Source NEPAL. June 15, 2016 (by Suzette Gutierrez Cachila, Christian Times): Seven Christians were arrested on Thursday, June 9, in Dolakha district, Nepal for allegedly converting people to Christianity. The seven Christians had reportedly distributed handkerchiefs together with Bible handbooks called “A Great Story” to a total of 885 students. Local authorities learned about the activity and reported it to…
Source O God of mercy who performs the dance of illimitable happiness in the hall of inconceivable intelligence! The Rig and the other Vedas are thundering forth in words, announcing to us that all are thy slaves, all things belong to thee, all actions are thine, that thou pervades everywhere, that this is thy nature. Such is the teaching of…
Source BANGLADESH, June 16, 2016 (The Daily Star): Priests of different temples in the district are passing their days in panic since the murder of Hindu priest Ananda Gopal Ganguly on June 7. On that day, Ganguly, 70, was hacked to death in Jhenidah Sadar upazila in a manner similar to previous killings by suspected militants. After the incident, most…
Source Of all the scriptures in the world, it is the Vedas alone that declare that even the study of the Vedas is secondary. The real study is “that by which we realize the Unchangeable.” And that is neither reading, nor believing, nor reasoning, but superconscious perception, or samadhi.— Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)
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…