Source NEW YORK, NEW YORK, December 9, 2011: As Toni Kelly battled lymphoma she worried obsessively that her four-year struggle would destroy her family’s finances. She knew that after she died, which she did on Sept. 29, there was one way she could keep from adding to the $200,000 in medical debt she would leave behind. Like a growing proportion…
Source WINNIPEG, CANADA, December 2011: Klaus Klostermaier is passing on his collection of sacred texts and commentaries to local Hindus. The collection will be housed at the Hindu Temple at 999 St. Anne’s Rd., as part of the Dr. Dakshinamurti Academy of Hindu Studies. Klostermeier is a researcher on Hinduism and Indian history and culture. He obtained a PhD in…
Source Time may be a great healer, but it’s a lousy beautician.
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, December 12, 2011 (The Mobile Indian): UTV Interactive, which earlier launched audio cinema for mobile users, has now launched a service that offer Indian stories on the move though a voice based service. The product, named Divya Kathayein, will offer stories that will based on the Ramayana and Deities like Krishna, Shanidev, Ganesha, Durga, Vishnu and…
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, December 10, 2011 (India Today): The origin of genetic diversity found in South Asia is much older than 3,500 years when the Indo-Aryans were supposed to have migrated to India, a new study led by scientists from the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, says. The study appeared in American Journal of Human Genetics…
Source US, December 11, 2011 (BBC America): Returning service members from Iraq and Afghanistan often struggle with readjusting to civilian life, health issues, and guilt. Until recently, the 1,000 or so Hindus serving in the US military – and their families – lacked a military confidant who understood their religion and culture. But now Captain Pratima Dharm has been appointed…
Source Be careful of your thoughts; they may become words at any moment.— Anonymous
Source PANAJI, GOA, INDIA, December 11, 2011 (Hindustan Times): Acclaimed cartoonist Mario Miranda, who made Goan landscapes and people come alive on canvas, died at his ancestral home in Loutolim early on Sunday after a long illness, family sources said. He was 85. “He had been ailing for long and he passed away peacefully in his sleep,” his grieving widow…
Source I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn’t know.— Mark Twain (1835-1910), American writer, humorist and humanist
Source USA, December 8, 2011 (NPR, Amelia Jyotsna Tummalapalli of Memphis, Tenn.): We are Hindus. Our family celebrates Pancha Ganapati from December 21-25. This is a special time when we ask our relatives, friends and business associates to forgive us for anything we may have done wrong. We make and share sweets with all of these people, and the children…