Source SUVA, FIJI, March 23, 2014 (Fiji Times): Interest in participating in the first ever Fiji National Hindu Conference is growing, said Ashika Chandra of the World Hindu Council’s Fiji chapter. “People are making enquiries and registering their interest in taking part in an event which will not only recognize the contribution of the Indian people to Fiji but also…
Source NEW DELHI, March 11, 2014 (The Hindu): The Supreme Court has upheld a notification issued by the Rishikesh Municipal Board banning the sale of eggs within the town limits, holding that it was not an unreasonable restriction. A Bench of Justice Shivaraj V. Patil and Justice D. M. Dharmadhikari rejected an appeal by Om Prakash and other traders against…
Source The poverty of poverties is having plenty yet shunning guests. Such senselessness is only found in senseless fools.— Tirukkural
Source HOUSTON, TEXAS, March 20, 2014 (Indo American News): Voice of Sanatan Hinduism Radio program has now completed 20 years of broadcasting. Looking back to the past 20 years, the Houston Hindu Community started to build the foundations of many institutions and organizations to establish places of worship and teach Hindu Dharma. It also ventured into the media of radio.…
Source MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, US, March 21, 2014 (The Smithsonian Magazine, by S. Halpern and B. McKibben): If you want to understand how it feels to leave your country behind and start anew, there are a million questions you could ask a refugee: about jobs and housing and education. But if you ask those questions over dinner, they’re likely to…
Source OMAN, March 18, 2014 (Times Of Oman): The world’s first great civilizations appear to have collapsed because of an ancient episode of climate change – according to new research carried out jointly by scientists and archaeologists of a British and an Indian university. Their investigation demonstrates that the Bronze Age “megacities” of the Indus Valley region of Pakistan and…
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, March 20, 2014 (Free Press Journal): The State should not be seen as propagating any religion and the word secularism should be construed in right context, the Delhi High Court today said while seeking response from the Centre and the Reserve Bank of India on a PIL for withdrawal of coins having religious symbols embossed on…
Source The pweor of the hmuan mnid: Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae…
Source The learned have prescribed penance for the murderer of a pious man, a drunkard, a thief or for one who has violated a solemn vow. But there is no pardon for the ungrateful.— The Panchatantra
Source INDONESIA, March 13, 2014 (Bali Daily): The debate is ongoing between developing and developed nations to make an international legally binding instrument to protect traditional knowledge and cultural expression. During a two-day consultative meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee (IGC) hosted by Indonesia, the two sides expressed divergent views on the best ways forward to protect traditional knowledge and cultural…