Source UNITED STATES, October 30, 2016 (Scroll.in, by Lavina Melwani): In the old days, the Indian immigrant in America was likely to experience excruciating loneliness on Diwali — cut off from the large, extended family, and making do with a patched-together group of strangers, new acquaintances and distant relatives. Diwali celebrations were limited to a few people contributing sabzis, Indian…
Source Being upset reflects the lack of a strategy. — Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami, publisher of Hinduism Today
Source WASHINGTON, D.C. October 26, 2016 (Pew Forum): Although the majority of U.S. adults report that they were raised in families with a single religious faith, roughly one-in-five (21%) say they were raised by parents who came from different religious traditions, according to a new Pew Research Center study. The study helps outline the changing religious landscape in the United…
Source INDIA, October 13, 2016 (New Indian Express by Michel Danino): Studies of India’s ancient scientific accomplishments have seen two extremes: At one end of the spectrum, daydreamers fancy that the Vedas knew everything from electricity to interplanetary travel, that vimanas crisscrossed Indian skies millenniums ago, or that Aryabhata invented all mathematics. At the other end, gainsayers bristle at the…
Source God defined is God denied. To define is to limit. Yet, the deepest of my consciousness calls on Him as pure love. — Sadhu Vaswani, (1879-1966) founder of Sadhu Vaswani Mission
Source INDIA, October 24, 2016 (Hindu Human Rights by J. Sai Deepak): A closer look at today’s political and social arena clearly reveals how Hindu institutions and Hinduism in India are unfairly targeted by a combination of vote bank politics and unscrupulous politicians and businessmen. Particularly alarming is the destruction of Hindu institutions and the illegal mass conversions by other…
Source INDIA, October 18, 2018 (Centre for Policy Studies by Dr. J.K. Bajaj): The thirty-first note on the Religion Data of Census 2011 concerns the nearly complete Christianisation of the numerous tribes with their diverse geographies, diverse faiths and diverse ways of being that inhabit Mizoram, Manipur and Nagaland. All that social diversity seems to have been extinguished. The share…
Source SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, October 22, 2016 (Khaleej Times): Australia’s iconic Sydney Opera House is about to turn golden for a night in celebration of Diwali, the traditional Indian festival of lights. New South Wales Premier Mike Baird will visit the Opera House next Friday night to witness its color change. Before that, Baird is expected to attend a traditional Hindu…
Source TOKYO, JAPAN, October 21, 2016 (ANI): A number of Hindu priests from India and across the world began chanting Vedic hymns for a nine-day yagna being performed for the environmental and other issues prevalent in Tokyo. Over 100 priests from India have made it to Tokyo to perform the holy ritual. The ritual aims to bring down natural disasters,…
Source SOUTH AFRICA, October 19, 2016 (Rising Sun): Cultural doyen, spiritual leader and school teacher, Guru Sadha Munien, was honored by the South African Hindu Maha Sabha at the Durban City Hall, on Saturday. Continuing his late father’s legacy of propagating the ancient form of Indian music and language to children in the Chatsworth and surrounding areas, Munien was awarded…