Source How can one realize that which alone is real? All we need to do is to give up our habit of regarding as real that which is unreal. Reality alone will remain, and we will be That.— Sri Ramana Maharishi (1879-1950), South Indian mystic
Source INDIA, April 8, 2012 (npr.org): India’s once-a-decade census has turned up some striking numbers: The population grew this past decade by 181 million — that’s the total population of Brazil. India now has more than 1.2 billion people and is on track to overtake China as the world’s most populous nation in 2030. India’s rapid economic growth — and…
Source JAMMU, INDIA, April 9, 2012 (Outlook India): A Hindu outfit in Jammu and Kashmir today demanded the formulation of an Act to look after all the temples in the state. “We demand formulation of Akhil Bhartiya Hindu Temple Act, which will look after all the temples in the state,” Shiv Sena Hindustan president Pawan Gupta said. “A Board, on…
Source If numbers on the calendar were that significant, somewhere in the mid-morning of March 14, 2015, we would all become cosmically aware of pi (3.14.15, 9:26:54 am).
USA, Apirl 7, 2012 (Press Release from LES Casting): A Major Cable Network is producing a documentary on modern day arranged marriages. We are looking to follow the lives of several dynamic couples during all of the excitement, elation, joy and stress that comes with starting your new married life! An “arranged marriage” or “focused courtship” is a practice in…
Source GEORGIA, U.S., April 5, 2012 (News Bharati): Swadesh Katoch, a prominent face of Indians in Georgia who owns an IT company, has been awarded with a humanitarian award by the Georgia Association of Physicians of Indian Heritage (GAPI) for his outstanding work for the resettlement of Bhutanese Hindu refugees. This award was given to Swadesh at the GAPI’s annual…
Source TIRUPATI, INDIA March 26, 2012 (India Times): It’s an arduous 21-hour wait in the queue for a darshan of God which lasts no more than a fraction of a second. Even as the scorching sun beats down on them, pilgrims patiently await their turn for a darshan of Lord Venkateswara at the hill shrine of Tirumala. As reward for…
Source Life is a pilgrimage. The wise man does not rest by the roadside inns. He marches direct to the illimitable domain of eternal bliss, his ultimate destination.— Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh (1887-1963), founder of Divine Life Society
Source [HPI note: Indian immigrants who wonder if they should encourage their children to learn their parent’s native language could find interesting points in this article.] NEW YORK, U.S. MARCH 18, 2012 (NY Times): Speaking two languages rather than just one has obvious practical benefits in an increasingly globalized world. But in recent years, scientists have begun to show that…
Source NEW YORK, April 4, 2012 (Courthouse News): – Federal prosecutors have filed suit to help Cambodia reclaim a 10th century sandstone statue from the Sotheby’s auction house. The Duryodhana was stolen from the Prasat Chen temple at Koh Ker in Cambodia as war raged in the neighboring Vietnam and the Khmer Rouge took power in 1975, according to the…