www.hafsite.org WASHINGTON, D.C., March 22, 2007: Under court order, the California State Board of Education (SBE) received comments and proposed changes to its textbook adoption process last week. The legal mandate resulted from the recent victory of the Hindu American Foundation’s (HAF) lawsuit against the SBE. The foundation had held that illegal procedures were being used in the adoption of…
www.princeton.edu PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY, March 20, 2007: Princeton Hindu Satsangam and The Princeton University Office of Religious Life invites interested individuals to a discussion entitled “Peace or Perish – There is No Other Choice” with The Revered Dada J. P. Vaswani, world-renowned Hindu leader and humanitarian from Pune, India. Mr. Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary General, United Nations, will be a guest…
mangalorean.com LUCKNOW, INDIA, March 12, 2007: At a meeting held in Lucknow on March 12, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) discussed the issue of religious conversions in India. Speaking to over 1,400 delegates RSS national deputy chief Mohan Bhagwat said, “I do not deny that conversions had also taken place on account of ills in Hindu society, and that is…
HPI CHENNAI, INDIA: S. Kalyanaraman of Chennai writes to HPI that the four dots that are part of the “voided cross” (see yesterday’s HPI) on the latest Indian two-rupee coin are seen in some forms of the “Jerusalem cross.” This is a solid cross with equal arms (ie, a “plus” sign) with four smaller crosses set around the arms, and…
Press Release CARSON CITY, NEVADA, March 20, 2007: Rajan Zed, Director of Public Affairs of Hindu Temple of Northern Nevada, Public Relations Officer of India Association of Northern Nevada, and a Hindu chaplain, read ancient Hindu prayer/blessing in Sanskrit at the opening of the Nevada State Assembly session here. This is the first time any Hindu prayer is delivered in…
sify.com LONDON, ENGLAND, March 15, 2007: A report produced by Demos, which the news release calls one of Britain’s influential think-tanks, has suggested that the English language curriculum should be modified to include Hinglish, a mix of English and Hindi words, and Chinglish, a mix of Chinese and English. Sam Jones, co-author of the report, said, “English can no longer…
samachar.com HYDERABAD, INDIA, March 17, 2007: This year, Telugu New Year, Ugadi, is mired in controversy with some religious heads, astrologers and even political parties warning the Andhra Pradesh government that celebrating it on Monday would spell doom for the state. A number of Agama religious schools say that Ugadi on Monday would be inauspicious as it is an amavasya…
vivekajyoti.blogspot.com DELHI, INDIA, March 20, 2007: The blog at the above URL has pointed out what is a form of the Christian cross on the reverse of India’s recently redesigned two-rupee coin. Click to the URL to see a photo of the coin. This type of cross is called “cross voided.” It is defined in Wikipedia, here, as a ”…
Press Release from the Explorers Club of Spain BARCELONA, SPAIN, March 16, 2007: Dr. S. Mohanambal who has lived in Barcelona, Spain for the last fifteen years was honored for her Ayurveda contributions in promoting the health and well-being of her patients. The award from the Explorers Club of Spain was presented to Dr. Mohanambal on March 16, 2007, in…
www.telegraph.co.uk VARANASI, INDIA, March 17, 2007: As the first rays of the morning sun fall upon the banks of the river Ganges at Varanasi, an old man in a loincloth raises his outstretched hands towards the slowly rising orb and bids it namaste, or welcome for another day. It is a scene which has repeated itself every day for more…