Daily Inspiration

Source Discipline your speech. Speak the truth at all costs. Speak little. Speak sweetly. Always utter encouraging words. Never condemn, criticize or discourage. Do not raise your voice and shout at little children or subordinates.— Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh (1887-1963)

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How Love Emerges in Arranged Marriages

Source FINLAND, November 7, 2014, (By Samuli Kangaslampi): Despite the prevalence of autonomous (“love”) marriages in “Western” countries, most marriages in the world are still arranged by parents or matchmakers. Quite a number of studies have been conducted comparing and contrasting arranged marriages and autonomous marriages. Such studies have arrived at somewhat mixed results as regards love and satisfaction in…

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Rare Mukhalinga on Display in Vietnam

Source VIETNAM, November 24, 2013 (Thanhnien News): A Hindu lingam with Shiva’s face carved into it was placed on display at the My Son Champa ruins in central Vietnam Saturday, becoming the first intact mukhalinga to be exhibited in Southeast Asia. The statue is estimated to date back to the 7th or 8th centuries. It was uncovered in November of…

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Sanskrit and Russian: Ancient Kinship

Source INDIA/RUSSIA, November 3, 2014 (by Rakesh Krishnan Simha, In.Rbth): When was the last time you had a shot of vodka? Well, next time you have one, remember that this Russian word has its origins in the Vedic Sanskrit word for water – udaka. The striking similarities in Sanskrit and Russian indicate that during some period of history, the speakers…

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Honoring Rajendra Chola I in Tamil Nadu

Source CHENNAI, INDIA, July 27, 2014 (Telegraph India): Tamil Nadu’s leaders, for all their prickly championing of Tamil culture, let the 1,000th anniversary of the coronation of the greatest Tamil king ever pass without a flutter last week. It was left to a group of writers, historians, retired archaeologists and academics to honour the memory of Rajendra Chola I (960-1044),…

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Daily Inspiration

Source Listen for silence in noisy places; feel at peace in the midst of disturbance; awaken joy when there is no reason.— Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism Today

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The Godhra Riots – Postscript: The Masterminds

https://www.scribd.com/doc/244384543/The-Godhra-Riots-Postscript-The-Masterminds-Nicole-Elfi OCTOBER 30, 2014 (scribd by Nicole Elfi): This is a postscript to The Godhra Riots: Sifting Fact from Fiction, July 2013, by the same author. In May this year, the people of India chose their Prime Minister. Over twelve years, several inquiry commissions — the Tewatia Committee (2010), the Nanavati Commission (2008), the Special Investigation Team (2011) under the…

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