www.eastandard.net KENYA, March 12, 2006: The Hindu Council of Kenya has donated about Kenya Shillings 5 million (US$69,000) worth of foodstuff to famine ravaged areas. The council has also appealed to its branches and member institutions to heed the national call for famine relief. The secretary general Sunil Shah, told The Standard that the project mostly targeted schools in drought-stricken…
Press Reports KATHMANDU, NEPAL, March 8, 2006: A teenage boy in Nepal whose followers believe he is the reincarnation of Buddha is missing after 10 months of meditation, reportedly without food or water, officials said Saturday. Followers of Ram Bahadur Banjan, 15, reported his disappearance and a police team has been sent to the jungles of Bara, about 160 kilometers…
www.news-journalonline.com DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA, March 11, 2006: Suryakant “Sam” Patel watched coverage of President Bush’s visit to India on a satellite television behind the reception counter at his Ocean Holiday Motel. Besides keeping in touch with his homeland, Patel wants to bring a fixture of his native culture to Daytona Beach. Patel is president of the Hindu Cultural Association of…
www.dcmilitary.com WASHINGTON, D.C., March 10, 20060: On Friday afternoons around lunchtime, a small group gathers in the Bolling Chapel Center of Bolling Air Force Base here to discuss one of the oldest religions in the world – Hinduism. While there isn’t a Hindu chaplain in the Air Force, the group fills the void with guest speakers, discussions about the religion,…
www.telegraphindia.com RANCHI, INDIA, March 10, 2006: That Holi is a festival of colors and love and friendship is all very fine, but it has an ugly side to it as well, and many of the city schools seem to have experienced it in the last few years. And that’s the reason why they have issued warnings to students to abstain…
www.becketfund.org FLUSHING, NEW YORK, March 10, 2006 The Becket Fund (“source”) sent the following press release: “In a resounding victory for the current Trustees of the Hindu Temple Society in Queens, all of the candidates representing the incumbent Temple Trustees won election to the Board. Justice Golia of the New York Supreme Court announced the results at a hearing today…
HPI KAPAA, HAWAII, March 1, 2006: Hinduism Today has issued its first official podcast of publisher Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reading his editorial from the upcoming April/May/June 2006 issue. Subscribe to it for free via the iTunes Music Store and have each new editorial automatically downloaded to your computer and/or iPod each quarter (download iTunes for Mac or Windows if you…
www.sfgate.com SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, March 6, 2006: HPI note: The following opinion piece by Vamsee Juluri appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle’s Open Forum page. Has Hinduism been insulted in California history textbooks? Will the state be forced to change the six new social studies textbooks’ depictions of this religion? The state Board of Education is scheduled to have the…
www.hindu.com PALANI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA, March 10, 2006: Amid protests from a section of traders and members of Navabaashana Idol Protection Committee, the sanctum sanctorum of Sri Dhandayuthapaniswamy Temple, the third of six abodes of Lord Muruga, was closed here on Thursday after special pujas and homams that marked the commencement of 21-day renovation work. The garbagriham will remain closed…
Press Release SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, March 9, 2006: The Hindu American Foundation (HAF), through its law firm, has been in continual correspondence with the California State Board of Education (SBE) and California Department of Education (CDE) for the past several months demanding a fair and open process in the textbook adoption process. HAF became involved after two Hindu groups, the Hindu…