Source INDIA, July 15, 2011 (Penn-Olson.com): Facebook is huge in India and will probably overtake Indonesia as the second largest user nation in the near future. With a massive number of users — 28 million — many brands are also employing the social network to use it as a customer engagement platform. For the month of June, thanks to the…
Source Of all blessings we know of none greater than the begetting of children endowed with intelligence.— Tirukkural
Source INDIA, July 17, 2011: The man who led a legal battle which led to the recent discovery of treasure worth billions of dollars in an Indian temple has died at the age of 70. T.P. Sundara Rajan, a retired police officer, petitioned for the vaults of the 16th Century Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple in Kerala to be opened. Inside, investigators…
Source HOUSTON, TEXAS, July 10, 2011: 29-year-old Texas-born Rishi Bhutada had an arranged marriage in India three years ago and then brought his wife back to his hometown, where they recently welcomed a son. He is a strict vegetarian and avoids alcohol, as do many observant Hindus. And the dashboard of his Toyota Prius is adorned with a small metal…
Source UNITED STATES, July 19, 2011: A New Jersey appeals court has ruled that a group of 16 Hindu diners can sue to be flown to India to resolve a dispute over an order of samosas. Two years ago the diners went to Moghul Express restaurant in Edison for an India Day celebration. They were supposed to have been given…
Source LUCKNOW, INDIA, JULY 16, 2011 (Daiji World): Devotees thronged to Lord Shiva temples in Uttar Pradesh Saturday to offer prayers on the onset of the Hindu month of `Shravan’ that heralds the coming of the monsoon. Shiva temples witnessed a huge turnout including Mankameshwar, Buddeshwar, Kalyangiri, Siddhnath and Koneshwar. Amidst chants of `Bam Bam Bhole’ and `Har Har Mahadev’,…
Source Women who seek to be equal to men lack ambition.— Anonymous
Source COVENTRY, U.K., July 19, 2011 (Coventry Telegraph): Members of Coventry’s Hindu community finally own the keys to their new temple after a decade’s fundraising. There were no tears as they left their old home of more than 30 years and moved further up the same road to 380 Stoney Stanton Road. The group raised US$1.6 million, $342,500 of which…
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, July 16, 2011 (Times of India): Dancer and collector Mohan Khokar (1924-99) dedicated all he had to documenting and archiving almost a century of India’s dance history. Now, for the first time, this extensive and treasured collection of photographs, costumes, recordings, films, paintings, sketches and other dance-related material will be showcased in an exhibition to be…
Source INDIA, July 2011, (by Meena Menon): Apa Sherpa is in Mumbai for the 10th Girimitra Sammelan, an annual gathering of mountaineers. He is a veteran mountaineer, who dropped out of school at 12 to work as a porter for expeditions to support his family. Now 51, Apa Sherpa said his 21st climb to the world’s highest mountain would be…