epaper.timesofindia.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, June 12, 2006: (HPI note: The irony of this NCERT action is that the previous BJP government met with vigorous opposition from the now ruling Congress party and allies when it attempted to make the same change, considered an affront to Hinduism, in the text books.) References to ancient India’s beef-eaters have been done away with…
www.nbc4.tv LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, June 13, 2006: Days after Gita the elephant died at the Los Angeles Zoo, animal rights activists Tuesday repeated their call for the mayor and City Council to abandon plans for a 3.5-acre, US$40 million elephant exhibit. They arranged for a Hindu priest to conduct Gita’s last rites. Chris DeRose, president of Last Chance for Animals,…
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.incienso.com.mx KAUAI, HAWAII, June 15, 2006: A Spanish-language version of Mark Hawthorne’s article on “Einstein’s Religious Theses, Comparing the famous physicist’s concepts of God and soul to Hindu beliefs,” https://www.hinduismtoday.com/archives/2004/1-3/50-53_einstein.shtml, appears at the URL above. Hinduism Today freely gives permission to translate articles into other languages, just send your request to ar@hindu.org.
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…