Hindu Temple Executives National Meeting Concluded in New Jersey

vijaynarang1@gmail.com EDISON, NEW JERSEY, August 14, 2007: Hindu Temple Executives, representing 97 temples and Hindu Organizations from more than 25 states of US and Canada and Caribbean, converged in Edison, New Jersey, to attend the second Hindu Temple Executives Conference (HMEC), from August 10, 2007, through August 12, 2007. They traveled from as far as British Columbia in Canada, Hawaii,…

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US Congressman Objects to Hindu Senate Prayer

idahopress.com WASHINGTON, D.C., August 10, 2007: Idaho U.S. Congressional Representative Bill Sali has questioned a Hindu prayer that was offered to open the U.S. Senate last month. Sali is quoted on OneNewsNow.com that when a Hindu prayer is offered, “that’s a different god” and that it “creates problems for the longevity of this country.” Sali was not commenting on what…

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India: Partitioned Over Lunch

news.bbc.co.uk LONDON, ENGLAND, August 13, 2007: Memoirs of a British civil servant never published until now show how much the partition of India was decided by just two men. In a quiet village in the northern English county of Yorkshire, Robert Beaumont rifles through his father’s archives. The various and somewhat tatty pieces of paper he unearths are no ordinary…

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Indian Child Rights Commission Directs States to Check Corporal Punishment in Schools

www.pib.nic.in NEW DELHI, INDIA, August 13, 2007: National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has directed to the State Governments to take effective steps to check incidents of corporal punishment in school. Expressing concern over recent incidents of violence in schools, the Chairman of the Commission, Smt. Shantha Sinha, in a letter to the chief Secretary of State Government/UT has…

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Karan Singh: “If ‘Om Namah Shivaya’ is Why I Didn’t Become President, Then It’s Certainly a Great Blessing”

www.indianexpress.com DELHI, INDIA, August 9, 2007: Dr. Karan Singh, son of the late Maharaja Hari Singh of Kashmir, has had a long career in academics and politics. He has been associated with the Congress since 1967, when he became a minister in then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s cabinet. A scholar on Hinduism and the founder of the Virat Hindu Sammelan,…

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The Malaysian Consultative Council Meets With the Parliamentary Selected Community on National Unity

www.hindusangam.org.my KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, August 8, 2007: An ecumenical council bringing together Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Sikhs and Taoists recently met with the Parliamentary Select Committee that represented the political parties in Malaysia to express their concerns over freedom of religion in Malaysia. The Council believes the “fundamental reason for our harmonious co-existence has been the mutual respect we display for…

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Bharatnatyam Transcends National Boundaries

www.hindu.com BEIJING, CHINA, August 9, 2007: After Bollywood films, classical Indian dance has caught the imagination of the Chinese, with a young woman actively promoting Bharatnatyam among her compatriots, especially the children. For 33-year-old Jin Shan Shan, a Jawaharlal Nehru University alumnus, it has always been a passion to become an exponent of Bharatnatyam, and she has established a school…

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With Cremations Up, a Quiet Oregon Cemetery Seeks to Cash In

Religion News Service PORTLAND, OREGON, August 9, 2007: If you wanted to be crass about it, you might explain River View Cemetery’s dilemma this way: People just aren’t dying to get in there anymore. They’re still dying, of course. But more and more, particularly on the West Coast, consumers are choosing cremation over burial. That slow, steady change in the…

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Baby Einsteins: Not So Smart After All?

www.time.com UNITED STATES, August 7, 2007: The claim always seemed too good to be true: park your infant in front of a video and, in no time, he or she will be talking and getting smarter than the neighbor’s kid. In the latest study on the effects of popular videos such as the “Baby Einstein” and “Brainy Baby” series, researchers…

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Fifty Million Pilgrims Expected In Sabarimala

www.hinduonnet.com TIRUVANANTHAPURAM, INDIA, August 5, 2007: A record 50 million people are expected to visit the Sabarimala temple during the three-month pilgrimage season starting in mid-November, Kerala’s Devaswom Minister G. Sudhakaran said. Addressing a meeting of heads of departments to discuss arrangements for the pilgrimage Sudhakaran said detailed plans should be worked out well in advance for its smooth conduct.…

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