www.hindu.com LONDON, ENGLAND, December 27, 2006: In a break with tradition, Queen Elizabeth II’s Christmas broadcast has featured footage of Europe’s largest Hindu Temple and Muslims praying in a mosque. In a broadcast that reflected the changing face of modern Britain, there were scenes of the opening of the Lord Venkateswara temple in Tividale in the West Midlands and also…
HPI LONDON, ENGLAND, December 30, 2006: In yesterday’s HPI, we reported that Chris McGovern, director of Englands History Curriculum Association, disputed a quote attributed to Winston Churchill calling Gandhi a “half-naked fakir.” While that definitely wasn’t a direct quote, it doesn’t seem to misrepresent the actual statement. Churchill said, “It is alarming and also nauseating to see Mr. Gandhi, a…
HPI DELHI, INDIA, December 29, 2006: Several HPI readers have requested information on how to acquire the Om Namoh Shivay CD mentioned in the December 24 HPI. They can e-mail Shri Gurmeet Singh, gurmeet@intoday.com for marketing information or write Satish Babbar at satishbabbar@rediffmail.com.
HPI USA, December 29, 2006: HPI received a copy of something called the “Ten First Place Winners in the International Pun Contest.” With some research, it is our opinion that there was no such contest, but this clever set of puns should give you a laugh. For the wordplay challenged, we’ve include a list at the end of the punned…
www.hindu.com PUDUCHERRY, INDIA, December 27, 2006: The Ecole Francaise de Extreme–Orient (EFEO), French School of Asian Studies in Puducherry (formerly, Pondicherry), will be organizing an international workshop on “Early Saivism: The Testimony of the Nisvasatattvasamhita” from January 2 to 13. According to Dominic Goodall, head of the center in Puducherry, the workshop will mainly focus on the Nisvasatattvasamhita, one of…
www.telegraph.co.uk LONDON, ENGLAND, December 27, 2006: New lessons in Indian history announced today are anti-British according to a curriculum association. It accuses the Government’s curriculum advisers of a “politically correct” interpretation of Britain’s imperial past based on false claims about Winston Churchill. Chris McGovern, the director of the History Curriculum Association, says “The general tone of the unit is anti-British,…
HPI KAUAI, HAWAII, December 29, 2006: It’s that time of year again when news media publish calendars of religious events for the coming year. Hindu festivals usually get short shrift in these, which is our own fault for not making the information available in a timely fashion. For example, a quick search of temple websites on the East Coast turned…
www.cnn.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, December 24, 2006: A joint Indian-Chinese team plans to chart remote Himalayan glaciers that scientists fear are rapidly melting because of global warming, threatening the great rivers that give life to one of South Asia’s most fertile regions. The two expeditions will take scientist into some of the most remote areas of Tibet to explore the…
sify.com KATHMANDU, NEPAL, December 26, 2006: A missing teenage boy who many believe is the reincarnation of Buddha has reappeared in the jungles of southern Nepal months after he went missing, an official said on Tuesday. Ram Bahadur Banjan, 15, was last seen on March 11 in a forest where he had meditated for 10 months, allegedly without food and…
www.ibnlive.com AGRA, UTTAR PRADESH, December 26, 2006; A large number of Christians, who were Hindus earlier, have been reconverting their religion to embrace Hinduism in Uttar Pradesh. The reconverts said they had left the Hindu fold because of the false promises made by Christian missionaries. “I was a Christian four to five years ago, but not now. They had given…