vivekananda@btinternet.com LONDON, ENGLAND, July 26, 2007: Jay Lakhani, head of the Vivekananda Centre UK, writes: “Shambo the bull will be led away for slaughter later on today. I was interviewed by BBC Radio Wales and BBC Asianet for my opinion on the issue. The rhetoric from the Hindu leadership that “Life is sacred hence it is sacrilegious to take the…
www.nytimes.com ANNANDALE, VIRGINIA, July 23, 2007: The first hour at the Chinmaya Mission day camp unfolds as at any other camp. Children shriek through tag, while a few others play Uno. But by 9 a.m., the grammar-school-age campers are sitting down, their attention focused on a long-haired Indian man in the front of the room, Swami Dheerananda, the mission’s Hindu…
www.deccanherald.com BANGALORE, INDIA, July 26, 2007: Sri Sri Shivapuri Mahaswamiji of Omkar Ashram of Omkar Hill suffered a heart attack around 8.20 pm and was immediately rushed to Manipal Hospital in Rajarajeshwari Nagar, where he was declared dead. He was 69. The body will be kept in the ashram on Thursday morning for public to pay homage. Later, the mortal…
News Report NEW JERSEY, USA, July 23, 2007: The Edison School District in New Jersey has received a federal grant of nearly US$200,000 to introduce Hindi as a foreign language in its schools. Edison has the highest concentration of Indians in the United States. This happened on the eve of the three-day Eighth World Hindi Conference in New York which…
ar@hindu.org KAUAI, HAWAII, July 19, 2007: Hinduism Today magazine is seeking an outside editor to solicit and edit articles on vegetarianism. Previous journalism and editing experience is required, plus a deep familiarity with the issues of vegetarianism. If you feel qualified for the task, kindly e-mail ar@hindu.org with a summary of experience and a list of article proposals.
News reports TORONTO, ONTARIO, July 23, 2007: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper inaugurated a Hindu temple here and praised the $40 million architectural marvel, saying that it represented the spiritual and ethnic pluralism of India and Canada. The Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha’s (BAPS) Swaminarayan Mandir opened Sunday after 18 months of construction. Following is the Prime Minister’s opening…
mangalorean.com PURI, ORISSA, INDIA, July 25, 2007: At least 800,000 devotees Tuesday witnessed the return of three Hindu deities to the 12th century Jagannath temple in three splendidly decorated chariots here after their nine-day sojourn in another shrine. The original chariot procession had taken the Deities, Lord Jagannath, brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra, to the Gundicha temple, which is about…
www.hindu.com SRINAGAR, KASHMIR, July 22, 2007: Torched by Islamic militants 15 years ago, the 400-year-old Kulwagishuri temple in Kulgam town of south Kashmir on Sunday was opened to devotees. Thousands of Hindus and Muslims attended the ceremony amid tight security. Over 2,000 Kashmir Pundits, who arrived here from several parts of the country and even the US and UK, took…
mangalorean.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, July 22, 2007: Divorce rates are increasing in India, court figures show. And this societal trend is visible not only among the rich in big cities, but also among the not so affluent in small towns. The Indian capital leads with the highest number of divorces in the country, with more than 8,000 – 9,000 cases…
www.montraykreyol.org ST. LUCIA, CARIBBEAN, July 16, 2007: East Indians have been in St. Lucia since 1838 and according to the author of this article James Rambally, it is not a well-known fact. Rambally explains, “Many Guyanese, Trinidadians, Surinamese, Jamaicans, and even recently arrived East Indians are astonished to find that St. Lucia has had long-standing Indian communities for over 140…