www.insidebayarea.com SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, February 28, 2007: (HPI note: This is a long and insightful article on arranged marriages among Indians in the San Francisco Bay Area.) In India, the Middle East and some parts of Africa, arranged marriages remain the predominant way to bring together couples who share the same religious, cultural or tribal background.Accepting a marriage partner selected…
www.hindustantimes.com KOLKATA, INDIA, February 27, 2007: They live in the heart of a cacophonous megapolis but the music they make smells of the soil of rural Bengal in all its sylvan splendor. Walk down a narrow south Kolkata lane of Jadavpur to meet the happening baul couple of Utpal Fakir and Sahajma whose impassioned “Allah Meherban Khuda, Khuda Meherban” took…
search.bbc.co.uk LONDON, ENGLAND, February 27, 2007: This URL has four short videos on Hinduism posted in 2006 and 2007: the Ardh Kumbh Mela, vegetarianism, Hindu teaching in school and a Hindu businessman on his religion. The vegetarianism video is quite effective for a simple production. It was made by the youth group of the Dudley Mandir. Teaching Hinduism in school…
www.hinduvoice.co.uk LONDON, ENGLAND, February 27, 2007: Anish Shah analyses the psychology behind the widespread tendency of many Hindu-inspired spiritual or yoga groups to vehemently deny any connections with Hinduism: When I was asked to write this article for Hindu Voice, I struggled to think of how I could start it off. So I’ll start with a conversation I had a…
www.earthtimes.org HYDERABD, INDIA, February 22, 2007: The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), which manages India’s richest temple at Tirumala, Thursday sponsored marriages of over 5,000 couples. TTD organized kalyanamastu (mass marriages) in all headquarters of 294 assembly constituencies with an aim to strengthening Hindu religion, especially Hindu marriage system and to help the poor Hindu families perform the marriages of their…
sify.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, February 24, 2007: A packet of samosas she carried with her to space having already made news. Astronaut Sunita Williams on Saturday said she would like to have more Indian food aboard the International Space Station. Interacting with students of a Delhi school in a “tele-bridge talk,” Sunita, who is half-Indian, said she was having Indian…
www.zeenews.com SHIMLA, INDIA, February 21, 2007: An Anti-Conversion Law has come into force in Himachal Pradesh with Governor V.S. Kokje giving his assent to it. It has become the first Congress-ruled state to adopt legislation banning illegal religious conversions. The Governor signed the legislation passed by the state assembly in its winter session in December, Raj Bhawan sources said today.…
www.pib.nic.in INDIA, February 21, 2007: New theme parks on Neem will be established in different parts of the country to promote the use of Neem based pesticides. These theme parks will act as Centers of Learning for the farmers and provide technical back up and material for promoting agro-based products for sustainable eco-friendly agriculture. The new theme parks will be…
www.zeenews.com ISALAMABAD, PAKISTAN, February 22, 2007: Hindus pilgrimaging from India during Sivaratri installed Deities of Lord Krishna, Radha and Hanuman at Lahore’s Krishna Mandir. Pundit Vinay Kumar Bhiraghi from India installed the Deities during a ceremony on Sunday. Manohar Chand, secretary general of the Lahore Balmik Association, said it was an important occasion as there had been no Deities of…
Press Release DARTMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS, February 20, 2007: In one of the unique events that took place in the history of the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, Swami Yogatmananda was installed as the Hindu Chaplain of the University, amongst the invocations to the beholder of the universe, chanting of peace mantra for the planet and echoes of conch blowing. The installation ceremony…