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Source If you can’t be a good example, then you’ll just have to be a horrible warning.— Anonymous

HPI KAUAI, USA, October 7, 2011 (HPI): Hinduism Today will review 20 top Hindu blogs. Please send us the URL (web addresses) for your favorite ones, blogs that where Hindus can find high-minded resources on our religion. Email katir@hindu.org

RNS WASHINGTON, DC, USA, October 4, 2011 (RNS): On Wednesday, October 5, the Supreme Court heard one of most important religion cases in decades, centered on the degree to which religious institutions should be exempt from anti-discrimination laws. The case started at a Lutheran elementary school in Michigan where a teacher claimed she was fired in violation of the Americans…

Source TORONTO, CANADA, September 19, 2001 (The Beacon Herald): A demonstration outside Toronto’s public-school board headquarters turned into an ugly, bitter confrontation over the Toronto District School Board’s controversial policy to allow prayer in the city’s publicly funded, secular school system. “We are here because religion has no place in our schools,” said Ron Banerjee, of Canadian Hindu Advocacy. Allowing…

Source HELSINKI, FINLAND, September 26, 2011(zeenews.india.com): With over 30 South Asian restaurants, the aroma of curries and tandoori fare has become commonplace in this Finnish capital, with eateries like Gandhi, Namaskaar and Samrat tickling the taste buds of locals and visitors alike to this land of the midnight sun. “Indian food is very popular here; people like the rich taste…

Source WASHINGTON, D.C., USA, September 24, 2011 (Press Release via southasiamail): Nearly fifty leaders and major supporters of the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) met with many key congressional offices the last week of September, focused on the human rights of the 400,000 Hindu Pandits, the original inhabitants of the Kashmir Valley, who were forced from their ancestral homes in 1989.…

Source There is not a fellow under the sun who is my disciple. On the contrary, I am everybody’s disciple. All are the children of God. All are His servants. As for me, I consider myself as a speck of the dust of the devotee’s feet.— Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa (1836-1886)

Source NEW YORK, NY, USA, September 24, 2011 (nytimes.com): The American obesity epidemic is often “explained” by saying that junk food is cheaper than a healthy, home-cooked meal. But despite extensive government subsidies, hyperprocessed food remains more expensive than food cooked at home. Moreover, it’s unnecessarily high in calories, and most people in this country–especially the poor–already consume too many…

RNS USA, October 3, 2011 (Religion News Service): Attendance in American churches has dropped in the last decade and their membership has aged, despite an increase in minority congregations, according to a new Hartford Seminary study covering thousands of Christian, Jewish and Muslim congregations in 2000 and again in 2010.T he median worship attendance at a typical congregation decreased from…

Source CHENNAI, INDIA, September 25, 2011 (Bernama): The world-famous Tirumala Tirupati Venkateswara Temple in south India has auctioned human hair donated by devotees for a whopping US$ 22.2 million. The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), the temple’s custodian, sold 466 tons of hair in its maiden e-auction last Thursday, where 49 bidders, including foreign buyers, joined in the bid, reported the…