Source DEHRADUN, INDIA, July 2013 (Times of India): A series of advisories sent out by the Met department on June 14, 15 and 16 to various authorities in Uttarakhand warned not only of “very heavy rains” but also urged that people be “moved to safer places” and that the Char Dham yatra be “postponed.” These advisories, accessed exclusively by TOI,…
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, July 14, 2013 (New Kerala): The thoughtful construction style of the Kedarnath temple in Uttarakhand saved the 11th century structure from any serious damage during last month’s devastating floods, says an Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) official, adding that a barrier would be constructed to protect the shrine from any future calamity. “The safety of the…
Source Every two miles the water doth change, and every four the dialect.— Hindi proverb on India’s languages
Source INDIA, July, 15th July, 2013 (by R. Sujatha, The Hindu): (HPI Note: readers wishing to comment on this report may email ar@hindu.org). Subadra Muthuswami, who has a master’s degree in public health from Columbia University, hoped to pursue her interest in Hinduism when she returned to India but discovered that no university in India offers a comprehensive course in…
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, July 15, 2013 (The Hindu): Jurists, advocates and other civil society leaders expressed concern over “illegal” government control of Hindu temples and analysed the constitutional rights of their administration and management at a symposium organized in the Capital on this issue on Sunday. Swami Paramatmanandaji, secretary of the Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha (HDAS), which organized the…
Source Shouting to make your children obey is like using the horn to steer your car, and you get about the same results.
Source SAO PAULA , BRAZIL(by Shoban Saxena, Times of India): Alameda Sarutaia is a quiet street just off Avenida Paulista, the main avenue that runs through the center of this megalopolis. Cross a couple of buildings, you come across an old villa and the sounds coming from inside, tabla beats mixing with the strains of sitar and an Indian voice…
Hinduism Today NEW DELHI, INDIA, July 15th, 2013(Rajiv Malik, Hinduism Today Correspondent): “Government control of Hindu temples should end and Hindus themselves should be allowed to manage them.”- Swami Dayananda Saraswati. At a day-long symposium on the subject- “Government Control Of Temples- Constitutional Issues,” organized by the Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha [HDAS] at New Delhi’s prestigious India International Centre on…
Source UNITED KINGDOM, July 11, 2013 (The Independent): Landmark legislation to ban caste discrimination in Britain is being deliberately thwarted by the Conservative equalities ministers in charge of getting it on the statute book, a leaked document indicates. Discrimination on the basis of caste was outlawed in April as part of the Equality Act, after Business Secretary Vince Cable secured…
Source Self-surrender is the supreme condition of winning the universal life. Men will part with their wealth, their rights, and even their lives, at the call of religion. But when you ask them to exchange their human self for the divine self, which is exactly what all great religions want them to do, they refuse. For the wine of mortality…