sify.com LAS CRUCES, MEXICO, February 17, 2007: When Paul Bosland, a regents professor at New Mexico State University, had his first bite of India’s Bhut Jolokia chili he exclaimed that he felt like he was breathing fire. It all started back in 2001 when a member from the New Mexico State University’s Chile Pepper Institute was visiting India and discovered…
www.zeenews.com AHMEDABAD, INDIA, February 18: Efforts of a religious leader who joined hands with wild life activists has helped in the conservation of the whale shark on the Saurashtra coast of the state. The whale shark is largest living fish species, so named because it is as “big as a whale.” The largest on record was 41.5 long and weighed…
www.nytimes.com PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY, February 6, 2007: After almost thirty years of unrelenting research on extrasensory perception and telekinesis, the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research laboratory (PEAR) is closing its doors. Seventy-six year old Robert G. Jahn started the lab in 1979 in the basement of Princeton University’s engineering building. Dr. Jahn himself was once the dean of Princeton’s Engineering school…
www.hindustantimes.com ALLAHABAD, INDIA, February 16, 2007: Siva’s most holy day of the year, Mahashivaratri, was celebrated with pomp by pilgrims taking a holy dip in the Sangam as the final day of the Ardh Kumbh concluded. The news release explained, “Massive arrangements had been made for the safety of bathers at the Sangam and at the ghats in the Mela…
www.rxpgnews.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, February 17, 2007: Apart from the widely known fact that Buddhism in Japan has its origin in India, not many probably know that so many Hindu Deities surround the life of a Japanese. Speaking at a lecture titled “Hindu Gods and Goddesses rooted to Japan” here Friday, Lokesh Chandra, the director of International Academy of Indian…
Press Release HOUSTON, TEXAS, February 15, 2007: About 1,500 revelers from the local community gathered at the George Bush Park this past Sunday to celebrate Makar Sankranti with the annual flying of kites. The event was hosted by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America (VHP-A) Houston Chapter, with the cooperation of area organizations such as the Gujarati Samaj of Houston…
www.ptinews.com ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN, February 18, 2007: Discussions are underway to bring a priest from India to care for the ancient Katas Raj temples in Pakistan’s Punjab province. The various ideas include bringing priests every year or on monthly or bimonthly basis, or a priest that could be posted at the temples, but who could spend the week in the Hindu…
www.bbc.co.uk LONDON, ENGLAND, February 18, 2007: The BBC has an audio program called “Heart and Soul” which is broadcast on the Internet. The description reads, “Hinduism In Britain Today: Until recently, Hindus in Britain were the quiet minority apparently untouched by the fundamentalism, or religious sensitivities experienced by other minority faiths. Now that is changing. Many are appealing for separate…
www.himalayanacademy.com KAUAI, HAWAII, February 18, 2007: Himalayan Academy, publisher of Hinduism Today and HPI, is proud to announce their new on-line lexicon of Hindu and related philosophic terms in Sanskrit, Tamil and English at the URL above. The dictionary is programmed with the latest “Asynchronous Javascript And XML,” aka AJAX, which allows for such cool features as definitions that open…
www.lexpress.mu MAURITIUS, February 11, 2007: (HPI note: Translated from original French.) To mark the beginning of the festivities of Maha Sivaratri, 1,000 families simultaneously offered rituals to Lord Siva at the Swamy Srinivasacharya Badarika Ashramam. Several political personalities were present, including the Prime Minister, Navin Ramgoolam, Lady Sarojini Jugnauth (wife of the President) and Minister Arvin Boolell. It was an…