today.reuters.com NEW YORK, June 9, 2006: First it was massage and now it’s yoga classes. In an effort to keep qualified employees in a competitive marketplace, some companies are offering the additional perk of having a licensed masseuse or yoga instructor available during their work days. Tracy Cote, head of human resources at San Francisco-based Organic Inc., says, “We have…
www.telegraphindia.com CALCUTTA, INDIA, June 14, 2006: At Calcutta’s Kalighat temple, a young woman in slit denims and silver danglers, stood the mostly traditionally attired crowd waiting for darshan. She couldn’t care less as long as she catches a glimpse of Ma Kali. She is representative of the many educated and urban young in West Bengal who are showing signs of…
www.hindu.com LUCKNOW, INDIA, May 10, 2006: The Uttar Pradesh Government plans to enact a law which would enable it to monitor the activities of temples, mutts and religious trusts, and also have a big say in their management. A meeting has been convened by State Chief Secretary N.C. Bajpai on June 13 for finalizing the draft Bill on the subject.…
www.al.com HARVEST, ALABAMA, USA, June 9, 2006: Hand-carved marble images of Hindu deities gleamed with a quiet peace last week in their ground floor storage room at the Hindu Cultural Center in Harvest. This weekend, the six icons will be installed in their shrines in the temple with rituals and prayers. The ceremonies at the temple, only the second temple…
www.somdeva.com DELHI, INDIA, June 12, 2006: HPI received the following plea from Vivek Sharma regarding an extraordinary herbarium (collection of dried plants) accumulated by his father over many years: “My father Professor Som Deva passed away last year leaving behind a lasting legacy of his phenomenal work on the Orchid Flora of the North Western Himalayas and his personal herbarium…
www.newkerala.com LAHORE, PAKISTAN, June 14, 2006: A Mumbai-based Hindu girl and a Pakistani boy who met each other over the Internet and recently married over the phone, are now facing trouble after Pakistan Interior Ministry officials said that there was no love between the couple, and in fact the marriage was a result of the ‘fever’ spread by Indian movies.…
timesofindia.indiatimes.com ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN, June 13, 2006: The only Hindu temple in the Pakistani city of Lahore has been demolished to pave the way for construction of a multi-storied commercial building. The temple was recently demolished after officials of the Evacuee Property Trust Board (EPTB), the government body maintaining properties of minorities, specially Hindus and Sikhs, reportedly concealed facts from the…
www.hindu.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, June 11, 2006: The Shankaracharya of Puri, Swami Nischalananda Saraswati, has deplored the declaration of Nepal as a secular state and said the neighboring country will be “ruined” if Hinduism is divorced from its administrative set-up. “Hindutva is the soul of Nepal. It has been a Hindu Rashtra (nation) since its evolution. None can save it…
Press Release ATLANTA, GEORGIA, May 29, 2006: Sewa International, a non-profit volunteer organization, hosted a successful event called Hansi ke favvare (Fountains of Laughter) in Atlanta, Georgia on May 29, 2006. Three stand-up comic acts set the flavor for the event that was organized to instill proud in Hindu culture. Abhinav Shukla presented his poetry on every day Indian life…
thestar.com.my KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, June 9, 2006: Five people, including lawyer P. Uthayakumar, were arrested when they tried to stop Kuala Lumpur City Hall officials from demolishing a temple. A temple priest suffered a heart attack when he saw the temple being demolished and was taken to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital. The arrests came after a two-hour standoff between police…