cities.expressindia.com KOLKATA, INDIA, November 12, 2006: At the personal initiative of the West Bengal Chief Minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, the government is going to acquire the house of Sister Nivedita at Bosepara Lane at Baghbazar, then hand it over to the Ramakrishna Sarada Mission. The government’s move came following a request from the Mission itself which requested the chief minister to…
www.clicanoo.com SAINT-DENIS, REUNION, November 16, 2006: On a tiny island in the Indian Ocean east of Mauritius, a memorial was dedicated to the memory of the Indian indentured laborers who came here 124 years ago. Thousands left their native India in the mid-19th century to work as indentured laborers in the sugar plantations of Reunion Island after slavery was abolished.…
www.youtube.com INDIA, November 13, 2006: The above source offers a very interesting eight-minute movie, including a puja, an offering to Devi Sarasvati, Naditame Sarasvati by Haribhau Vaze and S. Kalyanaraman. The movie is based on a series of Sarasvati Darshan Exhibition posters documenting scientific evidence of the Sarasvati River from a number of disciplines including geologists, hydrologists and ground water…
www.hindu.com HYDERABAD, INDIA, November 6, 2006: Imagine walking over seven hundred miles in thirty-eight days on a journey where at the end one is able to receive special blessings from one’s beloved Lord. Ninety-seven Ayyappa pilgrims recently commenced such a journey from Hyderabad to Sabarimala. “Such is their faith that nearly 40 debutants have joined the trip this year under…
HPI KOLHORN, THE NETHERLANDS, November 14, 2006: (HPI note: The following editorial comment is by Clive Roberts of Holland.) The European Parliament is engaged in discussions to ban the Swastika. Their awareness of its symbolism is obviously limited to Europe post 1930! May I offer some information? If you drive to Scotland, and visit the Queen’s Scottish residence at Balmoral,…
www.wtopnews.com LANHAM, MARYLAND, November 13, 2006: Eight people expected to recover after suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning at the Murugan Temple on Princess Garden Parkway Wednesday night. Prince George’s County Fire and Rescue spokesman Mark Brady says the victims were among a dozen people attending the evening puja at the temple. They were taken outside, where they started to recover.…
www.cybernoon.com MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA, November 13, 2006: The Maharashtra government is proposing legislation which will empower the state to take over all religious shrines. If the legislation is enacted it will place all Hindu, Jain, Christian and Buddhist shrines under government control. The law, however, makes no mention of Aukaf land (Muslim religious bequests) which are located all over the state.…
www.thisislondon.co.uk LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, November 7, 2006: The Royal Academy is honored to host more than 40 sculptural Indian art pieces on display until February 25, 2007. Loaned from international institutions such as India’s National Museum in Delhi and the Government Museum in Chennai as well as from private collections, the exhibition features bronze sculptures from the Chola Dynasty. “The…
www.nytimes.com NEW YORK, NEW YORK, November 14, 2006: At the southern end of Madagascar lie four enormous wedge-shaped sediment deposits, called chevrons, that are composed of material from the ocean floor. Each covers twice the area of Manhattan – approximately 23 square miles – with sediment as deep as the Chrysler Building is high – 319 meters. On close inspection,…
www.hinducounciluk.org LONDON, ENGLAND, November 11, 2006: The UK Hindu Council is active with various efforts to correct misinformation and educate people about Hinduism, according to this report from the Council. They have been helping a London Film School produce a documentary on the Swastika. In the documentary they had to comment on the issue of the European parliament debating banning…