Hindu Priest Comes under Attack in Satkhira

Source BANGLADESH, July 2, 2016 (The Daily Star): Assailants attacked a Hindu priest leaving him severely injured in Satkhira Sadar Upazila early today, a day into the killing of a Hindu priest in Jhenidah and a Buddhist man in Bandarban. Bhabasindhu Bor, priest of local Sree Sree Radha Govinda temple in Brahmarajpur village of Satkhira Sadar Upazila, is undergoing treatment…

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First Batch of Pilgrims Leaves Jammu for Amarnath Yatra

Source INDIA, July 1, 2016 (Times of India): The first batch of 1,138 pilgrims left Jammu on Friday for this year’s Amarnath Yatra that begins from Saturday. State deputy chief minister Nirmal Singh, junior minister Priya Sethi and Lok Sabha member Jugal Kishore flagged off the first batch of pilgrims from Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in winter capital Jammu at…

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Daily Inspiration

Source When the Creator dances, the worlds He created dance. To the measure that He dances in our knowledge, our thoughts, too, dance. When He in heart-endearing dances, the several elements, too, dance. Witness in rapture surpassing the dance of that One who is a glowing flame.— Tirumantiram, 2786

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Cow Urine Kills Farm Pests in India’s First Fully Organic State

Source SIKKIM, INDIA, June 27, 2016 ( by Bubhudatta Pradhan):India has 650,000 organic farmers–more than any other nation. Nimtshreng Lepcha seeps medicinal leaves in cow urine and sprays the brew over his tomatoes. It’s the main way pests are repelled on his farm in the Himalayan foothills and across the northeastern state of Sikkim, the first in India to go…

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Why Are Indian Historians In a Denial Mode?

Source INDIA, June 27, 2016 (Swarajya by David Frawley): India today is a strange country in that, uniquely among the nations of the world, it seems to be afraid of its own history. If we study current historical accounts, particularly by India’s academic left, the most important fact about the history of India is that there is no real history…

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How the Andhra Pradesh Government Is Reclaiming Temple Lands

Source INDIA, June 24, 2016 (Swarajya): The Andhra Pradesh government has asked state officials to evict non-Hindu farmers from agricultural land belonging to Hindu temples or mutts. No such land can now be cultivated by a non-Hindu, it said. The state government had issued the official order in November last year but is now following up on it, as the…

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Are Gorkhas of Indian Origin?

Source INDIA, June 24, 2016 (Eastern Panorama, by Nanda Kirati Dewan):Many people have a misconception about the Gorkhas in India — that they are foreigners and have migrated from Nepal. There could not be a greater mistake than this. The Gorkhas are in fact the aborigines of India and they can trace their history back to ancient times. The Gorkha…

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