Source WASHINGTON, D.C., July 21, 2011 (Press Release): Just over six months ago, the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) initiated a global conversation about Hinduism’s response to caste-based discrimination in India with the release of its landmark report on the issue. Today, HAF released an updated edition of the report, Hinduism: Not Cast in Caste – Seeking an End to Caste-based…
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, July 2011 (ibn live): The Supreme Court on Thursday appointed a five-member committee to supervise the unearthing and preservation of assets of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple. The committee will be headed by Director General of National Museum C.V. Anand Bose and will consist of representatives of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and Reserve Bank of…
Source SALT LAKE, CITY, UTAH, July 16, 2011 (Salt Lake Tribune): Prompted by news out of India, Utah Hindus have been asked repeatedly in recent days if treasure is buried under their South Jordan temple. The answer is yes. But before people suggest devotees dig it up and give it to the poor, they should know this treasure is more…
Source UDUPI, INDIA, July 26, 2011 (IBN live): With wealth worth over billions being unearthed from Sri Ananthapadmanabha Temple, wealth suspected to be stored or hidden in other temples are now the talk of the town. Sri Krishna Temple in Udupi, with a history of over 800 years, is no exception to it. In fact, a legend dating back to…
Source UK, July 22, 2011 (Daily Mail): Teenagers from Hindu backgrounds are almost twice as likely to go to university than those of a Christian faith, Government research suggests. More than three in four (77 per cent) youngsters who describe themselves as Hindu go into higher education, according to statistics gathered for the Department for Education. In comparison, less than…
Source People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully. — Steve Jobs, founder and CEO of Apple, Inc.
Source USA, July 26, 2011 (BBC): The oldest and largest trees within California’s world famous Yosemite National Park are disappearing. Climate change appears to be a major cause of the loss. The revelation comes from an analysis of data collected over 60 years by forest ecologists. They say one worrying aspect of the decline is that it is happening within…
Source In today’s multicultural world, the truly reliable path to coexistence and creative cooperation must start from what is at the root of all cultures, from what lies infinitely deeper in human hearts or minds than political opinion, convictions, antipathies or sympathies. That is transcendence. To be in harmony with that which we are not, what we do not understand,…
Source USA, December 19, 2010 (USA Today, by Stephen Prothero): The school committee in Cambridge, Mass., stirred up a hornet’s nest of controversy when it voted in October to include a Muslim holiday on its academic calendar. Though not particularly controversial among local residents, this change earned the ire of Bill O’Reilly, who asked his Fox News viewers, “Are we…
Source BHOPAL, INDIA, July 6, 2011 (hindustan times): Dating back to 1845, the Hindu Shyam Kaka Krishna temple complex near Narsinghgarh, about 62 miles from Bhopal, has a panel depicting Muslim men offering the namaz (prayers). The temple and its story remind us that there are numerous places in India where warring religious factions once stood in solidarity. Legend has…