections. The transformation is occurring faster than anticipated just a few years ago. The census calculates that by 2042, Americans who identify themselves as Hispanic, black, Asian (including…