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…
www.hindu.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, December 20, 2006: Swami Gahananandaji Maharaj, age 90, was appointed the 14th president of the Ramakrishna Mission at its 97th annual general meeting held at Belur Math in West Bengal over the weekend. The members expressed sorrow at the passing of Swami Ranganathanandaji, the 13th president of the Mission, on April 25 last year. During the…
www.armytimes.com BAGHDAD, IRAQ, December 22, 2006: Just after the Muslim evening call to prayers wafts through Baghdad, Maj. Michele Spencer and her students add their own chorus: Om. Spencer, a medic training officer with the multinational security transition command in Iraq, teaches about 20 soldiers to channel their energy in her yoga class. “I believe that I teach with more…
HPI KAUAI, HAWAII, December 24, 2006: An issue came up at the Hindu Mission of Canada in Quebec regarding the chanting of the famed Gayatri Mantra by the ordinary devotees. Some brahmins held the position that the mantra should chanted by everyone only when a priest is leading the chant. The chairman of the mission, Dharam Pal Verman, asked Hinduism…
www.hindustantimes.com GORAKHPUR, NEPAL, December 24, 2006: The three-day World Hindu Conference ended in Gorakhpur on Sunday with a call to “defend Hindu culture” worldwide, including in Nepal. Addressing a large rally in Gorakhpur, World Hindu Federation chief Bharat Kesar Singh alleged “large-scale conversion” was being carried out in Nepal under the present Maoist-supported regime. “Cows are being slaughtered on a…