Source INDIA, December 16, 2011 (Press Release): The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) was founded in the December 1861 as a result of a series of antiquarian, artistic and architectural investigations since 1784, when the Asiatic Society was established under Sir William Jones. The necessity of an institution to survey and document, interpret and publish the data pertaining to India’s…
Source Amma was making dosai pancakes for breakfast for her two sons, Vignesh, age seven, and Chandran, age five. The boys got into a terrific argument over who was going to get the first dosai. They grew loud and rowdy. Amma saw this as a teaching opportunity, so she quieted the boys and said. “Now boys, do you know what…
www.hafsite.org WASHINGTON, DC, USA, November 12, 2011 (HAF): The Hindu American Foundation is now accepting applications for its Hindu American Congressional Internship, a unique opportunity for selected applicants to spend eight weeks interning on Capitol Hill between late May and mid-July 2012. Applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents, at least 18 years old, and enrolled in good standing…
Source KHADODA, INDIA, December 29, 2011: Every five days or so, in a marriage of low and high tech, field hands with long-handled dust mops wipe down each of the 36,000 solar panels at a 63-acre installation operated by Azure Power. The site is one of the biggest examples of India’s ambitious plan to use solar energy to help modernize…
Source TRINIDAD/TOBAGO, January 1, 2012 (guardian.com.tt): UN Women in the Caribbean recently funded a three-phase program aimed at promoting the role of faith-based organisations in “increasing awareness to change attitudes and influence behavior among people from all walks of life, as essential to preventing and ending violence against women.” The collaboration established a partnership between UN Women and the Hindu…
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, December, 2011: The 15th World Sanskrit Conference, organized by Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, New Delhi in association with the International Association of Sanskrit Studies, will be inaugurated by Honorable Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on January 5, 2012 at 10 a.m. Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan will release the catalogue of approximately…
Source I wish there was a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence. There’s a knob called brightness, but it doesn’t work.— Swami Anubhavananda, humorous author, lecturer
Source UNITED STATES, December 30, 2011 (NY Times): There is a shortage of organic milk across the country, and it has become so bad in areas like the Southeast that Publix stores from Florida to Tennessee have put up signs in dairy cases anticipating the shopper’s frustrated refrain: “Where’s my organic milk?” The answer is that there is not enough…
Source KATHMANDU, NEPAL, January 2, 2012 (The Himalayan Times): Bells and valuables were stolen from several temples in Bhotebahal of Kathmandu on Sunday night. Police said four bells were stolen from the Ganesh temple; three from Bhagawati temple and one from Mahadev temple along with four Diyos and Jalahari. The unidentified thieves also stole one bell from Maheshwor temple and…
Source When you have completed 95 percent of your journey, you are halfway there.— Japanese Proverb