Source UTTARAKHAND, INDIA,,July 9, 2013(Global Post): Authorities have raised to 5,500 the estimated number of people who perished in devastating floods that swept the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand last month. At least 1,000 residents, Hindu pilgrims and tourists have been confirmed killed by the surging waters caused by heavier than normal monsoon rains that washed away homes, hotels, highways…
Source There the eye goes not, nor words, nor mind. We know not. We cannot understand how He can be explained. He is above the known, and He is above the unknown. Thus have we heard from the ancient sages who explained this truth to us.— Sama Veda, Kena Upanishad 1.3
KAUAI, HAWAII, July 10, 2013: Hinduism Today is preparing a short survey of the ways in which Hindu temples, youth groups and other organizations are using Facebook. If you could let us know of groups doing so in successful, innovative ways, please email jaya@hindu.org. We’re looking in particular for organizations that coordinate most of their activities and share most news…
Source NEW YORK,USA, July 6, 2013 (Shaila Dawan,New York Times): As a racial classification, the term Caucasian has many flaws, dating as it does from a time when the study of race was based on skull measurements and travel diaries. It has long been entirely unmoored from its geographical reference point, the Caucasus region. Its equivalents from that era are…
Source BALI, INDONESIA, July 6, 2013 (Jakarta Post): Dozen of Indonesian Hindu Students Association (KMHDI) members protested against the provincial administration’s lack of attention to the fate of confiscated sacred objects currently in storage at the government-owned warehouse. The protest, held in front of the Bali Legislative Council building in Denpasar on Friday morning, called on the Bali government to…
Source Not to do what you feel like doing is freedom.— Swami Chinmayananda
Source BANGKOK, THAILAND, July 4,2013 (Bangkok, Post by Peerawat Jariyasombat): A brick shrine towers up among fragrances of incense and flower offerings. The fast rhythms of tabla playing and the multi-colored decorations on buildings and indeed all around make me think that I am somewhere in India. In the middle of nowhere amidst the rice paddies and the fruit orchards…
Source INDIA, July 5, 2013 (Business Ghana): A total number of 3,068 people who went missing in floods in India’s northern state Uttarakhand last month will be be presumed dead if not found by July 15, the state’s chief minister said Thursday. Vijay to the news channel Bahuguna NDTV that this would enable the government to start paying compensation to…
Source DAMAK, NEPAL, June 28, 2013 (NY Times by Vidhyapati Mishra): Before my family was expelled from Bhutan, in 1992, I lived with my parents and seven siblings in the south of the country. This region is the most fertile part of that tiny kingdom perched between Tibet and India, a tapestry of mountains, plains and alpine meadows. Our house…
Source Silence is the highest eloquence.— Sri Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950), South Indian mystic