Source SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, May 12, 2011: Two decades ago, Indian-Americans started changing the story of Silicon Valley’s Asian community. In a striking example of the growth and growing diversity of the Bay Area’s Asian-Americans, the spiking Indian-American population has fanned out to affluent towns offering excellent schools, from Cupertino in the heart of Silicon Valley to San Ramon in…
Source GUJARAT, INDIA, April 22, 2011: As more and more people take to alternative medicine, ayurveda and naturopathy clinics in the state seem to be growing rapidly. This could be gauged from the fact that such clinics and hospitals in cities like Ahmedabad, Vadodara and Surat have seen their footfalls doubling in the last two years. Kutch based Swas Healthcare,…
Source NAGAPATTINAM, TAMIL NADU, INDIA, May 20, 2011: The famed Navaneetheshwara Swamy Temple housing the celebrated Sikkal Singaravelavar shrine in Sikkal is getting more infrastructural facilities, thus providing stimulus to religious tourism in the district. The facilities will house 3,000 pilgrims. Work to the tune of US$220,000 has been taken up at Sikkal as part of a project funded by…
Source VARANASI, INDIA, May 14, 2011: As an initiative to inculcate cultural values and allied Indian ethos among youngsters, a special summer camp has been organized for school children in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. This summer camp has been introduced by Ishita School where the children are taught the essence of Hindu culture, relevance of rituals, and recitation of passages from…
Source Like treasure hidden in the ground, like flavor in the fruit, like gold in the rock, and oil in the seed, the Absolute is hidden in the heart.— Akka Mahadevi, twelfth-century Vira Saiva saint
Source STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, May 18, 2011 (National Geographic): The idea, a bold one that excelled in publicity potential, was to put the human species on trial, literally. Several Nobel laureates gathered to be the jury for a trial where Earth, represented by Her counsel, decries the environmental excesses of humans and their results. In the opening press conference, Johan Rockstroem,…
Source SOUTH JORDAN, UTAH, May 6, 2011 (India West): Utah’s Indian population may be relatively small in comparison to others across the U.S., but their combined efforts over the past decade were rewarded April 1, when Governor Gary Herbert inaugurated the new Indian Cultural Center. In hopes of unifying the Indian American community and promoting their culture, hundreds worked to…
TNN PUNE, INDIA, May 7, 2011 (TNN): The price of betel leaves is going through the roof. A box of 3,000 leaves, which would usually be sold for US$8.90, is now being sold at $22.22. Besides being the most important ingredient of the humble paan, betel leaves are an inseparable part of most Hindu rituals and poojas. The betel leaf…
Source ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA, May 10, 2011 (The Hindu): The Tirumala Tirupati Devesthanam (TTD) on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it has shelved the controversial decision on gold plating the sanctum sanctorum of the shrine of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala, the world’s richest temple. The decision to reconsider the move was taken in deference to the sentiments expressed by…
Source No fruit is too heavy for the tender creeper. Similarly, a mother will always find some means to support her child.— Tamil Proverb