www.london.gov.uk LONDON, ENGLAND, October 19, 2006: Divali was celebrated October 15 in Trafalgar Square, London, by 20,000 people. Organized by the Mayor of London and the Divali in London Committee, chaired by Nitin Palan, the number of celebrants has increased 5,000 each year. Raghav, Hunterz and Kalakaar provided musical entertainment. Groups from the Saraswati Dance Academy, Brahma Kumaris, BAPS Swaminarayan…
info@hindusangam.org.my KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, October 19, 2006: The Malaysia Hindu Sangam sent out the following press release: “The present day life is filled with much stress and tension in a fast-paced, action-orientated life. The arrival of festive season is always most welcome and what more a week-long Deepa-Raya festive holidays! The entire nation will have the opportunity to be with…
inwww.rediff.com WASHINGTON, U.S.A., October 10, 2006: In the past five years immigrants from India have settled in the Washington metropolitan area increasing their population from 70,000 to 107,000. These statistics are from a media report published by the Washington Post. The report further added, “Foreign-born Indians now rival Koreans as the area’s second most populous group. That growth naturally has…
www.hscnet.org BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, October 5, 2006: “The past and future are but the essence of our existence.” These words by Swami Tygananda of the Boston Vedanta Society resonated with the attendees at Hindu Students Council’s 2006 Annual Meet, recently held on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus. The three-day meeting, from September 29 to October 1, brought together participants from…
www.washingtonpost.com PALLIPURAM, INDIA, October 15, 2006: The cell phone is bringing new economic clout, profit and productivity to India’s fishermen who can take bids on their catch before reaching shore, farmers with their perishable crops and millions of poor laborers in India, the world’s fastest-growing cell phone market. the beginning of 2000, India had 1.6 million cell phone subscribers; today…
Religion News Service USA, October 18, 2006: Vasudha Narayanan was browsing in a Walgreens in Gainesville, Fla., last year when she saw something she’d never seen before in an American drugstore — greeting cards for the holiday Diwali. “I was so happy,” said Narayanan, who was born in India. “It was like a piece of home almost. It was a…
specials.rediff.com NEW YORK, October 9, 2006: A New York audience of 750 people was graced with a performance of Kathak dance at the Peter Norton Symphony Space on October 6. The three-hour performance by the maestro Pandit Birju Maharaj along with Saswati Sen and Mahua Shankar was sponsored by World Music Institute as part of the annual Festival of India.…
www.hinducounciluk.org LONDON, ENGLAND, October 17, 2006: The Hindu Culture and Heritage Society (HCHS), in association with Hindu Council UK and the London Fire Brigade, celebrated the Ganesha Chaturthi Festival for the second successive year outside India with stunning success on Sunday, October 8, 2006, in Southall West London. On October 5, 6 and 7 Lord Ganesha was worshipped followed by…
www.ndtv.com KOLKATA, INDIA, October 2, 2006: The traditional art form of dhak (a type of drum) has been receiving special attention during the Durga festival in Kolkata for the last three years. As a result of a competition whereby dhakis could possibly win a cash prize for their dhak beats, many travel to Kolkata from the remote villages of Murshidabad…
timesofindia.indiatimes.com LONDON, ENGLAND, October 12, 2006: In 1831, or 175 years ago, London’s Cambridge University started teaching Sanskrit at Oxford. Now the university has made an administrative decision to refrain from offering the ancient language as part of its Oriental undergraduate program. Dr. John Smith, who has taught Sanskrit for 22 years at Cambridge, expresses his perspective on the decision,…