thestar.com.my SHAH ALAM, MALAYSIA, March 17, 2008: The Sri Maha Mariamman Hindu temple was demolished last November, ordered torn down by the authorities as it stood in the vicinity of the Rimba Jaya squatter settlement. Now, a new site for Temple in Kampung Rimba Jaya, Padang Jawa, has been approved. Mayor Mazalan Md Noor said the temple would be rebuilt…
www.rediff.com INDIA, March 14, 2008: As many Hindu parents in America and Canada know too well, you just cannot be prepared for all the questions your child has to face in the school. Questions like: Why do Hindus worship the cow? Are Hindu Gods always married to many women? Why do Hindus worship icons? The parents’ answers and explanations are…
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.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.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.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…