www.nytimes.com SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, March 12, 2007: The picture on Page 95 of “An Age of Voyages: 1350-1600,” a seventh-grade history book used in California schools since last fall, had been unremarkable to state education officials: a stiff 19th-century portrait of a man with a trimmed beard holding a few beads and wearing a crown. But for Sikhs, that image of…
Rajiv Malik, HPI Correspondent NEW DELHI, INDIA, March 12, 2007: “Karan Singh : A Tryst With History, a Pictorial Biography” was launched with grand fanfare by Shri Pranab Mukherjee, India’s Union Minister For External Affairs, in the Rose Gardens of New Delhi’s India International Center on Friday, March 9, the 76th birthday of Dr. Karan Singh. In his foreword to…
www.time.com ALLAHADAD, INDIA, March 9, 2007: Time magazine photographer Prashant Panjiar has documented the recently held Ardh Kumbha Mela in a series of stunning black and white photos. The festival lasts 45 days at the confluence of three holy rivers, the Ganges, Yamuna and the esoterically mystical Saraswati. An estimated 70 million pilgrims gathered for this year’s festival and Panjiar’s…
minimela.com KAUAI, HAWAII, March 10, 2007: “Hinduism from Ancient Times” is the 16-page educational insight section in the April issue of Hinduism Today. It is a sixth grade social studies lesson in Hinduism, Hinduism Today’s response to the California textbook controversy. The intent is to present Hindu history in an accurate, academically sound and sensitive manner acceptable to the Hindu…
www.nytimes.com LONDON, ENGLAND, March 6, 2007: (HPI note: Genetic research is revising more than the history of ancient India.) Britain and Ireland are so thoroughly divided in their histories that there is no single word to refer to the inhabitants of both islands. Historians teach that they are mostly descended from different peoples: the Irish from the Celts, and the…
Mini Mela Gift Shop KAUAI, HAWAII, March 9, 2007: Himalayan Academy Publications, publisher of Hinduism Today and HPI, has collected over its 46 years an enormous archive of digital imagery. For decades the Hinduism Today staff photographed, scanned, collected, invented, designed, bartered and exchanged Hindu art. Working with gifted artists from India, Bali, Malaysia and anywhere talent could be found,…
rajanz@aol.com CARSON CITY, NEVADA, March 7, 2007: History will be created when Rajan Zed (e-mail above), Director of Public Affairs of Hindu Temple of Northern Nevada, will read a Hindu prayer/blessing at the opening of the Nevada State Assembly session on March 19 and Nevada State Senate session on May 07, both in Carson City. This will be the first…
askasia.org NEW YORK, NEW YORK, March 6, 2007: AskAsia.org is an online resource produced by the Asia Society, an international educational organization founded by John D. Rockefeller over 50 years ago. The site helps teachers and students explore critical questions about Asia and global themes. Besides scholarly content about Asia and US-Asia relations, teachers can find expert K-12 teaching and…
info@hindusangam.org.my KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, March 8, 2007: Of late, parents have spent too much time and money on wedding ceremonies, wedding parties and elaborate decorations. Not forgetting inviting crowds of guests to face the back of selfish cameramen and the rude relatives who crowd the manavarai during the height of the ceremonies. The parents have hardly spent any time on…
www.gbbaldharmayouth.com KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, March 8, 2007: The Hindu Sevai Sangam, along with the Malaysia Hindu Sangam, are organizing a Global Dharma Youth Conference, April 5-8, 2007, at the Mines, Seri Kembangan. Youths from Indonesia, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand and many other nations in Europe, America, Australia, Africa and Asia are expected to participate. The spiritual leaders…