Source JACKSON TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA, USA, May 2, 2016 (Morning Call): A Tannersville couple allegedly dumped a severed cow head at a Hindu man’s property in Jackson Township hoping it would scare the victim into moving away, according to court records. Ricky Strausser, 25, and Kimberly Ann McKee, 19, both of Tannersville, allegedly committed the hate crime in March after attending…
Source INDIA, May 1, 2016 (Swarajya Magazine by Madhu Purnima Kishwar): Madhu Kishwar, the senior most professor at the Delhi based Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), has sent a legal notice to the Director CSDS making serious allegations of gross and systematic discrimination against her. She alleges that the proverbial last straw has been the arbitrary and…
Source Parents must teach children to appreciate those who are different, those who believe differently; teach them the openness that they need to live in a pluralistic world where others have their unique ways, their life and culture; teach them the value of human diversity and the narrow-mindedness of a provincial outlook; give them the tools to live in a…
Source Hindu society has been the meeting point as well as the melting pot of as many spiritual visions as the human psyche is capable of springing up spontaneously. It has been a willing and welcoming platform for as many seers, sages, saints and mystics as have responded to the deeper stirrings in the human soul. It has been a…
Source CHENNAI, INDIA, April 29, 2016 (The Hindu): A sessions Court here on Friday acquitted the 80-year-old Kanchi Acharya, Jayendra Saraswati, and eight others in connection with the decade-old auditor Radhakrishnan assault case. “All the accused are acquitted, you are free to go,” the Judge said when the case came up for pronouncing order. The Acharya, who appeared before the…
Source HYDERABAD, INDIA, April 29, 2016 (The Hindu): The final hearing on a long-pending writ petition in the Supreme Court filed by Swamy Dayananda Saraswathi to free temples from government control and challenging the Endowments Acts of three States will commence in July. The decision brought cheer to the Temple Protection Movement (TPM) active in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana which…
Source Like treasure hidden in the ground, like flavor in the fruit, like gold in the rock, and oil in the seed, the Absolute is hidden in the heart.— Akka Mahadevi, twelfth-century Vira Saiva saint
Source MIDLAND, TEXAS, april 28, 2016 (Fronteras Desk): A leading hospital in Texas is making a name for itself by taking on the ranching industry, an iconic fixture in the history of the Lone Star State. The hospital is now promoting a plant-based diet rich in vegetables and whole grains for patients and visitors. Nurturing cattle, sending them to the…
Source SRINAGAR, JAMMU/KASHMIR, April 28, 2016 (The North Lines): Centuries-old Vetaal Bero temple in the highly-sensitive area that had been shut after most pandits were forced to migrate to Jammu and other parts of the country due to militancy in 1990, was reopened on Thursday. Jogi Langkar (canteen where food is served for sadhus) in Rainawari area of Srinagar, the…
Source The average man of the world goes about his daily life not knowing that subconsciously he is seeking the Absolute Truth, the Beloved in the jiva. The mind-body equipment of man contains this Beloved, yet he seeks for it everywhere else but within. The musk deer attracted by its own scent searches for it in the woods. Little does…