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Source For our cause I too am prepared to die, but for no cause, my friend, will I be prepared to kill.— Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), Indian spiritual leader

Source JAMMU, INDIA, April 15, 2012: Demanding passage of J&K temples and religious properties bill, a group of displaced Kashmiri Pandits today took out a protest rally in the city. They alleged the Jammu and Kashmir government has failed to get the bill passed, meant for protecting and managing the Hindu temples and shrines in the state. The Pandits have…

Source You must not let your life run in the ordinary way; do something that nobody else has done, something that will dazzle the world. Show that God’s creative principle works in you.— Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952), founder of Self Realization Fellowship

Source NEW YORK, April 15, 2012 (The New York Times): Cohabitation in the United States has increased by more than 1,500 percent in the past half century. In 1960, about 450,000 unmarried couples lived together. Now the number is more than 7.5 million. The majority of young adults in their 20s will live with a romantic partner at least once,…

Source UNITED STATES, April 12, 2012 (vegfamily.com): Most vegans know there is something non-vegan about sugar, but not everyone knows what that is. Bone char, made from the bones of cows, is at times used to whiten sugar. Some sugar companies use it in filters to decolorize their sugar. Other types of filters involve granular carbon or an ion exchange…

Source TIRUMALA, INDIA, April 4, 2012 (India Times): Facing flak from various quarters, the executive board of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) has decided to cancel the categorization of VIP darshan tickets. In a major relief for common pilgrims, the TTD board scrapped the three categories – top priority, priority and ordinary – for VIP darshan. The decision was effective…

Source TIRUPATI, INDIA, April 2, 2012: One of India’s richest Hindu temples has collected 57.3m rupees (US$1.2m) in donations on one day – the most ever in its history. This was in spite of turnout being lower than usual for Sunday’s festival of Ramnavami because of school exams. The coffers of Venkateswara Temple in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh…

Source God is subtle.— Albert Einstein

HPI NEW DELHI, April 14, 2012 (By Rajiv Malik, HPI Correspondent): A confederation of Indian gurus gathered for the second Guru Sangamam, held in New Delhi’s tastefully decorated auditorium of Thyagraj Sports Complex on Thursday April 12th, 2012. It was a great spectacle to watch hundreds of small earthen diyas lighted near the main stage. The program began with the…

Source UNITED STATES, April 7, 2012 (psychcentral.com): When caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s use yoga to engage in very brief, easy daily meditations, they lower levels of depression, improve cognitive functioning and reduce stress-induced cellular aging, says a new UCLA study. Currently, at least five million Americans care for someone with dementia. Over the next two decades, the frequency of…