Hinduism Today, January/February/March 2008 Issue (HPI note: This article appears in the January/February/March 2008 issue of Hinduism Today. Full text below.) Hinduism Today was recently asked to provide a definitive estimate of Hindus in America. Our conclusion: as of 2008, there are more than 2,290,000 Hindus in the US. There are no official government statistics on the number of adherents…
www.hinduismtoday.com/digital Hinduism Today’s latest issue is one of its richest yet. Here are a few highlights: Is the question, “How can I improve the world?” impossibly difficult? It is not necessarily so, according to Publisher Bodhinatha who suggests practical approaches and application of some basic principles. He shows that raising our children to be spiritual, for instance, will have a…
www.swaminarayan.org CHANDKHEDA, AMDAVAD, INDIA, December 17, 2007: Celebrating both the organization’s anniversary and the 87th birthday of His Divine Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj, hundreds of thousands gathered in a magnificent tribute. The programme focused on Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s engaged spirituality and his great saying, “In the joy of others lies our own”. A 3-hour cultural programme performed by thousands of…
www.siasat.com HYDERABAD, INDIA, December 22: Chilkur Balaji Temple chief priests have appealed to the people not to rush to temples on January 1 as the day does not usher in the New Year as per Hindu tradition. The practice of making it a point to visit temples on the day is an alien concept and has been creating stampede in…
www.hindustantimes.com SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, December 18, 2007: The senate of New Mexico, a southern US state, will open with the chanting of Hindu prayers on January 28. Rajan Zed, a Hindu chaplain who made history by reading Hindu prayers in the US senate in July, will read Sanskrit mantras from ancient Hindu scriptures before the senate in Santa Fe.…
www.newsonair.com KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, December 19, 2007: Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi has said he will look into ethnic Indians’ demand for setting up a separate department for Non-Muslim affairs in the country. Mr. Abdullah said in Kuala Lumpur that there are already various government committees and panels in existence that look after the affairs of non-Muslims in this multi-ethnic,…
www.taipeitimes.com KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, December 21, 2007: More than a dozen ethnic Indian activists shaved their heads outside a Malaysian temple yesterday to protest the detention of their leaders under the tough Internal Security Act (ISA), organizers said. Five leaders of the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf), calling for an end to alleged discrimination of Indians in multiracial Malaysia, were…
Press Release ORLANDO, FLORIDA, December 18, 2007: A meeting of Hindu religious leaders, intellectual leaders, academics and activists has decided to file a petition against the Indian Government in the Supreme Court of India against the taking over of the management of temples in India by the government. A unanimous resolution to this effect was passed at the end of…
www.ndtv.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, December 17, 2007: Prosecutors in Malaysia today dropped attempted murder charges against 31 ethnic Indians, who were arrested after a protest on November 25 against racial discrimination in the Muslim majority country. The huge anti-government protests on the streets of Kuala Lumpur shook the foundation of the Malaysian government, a country where few dare to protest…
www.expressindia.com SURAT, INDIA, December 18, 2007:Around 2,000 tribal men and women from different villages in South Gujarat, who had converted to Christianity, re-embraced Hinduism on Monday evening at a religious ceremony at the Shivaji ground in Tapi district. They took an oath by the fire in the presence of Jagat Guru Acharya Narendra Maharaj and submitted affidavits that they won’t…