Source NEW YORK, NEW YORK, April 30, 2013 (New York Daily News): Public School 244 in Flushing is the first public school in the nation to serve all-vegetarian meals for breakfast and lunch, according to city education officials. Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott says the all-vegetarian food system should be replicated at schools across the city and nation. Chefs at the…
Source MINNESOTA, USA, May 2, 2013 (Farmington Independent): If things work out the way Satya would like them to, Farmington may soon be a center of Hindu culture in Minnesota. Satya Balroop is the treasurer of a group called Minnesota Hindu Milan Mandir, which has been in the city for nearly a year now, housed in a building that for…
Source Devout Hindus meet a satguru and in seeing him, draw the darshan vibration from him, absorbing it into themselves. When we say someone is holy or saintly we are feeling the radiations of that divine energy flooding through him and out into the whole world.— Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism Today
KAUAI, HAWAII, April 30, 2013: The leadership of HMEC, one of America’s most effectual and collaborative Hindu institutions, plans a special event called “Threads: Sutra.” The gathering will take place, most likely, in the Spring of 2014 in Boston, Massachusetts. It is to be akin to the TED Talks events, but with an emphasis on dharma. Their action statement explains:…
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, April 30, 2013 (Ministry of Home Affairs): Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde, Union Home Minister released the Primary Census Abstract-Data Highlights of Census 2011 in a function organized by the Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India here today. Shri Shinde also expressed his happiness that the growth rate of population has come down during…
Source PUNE, INDIA, April 28, 2013 (Times of India): Close to 40,000 manuscripts from the period 1600 to 1900 AD have been digitized in the city, while around 145,000 have been documented in the state, recent data from the National Mission for Manuscripts has revealed. With a budget of US$1.75 million this year, the mission also plans to start a…
Source Like a tortoise withdrawing five limbs into its shell, those who restrain the five senses in one life will find safe shelter for seven.— Tirukkural 126
Source OMAHA, NEBRASKA, APRIL 29, 2013 (press release): The two-day Sanatana Dharma Conference will be a historic gathering of dedicated devotees of the Sanatana Dharma religious tradition with the purpose of laying out the future of the Vedic spiritual tradition for the 21st century and beyond. This conference is designed to greatly further our understanding of the Vedic path, to…
Source COIMBATORE, TAMIL NADU, April 28, 2013 (News Track India): To overcome a chronic power shortage, a Ganesha Temple at Coimbatore has set up solar panels to generate its own power. A priest at the temple, Shivasri Vagesha, said they decided to use solar energy for sustaining the regular activities in the temple. “The electricity generated is useful for all…
Source VARANASI, INDIA, april 18, 2013 (Times Of India): Banks are in vogue. They always were and will be. Almost all of them transact in worldly currencies but some are exceptions. The Ram Ramapati Bank situated in Dashashwmedh area is one of those rare exceptions. Here the owner of the bank lends not money but paper, pen and ink that…