www.ndtv.com LONDON, ENGLAND, October 1, 2006: The Bengali community in Britain marked the opening of the festival with a number of events in London and other cities. Several hundred people gathered at a hall in the London district of Camden while a priest chanted prayers as worshippers lit incense sticks and offered food to the Goddess. This is a Durga…
www.hudsonreporter.com JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, October 1, 2006: From September 29 to October 7, a one block area of Newark Avenue in Jersey City, New Jersey, will be the center of a huge religious and cultural block party. Navaratri 2006 is scheduled to take place on each of the days from 7 p.m. up to 2 a.m. (rain or shine).…
www.ndtv.com KOLKATA, INDIA, October 1, 2006: NDTV caught up with several foreigners in the city who had never seen anything like India’s Navaratri celebration before. They thought Christmas in the US and London was the most beautiful thing there could be, but that was before they came to Kolkata during the festival season. Meet Julie, David, Tyson and Marjorie. When…
cities.expressindia.com LUCKNOW, INDIA, October 1, 2006: For the first time over a dozen Durga Pujas in the city are being telecast live on three channels of Doordarshan. The channels on which the Durga Pujas are being telecast include DD-7 or DD-Bangla, DD’s cultural channel Bharti and the National Network channel or DD-1. Dr. Satish Grover, deputy director general of DDK-L,…
www.hindusangam.org.my KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, September 30, 2006: The Malaysia Hindu Sangam launched their e-mail edition of Sangam news on the first day of Navaratri. The first edition summarizes Sangam news, but does not link to their website. To sign up to have their e-mail newsletter delivered to your computer, e-mail: info@hindusangam.org.my.
Detroit Free Press HAMTRAMCK, MICHIGAN, August 22, 2006: (HPI note: Our thanks to a reader who pointed out this story, which had been missed at the time.) Members are still in shock and left scrambling for a place to worship after a fire burned the Hamtramck Bangladesh Hindu Temple to the ground. A steady stream of worshippers flocked to the…
www.thestar.com TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, September 23, 2006: A 10-day festival featuring Indian dance forms such as Bharatanatyam, Odissi, Kuchipudi and Chhau started on September 22 at the Harbourfront. “Troupes from India, South Africa, Malaysia, Japan, the U.K. and the U.S., as well as Canada, will present dance based on modern interpretations of the Indian epics or blend traditional Indian styles…
vivekajyoti.blogspot.com MONTREAL, CANADA, October 1, 2006: The talk, “You are committing violence through conversion” given by Sri Swami Dayananda Saraswati at the World Religions After 9/11 Congress is available at URL above.
www.beliefnet.com NEW YORK, NEW YORK, September 18, 2006: Under Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information at the United Nations, Shashi Tharoor, is running for secretary general of this world body. If he wins, he would be the first practicing Hindu to lead the organization. In a straw pole taking of those who vote for the Secretary General, Tharoo came in…
www.ndtv.com KARAMSAD, INDIA, September 23, 2006: Every afternoon after classes, the grounds of the Swaminarayan Vidyapeeth come alive with color and music at the special Garba rehearsal sessions. More than half the girls here are Non Resident Indians (NRIs). Lisha Hira’s parents settled in California when she was just a child. But now she’s back to get an Indian education…