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…
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…
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…
SourceNEW DELHI, INDIA, April 21, 2005: The High Court has fined two men US$227 for legally challenging the mainly Hindu country’s official three days of mourning for the death of Pope John Paul II, a newspaper reported on Thursday. The High Court in New Delhi said the petition urging the government not to declare official mourning for people “less significant…
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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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…
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…
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…
SourceTIRUPATI, INDIA, April 25, 2005: In a move that is sure to create a furore in the all-strong procurement cartel supplying commodities worth millions of rupees to the Tirupati Temple on a daily basis, the shrine trust has decided to shift to full time e-procurement and do away with the cartel altogether. The Temple is the largest purchaser of commodities…