Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, December 4, 2015 (Telegraph): India’s supreme court has ruled that a man cannot divorce his wife if she is terminally ill, even if she consents, because he is duty-bound under Hindu law to care for her. The landmark ruling came as justices turned down the divorce application of a man whose wife, it emerged, had breast…
Source As the political turbulence set off by former Union minister Kumari Selja’s remarks [which are not quoted in this article] refused to subside in Delhi, the storm created ripples of disbelief at the Dwarkadhish shrine in Bet Dwarka, an island off Okha coast in Gujarat’s Devbhoomi Dwarka district. The tirth purohits, or pandas, who show pilgrims around the temple,…
Source Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.— Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952), Founder of Self-Realization Fellowship
Source UNITED KINGDOM, March 4, 2013 (Scientist Live): A cow with a name produces more milk than one without, scientists at Newcastle University have found. Drs. Catherine Douglas and Peter Rowlinson have shown that by giving a cow a name and treating her as an individual, farmers can increase their annual milk yield by almost 500 pints. The study, published…
Source DINJAPUR, BANGLADESH, December 5, 2015 (DNA India): Ten people have been injured at a Hindu religious gathering in northern Bangladesh as three crude bombs went off at Jatra pandal on the premises of Kantaji Temple in Kaharol upazila of Dinajpur. According to the Daily Star, a series of blasts took place in the afternoon when the people were watching…
Source NEW DELHI, December 3, 2015 (Hindustan Times): The National Digital Library will roll out a collection of a million digitized books and journals, according to an official. The Library will also bring over 100 institutes under its fold. “The first thing that will come in February is the National Digital Library (NDL) with one million books and journals that…
Source Many people are afraid of silence. They have to be doing something all the time. Many people also are afraid of being alone. But actually no one ever is alone. He’s always with his great divine Self. Every person has a great, divine Self within him, an absolutely perfect, shining, sublime being of light. The voice of this being…
Source UNITED KINGDOM, October 21, 2015 (editorial by Dr. Prakash Shah): The caste system is one of the most prevalent and powerful markers of Indian culture and society. It is most closely associated with Hinduism and seen as hierarchical and oppressive, particularly for those who are at the bottom of the system. This is a stereotype, founded on Christian theological…
Source BIHAR, INDIA, December 1, 2015 (Big News Network): Ancient statues of Mahavira and Buddha have become a soft target of antique smugglers in Bihar, with nearly 200 statues stolen in the state in the last five years. According to police officials, many cases of thefts were never reported due to lack of knowledge of their value in the international…
Source VRINDAVAN, INDIA, December 1, 2015 (New Kerala): Temple priests in this Hindu holy town are protesting the Uttar Pradesh government’s move to bring some of the main shrines of Braj Bhoomi under administrative control. Priests of Sri Bankey Bihari temple, the Brahmin Sabha, the Brajbasi Panda Mahasabha and members of several other groups have been protesting over the past…