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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…

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…

Source It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.— Mark Twain (1835-1910)

Religion News Service USA, November 25, 2011: (RNS) The young man in a typical college dorm room looks into the camera. For Alex Fiorentini, it’s a coming-out moment of sorts. “Is it acceptable to the majority of the population to be an atheist?” he asks the camera. “Nope. Are all of your friends going to accept you as an atheist?…

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 “To listen to some devout people, one would imagine God never laughs.”— Sri Aurobindo