Source LONDON, ENGLAND, October 7, 2020 (Tribune India): A school in England has apologized and removed a workbook from its website following protests from several parents and British Hindu organizations over a reference to terrorism within a section on Hinduism. Langley School in Solihull, in the West Midlands region of England, said on Wednesday that the document, “GCSE Religious Studies:…
Source CALIFORNIA, U.S., September 30, 2020 (India Currents by Srishti Prabha): Trying to create a space in the United States, Indian Americans rely heavily on the arts to remain connected to their roots. Instead of soccer practice and baseball lessons, the minivan drives kids to Kathak (Indian Classical Dance) class or tabla (Indian percussion/drums) lessons. What our parents understood, that…
Source PETALING JAYA, MALAYSIA, October 6, 2020 (Free Malaysia Today): Non-Catholic churches and Hindu temples have no plans to close in view of the rising number of new Covid-19 cases after the Catholic Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur today suspended all masses in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor. Malaysian Hindu Sangam president RS Mohan Shan told FMT that Hindu temples would remain…
Source BLACKTOWN CITY, AUSTRALIA, October 7, 2020 (Mirage News): Homes and businesses across Blacktown City are about to be lit up. Nominations have now opened for this year’s Blacktown City’s Diwali Lights Competition. The ancient Hindu festival of Diwali celebrates the victory of light over darkness, with observers around the world lighting lamps and candles in and around homes and…
Source Austerity is the powerful bath of fire and bright rays of showering light that washes the soul clean of the dross of its many past lives, and of the current life, which have held it in the bondage of ignorance, misgiving, unforgivingness and the self-perpetuating ignorance of the truths of the Sanatana Dharma. — Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder…
Source A millennium before Europeans were willing to divest themselves of the Biblical idea that the world was a few thousand years old, the Mayans were thinking of millions and the Hindus billions.— Carl Sagan (1934-1996), astrophysicist and author of Cosmos
Source UNITED STATES, October 6, 2020 (The Fool): A recent survey of teen likes and dislikes discovered that that out of almost 10,000 teens surveyed, 47% either already eat or are willing to try eating plant-based meat, with Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods being two of their most recognized brands. The researchers noted that openness to trying new things–such as…
Source KAUAI, HAWAII, September 18, 2020: “India’s Popular Impact Today,” just published at “source” above, is the fifteenth and last song in Hinduism Today’s History of Hindu India Music Video series. It is a song for children intended to complement the fifth chapter of our popular History of Hindu India documentaries, “21st Century India.” The documentaries and songs neatly supplement…
Source He is the Supreme Brahman, the Self of all, the chief foundation of this world, subtler than the subtle, eternal. That thou art; thou art That.— Atharva Veda, Kaivalya Upanishad
Source THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, INDIA, September 28, 2020 (Deccan Chronicle): The Kerala government on Monday decided to allow only a limited number of devotees to the Sabarimala hill shrine during the annual pilgrimage season including Makaravilakku. Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that notwithstanding the restrictions imposed on the number of devotees, all rituals and ceremonies at the temple will be held as…