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KAUAI, HAWAII, July 1, 2026 (Hinduism Today): An Educational Insight examines “Positive Discipline,” a system for raising children through encouragement, love and respect rather than physical punishment, blame or shame. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami became concerned about corporal punishment among Hindu families in the 1990s and sought practical methods parents could use to discipline children without violence. He subsequently encountered the…

UNITED STATES, October 27, 2026 (India Currents): July 4 marked the 250th anniversary of America’s Declaration of Independence, an occasion to revisit an often-overlooked connection: how events in India influenced both the movement for independence and Britain’s ability to suppress it. Reports of the Bengal famine of 1770 and the East India Company’s conduct circulated in the American colonies, reinforcing…

VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES, October 23, 2026 (Daily Mail): Scientists have uncovered a striking pattern in reports of reincarnation that they say can’t be explained by existing psychosocial frameworks. Researchers from the University of Virginia examined 1,678 reports from people claiming to have memories of a past life. They discovered that the apparent time between death and rebirth appeared to be…

KAUAI, HAWAII, July 1, 2026 (Hinduism Today): An excerpt from the Raurava Agama describes how an accomplished Saiva practitioner should prepare for death. Translated by Dr. S.P. Sabharathnam Sivacharyar, the scripture instructs the sadhaka who knows his death is approaching to worship Siva, perform fire ritual, regulate his breathing and senses and enter deep meditation upon the Divine within the…

WASHINGTON D.C., October 21, 2026 (About USPS): Today, the U.S. Postal Service commemorated the joyous Hindu fall festival of Diwali with a new Forever stamp at the Embassy of India in Washington, D.C. On the Hindu calendar, Diwali falls on the eve of, or on, the new moon that occurs between mid-October and mid-November. In 2026, the main day of…

KAYOVARAHAN, GUJARAT, INDIA, July 1, 2026 (Hinduism Today): Khyati Desai-Seltzer recounts how her daughters, Sunaina and Sahani, became the first girls in generations of their family to undergo upanayana and receive the sacred thread. After the girls maintained their interest for more than a year, the family researched the tradition and found organizations including Gayatri Parivar, Arya Samaj and Art…

INDIA, October 18, 2026 (The Guardian by Anita Chaudhuri): Some yogis welcome the idea of competition – for others, it is anathema. Will those keen for yoga to become an Olympic sport win the argument? Vaishnavi Saravanakumar describes herself on Instagram as “India’s rubber band girl.” In a typical video post, dressed in a rhinestone-studded crimson catsuit and accompanied by…

CALIFORNIA, USA, July 1, 2026 (Hinduism Today): Writer Pradeep Srivastava examines the life and influence of English author Paul Brunton, whose 1934 bestseller “A Search in Secret India” introduced millions of Western readers to Indian spirituality and particularly to Ramana Maharshi. Born Raphael Hurst in London in 1898, Brunton worked as a journalist and editor before traveling through India in…

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, October 15, 2026 (BBC): A man has been arrested after an investigation into threats of a potential mass shooting that could have targeted a Hindu temple near Chicago. Alexandros Paporakis, 19, from Palatine, Illinois, appeared in court on Wednesday. He was charged with one count of making a terrorist threat and one count of unlawful possession of a…

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, OCTOBER 15 2026 (NBC News): A tip from a coworker helped thwart an alleged mass shooting plot targeting a Hindu temple in the western suburbs, authorities said Thursday, with law enforcement praising a “single, courageous individual” whose report led to the arrest of a 19-year-old Palatine man accused of planning the attack. “The public remains law enforcement’s greatest…