Source INDIA, June 5, 2011: The Himalayan temple town of Gangotri is located at an altitude of 10,300 ft. in the Garhwal Himalayas. This is the home of the Ganga, India’s holiest river, whose physical source at Gaumukh lies just 12 miles away. Looking at the river, Swami Sundaranand shakes his head sadly. “This is not the same Ganga as…
Source WROCLOW, POLAND, June 2, 2011: In a sign of growing interest in the study of Indian culture in European universities, the Jagiellonian University at Krakow in Poland will soon establish a Tamil Chair. The announcement was made by First Secretary in the Indian Embassy in Warsaw, Vikrant Rattan, at the third Middle European Student Indology Conference (MESIC 3) held…
Source USA, June 12, 2011 (First Post): She spent two years earning a Masters in Theology and training in a Protestant seminary, when a phone call from the US Army in 2006 caught her by surprise. “I was all geared towards hospital chaplaincy when I got a call, asking, ‘Would you be interested in joining the Army?’ I said, ‘What,…
Source WASHINGTON, U.S., June 2, 2011 (Stripes.com): As a child in New Delhi and other cities of India’s northern Plains, Pratima Dharm moved easily through a kaleidoscopic swirl of religions and cultures. “My close friends in school represented all the different faith groups, and it never occurred to me then that we were different or there was anything strange about…
Source Enquire: ‘Who am I?’ and you will find the answer. Look at a tree: from one seed arises a huge tree; from it comes numerous seeds, each one of which in its turn grows into a tree. No two fruits are alike. Yet it is one life that throbs in every particle of the tree. So, it is the…
Source U.S., June 11, 2011 (YouTube): In a 2008 video, Senator Barack Obama responds to a question from vegan, Nikki Benoit, during a public meeting at Gibbs High School, Saint Petersburg, Florida. The question was “There’s 10 billion land animals that we are funneling our precious water and grain through when 70 per cent of all of our grain could…
Source ROTTERDAM, May 23, 2011 (Times of India): The Iceman’s students look wary as they watch him dump bag after bag of ice into the tub of water where they will soon be taking a dip. The plan is to try to overcome the normal human reaction to immersion in freezing slush. Instead, under the direction of ” Iceman” Wim…
Source TRINADAD/TOBAGO, May 30, 2011 (newsday.com.tt): The Vishwanath Hindu temple hosted one of the biggest Indian Arrival Day celebrations on Saturday evening as passers-by, on foot and by car, stopped and took pictures of the event. The event began with a street parade from the Recreation Ground in Sangre Chiquito to the temple’s ground in Sangre Grande. The parade highlighted…
Source SALMON, IDAHO, June 11, 2011 (Reuters): A group of self-described constitutionalists protested on Friday a northern Idaho city’s dedication of a sculpture depicting a Hindu Deity, Lord Ganesha. On its website, the Kootenai County Constitution Party called on Christians to vent their dismay about the “abomination” on a street in Coeur d’Alene and lashed out at local arts officials…
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