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.…
news.bbc.co.uk LONDON, UK, March 03, 2008: A young girl worshipped in Nepal as a living goddess has retired early from this ritual status. Eleven-year-old Sajani Shakya is one of the three most revered living goddesses or Kumaris. She was in the news last when she was almost sacked from her position for travelling to the United States. Sajani has been…
news.bbc.co.uk KERALA, INDIA, February 27, 2008: Cloth infused with the herbs of traditional Indian medicine is becoming increasingly popular as the county’s stressed urban workers seek cures for conditions such as insomnia and eczema. Wearing a special shirt is claimed to cure itchy or sore skin, while sleepless nights can be taken care of by putting a herb-infused sheet over…
www.telegraph.co.uk 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…
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www.9wsyr.com SYRACUSE, NY, USA, February 28, 2008: New York State’s math testing for 3rd through 8th graders begins next week. Some classrooms have found a way to calm students nerves, and teachers are using yoga moves to reduce stress. Ms. Cathy Weeks’ class at Wheeler Elementary has her the fifth graders trying to relax by doing asanas, or postures. “If…
news.bbc.co.uk KERALA, INDIA, February 27, 2008: Cloth infused with the herbs of traditional Indian medicine is becoming increasingly popular as the county’s stressed urban workers seek cures for conditions such as insomnia and eczema. Wearing a special shirt is claimed to cure itchy or sore skin, while sleepless nights can be taken care of by putting a herb-infused sheet over…
news.bbc.co.uk LONDON, UK, February 21, 2008: University of Oxford researchers will spend nearly US$4 million in a three-year program to determine why mankind embraces God. The grant to the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion will bring together anthropologists, theologians, philosophers and other academics. “There are a lot of questions,” said Roger Trigg, the centre’s director. “What is it…
www.hinduismtoday.com KAUAI, HAWAII, February 26, 2008: In the course of researching Indian history from 300 to 1800 ce, Hinduism Today has come across the accounts of Chinese travelers who met brahmins capable of reciting from memory the entire Rig Veda. Question is, is there existing today anyone who can recite the Rig Veda from memory? If any reader can help,…
www.hinduismtoday I am silence among all secrets. Bhagavad Gita 10.3;8