BY PARAS RAMOUTAR TRINIDAD, OCTOBER 5, 2005: Divali Nagar 2005 opens on October 23, 2005, and runs for nine days ending on October 31. Divali (Deepavali) is on November 1, according to Deokienana Sharma, president, National Council of Indian Culture (NCIC). “The Theme selected this year is ‘Vivaah, or Hindu Marriage’ which will be highlighted through an exhibition, and on…
www.bbc.co.uk The Aryan Invasion TheoryLONDON, ENGLAND, September 30, 2005: HPI note: This article appears in a section of the BBC website called “Religion and Ethics: Hinduism.” It is an excellent article, especially for the section called “Dangers of the theory.” We recommend this list be incorporated in protests to schools over the continued promotion of this theory in school textbooks.…
www.newindpress.com TIRUPATI, INDIA, October 2, 2005: Buoyed by the success of the e-Darshan facility introduced by it in all the district headquarters in the state, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) has decided to expand the facility to all the state capitals shortly. The TTD introduced the facility a few months ago in all the district headquarters and in Bangalore and Chennai.…
www.expressindia.com DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA, September 1, 2005: An Indian-origin teenager in South Africa has moved the court challenging a regulation in her school that barred her from wearing a nose ring. Sunali Pillay, 16, took her case to the Durban Equality Court claiming that she was being unfairly discriminated against by Durban Girls High School which was not allowing her…
www.timesonline.co.uk DELHI, INDIA, October 2, 2005: It is being trumpeted as one of the biggest religious stone structures in the world and has a legion of famous backers. Supporters of the multi-million-pound Akshardham Hindu temple complex in India say they expect to play host to dignitaries including former presidents Nelson Mandela and Bill Clinton at the opening next month. The…
uniindia.com KOLKATA, INDIA, October 3, 2005: As the countdown begins for Durga puja, Bengal’s greatest festival, Kolkata unfurls itself as a massive art gallery presenting India in art and decor. With barely a week to go for the three-day festival, activities have gone to a feverish height for community puja organizers to present newer themes combining the festivity with the…
Rajiv Malik, HPI Correspondent NEW DELHI, INDIA, October 2, 2005: Selfless work being done by Udayan Care, an organization working for the welfare of disadvantaged children under the able and dynamic leadership of its managing trustee, Dr. Kiran Modi, was praised by well-known educationists and social workers who had gathered at North West Delhi’s Mahavir Senior Model School on 29th…
Religion News Service USA, September 29, 2005: HPI note: The following is excerpted from a commentary by Rabbi A. James Rudin. The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s errors and blunders are by now well known, including those I personally witnessed in an early September visit to hurricane Katrina evacuees in Houston’s Astrodome. But Newsweek magazine recently reported another, more hidden, problem,…
www.tompaine.com USA, September 28, 2005: The Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy is the president of The Interfaith Alliance, the national non-partisan advocacy voice of the interfaith movement. His article raises questions from the Christian community and others in the US regarding accepting government. It reads in part: Compounding the federal government’s stumbling and tragically inadequate response to Hurricane Katrina, now…
nation.ittefaq.com DHAKA, BANGLADESH, September 28, 2005: Elite-force RAB will deploy its total strength alongside other law-enforcers to provide a security blanket for the upcoming Durga Puja, the largest festival of the Hindu community, across the country. Some 8,000 members of the Rapid Action Battalion will be put on guard in some 22,000 Puja Mandaps (prayer podiums) and surrounding areas across…