Source INDIA, May 2,2014 (by Ananth Krishnan, The Hindu): Chinese entrepreneur Zhao Qingfeng’s shop sits hidden in a maze of several thousand outlets at the Yiwu market – a sprawling area stretching across the size of 750 football fields that is the world’s largest commodity market. It attracts half a million businessmen from 90 countries in search of everything from…
Source If you long to see God, take to spiritual practices. What is the good of merely crying, “O God! O God!”?— Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa (1836-1886)
Source WASHINGTON, May 2, 2014, (by Cathy Lynn Grossman, RNS): Believers don’t buy the Big Bang, God-less evolution or a human responsibility for global warming. Actually, neither do many Americans. But a new survey by The Associated Press found that religious identity — particularly evangelical Protestant — was one of the sharpest indicators of skepticism toward key issues in science.…
https://thecoastnews.com/2014/04/homegrown-yoga-program-expands-to-other-state ENCINITAS, CALIFORNIA, April 24, 2014 (The Coast News): At Broome Street Academy, a school that serves homeless and foster-care teens in New York City, students have been doing yoga since January. The template for their program: Encinitas Union School District yoga. “I’m actually surprised at how it’s been embraced,” said Barbara McKeon, Head of School at Broome Street Academy.…
HAVANA,CUBA, January 21, 2014 (5 de Septiembre): A new digital portal called Kamala was created in order to promote the culture and literature of India, and its presence in Cuba. Sponsored by the Asia House, the site can be found at the website http://www.kamala.comlu.com and contains sections dedicated to science, cooking, religion, tours of India and other subjects of interest.…
Source SOUTH AFRICA, April 23, 2014 (The Media Online): The recent decision issued by the Press Appeal Panel in a complaint lodged by the South African Hindu Dharma Sabha against the Sunday Times raises important questions regarding the intersection between freedom of expression and religion. The complaint concerned a Zapiro cartoon depicting officials of Cricket South Africa (CSA) sacrificing their…
Source CAMBODIA, April 22, 2014: Her Royal Highness Princess Norodom Buppha Devi, head of the Royal Ballet of Cambodia, is pleased to announce the company’s upcoming tour of Theatre of Shadows. The show, featuring 23 dancers and ten musicians, combines elements of the Ream Ker, the Cambodian Ramayana, with Sbek Thom, traditional Khmer shadow theater. Renowned for its graceful hand…
Source To enter into the spiritual life is a rare blessedness, it is a great good: to take it seriously and engage in active spiritual Sadhana is a second blessedness and a still greater good: but to persevere in the spiritual life, to be ever progressive and ceaseless in one’s spiritual life, is the greatest good, the crowning blessedness.— Swami…
Source UNITED STATES, April 24, 2014 (HAF): The Hindu American Foundation is pleased to announce the creation of The Bhutanese American Community Grant Program. This grant program is specifically intended to support Bhutanese Hindus struggling to maintain their religion, culture, and traditions through their resettlement in America. Through the Grant Program, a total of $5,000 has been made available for…
Source THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, INDIA, November 6, 2013 (The Hindu): Russia has expressed its keenness to take Ayurveda to new realms and to work with Kerala to see how best they can integrate the age-old system of medicine with theirs. The intention to popularize Ayurveda in Russia and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries was conveyed by the Russian delegation to Chief…