inwww.rediff.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, November 9, 2006: Transparency International gave India a score of 3.3 out of 10 (lesser score implying more corruption) on their Corruption Perception Index which was released Monday. India moved up to the 70th rank from 88 last year, while Finland emerged as the least corrupt nation with an overwhelming score of 9.6. “The marginal improvement…
sify.com AHMEDABAD, INDIA, November 2, 2006: The Patel community in Gujarat, known for their entrepreneurial skill and hold over agriculture and business, is facing an unusual sociological crisis–a skewed male-female ratio and having to “buy” tribal brides for their boys, says this article. An unbalanced male-female ratio in the Patel community–especially among the Kadva Patels–has created a severe sociological problem.…
www.abc.es MADRID, SPAIN, November 4, 2006: On Saturday the Indian community in Madrid celebrated “Diwali” or the Hindu New Year -2063 of the Vikrama era – with a festivity presided over by the Indian ambassador in Madrid, Surikanthi Tripathi. Organized by the Indian Sindhi Association of Madrid, the Florida Park hall was transformed into a stage design of the purest…
anjleepandya@gmail.com NEW DELHI, India, November 3, 2006: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad is organizing their third World Hindu Conference, February 11-13, 2007, at the Triveni Sangam in Prayag (Allahabad), India. Themed “Where there is Dharma, There is Victory,” the conference will focus on two main areas – Hindu identity and the importance of Hindu cultural experiences for the international youth community…
www.hindusangam.org.my KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, November 7, 2006: Datuk A. Vaithilingam, President of the Malaysia Hindu Sangam writes: “The Malaysia Hindu Sangam is very much saddened with the approach on Hindu temples issue by certain government and private sector authorities. Recently the Semenyih Local Council authorities demolished a Muneeswarar Temple despite the fact that the temple authorities have agreed in writing…
alka@parmarth.com NEW YORK, NEW YORK, November 3, 2006: The first Global Youth Peace Summit organized by the United Nations and co-sponsored by Sri Mohanial Mittal and the Vishwa Pravasi Bharatiya Leader’s Forum was held October 28-31. Youth from 192 countries met to discuss how they can help bring peace, eliminate poverty and help achieve the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals.…
Rajiv Malik, Hinduism Today Correspondent NEW DELHI, INDIA, November 3, 2006: “A true saint and guru is one whose life and actions are totally transparent. The lives of saints are so very transparent that our robes do not even have room for any type of pockets. A true guru is one who is never to be treated like an ordinary…
news.bbc.co.uk SAPPORO, JAPAN, November 3, 2006: (HPI note: This struck us as a lesson in how old traditions, in this case Shinto weddings, can be displaced by fads.) Mark Kelly, originally from England and living in Japan for six years, works as a fake priest performing Christian wedding ceremonies on weekends. “I was living in Sapporo, studying Japanese, and I…
www.organiser.org HYDERABAD, INDIA, November 1, 2006: Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), which runs the richest temple in the country, will hand out one gram of gold to poor families to keep them from converting to other religions. The new board that runs the TTD took this decision following complaints from religious leaders that preachers of other religions are luring poor Hindus…
www.vrg.org UNITED STATES, October 31, 2006: Almost everybody seems to have a relative or a friend who is vegetarian. Even large corporations have become greatly interested in vegetarian and cruelty-free items. For example, Colgate recently purchased control of Tom’s of Main for $100 million. Silk and its parent company White Wave were bought by Dean Foods, the largest U.S. processor…