www.smh.com.au SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, January 28, 2006: (HPI Note: The following article appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald, Australia’s leading newspaper.) Hinduism is the predominant religion of India but in the global spread of eastern religions it has been Buddhism that has found a firm foothold in the spiritually barren lands of the West. But as the revered American-born Hindu monk…
www.the-week.com INDIA, January 22, 2006: Ganesha is everybody’s mascot–be it in the commercial, political, cultural or global arena. He was always adored, worshipped and held in great adulation. Ganesha, Ganapati, Vigneshwar, Gajavadana, has shifted base, begins this article by Vijaya Pushkarna. The son of Shiva and Parvati, the endearing God with the head of an elephant and a human body…
news.webindia123.com MADURAI, INDIA, January 14, 2006: January marks the month of two festivities in India, Pongal as a harvest festival in Tamil Nadu, and Makar Sankrati honoring the Sun God in Maharashtra and other states. The news release explains, “The annual harvest festival was celebrated in a colorful manner in rural areas where rice milled from newly harvested paddy was…
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…