Source LONDON, U.K., August 4, 2017 (Bloomberg): The London Bullion Market Association this week lifted the veil on how much gold is stored in vaults in the city, which instantly joined a list of the world’s biggest hoards. Their estimated 596,000 bars weigh 7,449 tons, far short of the holdings of “Indian Households,” estimated over 22 metric tons. And Fort…
Source INDIA, August 5, 2017 (Government Press Release): More than a century ago, when Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa, he had not seen a spinning wheel- charkha- but during the Swadeshi movement, he meticulously spun khadi into the national life style. Now, khadi is in vogue again. Presenting statistics of khadi products sales, during last three years,…
Source The sages, being filled with universal love for all beings, did not want to keep their enlightenment to themselves. They declared to all: “O mortals, striving and struggling upon this Earth plane, weeping, wailing, buffeted by the vicissitudes of life: we have come upon a great discovery. There is something beyond these appearances, these vanishing names and forms that…
Source UNITED STATES, August 5, 2017 (Hindu American Foundation): HAF needs your help! We need Hindu American youth to take our survey on anti-Hindu bullying and bias in schools. Youth must be 11-24 years old to participate. No matter the amount of bullying or harassment you’ve experienced (even if it’s been none at all) please take this survey. All of…
Source INDIA, August 4, 2017 (YouTube): The Somnath temple on the western coast of Gujarat, is believed to be the first among the twelve jyotirlinga shrines of Shiva. Short but beautiful video at “source” above features the temple and its surroundings.
Source INDIA, July 27, 2017 (The Hindu): Despite the clamour for environment friendly Ganesh statues, clay statue-makers are finding it difficult to find customers. Traditional potter families say that the flooding of plaster of Paris statues and mass produced by molds, have reduced the market share of clay statues. “All this talk of eco-friendly Ganesh statues, without paint and harmful…
Source INDIA, January 21, 2015 (Newsweek): A recently released World Bank report has claimed that the chance of escaping poverty is now roughly the same in India as it is in the U.S. The report, called Addressing Inequality in South Asia, compares the share of consumption among three developing countries – Vietnam, Bangladesh and India – and the United States,…
Source INDIA, August 2, 2017 (Press Release): The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today addressed via video conference the 99th birthday celebrations of Dada Vaswani in Pune. He recalled that he had first met Dada Vaswani 27 years ago at the World Religions Conference in the United Nations. He also recalled their meeting in Pune in 2013. The Prime Minister…
Source Hindu sages have told us that to live the spiritual life, no matter how hampered it might be, no matter with what limitations, is infinitely superior to having a mental grasp of things Divine. They have taught us that until we have woven these things into our lives, one by one and step by step, we would not be…
Source INDIA, JULY 25, 2017 (Empire’s Last Casualty, by Dr. Akkaraju Sarma): One of the legacies of Colonial Empire with unfortunate consequences has been the practice of “indentured laborers.” In a nutshell, British recruited a batch of Indian citizens, based on a typical rural structure based on local traditions based on jati (ethnic, caste, tribe or linguistic community.) This subject…