Source UNITED STATES, March 6, 2015 (The Hindu): For the first time the opening prayer for the Idaho state senate was said on Tuesday by a Hindu cleric amid protests by some senators who claimed the United States was a Christian nation and denounced Hinduism, local media reported. Rajan Zed, who said the prayer in Sanskrit and English, made a…
Source NEW YORK, NY, March 4, 2015 (HAF): Leaders at the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) expressed deep disappointment with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s decision to exclude Diwali from the 2015-16 public school calendars. Earlier today, the Mayor announced that the new public school calendar will include two Muslim holidays, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, but will not…
Source Adversity and prosperity never cease to exist. The adornment of great men’s minds is to remain unswervingly just under both.— Tirukkural 115
Source PAKISTAN, March 6, 2015 (Ary News): Henna, or Mehndi, is a popular dye used in South Asia as well as the Middle East on festive occasions. However, there’s more to than meets the eye as far as Mehndi is concerned! Henna, every female’s favorite plant, is used to produce the popular dye known as Mehndi. Although the word Mehndi…
Source It cannot be seen by the eye, and yet it is the eye within the eye. It cannot be heard by the ear, and yet it is the ear within the ear. It cannot be smelt by the nose, and yet it is that which makes the nose to smell. It cannot be uttered by the mouth, and yet…
Source UNITED STATES, March 1, 2015 (USA Today): Nearly 10% of U.S. adults and 3% of children participated in yoga in 2012, up from 5% of adults and 2% of children a decade earlier, says a new survey from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease and Prevention. Another survey, from the Sports & Fitness Industry…
Source WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA, February 27, 2015 (YouTube): “We are all Hindus Now” was an article published in Newsweek Magazine, August 24, 2009 [http://www.newsweek.com/us-views-god-and-life-are-turning-hindu-79073 with the title interestingly changed to “U.S. Views on God and Life are Turning Hindu]. Hindu practices have creeped into American society. In the spiritual landscape we are becoming more Hindu like. 65% of Americans now believe…
Source They alone dispel the mind’s distress who take refuge at the Feet of the Incomparable One.— Tirukkural
Source INDIA, March 4, 2015 (by Roberto A.Fredman, Washington Post): Indian food, with its hodgepodge of ingredients and intoxicating aromas, is coveted around the world. The labor-intensive cuisine and its mix of spices is more often than not a revelation for those who sit down to eat it for the first time. But behind the appeal of Indian food —…
Source Out of purity and silence come words of power.— Swami Chinmayananda (1916-1993), founder of Chinmaya Mission