Source NAIROBI, KENYA, March 30, 2011: The Hindu Council of Kenya officials led by chairman Vanraj Sarvaiya said that, as a patriotic community, they would strive to improve Kenyans’ welfare. “We are in the social arena where our activities include poverty alleviation programs such as paying fees for deserving cases, contributing towards famine relief, supporting charitable organisations and extending medical…
Source LONDON, ENGLAND, May 1, 2011: In less than a decade, Ayurveda has made a huge impact on many Londoners as more of them turn away from invasive allopathic treatment. But a new ruling comes as a blow to both the industry and patients, making it hard to obtain the medicines. Director of Ayuspa Ayurvedic centre Muneet Dohil said, “We…
Source JAMMU, INDIA, May 16, 2011: Jammu got a replica of the famous Ganesh Nandikishwar Temple, located in South Kashmir, today. “We have set up a replica of famous grand Ganesha Temple of south Kashmir’s Hanand Chawalgan area,” Secretary of the Temple Trust Professor O N Koul told reporters here today. Amid prayers, a maha yagya and hymns, a black…
Source Self-surrender is the supreme condition of winning the universal life. Men will part with their wealth, their rights, and even their lives, at the call of religion. But when you ask them to exchange their human self for the divine self, which is exactly what all great religions want them to do, they refuse. For the wine of mortality…
Source SPAIN, May 14, 2011 (HPI): “TORERO, las tres ultimas suertes de Antonio el Macareno,” a 80-minute tragicomic play written by David Desola and Arturo Ruiz and directed by Esteve Ferrer, is now touring Spain. The premise is that a famous bullfighter refuses to enter the bull ring, even though the place is packed with his fans, because he has…
Source INDIA, May 9, 2011 (Times of India): Portals of the Badrinath temple situated in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli District reopened on Monday after remaining closed for six months. Amid a chanting of vedic hymns and shlokas, the chief priest opened the doors of the temple early this morning. Shankaracharya, the head priest of the temple, said: “From today, the entry to…
Source DEHRADUN, INDIA, May 8, 2011 (Indian Express): The doors of the famous Himalayan shrine of Kedarnath on Sunday reopened for pilgrims after a gap of six months with Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank among those having early darshan of Lord Shiva. Amid blowing of conches and chanting of vedic hymns and shlokas, the Chief priest of Kedarnath shrine…
Press Release WASHINGTON, D.C., April 28, 2011 (Press Release): The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) strongly criticized the listing of India, the world’s largest secular democracy, with the likes of Russia, Afghanistan, and Cuba, on a U.S. State Department advisory group’s “watch list” of violators of religious freedom. The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) announced its censure of…
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, , May 13, 2011 (DNA India): If a Muslim woman plans to tie the knot with a Hindu man she should convert before marriage, otherwise the alliance could be declared illegal in the eye of the Hindu Marriage Act. This edict came from the Supreme Court on Thursday in case of an IAF officer who had…
Source There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. We seek problems because we need their gifts.— Richard Bach, American author, in Illusions