Source CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, September 30, 2012 (UPI): Mobs of Muslims in Bangladesh attacked and damaged two Hindu and two Buddhist temples Saturday night into Sunday, police said. Extra manpower was called in to break up the mob of several hundred people in and around the city of Chittagong. The rampage began Saturday when Muslims said they had found a Buddhist…
Source In this brief video, Julia Roberts affirms that Hinduism has been part of her life for a very long time; she did not suddenly decide she was a Hindu after making a recent film.
Source Whenever I have read any part of the Vedas, I have felt that some unearthly and unknown light illuminated me. In the great teaching of the Vedas, there is no touch of sectarianism. It is of all ages, climes and nationalities and is the royal road for the attainment of the Great Knowledge. When I am at it, I…
Source GUJARAT, INDIA, September 30, 2012 (Daily Mail): Gujarat’s Somnath Temple is set to receive a grand gift, of a size more often associated with the Tirumala Temple in Tirupati. Two diamond merchants, who have chosen to remain anonymous, have pledged a gold-plated Gauripeeth (the rounded elevated area around the Shivalingam) for Lord Somnath. P.K. Lahiri, secretary of the Somnath…
Source TORONTO, ONTARIO, September 30, 2012 (Marketwire): The Board of Directors at the Canadian Museum of Hindu Civilization were awarded the Canadian Forces Medallion for Distinguished Service today for their role in creating a monument for fallen soldiers. The memorial, called Monument to the Fallen, was built by the Indo-Canadian community to offer respect and gratitude to the Canadian Forces.…
Source BANGLADESH, September 29, 2012 (khabarsoutheastasia.com): Torulata Rani, 24, is having a tough time raising her six-year-old son by herself in Dokshin Chowra village in northern Nilphamari district, 217 miles from Dhaka. Her husband Sreepodo deserted the young family six years ago. Without a marriage registration, she cannot seek divorce or obtain compensation from her estranged husband. Because she is…
Source The highest form of grace is silence.— Swami Chinmayananda (1916-1922), founder of the Chinmaya Mission
Source UNITED STATES, September 25, 2012 (scientificamerican.com): New research by psychologists at Stanford and the University of Minnesota shows that the experience of awe can increase the sense of well-being, by giving people the perception that they have more time available–a real stress-buster in today’s hurry-hurry world. A 2003 research paper concluded that awe is characterized by the perception of…
Source UNITED KINGDOM, September 2012 (The Telegraph): A new report found the divorce rate among couples who shared housework equally was around 50 per cent higher than among those where the woman did most of the work. “What we’ve seen is that sharing equal responsibility for work in the home doesn’t necessarily contribute to contentment,” said Thomas Hansen, co-author of…
Source UNITED KINGDOM, September 26, 2012 (BBC): A priest has banned yoga from a church hall because the class was “not compatible” with the Catholic faith. Instructor Cori Withell from Hampshire said her yoga and Pilates classes at St. Edmund’s Church building in Southampton were cancelled with 10 days to go. Father John Chandler said that the hall had to…