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…
mandirsangam.vhp-america.org ATLANTA, GEORGIA, Over 40 temples have registered so far for the upcoming Hindu Mandir Executives’ Conference scheduled for June 23 to 25 here in Atlanta. More than 70 temple executives are enrolled from temples in 20 states, Canada and the Caribbean. According to the invitation on their website, URL above, “2006 Hindu Mandir Executives’ Conference (HMEC) is an annual…
www.mahaganapathytemple.com EDMONTON, CANADA, June 7, 2006: The Mahaganapati Temple here will have several special events during June and July, including their annual festival, anniversary celebrations and visit of Hinduism Today publisher Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami from July 1 to 3. For details, click URL above.
www.washingtonpost.com WASHINGTON, May 28, 2006: Writer William Saleton has given readers food for thought on the practice of eating meat. He mentioned the ability of a person to munch away on a burger and then pet the household dog. Psychiatrists call this behavior “cognitive dissonance.” Saleton questions whether we really have the right to ignore the habit of eating meat…
HPI KAUAI, HAWAII, June 2, 2006. In our HPI item of June 2 requesting information on the Shaiva Bharati Shodha Pratishthanam there were two errors. First, Dr. Rama Ghosh is very much alive and active and not “late” as stated. We apologize for the error. Second, their updated phone number is +91 542 2450546