www.cyberpresse.ca MONTREAL, CANADA, April 4, 2007: “How is it that one never sees Indians in Montreal theatres?” This question was worrying playwrights Alexis Martin and Daniel Briere who for two years have taken an “ethnic turn” in their approach. They have surprised and entertained with laughter everybody on Nouvelle Tele Communautaire de Montreal (New Community TV) with their Bulgarian, Haitian…
in.news.yahoo.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, March 9, 2007: The narrow sea between India and Sri Lanka has great significance to Hindu heritage as the Hindu epic, the Ramayana, climaxed in this area. When Sita, Lord Ram’s wife, was abducted by King Ravan and taken to Lanka, an army of monkeys built a bridge across the channel from Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu…
www.dailyindia.com PANAJI, GOA, INDIA, April 4, 207: A large contingent of police force has been mobilized after suspected miscreants vandalized two temples in Savordem, about 70 kilometers from here. On Tuesday night, two temples were vandalised, which created tension in the area. The news of Deity vandalization spread like wildfire and people gathered at the gate and blocked the road…
www.news4jax.com JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, March 23, 2007: Jacksonville Hindus are delighted that a Hindu temple has been opened in their community. Now the 4,000 Hindus living in Jacksonville have a place to pray and worship. The news release explained, “On Friday, Hindu priests and others were busy readying the temple, which is located on Greenland Road in Mandarin. A ceremony was…
www.iht.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, March 30, 2007: Islamic countries pushed through a resolution at the U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday urging a global prohibition on the public defamation of religion — a response largely to the furor last year over caricatures published in a Danish newspaper of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad. The statement proposed by the Organization of Islamic Conference…
Press Release DELHI, INDIA, March 31, 2007: Ramakrishna Mission New Delhi is deeply aggrieved to announce the passing away of Swami Gokulanandaji, senior monk of the Ramakrishna Order and Head of the New Delhi Centre, who breathed his last at Sir Gangaram Hospital around 10:25 AM on March 31, 2007. He was 79. He was admitted to the hospital for…
in.today.reuters.com KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, March 31, 2007: A Malaysian court has taken the rare step of ordering a Muslim man not to go ahead with plans to convert his baby son to Islam, pending a last-ditch legal effort by the Hindu mother to take custody of the boy. The Court of Appeal, which usually defers jurisdiction in religious matters to…
www.dundasstarnews.com DUNDAS, ONTARIO, CANADA, March 23, 2007: A new community-based anti-racism group has emerged from the arson of the Hindu Samaj Temple. Hamilton’s political, social and business community came out in force this week to welcome the creation of the Hamilton Centre for Civic inclusion (HCCI). The center is the merging of two community groups Strengthening of Hamilton’s Community Initiative…
www.hindu.com MADHUBANI, INDIA, March 29, 2007: Rishiprada, a five-year old girl from Raima village in Madhubani District, Bihar, has memorized the entire Bhagavad Gita; she also knows many other Sanskrit verses that she recites with full clarity of the language. Dr. Awadhesh Prasad Chaudhary, Rishiparada’s great grandfather said she has been fond of learning verses which in turn prompted him…
www.hinduamericanfoundation.org WASHINGTON, D.C.,March 29, 2007: The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) welcomed the introduction of House Resolution 245, recognizing the festival of Diwali, or Deepavali as it is known in Sanskrit. The resolution recognizing the significance of the festival in the religious and cultural life of over two million Hindus, Sikhs and Jains in the United States was referred to the…