Daily Inspiration
Source According as one acts, so does he become. One becomes virtuous by virtuous action, bad by bad action.— Yajur Veda, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 4.4.5
Parents Fear Hindu Indoctrination By Yoga Classes In Los Angeles
Source LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, January 9, 2013 (India West): Parents of school children in Encinitas, Calif., have expressed opposition to yoga classes taught at local elementary schools on the grounds that they promote the Hindu religion. According to media reports, about 60 parents expressed their concerns about the yoga classes at a recent school board meeting. The two-year-old grant-funded program,…
Caribbean Indian Community To Revive The Tradition Of Pongal
Source GUADELOUPE, FRANCE-ANTILLES, January 12, 2013 (France Antilles): According to Fred Negrit, the festival of Pongal, a harvest festival, is celebrated in other places where there is an Indian diaspora (Reunion, Mauritius, etc.). The second day, the most important, is dedicated to the sun, which is offered rice cooked in milk. The third day is devoted to cows which are…
Hindu And Dharmic Americans And Values: Reflections On The Obama Impact
Source UNITED STATES, January 2, 2013 (Huffington Post, by Anju Bhargava): Having worked closely with President Obama’s administration from its early days, as a community builder, now I pause and reflect on the Obama impact to the Dharmic community. When I first got appointed, my community wondered about what government supported faith-based activities meant. We learn in America that faith…
Are You Going to the Kumbha Mela from America?
Source WASHINGTON, D.C., January 16, 2013: The Hindu American Foundation’s Jay Kansari is looking for Hindu Americans going to the Kumbha Mela in early February. He’s been asked by CBS News Asia for some names of Hindus from the US for their reporters to meet and possibly interview at the Mela. If you are going and would like to help,…
Maha Kumbha an Unfortunate Picture Of Neglect
Source ALLAHABAD, INDIA, January 12, 2013 (India Times): For the beleaguered Kumbh Mela authorities drawing flak from virtually every quarter for mismanagement and insensitivity towards stakeholders, here’s some more bad news. Samajwadi Party national general secretary and member of Parliament from Allahabad Rewati Raman Singh has come down heavily on mela authorities for failing to keep participants in good humour…
The Magic of India’s Kumbh Mela
Source PRAYAG, INDIA, January 10, 2013 (BBC, by Mark Tully): The Kumbha Mela is expected to be the biggest religious gathering of humanity in the world. In my long years in India I have seen many spectacles but none so remarkable as the two Maha or Great Kumbha Melas which I attended. I have seen vast crowds assemble but none…
Daily Inspiration
Source We do not know the various kinds of saints, how they behave, what they do and eat, etc. We only know that by God’s grace they manifest themselves in this world to liberate the ignorant and bound souls.— Shirdi Sai Baba (1838-1915)
Hinduism Today Requests Suggestions for its Kumbha Mela Coverage
KAUAI, HAWAII, January 15, 2013: Hinduism Today’s reporting team, journalist Rajiv Malik and photographer Thomas Kelly, will arrive at the Kumbha Mela January 28th and stay through February 12th. We would appreciate suggestions of noted swamis and sadhus to meet and interview so that we may give an expanded coverage to this great event. There are hundreds of thousands of…
Kumbh Mela Will Spark Massive Job Surge
Source LUCKNOW, INDIA, January 11, 2013 (Outlook India): Airlines, hotels, tour operators and Uttar Pradesh in general are likely to reap a windfall during the Maha Kumbha Mela in the state with the government likely to see its coffers swelling by US$2.2 billion, according to an industry body. The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India’s paper — “Maha…