New York Students Enjoy Indian Festival Of Color

Source NEW-YORK, USA, April 25, 2005: Anabel Taylor courtyard was battleground for a war of bright green, pink, purple and yellow this weekend, where the Hindu Student Council (HSC) held their annual celebration of Holi, the Indian festival of color, according to this article in Cornell University’s student newspaper. Students, professors and members of the community were given the chance…

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Trinidad Hindus Celebrate Lord Hanuman’s Birthday

Paras RamoutarTRINIDAD, April 22, 2005: In Ram Leela, the annual Hindu festival which takes place in October/November, Lord Hanuman, the Hindu Monkey God plays a pivotal role in rescuing Mother Sita, the wife of Lord Rama, from the devious King Ravana. This makes Lord Hanuman a hero in the great religious epic, the Ramayana which focuses on the teachings of…

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Women Parlay the Humble Papad Into a Major Business Success

SourceMUMBAI, INDIA, April 15, 2005: It all started forty years ago when seven women gathered together on a terrace of a building in Girgaum in Mumbai. They had a dream and that dream was to start a cooperative organization whereby they could supplement their family’s income by doing work in their own home. From that core idea and choosing a…

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Japanese Put Human Gene In Rice

The Independent, LondonLONDON, ENGLAND, April 24, 2005: Scientists have begun putting genes from human beings into food crops in a dramatic extension of genetic modification. The move, which is causing disgust and revulsion among critics, is bound to strengthen accusations that GM technology is creating “Frankenstein foods” and drive the controversy surrounding it to new heights. Even before this development,…

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Kerala Court Rules Marxists Have Right To Manage Temples

SourceKERALA, INDIA, April 21, 2005: The Supreme Court here ruled that managing temples “primarily is a secular act.” The ruling came on a petition seeking to exclude “Hindu” ministers of the erstwhile Left Front (Marxist) government in Kerala from the managing committee of the Guruvayoor temple, one of the richest shrines in the state. The court today said a state…

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Musical Play on Swami Vivekananda a Hit in Delhi

Rajiv Malik, HPI Correspondent.NEW DELHI, INDIA, April 25, 2005: “Think not that you are weak and miserable. Arise, awake and manifest your own nature,” these famous and inspiring words of the Hindu spiritual prophet of modern India, Swami Vivekananda, were received with a thundering applause by a 1,600 strong audience who was present in New Delhi’s prestigious Siri Fort Auditorium…

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President of Ramakrishna Math and Mission Passes On At Age 96

SourceKOLKATA, INDIA, April 25, 2005: Swami Ranganathananda, president of Ramkrishna Math and Mission, breathed his last after a cardiac arrest today. He was 96. He attained Mahasamadhi at 3.51 a.m. at Woodlands Hospital where he was admitted on April 17. His cremation rites will be performed tomorrow around 12.30 p.m. within Belur Math (monastery) premises. His body would lie at…

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