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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

Source LONDON, ENGLAND, July 5, 2013 (The Daily Mail): Vegetarians are to be offered cheaper life insurance because, it is claimed, they are healthier and less likely to die early. The AFI insurance agency has devised the Vegetarian Term Life policy to reward non meat-eaters with lower premiums. The company claims that the wider industry has failed to catch up…

Source Correcting oneself is correcting the whole world. The sun is simply bright. It does not correct anyone. Because it shines, the whole world is full of light. Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.— Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950)

KAUAI, HAWAII, July 2, 2013 (HPI): Hinduism Today has been asked to locate contacts in the Kashmir Pundit community both in the US and India for the purposes of better understanding the community’s situation today, years after so many were expelled from the Kashmir Valley. If you can help with contacts, especially for pundits located in Delhi itself, kindly email…

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