Thought For the Day
Source: Hinduism Today Worry kills more people than work because more people worry than work.
Nepal King Calls For Unity
GO TO SOURCE NEPAL, April 15, 2002: Nepal’s King Gyanendra has called for national unity to fight the long-running Maoist rebellion. In a message to mark the Nepalese New Year, King Gyanendra said the continuing violence and destruction of the infrastructure had ruined the economy. His statement followed one of Nepal’s worst outbreaks of violence on Friday, in which more…
Morari Bapu on Peace in Gujarat
GO TO SOURCE GUJARAT, INDIA, April 15, 2002: Morari Bapu is among the country’s foremost preachers on the Ramayana, traveling around the globe preaching in Gujarati or Hindi interspersed with joyous song. He was also one of the few prominent religious figures to join peace efforts (in Rajkot, Ahmedabad and Mehsana) during last month’s sectarian disturbances in Gujarat. In an…
Kashmir Pundits Criticize Silence on Their Plight
GO TO SOURCE NEW DELHI, April 14, 2002: As political parties vie with each other in expressing concern over the plight of communal violence victims in Gujarat, Kashmiri Pandits today criticized the political spectrum for “maintaining a deafening silence” over the sufferings faced by a populace of more than 350,000 after their migration from the Kashmir Valley due to militancy…
Gujarat Politician Stabbed for Helping Minorities
GO TO SOURCE AHMEDABAD, INDIA, April 14, 2002: When communal violence tore the state apart, Someshwar Pandya attempted to keep the social fabric together, according to this report in the Times of India. On Saturday morning, Pandya, of Sardarpura, a village where 32 members of the Muslim community were burnt alive on March 1, was attacked by six persons armed…
RSS Honors Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
GO TO SOURCE BANGALORE, INDIA, March 15, 2002: Kaushalendra (“source” above), secretary for the Nagpur RSS offices, writes, “The meeting of the Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha held at Jansewa Avasi Vidya Kendra, Bangalore on March 15, 16 and 17, 2002. Sarkaryawah Shri Mohan Bhagwat presided over the meeting. Param Pujya Sarsanghchalak Ma. K. S. Sudarshan and Ex-Sarsanghchalak Ma. Rajjubhaiyaji were…
Tamil World Processor Released
Source: The Hindu NEW DELHI, INDIA, April 14, 2002: India’s President, K.R. Narayanan, today released Tamil Word-2001, a Tamil word processor developed by Tamil Arasi, at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan here. While a copy of the word processor was presented to the President by M. Natarajan, Editor, Tamil Arasi, the Editor of Viduthalai Tamil Diary, K. Veeramani, received…
How to Define Race in Today’s America
GO TO SOURCE DENVER, COLORADO, April 17, 2002: When it comes to race and how to define it, the subject has become controversial in America. The 2000 census form allowed Americans to choose from 126 racial and ethnic categories and they could pick more than one. Results of the census showed that around 7 million Americans consider themselves to be…
Swami Shuddhananda on 13th Global Tour
GO TO SOURCE KOLKATA, INDIA, April, 14, 2002: H.H. Swami Shuddhananda and Maa Krishnapriya would be leaving on April 22, 2002, for his 13th Global Tour, visiting U.K., USA, Germany and Norway. During the visit, Swami Shuddhananda will conduct meditation sessions and address the seekers in these countries to discover the peace and happiness of life in the very shrine…
How Many Temples to Lord Rama?
GO TO SOURCE KAUAI, HAWAII, April 14, 2002: Hinduism Today is researching a short article on Lord Rama. We need to know approximately the number of Lord Rama temples in India. It would also be useful to know how many temples are specifically dedicated to Lord Krishna and to Lord Vishnu.