www.hinduamericanfoundation.org SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, March 16, 2006: The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) filed suit against the California State Board of Education (SBE) in California Superior Court in Sacramento today. After months of repeated correspondence with the SBE and California Department of Education (CDE), HAF filed suit as the foundation contends that a fair and open process was not followed in adopting…
www.capeem.org LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, March 17, 2006: HPI note: The following press release was issued by the California Parents for the Equalization of Educational Materials (CAPEEM). The actual text of the lawsuit is available here. CAPEEM has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of California against the California State Board of Education and the…
Hindu Society of South Australia Newsletter, February, 2006 AUSTRALIA, March 18, 2006: Carl Vadivella Belle, Vice President of the Hindu Society of South Australia, has been appointed Hindu Chaplain at Flinders University, where he will officiate along with chaplains from other communities within the Flinders University Religious Centre. This appointment is believed to be the first of a Hindu Chaplain…
travel2.nytimes.com SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, March 15, 2006: It’s a few minutes after 1 p.m. on a Friday, and Raj Desai is ready for lunch and waiting for a knock on his door. A man he knows as Kishan soon enters his office with a clear plastic container that holds his lunch: rice and curries. As executive director of a large…
www.ibnlive.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, March 15, 2006: It’s a rainbow of colors across the country as India gets draped in the multi-coloured hues of Holi even though an unseasonal weather threatens to play spoilsport in North India. The festival of colors also marked the end of winter and arrival of spring. From Holi heartland Vrindavan and Varanasi to tinsel town…
www.wftv.com ORLANDO, FLORIDA, March 13, 2006: State investigators said they believe an electrical problem sparked a fire at a Hindu temple in Orange County. It’s still standing, but on the inside the damage is extensive. Worshippers hope to return Sunday to salvage what they can and clean up. Most of the damages occurred near the origin of the fire, but…
ar@hindu.org KAUAI, HAWAII, March 15, 2006: Hinduism Today magazine is planning a future story on Indian music. We are looking for a musicologist with expertise in Indian music history. If you can help, or know someone who can, kindly contact “source” above.
sanatanadharma2002.blogspot.com WARI, BANGLADESH, March 15, 2006: Archaeologists in Bangladesh say they have uncovered part of a fortified citadel dating back to 450 B.C. that could have been a stopping off point along an ancient trade route. So far, a moat round the citadel has been uncovered along with parts of an ancient road at Wari, 85 km (53 miles) northeast…
news.bbc.co.uk DELHI, INDIA, March 16, 2006: British director Stephen Fry and India’s Dev Benegal are to make a film about an Indian mathematician whose ideas underpin the digital revolution. Srinavasa Ramanujan, a poor college dropout who died aged 33, ended up at Cambridge in the early 1900s and was acknowledged as a mathematical genius. The joint production will look at…
thestar.com.my PENANG, MALAYSIA, March 16, 2006: The sea off Teluk Bahang in Penang was awash with lights as devotees of Sri Singamuga Kaliamman temple there released thousands of styrofoam lanterns into the water. The devotees made wishes before setting the lanterns afloat during the temple’s annual floating chariot festival on Monday night. Celebrated during the Masimagan month of the Indian…