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Source UNITED STATES, January 5, 2021 (Swarajya, by A. Neelakandran): Pankaj Jain came to New Jersey in 1996 on a H1B visa and is now Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion at the University of North Texas (@ProfPankajJain). His Indian employer gifted two American software experts, who had come to teach Pankaj Jain and his colleagues a programming language, a…

Source BENGALURU, INDIA, January 11, 2021 (National Geographic, by Liz Dodd): South Indian snack food is luscious and languid, with flavors that sing of the Keralan coast, and spicing as mellow as Goa trance music. Yet, in the city of Bengaluru, India’s Silicon Valley, this is food eaten not in beach bars but standing — accompanied by a shot of…

Source COLOMBO, SRI LANKA, January 14, 2021 (News First): Thai Pongal is a traditional harvest festival observed by all Tamils, Hindus and non-Hindus alike. It is celebrated in India, Sri Lanka and other parts of the world where there are Tamil communities. It falls in the month of Thai of the Tamil calendar (the tenth month in the Tamil calendar)…

Source You are a being that has unlimited power within.— Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism Today

Source INDIA, January 13, 2021 (Swarajya): In September 2020, an RTI query was sent to the NCERT (National Council of Educational Research), asking it to shed light on the sources which it employs to make the claim that Mughal emperors like Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb gave grants to repair Hindu temples destroyed during wars. “All Mughal emperors gave grants to…

Source KATHMANDU,NEPAL, January 14, (La Prensa Latina): Thousands of people in Nepal on Thursday celebrated the end of winter solstice with Maghe Sankranti, among the most popular Hindu festivals in Nepal, despite the severe Covid-19 crisis in the country. The festival, also known as Maghi or Makar Sankranti, is held every year on January 14 to mark the ascent of…

Source HARIDWAR,UTTARAKHAND, INDIA, January 15, 2021 (The Guardian): Up to a million Hindu pilgrims have gathered on the banks of the River Ganges in northern India, marking the start of a major religious festival that is taking place despite the risks of Covid infection. Millions more are expected to descend on Haridwar in the coming weeks for Kumbh Mela, one…

Source GEORGE TOWN, MALAYSIA, January 8, 2021 (Free Malaysia Today): Penang’s famous week-long Thaipusam festivities will not take place this year following concerns of a Covid-19 spike as the state’s five districts are now red zones. Every year, about three million people from all over the country and overseas converge on the island to take part in a 4.35 mile…

Source HARIDWAR, INDIA, January 7, 2021 (NDTV): The Kumbha Mela in Haridwar is set to begin on the auspicious day of Makar Sankranti on January 14. Thousands of Hindu devotees and seers are eagerly looking forward to the Kumbh Mela, historically known to be one of the largest religious gatherings in the world. The Nainital High Court on Wednesday, while…

Source At this time in the Kali Yuga, ignorance is equally distributed worldwide, and wisdom has become an endangered species.— Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism Today