Source INDIA, April 30, 2012 (First Post): “Hindus are like a fish out of water in Pakistan. They all want to come to India, hoping to put an end to their misery – but it is a different story here altogether,” says Krishan Lal, who is one of a group of 145 Hindus who fled Pakistan on a pilgrimage visa.…
Source WISCONSIN, U.S., May 4, 2012 (Post Crescent): Hinduism is the world’s third largest religion, yet before November, Wisconsin only had two Hindu temples. But there’s a new worship space that has joined the mix in Kaukauna. The Hindu Temple of Northeast Wisconsin purchased a 7,000-square-foot building in November for $505,000. Although the building, which sits on four acres of…
Source NRITYAGRAM, INDIA, March 3, 2012 (New York Times): Movement has long pervaded Indian thought. Dance here is a vivid element in religion, mythology, philosophy and art. Although I have spent over 35 years following dance in the West, a four-week visit to India in February made me feel that only now have I witnessed dance where it is truly…
Source CHANDIGARH, INDIA, May 9, 2012 (Times of India): It has only been two days since registration forms for the Amarnath Yatra 2012 started being sold in the city at the Chandigarh branch of Jammu and Kashmir Bank in Sector 17 and 1,240 out of a total 1,540 forms have already been sold in the first two days in nearly…
Source SRINAGAR, INDIA, May 8, 2012 (Greater Kashmir): Chief Executive Officer of Shri Amarnath Shrine Board, Navin K. Choudhary has said that on the first day of commencement of registration as many as 16,553 persons utilized the internet based e-registration facility and 174 bank branches for registering the dates and routes on which they wish to perform this year’s Amarnath…
Source ACHNERA, UTTAR PRADESH, April 28, 2012 (Newstrack India): A Hindu temple in this small, bustling town on the outskirts of Agra is making a record of sorts with the continuous recital of the Indian epic Ramayana for the past 18 years. The Ram Hanuman temple opposite the Achnera railway station, about 15 miles from Agra, has become a major…
Source Nothing is impossible for pure love.— Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
Source ALLEN, TEXAS, April 26, 2012 (Pegasus News): Women converged on the Baitul Ikraam Mosque in Allen on Sunday for an interfaith symposium. The objective of the event was to bring women of all faiths together to engage in meaningful dialogues and create a mutual understanding of one another’s beliefs, said Saima Sheikh, media secretary for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community…
Source On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good and not quite all the time.— George Orwell
Religion News Service WASHINGTON, April 2012 (RNS): A new White House report that offers guidance on public/private partnerships between the government and faith-based groups leaves critical questions unanswered and does not resolve the issue of religious groups’ ability to discriminate in hiring and firing, church-state watchdogs said. The 50-page report, issued Friday (April 28), comes 18 months after President Obama…