www.thehindubusinessline.com MUMBAI, INDIA, January 20, 2006: The year 2005 may well have been the year of news channels, which became hugely popular among viewers, but the actual surprise element has been the significant rise in viewership of religious channels such as Aastha, GOD, Sanskar and Zee Jagran. According to a TAM report, religious channels had a viewership share of 0.63…
Dow Jones Newswire KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, January 24, 2006: The Hindu widow of an ethnic Indian soldier has filed an appeal against a civil court in Malaysia for failing to prevent her husband’s Muslim burial by Islamic authorities who claimed he converted. The case of Maniam Moorthy, a former commando who was part of a Mount Everest expedition, is at…
HPI CALIFORNIA, USA, January 24, 2006: HPI note: After the Wall Street Journal article of yesterday, two more articles have appeared in major US papers, one the Christian Science Monitor, which was posted on CBS news website, and the other in the Sacramento Bee. We’re providing excerpts of these articles to inform Hindus that this reporting is being done. It…
ar@hindu.org KAUAI, HAWAII, January 26, 2006: The next edition of Hinduism Today (just starting it’s 3-month production cycle) will contain an Educational Insight section on Hindu Scriptures, drawn from the slokas and bhashyas of Dancing with Siva. The 16-page feature will contain 2 or more pages of inspiring, informative quotations from the Vedas, Agamas, Itihasas, Shastras, Vedangas, Upavedas, Yoga texts…
online.wsj.com NEW YORK, NEW YORK, January 25, 2006: The Wall Street Journal printed a long article today by Daniel Golden on the California text book issue. Some excerpts follow. The entire article is available by subscription at “source” above. The victors write the history books, the saying goes. But increasingly, religious advocates try to edit them. Religious pressure on textbooks…
www.hinduvoice.co.uk LONDON, ENGLAND, January 24, 2006: The Hindu Voice website at “source” issued the following press release: “Welcome to the first issue of Hindu Voice UK, a newsletter that is set to become the definitive resource for news, views and events for the Hindu community of Britain. We have felt for a long while that there has been an unfulfilled…
krishnakumari@vsnl.net INDIA, January 23, 2006: Krishna Kumari sends the following update on the health of Dada Vasvani. The elderly Sindhi spiritual leader suffered a severe back injury about a month ago. “We are happy to tell you today, that our beloved, revered Dada is recovering from the recent setback that he suffered. Though Dada was out of danger on Sunday…
timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, January 24, 2006: US President George W. Bush is likely to visit the Akshardham Temple, the capital’s newly built architectural landmark in pink sandstone and white marble on the banks of the river Yamuna. The US president, accompanied by wife Laura Bush, is coming to India on a state visit around March 1. Officially, the dates…
www.balgokulam.org DENVER, COLORADO, January 14, 2006: Balagokulam Magazine, a project of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS), a non-profit, cultural organization focused on Hindu community in the USA announced that it launched Kaun Banega Ramayan expert (KBRE) (“Who will become Ramayan expert”) quiz contest on the occasion of auspicious Hindu religious festival, Makar Sankranti. The objective in launching the Ramayan Quiz contest…
pallod@aol.com AHMEDABAD, INDIA, January 18, 2006: The fourth Vishwa Sangh Shivir (VSS) concluded in Ahmedabad on January 1, 2006, with a ceremony that included an impressive display of various forms of yoga, prayers in unison by hundreds of Hindus, and a speech by Shri Sudarashan, head of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). But perhaps more impressive is the message that the…