in.rediff.com NEW JERSEY, U.S.A., June 9, 2005: Dada J. P. Vaswani, spiritual head of the Sadhu Vaswani Mission, will be 87-years old in August and upholds his Sindhi tradition with total dedication and enthusiasm. It was during a US visit to a Sadhna camp in Hamilton, New Jersey, that Rediff’s New York-based correspondent, Monika Joshi, was able to interview Dada…
news.bbc.co.uk MUMBAI, INDIA, June 17, 2005: Four American missionaries have been asked to leave India for what police say is a violation of visa regulations. The missionaries were attacked by a Hindu mob in India’s western city Mumbai (Bombay) on Saturday evening during a Bible reading session, according to this BBC report. Police said three of them were treated for…
www.prweb.com SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, June 15, 2005: Is religion gaining ground in America, or are people simply looking harder for answers? Religion and spirituality books are selling strongly, while the number of Americans not identified with religion is rising. It appears that more and more people are seeking God on their own rather than through established belief systems, says…
www.hindu.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, June 16, 2005: Schoolchildren in Delhi seem to be finally learning to eat right and their latest mantra reads: “Think brown.” And if the first detailed adherence report submitted by Delhi schools is anything to go by, educational institutions here have finally shifted to the menu chart prescribed by the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS),…
autofeed.msn.co.in BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, USA, June 13, 2005: Amid chants of Sanskrit prayers, some 2,300 students of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) received their graduate and undergraduate degrees in Cambridge. Swami Tyagananda, the institution’s Hindu chaplain, offered an invocation in the language of the Gods to reflect the large international crowd’s spirit of unity and goodwill. “May we come together…
www.hindustantimes.com MINNEAPOLIS, UNITED STATES, 13 June, 2005: “A few years ago, we could not have thought of having such a large number of people registering for an introductory three-day course on Ayurveda. But now this is a reality,” said, Vandana Tilak, an Ayurveda practitioner in California and organizer of a three-day seminar-cum-workshop on this Indian system of medicine at the…
www.orlandosentinel.com ORLANDO, FLORIDA, June 12, 2005: When newly married Shivani Lad, 25, sent out her wedding invitations two months ago, the first invitation went to the Hindu God Shrinathji. As is the custom, one invitation was delivered to the Hindu temple first and then to specific family members in a certain order before being sent out en masse. Formerly Shivani…
autofeed.msn.co.in SHIMLA, INDIA, June 11, 2005: It’s a glittering sari threaded with silver and silk that took two years to make and costs Rs.200,000 — US$4,500! And the handicraft marvel is the center of attraction for tourists and locals at an exhibition currently on in this popular resort town of Himachal Pradesh. The maker of this colorful sari can be…
en.wikipedia.org USA, June 17, 2005: Our thanks to HPI reader Thanneer for the following excellent suggestion: “I’m sure you have heard of this famous online encyclopedia called Wikipedia (here) The unique feature of this website is you can edit the pages and you can create new ones. I would like to highlight that on articles relating to Hinduism, many are…
Archana Dongre TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, June 12, 2005: Even the skies had become softer, shielding everyone with a blanket of clouds from the harsh summer Sunday, June 11, when the inauguration ceremony of the Chinmaya Mission’s new center “Mithila” began at 10.30 a.m., under specially erected white canopies in the parking lot of Mithila’s premises at 655 South B Street here.…