mangalorean.com MANGALORE, INDIA, March 3, 2008: Mangaloreans are gearing up to celebrate Maha Sivaratri and seek blessings from Siva, the destroyer of evil and ignorance. Sivaratri is a night of fasting, worship and meditation on Lord Siva, and it is being observed and celebrated with traditional gaiety and splendor at one of the most important temples in Mangalore, the Kudroli…
www.hinduismtoday.com USA, March 5, 2008: Interest in ayurveda and the neti pot have suddenly spiked throughout North America after Oprah Winfrey talked about them on TV. Last April, Oprah Winfrey featured the neti pot in a segment by Dr. Mehmet Oz, then ran it again in December 2007. It introduced millions of people to this ancient and healthy practice of…
www.hinduismtoday John F. Kennedy loved a little proverb he thought was Irish, but actually came from the Indian epic Ramayana: There are three things which are real–God, human folly and laughter. The first two are beyond our comprehension, so we must do what we can with the third.
www.hinduismtoday.com PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD, March 4, 2008: From 1838 to 1917, Indians were brought from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar as indentured laborers to the Caribbean islands. In addition to their work ethic, they brought with them the culture and religious practices of Hinduism with the Ramayana, Siva Puranas and the Bhagvad Gita among the several religious texts found in their “jhaji…
www.hinduismtoday.com LONDON, UK, February 20, 2008: An American team has found that being unable to control anger can make you four times more likely to have a slow recovery, according to a study published in the journal Brain Behavior and Immunity. To see if anger would hold back wound healing, the team conducted a study with 98 participants who had…
www.hinduismtoday.com TAMIL NADU, INDIA, March 4, 2008: New books. Used books. All books are welcomed by two institutions in the deep south of India. When Hinduism Today editorial staff was traveling in Tamil Nadu in February, we were taken to several stellar schools and libraries. One school, the Chinmaya Vidalaya in Rajapalayam, India, has over 700 students on the campus…
www.hinduismtoday.com A poor devotee points to the sky and says, God is up there. An average devotee says, God dwells in the heart as the Inner Master. The best devotee says, God alone is and everything I perceive is a form of God. Ramakrishna
www.hindu.com PUDUCHERRY, INDIA, March 3, 2008: Aiming for a true state of unity in diversity, speakers at the 40th anniversary celebrations of Auroville have stressed the need to come together and stay united, while overcoming differences and working towards building the township. As part of the landmark celebrations here on Thursday, a symposium on “Auroville… and the Ideal of Human…
www.sewausa.org U.S.A., March 3, 2008: Yuva for Sewa (Youth for Service) is a fellowship program that provides young adults with opportunities to use their time and talent to volunteer for the less fortunate across the globe. This year, Yuva for Sewa will be connecting youth with service projects in India, the Caribbean and the U.S. Anyone between the ages of…
www.rediff.com U.S.A., February 28, 2008: (HPI Note: this is an opinion piece written by Dhruv Goel, 15, who moved from India to Texas.) Americans are frightened of India, or of what they think India is. For them, India is poor. India has no electricity. All Indians are Hindu. These are just some of the things I have heard in America.…