Source UNITED STATES, August 7, 2020: Dr. Virender Sodhi, the first board-certified Ayurvedic and naturopathic physician in the United States, has launched a YouTube channel called Ayurveda Magazine. It so far features 17 videos ranging from two to twenty minutes, most in English but some in Hindi and Punjabi. The well-regarded doctor takes on topics ranging from acid reflux and…
Source PAKISTAN, August 4, 2020 (New York Times): Dozens of Hindu families converted in June in the Badin district of Sindh Province in southern Pakistan. Video clips of the ceremony went viral across the country, delighting hard-line Muslims and weighing on Pakistan’s dwindling Hindu minority. The mass ceremony was the latest in what is a growing number of such conversions…
Source Death is not extinguishing the light; it is putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.— Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Bengali poet and Brahmo Samaj philosopher
Source ENTEBBE, UGANDA, August 5, 2020 (youtube): The short youtube video at “source” above shows a Ganesh Festival being celebrated African style with enthusiastic drumming and chanting at the Shree Ganesh Temple in Entebbe, Uganda. A second short video features the Ganesha Visarjana festival celebrated in Africa with the immersion of Ganesha in the ocean. It can be viewed here:…
Source VENETO, ITALY, July 30, 2020 (Qdp News Google translated from Italian): Shree Salasar Mandir is the name of the Hindu temple that was inaugurated yesterday, in Corso Tre Venezie in Padua, in the Arcella area. The Hindu community of Veneto therefore has a new place to pray and socialize just a few minutes from the center of a cosmopolitan…
Source After death, the soul goes to the next world bearing in mind the subtle impressions of its deeds, and after reaping their harvest returns again to this world of action. Thus, he who has desires continues subject to rebirth.— Shukla Yajur Veda, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 4.4.6
Source INDIA July 30, 2020 (Slideshare by Arindam Bandyopadhyay): This excellent power point presentation by Dr. Arindam Bandyopadhyay of Texas covers the British legacy in India from the 18th century. In part one (“source” above), Bandyopadhyay explains how the British themselves never tire of “pointing with pride” to what they claim to have done and to be doing for the…
Source In Sanatana Dharma, there is no single life, no single judgment, or eternal punishment. There is more than one life and, of course, there is no single judgment. In fact, there is no judgment at all as such, for the idea is to help and not to judge and condemn. The inner dynamics of incarnation is not reward or…
Source UNITED STATES, July 27, 2020 (Swarajyamag): (HPI note: this bill has been put on hold since this report was made.) American Christendom is at it again. Spearheaded by the Democrats, it is now trying to re-vilify the Swastika as a symbol of hate, through legislation, without telling the world that Hitler’s Hakenkreuz (literally, “hooked cross”) has nothing to do…
Source UNITED KINGDOM, July 28, 2020 (The Business Desk): Work has begun on the construction of a US$6.461 million Hindu temple in Oldham, whose design is a blend of modern and traditional features. The project is due for completion in 2022. Around 100 people, including members of the community, senior temple leaders, design team personnel and contractors attended a ground-breaking…