Source UNITED KINGDOM, March 2, 2012 (The Guardian): Researchers at the National Institute on Ageing in Baltimore said they had found evidence which shows that periods of stopping virtually all food intake for one or two days a week could protect the brain against some of the worst effects of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other ailments. “Reducing your calorie intake could…
Source QUETTA, PAKISTAN, March 8, 2012 (Forum for Hindu Awakening): The Hindu community in Quetta and some other parts of Balochistan celebrated Holi on Wednesday. People of all ages from the community were seen on the Masjid Road in the provincial capital celebrating the colourful festival. “We are enjoying the festival. There are no distinctions between us, class, age or…
Description: Source NEW YORK, March 8, 2012 (by Mark Bittman, NY Times): It is pretty well established that animals are capable of suffering; we’ve come a long way since Descartes famously compared them to nonfeeling machines put on earth to serve man. No matter where you stand on this spectrum, you probably agree that it’s a noble goal to reduce…
Description: Source NEW YORK, March 9, 2012 (NY Times): Recently, both Starbucks and Amazon announced that they would be entering the Indian market. Amazon has already started a comparison shopping site; Starbucks plans to open its first outlet this summer. I grew up in rural India, the son of an Indian father and American mother. I spent many summers (and…
Description: Source AGRA, INDIA, February 26, 2012 (maktoobnews): Necessity is the mother of invention. When the war against pollution to save the Taj Mahal affected many factories and jobs here in the 1990s, hundreds of men and women took to repairing and facelifting old saris. Now it has turned into a booming industry and their skills are in high demand.…
Description: Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, March 8, 2012 (The Guardian): The trustee of a temple in Bihar is building a full-scale replica of the 12th century temple of Angkor Wat on the banks of the Ganges river, near the state capital Patna. “The Angkor Wat temple in Bihar will be as majestic as the original, and slightly larger, it will…
Source USA, March 8, 2012 (The Atlantic): Around the world, Hindus are celebrating Holi, the Festival of Colors. Gathered at source, above, are images of this year’s Holi festival from across India and several other countries.
Source MOSCOW, RUSSIA, January 2012 (Global Hinduism .com): An ancient Vishnu statue has been found during an excavation in an old village in Russia’s Volga region, raising questions about the prevalent view on the origin of ancient Russia. The statue found in Staraya (old) Maina village dates back to VII-X century AD. Staraya Maina village in Ulyanovsk region was a…
Source The mystery is no mystery to the mystic.— Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism Today
Religion News Services USA, March 9, 2012: Radio evangelist Harold Camping has called his erroneous prediction that the world would end last May 21 an “incorrect and sinful statement” and said his ministry is out of the prediction business. “We have learned the very painful lesson that all of creation is in God’s hands and he will end time in…