HPI KAUAI, HI, USA, December 21, 2011: Pancha Ganapati, a five day festival, is a Hindu festival in celebration of Lord Ganesha, Patron of Arts and Guardian of Culture. Think of this as the Hindu Christmas, a modern winter holiday full of family-centered happenings, but with five days of gifts for the kids, not one. From December 21 to 25…
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, December 14, 2011 (by Tarun Vijay): Raising the issue of Hindus being tortured and killed in Pakistan in the wake of another killing of a Hindu trader near Multan, yesterday, Shri Tarun Vijay, Member of Parliament, demanded today that the Government of India must talk to the Pakistan Government immediately showing concern on the killings of…
Source I have heard that man can acquire superhuman powers through it and perform miracles. What shall I do with superhuman powers? Can one realize God through them? If God is not realized then everything becomes false.— Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa (1836-1886)
Source USA, December 18, 2011 (NY Times): Scientists struggle to understand one of the biggest looming factors about the future of the earth. Experts have long known that northern lands were a storehouse of frozen carbon, locked up in the form of leaves, roots and other organic matter trapped in icy soil — a mix that, when thawed, can produce…
Source Three monks met and decided to practice meditation together. They sat by the side of a lake and closed their eyes in concentration. Suddenly, the first one stood up and said, “I forgot my mat.” He stepped miraculously onto the water in front of him and walked across the lake to their hut on the other side. When he…
Source UNITED STATES, December 2011 (HSS-US): Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh USA (HSS) announces the sixth annual Surya Namaskar Yajna also known as “Health for Humanity – Yogathon”, to create awareness about Yoga and its advantages in achieving a healthy body, mind and spirit. Every year Hindus worldwide celebrate January 14th as Makar Sankranti – a day that marks the change of…
Source DHAKA, BANGLADESH, December 16, 2011 (AFP): When Bangladesh became an independent nation after a bloody nine-month battle with Pakistan that ended 40 years ago Friday, Narayan Chandra Das, a Bengali Hindu fleeing from Pakistan, had high hopes for his new country. Forty years after independence, creeping religious extremism, discriminatory policies and a series of violent attacks on Hindus, have,…
Source Three monks met and decided to practice meditation together. They sat by the side of a lake and closed their eyes in concentration. Suddenly, the first one stood up and said, “I forgot my mat.” He stepped miraculously onto the water in front of him and walked across the lake to their hut on the other side. When he…
Source I have come to the conclusion that long before all other heavenly books, God had revealed to the Hindus through the rishis of yore His four books of knowledge, the Rig Veda, the Yajur Veda, the Sama Veda and the Atharva Veda.— Prince Muhammad Dara Shikoh (1627-1658), a Sufi Muslim, later executed by his brother Aurangazeb
Source OXFORD, UK, December 16, 2011: In a speech in Oxford on the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible, the prime minister called for a revival of traditional Christian values to counter Britain’s “moral collapse”. The PM said it was wrong to suggest that standing up for Christianity was “somehow doing down other faiths”. Describing himself as a “committed”…