Source BERLIN, GERMANY, March 20, 2017 (Berliner Zeitung, translated from German): The Ganesha temple in Neukoelln’s Hasenheide Park, planned to become Germany’s largest. In 2006 hopes were high to finish the temple construction, punctually for soccer’s World Cup. But nothing came of it. In 2007, the faithful celebrated the solemn beginning of construction with priests from India flown in for…
Source LONDON, U.K., April 13, 2017 (Economic Times): Yoga along with words like Facebook and Twitter are among the top fifteen most popular words in the British society, say scientists who found that the Internet age has had a massive influence on the English language. The need to communicate with a wider-world coupled with a move away from the cosy,…
Source If you desire the world, you may try to renounce it in order to escape sorrow. Instead, renounce desire! Then you will be free of sorrow, and the world will not trouble you. — Ashtavakra Gita 16.9
Source SINGAPORE, April 17, 2017 (The Statesman): The Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple, perched along Serangoon Road, has welcomed people from all walks of life since it first opened its doors in 1855. Indian immigrants, British colonial rulers, devotees of Lord Vishnu, tourists and Singaporeans have all gathered, admiring the place of worship. At the weekends, the temple bursts into life…
Source Devotion to the satguru is the one main prescription. Without this, all learning, all austerity, family status and observances are useless. They are only decorations, pleasing to the worldly eye. — Kularnava Tantra
Source JAKARTA, INDONESIA, April 20, 2017 (White House Press Release): Today, Vice President Mike Pence participated in an interfaith dialogue with faith leaders of Islam, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, and Confucianism at the conclusion of his tour of the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia. Vice President Pence expressed appreciation to Indonesia for its shared commitment to religious freedom and reaffirmed that…
Source THAILAND, April 19, 2017 (The Asian Age): Last week’s full moon, dubbed the “Pink Purnima” by a Indian bistro in Bangkok, marked the Vernal Equinox and New Year celebrations: Vilambi in Tamil Nadu, Vaisakhi in Punjab, Bikram Sambat in Kathmandu and Songkran, Thailand’s Holi. Public squares hosted water parties with live bands, overhead sprinklers, water cannons and buckets, which…
Source We who have come from the East here have been told day after day in a patronizing way that we ought to accept Christianity because Christian nations are the most prosperous. We look about us and see England as the most prosperous nation in the world, with her foot on the neck of 250 million Asiatics. We look back…
Source KOLKATA, INDIA, April 18, 2017 (Times of India): HPI Note: We run this article only as an example of the Hindu bashing one can find in the Indian press. Vastu Shastra is unquestionably Hindu, encompassing not only the architecture of temples, palaces and houses, but town and village planning in such scriptures as the Saiva Kamika Agama, and in…
Source DHAKA, BANGLADESH, April 16, 2017 (Dhaka Tribune, editorial by Syed Zakir Hossain): The clerics have already denounced the festival of Pohela Boishakh, Bengali New Year, as a Hindu festival and they don’t want others to celebrate it. They had elaborated and insisted that it is indeed a Hindu ritual with so much fervor that, as a result, many people…