www.nynewsday.com NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, September 29, 2005: Despite opposition from the Bloomberg (Mayor of New York City) administration, a City Council committee recently voted unanimously to approve legislation adding Diwali to the list of holidays while the full council will vote later on whether to suspend the parking rules for street cleaning for the popular Hindu holiday. (HPI adds:…
sify.com SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, September 27, 2005: Increasing numbers of Australia’s famously macho men are showing surprising metrosexual tendencies, ditching competitive exercise for the meditative calm of yoga. “We are getting the rugby players, the body builders, the gym junkie guys,” says yoga teacher Duncan Peak, a former parachute officer and first-grade rugby player. “He now comes in here and gets…
news.webindia123.com UDUPI, KARNATAKA, INDIA, September 28, 2005: Sri Vishvesha Thirtha Swamiji of Udupi Pejavar Mutt today expressed surprise over the statement of Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister M. P. Prakash in the controversial Sri Krishna temple takeover issue. In a release here, he said both Mr. Prakash and Law Minister H. K. Patil, during their telephonic talks with the seer, had…
www.breitbart.com GANDHINAGAR, INDIA, September 29, 2005: Until last week, Madhavi Patel came to work each evening at a western India call center, put on her headset and American accent and spent the night taking calls from Americans about their credit cards. Then, Hurricane Rita happened. The call center, run by Effective Teleservices of Lufkin, Texas, set up a hot line…
www.sulekha.com NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS, September 29, 2005: Chandrakant Panse, Professor of Biotechnology, has published a useful summary of the evidence from DNA research with regard to the “Aryan Invasion” theory of India’s history. The summary reads: “The stark lack of similarities in the gene pools of India and Europe, vividly evident in mitochondrial DNA and the MHC complex, destroys any notions…
earth.google.com USA, September 29, 2005: It’s rare that our high-tech Hinduism Today and HPI offices get bowled over by a new web service. But you have to see Google Earth (“source”) to believe it. It’s rather difficult even to describe what this satellite photo-based digital globe can do. Like to visit Mt. Kailash in the Himalayas? Take your cursor, fly…
DrCP@rcn.com HOUSTON, TEXAS, September 25, 2005: The Third Annual Human Empowerment Conference (HEC), held from Friday September 16 to Sunday September 18, 2005, in Houston, Texas, was a great success where over 110 Hindu leaders, from all over the world and participating by invitation only, resolved to address numerous challenges facing the worldwide Hindu community, reports Chandrakant Panse, (“source”). Among…
www.dfwhindutemple.org IRVING, TEXAS, September 24, 2005: The Hindu Temple in Irving Texas (“source”), opened its doors for Hurricane Rita evacuees Thursday night. Many agencies like Red Cross, Texas 211, Texas Department of Public Safety were informed about availability of its premises for use as shelter. When e-mails went out to temple devotees, offers of supplies and help poured in, clogging…
Press Release HOUSTON, TEXAS, September 20, 2005: The age-old Hindu tradition of serving food to fellow human beings was more significant this past weekend when the Hindus of Greater Houston, which more often organizes Hindu festival celebrations, took on the mammoth task of feeding Hurricane Katrina’s survivors at the George R. Brown Convention Center and at other relief centers all…
www.trinidadexpress.com TRINIDAD, September 10, 2005: A National Panchoutie, led by Swami Prakashananda, has been formed to tackle the “unhealthy human condition of citizens” in Trinidad and Tobago. The Panchoutie was launched yesterday at Saith Park, Chaguanas. It is hoped that the “stakeholders” of society will use the forum to talk about crime, the breakdown of family and the poor standard…