www.time.com USA, August 4, 2007: (HPI note: Time magazine’s European and Asian editions are carrying a seven-article series on India, here. The most interesting is the following by William Dalrymple, a historical economist.) The idea that India is a poor country is a relatively recent one. Historically, South Asia was always famous as the richest region of the globe. Ever…
www.templeganesh.fr PARIS, FRANCE, August 4, 2007: The Ganesha Temple, Sri Manicka Vinayakar Alayam, located here will conduct its 12th annual chariot festival on September 2, 2007. Their website reads, “It is expected to attract well over ten thousand devotees from all over Europe. Suffron water will be sprayed before the Chariot right through the whole journey with devotees accompanying the…
en.wikipedia.org KAUAI, HAWAII, August 4, 2007: (HPI note: a reader asked about the relative fate of Muslims in post-partition India compared to Hindus in Bangladesh, where the percentage of Hindus fell from 37% at Independence to 11% now. This is from the Wikipedia article, “Muslim Population Growth in India.”) South Asia has three large nation states that constituted the former…
asia.news.yahoo.com PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA, August 4, 2007: Cambodia has banned Christian groups from door-to-door proselytizing and is seeking to limit other religious activities by non-Buddhist organizations, which it says disrupt society. A directive from the Ministry of Cults and Religions obtained by AFP on Tuesday said: “Christians are prohibited from visiting people’s houses by knocking on the door and waiting…
www.asiantribune.com WASHINGTON, D.C., August 1, 2007: An exhibition of photos and panels vividly describing the atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh caught the attention of influential Congressmen and key policy makers from the Bush administration this week. The two day-exhibition titled “Asru” was held at the Rayburn House Office Building at the US Capitol on July 30 and July 31. The…
www.stoneycreeknews.com HAMILTON, CANADA, August 3, 2007: (HPI note: following is a guest editorial by Brad Clark in the Stoney Creek News of Ontario, Canada.) In the aftermath of Sept. 11, Hamilton’s Hindu Samaj Temple was torched and burned to the ground by racists. It was also during this time I heard many stories from Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs that they…
www.sadhuvaswani.org PUNE, INDIA, August 1, 2007: Thousands of devotees gathered at the Sadhu Vaswani Mission, Pune, on the occasion of Guru Purnima to pay their respects to their revered Guru and Master. This year, the sacred Guru Purnima coincided with the Annual Akhand Kirtan organized in connection with Rev. Dada J.P. Vaswani 89th Birthday celebrations. Several eminent singers and troops…
news.bbc.co.uk UTTAR PRADESH, August 2, 2007: The northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has attempted to set a world record by planting 10 million trees in a single day on Tuesday. Officials say the plantings, aiming to raise awareness of the need to protect the environment, were a success. In all, 10,266,736 saplings were planted at 9,320 sites across Uttar…
Hinduism Today KAUAI, HAWAII, August 1, 2007: (HPI note: The dates for Ganesha Chaturthi were switched east coast for west coast in the last HPI.) Mahasivaratri, March 5, 2008Holi, March 20, 2008Ram Navami, April 13, 2008Guru Purnima, July 17, 2008Raksha Bandan, August 16, 2008 (15th on the west coast)Janmashtami, August 23, 2008Ganesha Chaturthi, September 3, 2008 (2nd on the west…
invadingthesacred.com USA, August 1, 2007: (HPI note: following is a review by Dr. V. V. of “Invading the sacred: An Analysis of Hinduism Studies in America,” edited by Krishnan Ramaswamy, Antonio de Nicolas, Aditi Banerjee, Rupa & Co. New Delhi, India. 2007.) Roots of the book: Like the multiplicity of the authors who have contributed to this volume, many factors…