Source RUSSIA, April 18, 2013 (Elena Krovvidi,RIR): This week, the Jawaharlal Nehru Cultural Centre at the Indian Embassy in Moscow, the Ramakrishna Society – Vedanta Centre and the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, jointly commemorated the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. Academics, Indologists and religious leaders speak of the relevance of the great Indian sage’s teachings…
Source BANGLADESH, April 20, 2013 (the Daily Star): Unidentified criminals set a 200-year-old Hindu temple ablaze at Rajoir upazila in Madaripur in the wee hours yesterday. Police and locals said miscreants torched the Kali Mandir at Mahendradi village sometime after midnight. Dadon Kanta, chairman of Haridashdi-Mahendradi upazila, suspects that Jamaat or BNP men are behind the attack. Police, meanwhile, arrested…
Source Respect, don’t suspect.— Swami Tejomayananda, head of Chinmaya Mission
Source WALES, April 15, 2013 (BBC): An organisation to promote Hindu culture, religion and values in Wales has been officially launched. The Hindu Council of Wales (HCW) was established to give Hindu communities “one voice” and to promote better understanding of the culture. The council will also aim to work with other faiths to promote “mutual understanding.” There are more…
Source UNITED STATES, April 2013 (The Atlantic): Jai Subedi still doesn’t know why Mitra Mishra killed himself. Subedi, a case manager for Bhutanese refugees at Interfaith Works Center for New Americans in Syracuse, NY, was with the 20-year-old Mishra at Schiller Park the evening of July 3, 2010. “We played soccer just the previous day until 6 p.m. and he…
Source THRISSUR, INDIA, April 14, 2013 (Times of India): A Sanskrit grammar written by German born grammarian, lexicographer and philologist Jesuit missionary Fr. Johann Ernst Hanxleden, popularly known as Arnos Padre, was released in Belgium. The over 300-year-old work, considered one of the earliest missionary grammars in Sanskrit, was released on April 10, Fr. Roy Thottathil SJ, Director of Arnos…
Source CANADA, April 6, 2013 (The Globe And Mail): Mr. Benisasia runs a South Asian-focused funeral home on Derry Road in Malton and wants to open a crematorium beside it. The land, money and demand is there, he says. For more than three years, he’s waited for his rezoning application to be approved by the City of Mississauga. But a…
Source BOLIVIA, March 23, 2013 (La Patria): The Grand National Festival of Indian Dance will be held today, displaying the best of that culture, in terms of dance and dress, which will be shown by dance groups coming from La Paz, Cochabamba, Potosi, and Oruro. The Hamesha Hindu Cultural Center, celebrating its fifth anniversary, has coordinated the event which will…
Source I have heard that man can acquire superhuman powers through it and perform miracles. What shall I do with superhuman powers? Can one realize God through them? If God is not realized then everything becomes false.— Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa (1836-1886)
Source NEPAL, April 11, 2013 (BBC): The police force in Nepal has introduced yoga lessons in an effort to slim down some of its heavier members. Officers at the Kathmandu HQ said they were concerned some staff were becoming too fat to carry out their duties. Obesity is an issue for many of Nepal’s male and female officers who, once…