Source CALIFORNIA, U.S., June 19, 2015 (India West by Vishnu Subramaniam): Why do Indian American kids win spelling bees? Intelligence? Sure. Hard work? Yes. A culture that values education? Yup. But what is the real reason Indian American kids dominate the National Spelling Bee? Parental pressure and demands, fueled by the social pressure for success. When we watch Indian kids…
Source HARIDWAR, INDIA, May 31, 2016 (Times of India): Scores of writers and activists from across the country will converge in Kolkata on June 1 to embark on a fortnight-long journey to Gangotri, during which they will sensitize people about the plight of the Ganga River and ask them to do their bit to save it from pollution. To mark…
Source Listen for silence in noisy places; feel at peace in the midst of disturbance; awaken joy when there is no reason.— Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism Today
KAUAI, HAWAII, June 2, 2016: Hinduism Today’s editors invite readers to offer suggestions for our 2017 line-up of feature stories. To give you an idea, these are the feature stories for the last three years: 2016:October: The Holy City of Vrindaban (scheduled)July: Shridi Sai BabaApril: The Holy City of HaridwarJanuary: The Hindus of Myanmar 2015:October: Earthquake Devastates Nepal’s Holy PlacesJuly:…
Source ENGLAND, May 23, 2016 (The Guardian): The number of people who say they have no religion is rapidly escalating and significantly outweighs the Christian population in England and Wales, according to new analysis. The proportion of the population who identify as having no religion — referred to as “nones” — reached 48.5% in 2014, almost double the figure of…
Source DEHRADUN, INDIA, June 1, 2016 (Times of India): A technical committee formed by the State Disaster Management Department has raised serious questions over the reconstruction work undertaken at Kedarnath, which was devastated by flash floods in 2013. The committee, comprising scientists and civil engineers from agencies, such as Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Geological Survey of India, and National…
Source If you are going to control your income, start by controlling your emotions. — Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism Today
Source INDIA, May 30, 2016 (swarajyamag.com): HPI note: Our thanks to several readers who sorted out the misleading Times of India article published in yesterday’s HPI. This article in Swarjaya Magazine was written today by Arihant Pawariya to expressly to correct the errors of the Times article: The Times of India tells us that it’s time to rewrite the history…
Source MADURAI, INDIA, May 29, 2016 (Times of India): With structure after structure surfacing from under the soil, the massive scale of an ancient urban centre that lies buried at Pallisanthai Thidal in Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu is emerging. The second phase of the work undertaken by excavation branch VI, Bangalore, of the Archaeological Survey of India suggests that…
Source There are only two things you can really depend on: one is the changeableness of life, and the other is the unchanging Self within you.— Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism Today