Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, September 30, 2015 (mid-day): India’s foreign office is keeping itself updated on an interesting, if trifle peculiar, slugfest that’s currently on between the Vatican and Indian spiritual guru, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. The Art of Living (AOL) Foundation founder is miffed at recent attempts by the Norwegian government to hijack his peace initiatives in strife-ridden Colombia.…
Source NAIROBI, KENYA, October 6, 2015 (All Africa): Ganesha Chaturthi, the great Ganesha festival, is also known as Vinayak Chaturthi or Vinayaka Chavithi. It is celebrated by Hindus around the world as the birthday of Lord Ganesha during the Hindu month of Bhadra (mid-August to mid-September). In Nairobi, the Pattni Brotherhood in Parklands held festivities to mark the occasion as…
Source Even in search of extraordinary gains, the wise will never speak trivial or useless words.— Tirukkural 198
Source FORT MEADE, MARYLAND, October 8, 2015 (RT): Former Air Force contractor Deborah Schoenfeld had worked as a dental technician at Epes Dental Clinic in Fort Meade, Maryland until she was fired for allegedly “using profanity” against a one of her co-workers in early September. According to the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) that is now representing Schoenfeld, she does…
Source UNITED STATES, October 9, 2015 (NY Daily News): Ridley Scott’s “The Martian” is being slammed by an advocacy group for the lack of Asian American actors in the film. Media Action Network For Asian Americans (MANAA) calls “The Martian” just one of many films that are being “white-washed” compared to the written material they are based on. The film…
Source NEW YORK, NEW YORK, October 10, 2015 (Deccan Chronicle): Indian-American yoga guru Bikram Choudhury is not entitled to copyright protection over yoga poses and breathing exercises he uses in hot rooms developed by him, a US court ruled on Friday. In an order by the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in California, a bench of three judges…
Source Acquire the transcendental knowledge from a Self-realized master by humble reverence, by sincere inquiry and by service. The wise ones who have realized the Truth will impart the Knowledge to you.— Bhagavad Gita
Source IRELAND, September 30, 2015 (India Travelogue by Manohar Rakhe): Manohar V. Rakhe, an NRI from London, visits Victoria’s Way, in a small village called Roundwood in county Wicklow, southeast of Dublin, Ireland. A Maharashtrian by birth who has always worshipped Lord Ganesh, he calls this a pilgrim journey in Ireland. Late last year I had read in one of…
Source MUMBAI, INDIA, September 28, 2015 (Indian Express): A peaceful visarjan of Lord Ganesha statues marked the end to the ten-day long festival Monday as hundreds of thousands of devotees bid adieu to the elephant-headed Deity, including the famous Lalbaugcha Raja statue.The immersion process which started since early hours Sunday culminated this morning with over 50,000 statues being immersed amidst…
Source TIRUCHIRAPALLI, INDIA, September 29, 2015 (The Hindu): Ancient statues kept in temples with insufficient security measures in Perambalur and Ariyalur districts will soon be housed in a secure place. The construction of Icon Centres with requisite safety measures to safeguard the precious statues was apace in both districts which had several shrines within its territorial jurisdiction. Work on the…