Religion News Servive CHICAGO, April 18, 2007: If you want to be rich, get an MBA (master of business administration). If you want to be happy, go for an MDiv (master of divinity). Members of the clergy in the US rank highest in job satisfaction, according to a report released Tuesday (April 17) by the National Opinion Research Center at…
www.telegraphindia.com PURI, INDIA, April 7, 2007: The Puri palace is abuzz with activity for Lilabati Pattamahadei’s Gahan Bije–the queen’s once-in-a-lifetime private visit to the Jagannath temple. In another corner of the city, a small house in a narrow lane is sharing the limelight. 11-year old Lokanath Mudirasta, will have the privilege of conducting puja for the royal couple tomorrow. According…
www.hscnet.org TEXAS, USA, April 18, 2007: (HPI note: The following is a press release from HSC.) The Hindu Students Council (HSC) and all of its chapters extend their condolences to its fellow members at Virginia Tech and their campus community at large. The senseless shooting of 32 members of the Virginia Tech community has shocked the nation, but our shock…
sify.com PATNA, INDIA, April 18, 2007: Hindu priests are blessing children with polio drops instead of traditional holy water, sweets or fruits to help eradicate the crippling disease in Bihar, an official said on Wednesday. Impoverished Bihar is one of several states where polio cases have been reported, and last year more than 650 cases were reported across the country.…
www.mtholyoke.edu SOUTH HADLEY, MASSACHUSETTS, April 17, 2007: Mount Holyoke College’s Hindu student organization, Sisters of Hinduism Reaching Inward (SHRI) are holding a conference on the college campus between April 20-22. The conference “Moving Beyond the Body” is the first of its kind on campus and in the Pioneer Valley (Western MA). The Keynote speaker, Dr. Arun Sharma, M.I.I.N.T., N.D., Director…
www.ions.org RISHIKESH, INDIA, April 14, 2007: (HPI note: The following pressrelease is from Parmarth Niketan.) Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji(Muniji), President and Spiritual Head of Parmarth Niketan Ashram,Rishikesh (Himalayas), India is a highlighted speaker at the majorconference organized by the Institute of Noetic Sciences, calledConsciousness in Action, from the August 9 to 12, 2007 in Palm Springs,California. The conference brings together…
Paras Ramoutar TRINIDAD TOBAGO, April 15, 2007: India-based Chinmaya Mission is breaking barriers here with the commencement of a program to train both male and female as pandits. The Mission’s spiritual leader, Trinidad-born, but India-trained, Swami Prakashananda, said that the training is organized for social work, not for people to use the Pandit’s knowledge as an income earner. “Although most…
www.chinapost.com.tw KAULA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, April 7, 2007: Islamic authorities took away the baby of a Muslim woman who is living as a Hindu in defiance of the law in the latest case of religious conflict straining ties in multiethnic Malaysia, officials said Friday. Revathi Masoosai’s 15-month-old daughter was taken by the Islamic Religious Department in southern Malacca state on March…
www.hindustantimes.com KAMPALA, UGANDA, April 13, 2007: Uganda’s government assured Kampala residents of their safety on Friday, a day after rioters targeting Asians (as Indians are called in Uganda) stoned one man to death during a protest over plans by an Indian firm to develop part of a rainforest reserve. Soldiers patrolled the capital where police fired tear gas and bullets…
www.smithsonianmagazine.com MUMBAI, INDIA, April 14, 2007: The Dharavi squatter settlement in Mumbai is often described as the biggest slum in Asia. It sits between two rail lines in the northern part of the city, on a creek that once sustained a thriving fishery. The creek is now a sump of sewage and industrial waste, and the air above Dharavi is…