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Source Love gives and gives and gives and seeks no return. Therefore, love has nothing to lose–and consequently, nothing to fear.— Dada J.P. Vaswani, spiritual head of Sadhu Vaswani Mission

Source EUGENE, OREGON, September 12, 2012 (Press Release): A large interfaith congregation at the First Christian Church in downtown Eugene observed the 11th Anniversary of September 11 with a somber and yet upbeat program of multicultural music, prayers and reflections. The program was sponsored by the Interfaith Prayer Services International, IPSI, a nonprofit organization based in Eugene. The theme was…

Source SUGAR LAND, TEXAS, September 13, 2012 (Indo-American News): As the South Asian population has grown rapidly in the United States over the past three decades, so has the proportion of its representation in the military and para-military forces, a branch of the government in which they were virtually non-existent in before the 1980s. Although exact numbers are hard to…

Source THAILAND, September 14, 2012 (pattayamail.com): Hindu and Buddhists are again celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi in Pattaya, using a 15-day festival at Lan Po Public Park to immerse statues representing the “God of success” in the sea to fete the son of supreme Deity Shiva. The Sept. 8-23 event organized by the city and the Pattaya Ganesh Lovers Club kicked off…

Source “A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him.”— Swami Chinmayananda (1917-1993), Vedantist writer, lecturer and Hindu renaissance founder of Chinmaya Mission International

Source SPAIN, July 12,2012 (ABC): The Regional Directorate of the National Institute for Public Health (INGESA), the organization that manages healthcare in Ceuta and Melilla, today introduced the first healthcare professional manual for Hindu patients to be published in Spain. The regional director of INGESA of Ceuta, Fernando Perez-Padilla, presented this manual, authored by Juan Carlos Ramchandani, with the the…

Source CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA, September 14, 2012 (Press Release): Claremont Lincoln University and the Indic Foundation are pleased to announce a new collaboration. On Sept. 18, 2012, at 2:30 p.m., officials and guests from each institution will meet in the Haddon Conference Center at Claremont Lincoln University to sign an agreement to establish an accredited graduate program in Hindu Dharma studies…

Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, September 11, 2012 (India Today): With just a week to go for Ganesh Chaturthi, heavy rains have put a spanner in the works of Ganpati mandals in several parts of Mahrashtra, where the festival is celebrated with great enthusiasm. In Mumbai, heavy downpour has put a wrench in the works of Ganpati mandals, who are approaching…

Source Men occassionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.— Winston Churchill (1874-1965),

Source It’s a well-documented fact that people adopt aspects of other cultures around them. The churches in Andhra Pradesh are following this custom and Indianizing some practices. At St. Andrew’s Orthodox Church, West Marredpally, a Dwaja Stambam (symbolic flagstaff that is part of most Hindu temples) has been erected. A common phenomenon in temples, and seen in the Kerala churches,…