sify.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, October 10, 2007: Maura Harty, U.S. assistant secretary of state for consular and visa affairs, said the overall demand for U.S. visas by Indians was up by 61 percent this year–“one of the highest visa growth rates in the world. Harty is in India for a series of meetings with government officials on ways to improve…
www.indiawest.com MILPITAS, California, October 13, 2007: A rallying cry for Hindus, complete with articulate speeches from an academic of Hinduism who is a Caucasian convert, a high tech entrepreneur and a final impromptu appeal from its founder Mihir Meghani, netted the Hindu American Foundation a whopping $500,000 in pledges at the Hindu American Foundation’s 4th Annual Northern California Hindu Awareness…
www.timesofindia.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, October 13, 2007: The festive season is well and truly here. Friday marks the beginning of the ten-day-long Navratri celebrations which willculminate with Dussehra. Literally meaning nine nights, Navratri celebrates the nine forms of Shakti–Durga, Amba, Chandi, Latika, Bhairavi, Mookambika,Sarvamangala, Bhadrakali and Annapurna. In Delhi sand most parts of north India, devotees throng temples dedicated to…
timesofindia.indiatimes.com DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA, October 9, 2007: The Constitutional Court last Friday ruled that Durban High School had violated the right of 19-year-old Sunali Pillay by refusing her permission to wear her nose stud when she was a student at the school three years ago. The court ordered that the school should amend its code of conduct to take into…
HPI EADS, TENNESSEE, October 12, 2007: The publisher of the international magazine, Hinduism Today, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami (affectionately referred to as “Bodhinatha”) will be visiting the India Cultural Center and Temple of Eads, Tennessee, on October 20, 2007, bringing with him two monastics. Successor to Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, Bodhinatha and his monastic order are carrying on the dynamic work started…
www.nydailynews.com NEW YORK, October 12th 2007: Indian philosopher Sri Chinmoy, whose teachings of inner peace and world harmony made him a spiritual guide to thousands of followers here and around the world, died Thursday. He was 76. The end came in his modest home in the Jamaica Hills section of Queens at 7a.m. Chinmoy was nominated for this year’s Nobel…
www.nytimes.com SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, October 2, 2007: When Anil Godhwani and his brother, Gautam, looked into creating a community center for Indian-Americans in Silicon Valley, they turned to the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco as a model. When the Hindu American Foundation began, it looked to groups like the Anti-Defamation League and Simon Wiesenthal Center for guidance with its…
www.indoamerican-news.com HOUSTON,TEXAS, October 9, 2007: Vijay Kumar Pallod’s capacity for perseverance is legendary; he personifies the proverbial squeaky wheel that demands attention and he effectively expedites whatever task is on hand. He is a gifted spin-doctor and can find a positive slant in any given circumstance, however dire. No problem is too big for him to solve; he thrives on…
www.economist.com BANGALORE, INDIA, October 4, 2007: India’s government is threatening to make companies hire more low-caste workers. A 23-year-old dressed in white pajama trousers and a black over shirt represents two worlds in India that know almost nothing of each other. One is fast growing but tiny: the world of business. Strolling through the Californian-style campus in Bangalore that serves…