KAUAI, HAWAII, April 29, 2016 (Hinduism Today): As part of research for part four of our movie series, “The Hinduism of Hindu India,” the question came up of how many British officers were in the total military of India which in 1947 numbered 2.5 million? If you have an authorative source for this information please contact the managing editor, Acharya…
Source MADURAI, INDIA, April 29, 2016 (Deccan Chronicle): Observing that the Tirukkural alone can take the younger generation on a righteous path, the Madurai bench of Madras high court directed the state government to include 108 chapters of Tirukkural, the great Tamil masterpiece on ethics, in the curriculum of students from VI standard to XII standards in the school syllabus…
Source WASHINGTON D.C., April 29, 2016 (Zee News): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been invited to address a joint session of the United States Congress on June 8 during his visit here. “The friendship between the United States and India is a pillar of stability in an important region of the world,” US House Speaker Paul Ryan said. “This address…
Source You shine, all living things emerge. You disappear, they go to rest. Recognizing our innocence, O golden-haired Sun, arise; let each day be better than the last. — Rig Veda (X, 37, 9)
Source KERALA, INDIA, April 27, 2016 (The Hindu): With an eye on public safety and prevention of cruelty to elephants, the Social Forestry Division has disallowed the use of the animals for non-ritualistic practices in the district. An application by the Mukkolakkal Sree Mahaganapathy Temple in Mannanthala to parade 12 elephants at its annual festival in May was turned down…
Source SOUTH AFRICA, April 27, 2016 (Arya Samaj, SA): The Arya Samaj SA, celebrated ninety years of its founding recently at the Durban Exhibition Centre, with dignitaries from government and international visitors attending. The chief guest, Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan, emphasized the key role that civil society has to play in strengthening any democracy. “Organisations like the Arya Pratinidhi…
Source INDIA, April 21, 2016 (Swarajya Magazine by Swami Venkataraman): The Hindu sacred texts clearly relate varnas to the guna i.e., behavior and character, rather than the birth. The argument against the notion that a hierarchical caste system is “divinely inspired” and “intrinsic” to Hinduism is powerful and profound. The 90th Sukta of the 10th mandala in the Rig Veda,…
KERALA, INDIA, APRIL 27, 2016 (by J. K Bajaj, CPS, India): Like Assam, West Bengal, Purnia and Santhal Pargana region of Bihar and Jharkhand, parts of Western Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Mewat of Haryana and Rajasthan, and many of the States in the northeast–has seen a drastic change in its religious demography in the Census period, beginning from 1901. The…
Source He is the Supreme Brahman, the Self of all, the chief foundation of this world, subtler than the subtle, eternal. That thou art; thou art That.— Atharva Veda, Kaivalya Upanishad
Source CALIFORNIA, USA, April 27, 2016 (by Aseem Shukla, Religion News Service): An open letter to the California Department of Education, signed by a group of academics, many of whom are sympathetic to the Indian left, is threatening to downgrade, and in many cases remove, the terms India and Hinduism from schoolbooks.Two years ago, Hindu and Indian-American groups began working…