www.trinidadexpress.com TRINIDAD, March 15, 2008: An order to remove rakshas (sacred threads) from the wrists of Hindu pupils at the Cunupia High School has provoked the wrath of the Hindu Students Council of Trinidad and Tobago (HCSTT). Earlier this week the school refused entry to those pupils wearing the rakshas, which is tied on by a Hindu priest during a…
www.newindpress.com CUDDALORE, INDIA, March 13, 2008: A meeting held in Chidambaram on Tuesday decided to allow oduvars to recite Tamil devotional hymns at Lord Nataraja temple on a regular basis. As per the resolution, the oduvars recited Tamil hymns at the temple from 7.30 am to 8 am on Wednesdays. The resolution was adopted in the meeting between the dikshitars,…
www.chinapost.com.tw DENPASAR, INDONISIA, March 8, 2008: The normally vibrant Indonesian tourist destination of Bali came to a standstill Friday as the island’s Hindu majority celebrated the start of the Hindu new year. The Day of Silence, known here as Nyepi, saw Balinese confined to their homes, unable to work, play and — for some — even talk or eat. The…
www.hinduismtoday.com Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
www.hinduismtoday.com If the chimney is full of smoke, how can the light be seen? If the mind is full of dirt, how can the soul shine? Yogaswami of Jaffna (1872-1964)
www.speaksanskrit.org U.S.A, March 15, 2008: A group of students of Indian origin from various US Universities, meeting at an online forum, decided to create an online Sanskrit magazine. Under the name “Campus Samskritam Network” (CSN), faculty and alumni from MIT, UMD, CMU, UPitt, PSU, UPenn, Caltech, Purdue and other prestigious universities have been working on an eletronic publication, hosted on…
www.nytimes.com MUMBAI, INDIA, March 10, 2008: Yonatan Gher and his partner, who are Israeli, plan eventually to tell their child about being made in India, in the womb of a stranger, with the egg of a Mumbai housewife they picked from an Internet lineup. The embryo was formed in January in an Indian fertility clinic about 2,500 from the couple’s…
www.mynews.in OTTOWA, CANADA, March 12, 2008: Under a multi-year agreement between Ranka Group of Companies and Wal-mart, it was announced yesterday they will sell Indian family apparel, covering a wide range of clothing in 20 Wal-mart stores across Canada. “My life dream to promote India in Canada is fulfilled. I have been working for years to promote self esteem for…
www.hinduonnet.com LONDON, UK, March 11, 2008: In a role reversal, Indians are not only meeting the shortage of priests in churches in Britain, but Christian migrants from India, particularly from Kerala, are helping boost dwindling church congregations. One of the first Indian priests to arrive in Wales to preach Christianity was Rev Hmar Sangkhuma, from the Diocese of Mizoram in…
dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com LONDON, UK, March 11, 2008: Scientists have long projected that areas will become more desertic in a warming world — from the Middle East through the European Riviera to the American Southwest, from sub-Saharan Africa to parts of Australia. But scientists have measured a rapid recent expansion of desert-like barrenness in the subtropical oceans, in places where surface waters…