Source SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, February 13, 2014 (HAF): In light of a multitude of inquiries with regard to Penguin India’s decision to withdraw controversial scholar, Wendy Doniger’s “The Hindus: An Alternative History,” the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) issues the following statement. HAF is against censorship or the banning of books in any country or fora. In fact, we have consistently…
Source NADI, FIJI, February 19, 2014 (Fiji Times): The first-ever gathering of Hindus to celebrate their contribution to the country will be held in Nadi in April. The conference will be held on April 12 and 13 at the Tanoa International Hotel. Organisers of the event — the Vishva Hindu Parishad Fiji or World Hindu Council of Fiji — emphasized…
Source The whole purpose of earning wealth and maintaining a home is to provide hospitality to guests.— Tirukkural
Source UNITED STATES, February 14, 2014 (Huffington Post): Instead of going to Disney World after winning gold in the women’s snowboarding slopestyle event, Jamie Anderson said she’ll be headed to Wanderlust — a yoga retreat on the North Shore of Oahu — to celebrate. Anderson credits yoga practice with helping her stay physically and mentally strong, and she’s not the…
Source PAKISTAN, February 17, 2014 (Saharasamay): A report from Karachi said on Monday, Feb. 17, that leaders of the community say girls as young as six years were being pressured to change their religion. “Can you accept your daughters being forcibly married to Muslim men?” said Raj Kumar, whose niece Rinkle Kumari was allegedly forced to convert and marry a…
Source Sattvic knowledge sees the one indestructible Being in all beings, the unity underlying the multiplicity of creation. Rajasic knowledge sees all things and creatures as separate and distinct. Tamasic knowledge, lacking any sense of perspective, sees one small part and mistakes it for the whole.— Bhagavad Gita 18:20-22
Source CHENNAI, INDIA, February 17, 2014: We at HPI always read with interest the monthly Vedanta Kesari magazine from the RK Mission in Chennai. The February issue carried an impressive report of their activities for 2012-13, a report which reminds us the RK Mission is one of the largest Hindu institutions in the world. In just 2012-2013, they provided relief…
Source BANGLADESH, February 10, 2014 (The Daily Star by Abbas Faiz, Amnesty International’s Bangladesh Researcher): For anyone who has followed the news from Bangladesh since the country’s January 5 elections, the last few weeks’ headlines have made for grim reading. Dozens have been killed in the street protests that raged across Bangladesh during the weeks around the vote, and with…
Source PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, May 4, 2014 (Southern California Public Radio): When Neil Bajpayee, a Pennsylvania-born Indian-American, made his vows in Sanskrit to Stephanie Young, a Californian raised in a non-religious family, he became the first member of his family to marry a non-Indian, non-Hindu. Shukavak Dasa, the Hindu priest marrying the couple, had seen it all before. Weddings between Indian-American…
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, February 12, 2014: US author Wendy Doniger’s controversial book “The Hindus: An Alternative History,” which had created a stir among various Hindu groups over allegedly “defaming the Hindu religion and freedom fighters,” will be pulled out of the Indian market after its publishers decided to “withdraw and recall all the copies from India.” The “amicable settlement”…