Daily Inspiration
Source The tragedy of human history is that there is decreasing happiness in the midst of increasing comforts. — Swami Chinamayananda, (1916-1993)
Christian Group Shuts Down India Operations After Restrictions on Foreign NGOs Take Effect
Source INDIA, January 17, 2017 (Christianity Today): “We want to be honest with you, there is very little hope.” So wrote Compassion International to its 130,000 sponsors of Indian children this past Friday. One week after sharing the good news of four nations no longer needing child sponsors due to the passion of millennials, the ministry shared the bad news…
The UK Caste Issue Heats Up
Source UNITED KINGDOM, January 19, 2017 (BBC): India’s caste system is among the world’s oldest surviving forms of social stratification. However, some British Asians say they still experience discrimination due to their caste. So, why are so many Hindu bodies in the UK opposed to this being made illegal? Sudesh Rani was shopping in the Home Counties two years ago…
Daily Inspiration
Source Whatever good you wish to do, do it now and here. Do not wait for the tomorrow. A day will come whose tomorrow we shall not see. Dada J.P. Vaswani,–head of Sadhu Vaswani Mission
Caste Legislation, an Unacceptable Attack on Indian Traditions
Source UNITED KINGDOM, January 9, 2017 (Anti-Caste Legislation Committee, an editorial): You will be aware of the government’s impending consultation on whether the clause on caste in the Equality Act should be implemented. The caste law is being promoted as a way to attack some ordinary but significant aspects of the Indian traditions and will create a great deal of…
Daily Inspiration
Source There is a proverb in our language: “If I want to be a hunter, I’ll hunt the rhinoceros; if I want to be a robber, I’ll rob the king’s treasury.” What is the use of robbing beggars or hunting ants? So if you want to love, love God. — Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)
Hindu Priest Offers Prayer Trump’s National Prayer Service
Source WASHINGTON D.C., January 20, 2017 (Asian Age): A Hindu priest will be among various religious leaders who will offer prayers at the National Prayer Service of Donald Trump on Saturday, a day after he is sworn in as the 45th President of the United States. Narayanachar L. Digalakota from the popular Sri Siva Vishnu Temple in Lanham, Maryland will…
Daily Inspiration
Source It is the nature of desire never to be fulfilled, but he who utterly gives it up is eternally fulfilled at that very moment. — Tirukural 370
Amarnath Cave Yatra to Being June 29
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, January 17, 2017 (Greater Kashmir): Governor N.N. Vohra, Chairman of the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB), presided over the 32nd Meeting of the Shrine Board here on Monday, an official spokesman said. “Regarding the duration and date of commencement of the Yatra 2017, keeping in view its foremost concern of safeguarding the safety and security of…
Daily Inspiration
Source In the beginning, love arose, which was the primal germ cell of the mind. The seers, searching in their hearts with wisdom, discovered the connection of Being in Nonbeing. — Rig Veda 10.129.4