Source CALIFORNIA, U.S., June 10, 2016 (Time Magazine, by Christopher Key Chapple): On June 9, a law allowing patients with terminal illnesses to end their lives with help from a physician came into effect in California, opening conversations about whether human life should be prolonged against the desire to die peacefully and with dignity. A similar yet different conversation has…
Source PEGOGNAGA, ITALY, JUne 14, 2016 (Gazzetta di Mantova): The representatives of the great world religions (Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, Jewish and Catholic) sat next to each other, without shoes in respect of the Hindu temple venue, and filled the day with meaningful interreligious dialogue. The meeting, whose subject was “A Culture of Peace,” was sponsored by the City of Pegognaga…
Source KAIRANA, UTTAR PRADESH, June 14, 2016 (Zee News): At a time when the Central government is mulling to award citizenship to Hindu migrants from Pakistan and Bangladesh, there are reports that Hindus are being to forced to migrate from a city in Uttar Pradesh. The disturbing trend has been witnessed in Kairana, located 124 kilometres from Delhi in Uttar…
Source Once a person has faith, he has achieved everything.— Sri Ramakrishna
Source KAUAI, HAWAII, June 14, 2016: Hinduism Today’s film crew will be in Chennai in mid-July to shoot footage for parts four and five of The History of Hindu India. Part one of the popular documentary (“source” above) has passed a million hits on YouTube. We need three locations to shoot at in Chennai: a high-tech super modern firm, a…
Source INDIA, June 11, 2016 (BBC by Dinyar Patel): Drought and a searing heat wave have affected an astonishing 330 million people across the country. But this summer also marks the 150th anniversary of a far more terrible and catastrophic climatic event: the Orissa famine of 1866. Hardly anyone today knows about this famine. Yet the Orissa famine killed over…
Source MIRI, BORNEO, MALAYSIA, June 13, 2016 (The Borneo Post): More than 1,000 members of the Miri Hindu Society (MHS) will have a place to worship once their temple is completed by the end of this month. The Sri Kamini Thurga Iswari Amman Alayam Temple at Taman Tunku here will be the first Hindu temple here. MHS chairman Selvaraj Grapragasem…
Source “Learn to make the whole world your own. No one is a stranger, my child, the whole world is your own.”— Sri Sarada Devi (1853-1920) wife of Sri Ramakrishna
KAUAI, HAWAII, June 13, 2016: Hinduism Today is seeking a volunteer to translate the quarterly Publisher’s Desk editorial to Gujarati, four annually. The pieces are about 1,500 words long. Please contact our editor, Paramacharya Sadasivanathaswami, at sadasivanatha@hindu.org.
Source MEXICO CITY, MEXICO, June 9, 2016 (Indian Express): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday arrived at Mexico City on the final leg of his five-nation tour. PM Modi held restricted talks with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto at Los Pinos. In a very special gesture, Mexican President Nieto personally drove Narendra Modi to a restaurant for Mexican vegetarian fare.…