www.baltimoresun.com BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, July 0-9, 2006: Giggling and croaking like frogs may not be what ancient Hindu practitioners had in mind, but as yoga continues to boom in popularity in the West, a new sort of follower is scurrying onto mats and into downward-facing dog position: children with disabilities, begins this informative article. Around Maryland and beyond, a growing number…
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…
malaysiahinduvoice@gmail.com KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, July 10, 2006: At least three groups overseas have attempted to convey their concern to the Malaysian government about the spate of Hindu temple demolitions of late. The Agni Foundation, representing the Dutch Hindu Community, held a meeting on May 19 with Malaysia’s Ambassador to Holland Noor Farida Ariffin to discuss the issue. In a report…
www.cbsnews.com WASHINGTON, U.S., July 10, 2006: Curbing tobacco use and taking other steps to eliminate some of the most common risk factors for cancer could save millions of lives over the next few decades, health officials said Monday. Tobacco alone is predicted to kill a billion people this century, 10 times the toll it took in the 20th century, if…
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…
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…
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…