www.kansas.com WITCHITA, KANSAS, September 17, 2006: Fourteen-year-old Samanvitha Sridhar has a reason for choosing not to wear the bindi on her forehead in public. It has nothing to do with how she views her Hindu faith and everything to do with how non-Hindus react. “There’s very few Hindus in our community, and it takes forever to explain to everybody why…
www.hinducounciluk.org UNITED KINGDOM, September 7, 2006: A director of the Hindu Council in the United Kingdom, Jay Lakhani, gave a speech at the Metropolitan Police Authority’s hearing with faith communities on September 7 in answer to the Hindu perspective on the fight against terrorism. Lakhani said, in part, “This issue has arisen in the name of religion and only a…
HPI INDIA, September 17, 2006: A new book has been issued by S. Kalyanaraman, entitled: Bharatiya Languages — History and formation of Jaati-bhasha — Sarasvati hieroglyphs as mlecchita vikalpa (Decipherment of Indus script). The 652 page book, which is just at the press, is available for free on the Internet in two files. It includes an up-to-date and comprehensive corpus…
www.bhajanawali.com TORONTO, ONTARIO, The mission of Bhajanawali as an organization is stated as follows, “Since 1981 Bhajanawali has been spreading the word of harmony based on the rich teachings of the Vedic religion in the form of a radio program and website. The radio program is broadcast every Sunday from 06:30 PM to 07:30 PM (Eastern Standard Time) on the…
archive.gulfnews.com BANGALORE, INDIA, September 9, 2006: When Javed Abidi, a former journalist who is wheelchair bound and now directs the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People in New Delhi, was frightened and humiliated when he had to be carried through an Indian airport door because the airport has no ramps, it was the last straw for Abidi.…
news.bbc.co.uk CALCUTTA, INDIA, September 15, 2006: Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court Vikash Sridhar Sirpurkar recently passed the following order excluding the aggressive pandaas, priest assistants, from working at the famous Kalighat temple located in the state of West Bengal, “No more than six designated priests called the sevayats shall be allowed into the sanctum sanctorum of the temple…
Press Release from Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA, September 11, 2006: More than 16,000 people poured into De Anza College, Cupertino, on Saturday, September 9, to be part of an exciting day to celebrate the Hindu way of life. Hindu Sangam, a one-day grand cultural program aimed at displaying the various Hindu intellectual, cultural and spiritual contributions made over thousands…
Hari Bansh Jha, Hinduism Today Correspondent, Kathmandu KATHMANDU, NEPAL, September 11, 2006: Nepal is passing through the most critical phase in its history of 238 years. Ever since the internal conflict erupted in the country in 1996, 15,000 people have been killed. Nearly 270,000 people are believed to have been displaced and 1.5 million youth have been forced to migrate…
www.alertnet.org RAIPUR, INDIA, September 12, 2006: A Hindu nationalist-led government in central India said on Monday it will proceed with a plan to impose strict punishment on anyone found guilty of forcing religious conversions. The decision by the government of Chhattisgarh state to give more teeth to a law banning conversions by force or allurement comes despite protests by Christian…
COSTA DEL SOL, SPAIN, September 14, 2006: The Hindu Temple of Benalmadena, on the Costa del Sol near Malaga, Spain, recently celebrated Krishna Janmastami. The temple is located by the Parque de la Paloma (Park of the Dove). The temple has a total area of 1,993 square meters and is single story with five domes. Photos of the temple can…