Source IRVINE, CALIFORNIA, February 9, 2016 (Orange County Register by Teri Sforza): When donors gift millions of dollars to universities, it’s no surprise that they want to keep as close an eye on the money as possible. But how close is too close? A review of major donor agreements with UC Irvine suggests that the level of control sought by…
Source INDIA, January 18, 2016 (The Hindu): Swami Sudheendra Theertha died after a brief illness at Hardwar on Sunday. As the spiritual leader of the Kashi Math, Swami Sudheendra Theertha, headed the Math for 70 years as the 20th guru in succession. Born as Sadasiva Shenoy in 1926 as the fourth son of Draupadi and Ramadas Shenoy of Kappasseri House,…
Source Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions: Why am I doing it? What might the results be? Can I be successful? Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, then proceed.— Chanakya (350-275 bce), Indian politician, strategist and writer
Source UNITED STATES, February 9, 2016 (Religion News Service): Eager to support a Muslim student’s effort to dispel stereotypes, teachers at a public high school in Rochester, N.Y., last week helped non-Muslim students try on a hijab for a day. Predictably, there were protests. The school system received about two dozen calls opposing the activity. Residents, many of them parents,…
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, February 6, 2016 (Times of India): The Kerala government has told the Supreme Court that banning entry of women of menstrual age in historic Sabarimala temple in the state is a “matter of religion” and it is duty bound to “protect the right to practice the religion of these devotees”. In an affidavit, the state government…
Source I loved my motherland dearly before I went to America and England. After my return, every particle of dust of this land seems sacred to me.— Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)
Source NEW YORK, USA, February 5, 2016 ( by Lizzie Thompson):In the basement of New Design High School on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, seven teenage girls are sitting on yoga mats. Absent are the Lululemon outfits, the scented candles and ambiguously soothing music that are synonymous with yoga classes these days. For the next 49 minutes the girls will focus…
Source INDIA, February 5, 2016 (Press Information Bureau): The 4-day National Arogya Fair (Arogya means “health” in Hindi) began at Dehradun in Uttarakhand today. The Fair has been organized by the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Sowa Rigpa & Homoeopathy (AYUSH) in collaboration with the State government of Uttarakhand and the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII). The…
Source SAN LEANDRO, CALIFORNIA, December 23, 2015 (India West): “It’s time we stop apologizing for our skin color, language and culture,” says the woman behind the viral hashtag #SareeNotSorry, a campaign to discourage negative attitudes of people towards Indian Americans and bring attention to the positive aspects of Indian culture. Meet Tanya Rawal, an Indian American professor at the University…
Source UNITED KINGDOM, February 2, 2016 (Huffington Post): Religious people from all different faiths are happier than those who have “no religion,” official data released on Tuesday revealed. Of all the faiths in the UK, Hindus are the happiest, scoring well above the national average and just under the demographic of people who consider themselves to be “in very good…