Source UNITED STATES, September 22, 2011 (by Padma Kuppa): At the beginning of the school year, another immigrant mom and I compared notes on how our middle school sons had spent their summers: with their grandparents, in the lands of their forefathers, the neighboring countries of Pakistan and India. She narrated how her daughter speaks their mother tongue, and her…
Source LIVONIA, MICHIGAN, November 2011 (hometownlife.com): Monica Sebes and her son, Michael, 11, were among about 100 Livonia residents who enjoyed a free Thanksgiving dinner Wednesday at Leon’s Family Dining in Livonia. “It’s the generosity that touches me the most,” said Monica. “The generosity of people just takes my breath away.” The dinner was co-sponsored by Leon’s and the Hindu…
Source Only the guru is father, mother and brother. He is also friend, well-wisher and the only wealth. Thus everything should be surrendered to him. The disciple, fully surrendered to the guru, sees him as God, and then becomes God himself.— Chandra Jnana Agama, 2.68
latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-air-force-pagans-20111127,0,6813530.story COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, November 26, 2011: According to the Air Force academy’s enrollment records, only three of 4,300 cadets identified themselves as pagans, followers of an ancient religion that generally does not worship a single god and considers all things in nature interconnected. Still, the academy this year dedicated an $80,000 outdoor worship center — a small Stonehenge-like circle…
Source BALI, November 16, 2011 (India Today): Walking down towards the beach, you wonder for a teeny weeny nano second where you are. Staring you in the face are the names of the villas – Srirama, Dewi Sitha, Lakshmana, Nakula, Bhimsena and so on. You become aware that Hinduism is alive and well in East Asia. Then one begins to…
Source For seven lives in seven bodies the grateful will remember friends who relieved their anguish and affliction.— Saint Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural, verse 107
Source EDSON, NJ, U.S., November 16, 2011 (supergoodmovies.com): The Sri Rama Rajyam movie is going to be released amidst much fanfare in New Jersey. True to its reputation as Telugu movie bastion in USA, New Jersey is gearing up for the movie in a big way. Supported by a star cast, this movie has raised the curiosity bar and is…
Source ALIGARH, INDIA, November 9, 2011 (sify.com): Aligarh Muslim University historian S. Chandni Bi, who has specialized in epigraphy, the study of inscriptions, says around 1,000 years ago there was zero tolerance towards financial bungling. According to him, inscriptions in the southern state of Tamil Nadu clearly indicate how intolerant civil society was against corrupt practices and the violators of…
Religion News Service WASHINGTON, DC, November 24, 2011 (RNS): The number of religious advocacy groups in the nation’s capital has more than tripled since the 1970s, with conservative groups seeing the biggest growth, according to a new report. Together, faith-based lobbying and advocacy groups spend $390 million a year to influence lawmakers, mobilize supporters and shape public opinion, according to…
Source KARACHI, PAKISTAN, November 2011 (The Economic Times): Pakistan’s opposition leader Nawaz Sharif today told the Hindus not to think of migrating, saying they were safe in the country, days after three Hindu doctors were killed on broad daylight in Sindh province. “Hindus are as much part of Pakistan as Muslims. It is duty of the government to provide protection…