indiaenews.com BHOPAL, INDIA, July 7, 2006: A Siva Lingam at a Madhya Pradesh temple has developed a crack and officials have asked devotees not to pour their offerings over it. But devotees and holy men are threatening to take to the streets if the ban is forced on them. The Siva Lingam–a stone icon of Lord Siva–is at the Omkareshwar…
www.thisislondon.com LONDON, ENGLAND, July 12, 2006: Sex selection of babies for non-medical reasons is set to be outlawed in the UK under Government plans for a shake-up of embryology regulation. Health Minister Caroline Flint told MPs she was minded to introduce a “clear and specific ban” on the use of new techniques to choose one gender of baby. Allowing parents…
www.timesonline.co.uk LONDON, ENGLAND, July 12, 2006: Hindus living in Britain do not want to be described as “Asian,” according to a big study of the community. Instead, they want to be known as British Indian, Hindu — or even Desi, a Hindi word growing in popularity with the young that means being rooted in one’s home country. At the time…
www.kriyayoga.org KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, July 13, 2006: On July 12, Guru Purnima day, at 3:30 p.m. Malaysian time, Yogi S.A.A. Ramaiah, passed away in Kuala Lumpur at the age of 83. Two days earlier he had suffered a stroke, and was hospitalized. His remains will arrive at his ashram in San Thome, Mylapore, Chennai today, and will be interred at…
www.timesonline.co.uk NEWCASTLE, ENGLAND, July 12, 2006: (HPI note: The claim made by the Anglo-Asian Friendship Society that the Hindu religion requires open-air cremation is questionable. Gas and electric crematoriums are in use in India, and the norm in other countries where they are used by Hindus without objection. No religious leader has publically stated, to our knowledge, that the use…
wcco.com MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, July 12, 2006: Two men have pleaded guilty to felony charges in connection with the vandalism earlier this year at the site of a Hindu temple still under construction in Maple Grove. Tyler William Tuomie, 19, and Paul Gus Spakousky, 20, of Maple Grove, each pleaded guilty to charges of first degree damage to property. On April…
inwww.rediff.com WASHINGTON, USA, June 30, 2006: The well-used adage ‘Money can’t buy happiness’ has been objectified in a study completed by Princeton professors, economist Alan B. Krueger and psychologist and Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman, as well as colleagues from three other universities. The news release explains, “The researchers developed a tool to measure people’s quality of daily life known as…
devant@tstt.net.tt TRINIDAD, July 9, 2006: Devant Maharaj of Trinidad writes on behalf of the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha Inc. of Trinidad and Tobago: “The SDMS is the largest Hindu organization in Trinidad and the Caribbean. The SDMS recently acquired the rights to broadcast a Hindu station on the local cable network here in Trinidad. There are currently an Islamic and…
news.moneycontrol.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, June 14, 2006: This humorous news piece about Indian men failing to wear traditional dress gives food for thought while entertaining the reader. Author Jerry Pinto speaks out, “I wonder why all of us men of the East have no confidence in our own traditions as far as dress codes go. Japanese men won’t wear kimonos…
malaysiahinduvoice@gmail.com MALAYSIA, July 3, 2006: In this news piece sent by the Malaysian Hindu Voice, Dr. Farish A. Noor, a Malaysian political scientist and human rights activist, speaks out against the recent demolition of Hindu temples in Malaysia. He notes that because of globalization the Hindu community is connected with others worldwide and, as a result, Hindu organizations in Europe…