hinducentre.org.sg SINGAPORE, August 20, 2008: How does Hinduism reconcile its messages with the challenges of change facing it everyday? To address these and other questions facing Hinduism today, the Hindu Centre, an independent organization that is committed to the spiritual evolution of Hindus in Singapore, will bring together several eminent scholars and teachers from abroad for a two-day Conference. Entitled…
specials.rediff.com INDIA, August 14, 2008: [HPI note: these are the first paragraphs of a first-hand account of this year’s Amarnatha Yatra, by Swapnil Bhumkar. You can read the whole diary by clicking on the link above.] Sri Ganganagar was where we came across our first langar, where free food is distributed to anyone and everyone. We were in Jammu, six…
www.hinduismtoday.com Siva is the Life of our life. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)
thestar.com.my MALAYSIA, August 12, 2008: What started out as a passing fancy ended up as a labor of love that lasted almost three years for Professor Dr. Krishna Gopal Rampal. “At first, I thought it would be nice to have a few paintings on Indian temples in Kuala Lumpur,” says Prof. Krishna, 57, an ardent collector of Malaysian artworks since…
www.hinduismtoday.com Culture without religion is just for tourists. Anonymous
ap.google.com SRINAGAR, INDIA, August 18, 2004: Tens of thousands of Muslims waving green and black protest flags planned to march through Indian Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar. They intended to reach the U.N. offices demanding freedom from India. Security measures prevented them from reaching the U.N. offices, but demonstrators tore down barbed wire barricades that authorities had erected on roads…
www.hindustantimes.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, August 15, 2008: Twelve young flagbearers of Hindi from Europe chosen from among hundreds for their skill in the language are currently on a 10-day trip to India. Barring a few European students of Hindi, they are all persons of Indian origin who have learnt the language to keep alive an emotional link with their country…
in.reuters.com KATHMANDU, NEPAL, August 12, 2008: Religious authorities in Nepal have begun the search for a girl who could be as young as three or four to serve as the new Kumari, or the virgin “living goddess”, in a centuries-old tradition. Astrologers were consulting horoscopes of candidates from Buddhist Shakya families to replace the current Kumari, Preeti Shakya, who is…
www.southasianfocus.ca TORONTO, CANADA, August 13 2008: An estimated 2,500 people from across the area braved the rains last weekend to attend the Hindu Heritage Festival, held at Toronto’s Black Creek Pioneer Village by the Hindu Federation as announced on HPI on August 9. The festival provided a perspective on how the first members of the community experienced life in Canada,…
www.hinduismtoday.com If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India. French scholar Romain Rolland