navyashastra@shastras.org TROY, MICHIGAN, July 27, 2007: Navya Shastra, the international Hindu reform organization, whose goal is to raise awareness of and eradicate caste-inspired discrimination in Hindu society, acknowledges the good intentions behind Concurrent Resolution 139, passed in the House of Representatives on July 26, but once again questions whether the resolution will have the desired effect. The United States and…
in.news.yahoo.com GURUVAYUR, KERALA, July 27, 2007: Kerala’s famed Guruvayur temple declared a change in the dress code – now women can enter the shrine wearing the churidar instead of the traditional sari. In Kerala, churidar is a synonym for salwar-kameez, and in the past women were allowed to go inside the Sri Krishna Temple here only in saris. But Vijayan…
www.earthtimes.org LALNPUMSAINT, WALES, July 26, 2007: Police in Britain Thursday removed a bullock for slaughter from a Hindu community center after an emotional day of vigorous, but peaceful, protest by monks, pilgrims and nuns. After a tense stand-off of many hours, veterinary officials, supported by up to 25 police officers, loaded the diseased bull, called Shambo, on to a trailer…
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…