Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, December 9, 2014 (IBN) After replacing German with Sanskrit as third language from Classes VI to VIII, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) has decided to revive a policy of teaching Sanskrit in Classes XI and XII. The decision of reviving Sanskrit as an elective in Classes XI and XII was taken at the 99th meeting of the…
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, January 1, 2015 (India Today): A temple in Kerala on the foothills of the holy city of Sabarimala has a post office that works only during the special Sankaranti season. But what makes this post office stand apart is that it receives letters to God. People write their wish and prayers, hoping that God is reading…
Source INDIA, January 10, 2015: Hinduism Today is producing the next parts of its series on The History of Hindu India and very much needs to find a quality bhajan/kirtan group to film for the documentary. The first part of the documentary, source above, has passed 210,000 hits on YouTube. The need is quite specific, and tied to our film…
Source When the Creator dances, the worlds He created dance. To the measure that He dances in our knowledge, our thoughts, too, dance. When He in heart-endearing dances, the several elements, too, dance. Witness in rapture surpassing the dance of that One who is a glowing flame.— Tirumantiram, 2786
Source INDIA, December 12, 2014 (CNN): According to a recent World Health Organization report, India has the highest suicide rate in the world for the 15-to-29 age group. It stands at 35.5 per 100,000 people for 2012, the last year for which numbers are available. Across all age groups, nearly 260,000 people in India killed themselves that year. Bobby Zachariah,…
Source CHENNAI, INDIA, December 31, 2014 (The Hindu): Ramakrishna Math celebrated a century of the publication of The Vedanta Kesari, the monthly of the Ramakrishna Order. This century-old magazine, launched in the city, has kept its date with subscribers every month without a break. The Vedanta Kesari, the cultural and spiritual monthly of the Ramakrishna Order, gets despatched exactly on…
Source MYANMAR, November 13, 2014 (Indian Express): In between Myanmar’s two erstwhile capitals Yangon and Mandalay lies Zayawaddy Grant, a cluster of villages and a small township. At first glance it is no different from any other small town in this country, that not too long ago was closed to the rest of the world. Look closer and the difference…
Source NEW YORK, December 17, 2014 (Swarajya by Aditi Banerjee): Are the Hindu marriage vows inherently misogynistic? Even if those vows were once appropriate, have they become obsolete today? Should Hindu marriage vows be rewritten to suit the times? The answer, as a study of the shastras show, is an emphatic “No.” There is enormous intricacy and subtlety in the…
Source The light which shines above heaven, above all the worlds, above everything, that is the same light which is within man. We can perceive it as the warmth in the body. And of it we have this audible proof: when we thus hear, by covering the ears, what is like the rumbling of a carriage, or the bellowing of…
Source SRI LANKA, December 30, 2014 (Lankaweb by Shenali D. Waduge): The US and Western Christian nations have made clear their foreign policy objectives in Asia. The focus of Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic faith and the State of Vatican is also Asia. Asia is seen as having the greatest potential for the expansion of Catholicism. When the…