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Bhutanese Refugees Start New Life
news.bbc.co.uk KATMANDU, NEPAL, March 10, 2008: After more than 15 years of waiting, the first Bhutanese refugees in Nepal have started to leave for a new life in other countries. More than 100,000 Nepali-speaking Bhutanese people have been in refugee camps in Nepal since the early 1990s. The mainly Hindu people were forced out of Bhutan, a Himalayan kingdom which…
Hindu Temple Reopens In Srinagar, After 19 Years
newsblaze.com SRINAGAR, INDIA, March 8, 2008: Soomyar Mandir, a Hindu temple at Haba-Kadal in the summer capital Srinagar was thrown open after 19 years. Before the onset of militancy in 1989, the Haba-Kadal had the maximum concentration of Kashmiri Hindus. After the turmoil, most of the Kashmiri Hindu families migrated to different parts of India and Indian troops set up…
Upper Caste Christians Attack Dalit Christians in Tamil Nadu Over Demands for Separate Church
www.mynews.in TAMIL NADU, INDIA, March 11, 2008: Two Christians died and many more were wounded when shot by police who intervened yesterday to stop clashes between Dalit Catholics and upper caste Catholics in the diocese of Pondicherry- Cuddalore (Tamil Nadu). Troubles started on March 7 when a group of Dalit Christians from the Villupuram district began a hunger strike to…
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www.hinduismtoday.com The modern Hindu struggles in vain to understand the religion of his forefathers, and gives up the quest altogether. Swami Vivekananda, (1863-1902) summarizing the impact of Lord T. B.Macaulay’s education policy in India and the destructive success of the government Anglican schools for Hindus
Balinese Celebrate a Day of Silence for Hindu New Year
www.chinapost.com.tw DENPASAR, INDONESIA, March 10, 2008: The normally vibrant Indonesian tourist destination of Bali came to a standstill last Friday as the island’s Hindu majority celebrated the Hindu New Year. The Day of Silence, known as Nyepi, saw Balinese staying home, not working or playing, and for the most devout not even talking or eating. The island’s international Ngurah Rai…
Vatican Expands List of Cardinal Sins, With Seven New Social Sins
www.bloomberg.com NEW YORK, U.S.A., March 10, 2008: The Vatican has put together a list of seven “social” sins that includes excessive wealth, drug abuse, littering, genetic tampering and creating poverty. Echoing the concept of the seven cardinal vices — set to paper by Pope Gregory I in the sixth century — the new list adds a social dimension, Bishop Gianfranco…
Biography of Karan Singh Released During Celebration of His 77th Birthday
www.hinduismtoday.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, March 9, 2008: “Karan Singh, Sakshat Itihas” (“Karan Singh, History Personified”) is a pictorial biography in Hindi launched with grand fanfare by Delhi’s Chief Minister on Friday, 9th March, 2008, the 77th birthday of Dr. Karan Singh. The illustrious gathering on the occasion included capital’s leading lights from literary and political circles. Both the Chief Minister…
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www.hinduismtoday.com Mind absorbed in God, no place to go. Poondyswami, when asked by a Hinduism Today staffer why he sat for 10 years at a roadside shrine in South India without moving from his seat
Water Filters Based on Ancient Purification Techniques
www.hinduismtoday.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, March 6, 2008: The Shruti Foundation recently organized a workshop to teach the assembling of a “Ghatam” – a unique water filter based on knowledge derived from Indian traditional wisdom and ways of purification. The event was attended by NGO’s, social workers, academicians and residents of an area of Delhi who live without the benefit of…