Source UNITED STATES, April 9, 2014 (Forbes): Serial entrepreneur Pravin Kothari has spent the past two decades in Silicon Valley’s enterprise software trenches. He’s had a hand in founding four tech companies, including ArcSight, which grew into a $1.6 billion HP acquisition in 2010. Kothari holds over a dozen patents in security technologies and is the inventor behind his latest…
Source KERALA, INDIA, April 9, 2014 (Press Information Bureau): The months of April and May, when the temperatures soar and the countryside is soaked daily in the brightest of sunlight, villages and small towns in the Malabar region (Northern parts) of Kerala reverberate to the exciting rhythms of various instruments. The colorful and musical festivals of Poorams are held during…
Source WASHINGTON, D.C., April 10, 2014 (Hindu American Foundation): Leaders of the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) applauded the introduction of the Freedom of Faith Act by Congressman Mike Honda (D-CA) earlier today. The Foundation worked closely with Rep. Honda on the legislation, which permanently reauthorizes the Special Immigrant Non-Minister provision of the Religious Worker Visa program. The Religious Worker Visa…
Source Just as the Earth bears those who dig into her, it is best to bear with those who despise us.— Tirukkural
Source LIVERMORE, CALIFORNIA, April 4, 2014 (Independent News): The Shiva Vishnu Temple’s soaring white gopura, the ornate tower at the temple’s entrance, is awe-inspiring against Livermore’s deep blue sky, but the people gathered within are beyond warm and welcoming. “Our motto is, ‘Serving God through serving mankind,'” said Kruthi Shah, emcee of the Hindu Community and Cultural Center (HCCC)’s annual…
Source DEHRADUN, INDIA, April 9, 2014 (Times Of India): Only eight pilgrims have registered for road travel towards Kedarnath this year. Nearly 1.3 million had visited Kedarnath and Badrinath last year, during the Char Dham Yatra (pilgrimage to four holy sites). Rattled by last year’s devastation in which floods killed 6,000 and stranded 100,000, only 77 devotees have opted for…
Source LONDON: April 5, 2014(Times of India): In a first-of-its-kind case, a Hindu prisoner being held in a British jail has won the right to perform the last rites at his father’s funeral following a major legal battle. Joginder Paul Kashyap, serving a default prison sentence over non-payment of a confiscation order at Oakwood prison near the West Midlands city…
Source Go beyond science, into the region of metaphysics. Real religion is beyond argument. It can only be lived, both inwardly and outwardly.— Swami Sivananda (1887-1963), founder of Divine Life Society
Source SRINAGAR,INDIA, Apr 8, 2014 (Rising Kashmir, by Sumaiya Yousuf): Ram Navami, the birth anniversary of Lord Rama, was celebrated in Summer Capital with religious fervor and gaiety on Tuesday ending their nine-day-long fast of Chaitra Navratri. Hundreds of devotees thronged the temples since morning to pay obeisance. Havans, sankirtans and preeti bhoj were conducted. The local pujaris (priests) had…
Source Like a tortoise withdrawing five limbs into its shell, those who restrain the five senses in one life will find safe shelter for seven.— Tirukkural 126