Source DENPASAR, BALI, July 3, 2013 (Khabar Southeast Asia): Hindu leaders and scholars from more than 21 countries called for enhancing tolerance during the second World Hindu Summit (WHS), held in Bali from June 13th to June 17th. “We happily announce to the world that harmony and tolerance shall prevail and that acceptance is the basic principle of our relationship,…
Source To define God is grinding what is already ground; for He is the only being we know.— Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902), founder of the Ramakrishna Mission
Source BELGIUM, June 29, 2013 (Hindu Human Rights): HPI Note: Following is the introduction to Dr. Elst lengthy and insightful analysis of the 2005-2006 fight over the portrayal of Hinduism in the 6th grade textbooks in use in California schools. Already the younger generation asks what the California textbook affair was. Now that California has been endowed with a Hindu…
Source LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, July 1, 2013 (LA Times): A San Diego Superior Court judge Monday rejected a claim by parents in the Encinitas elementary school system that teaching yoga in the schools is an improper attempt at religious indoctrination. The ruling by Judge John Meyer, who heard the case without a jury, means that the Encinitas Union School District…
Source Enquire: ‘Who am I?’ and you will find the answer. Look at a tree: from one seed arises a huge tree; from it comes numerous seeds, each one of which in its turn grows into a tree. No two fruits are alike. Yet it is one life that throbs in every particle of the tree. So, it is the…
https://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/233838 MALAYASIA, June 24, 2013 (Malaysia Hindu Sangam Press Release): The Malaysia Hindu Sangam has been receiving numerous complaints from local Hindu temples relating to the problems these temples face in applying, renewing or adding the duration of the professional visit pass for their temple priests, musicians and sculptors to the Department of Immigration and Ministry of Home Affairs. Based…
Source SRINAGAR,, INDIA June 28, 2013( The Hindu): The annual Amarnath Yatra began on Friday amid tight security, with pilgrims starting their journey for the 3880-meter-high cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas. Amidst chants of Bam Bam Bole, the first batch of pilgrims started on the arduous 45-km trek from traditional Pahalgam route, and 13-km from Baltal simultaneously, in the…
Source The fragrance of the flower is never borne against the breeze, but the fragrance of human virtues diffuses itself everywhere.— Ramayana
Source TORONTO, CANADA, June 25, 2013 (Toronto Star): Kalakad Sundaram Sathi died peacefully at home, surrounded by his loving family, after a brief but courageous experience with cancer. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Shanthi, his daughters Nalini Valliere (David), Sulekha Sathi (Steven O’Rourke) and Nandini Sathi (Neal Weinstein). He leaves his five grandchildren: Nisha, Yashoda, Maya,…
Source GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, June 28, 2013 (ANI): People from South Asian countries like from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh are urged to exercise more than white Europeans to achieve the same levels of fitness and reduce their risk of diabetes. Researchers at the University of Glasgow have found that lower fitness levels in middle-aged men of South Asian origin are contributing…