Source UNITED KINGDOM, March 25, 2011: For over 20 years, Hindus in East Yorkshire, North and North-East Lincolnshire had to gather at church halls and community centres for religious ceremonies but now a dedicated building in the city is home to the region’s first temple. The Hindu Temple and Cultural Centre on Hull’s Park Street was formerly the Central Masonic…
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, April 29, 2011: India today offers better economic opportunities than the U.S., say seven out of 10 U.S.-returned Indian entrepreneurs, suggesting a dramatic generational shift with consequences for both countries. In a study by three top American universities, 72% of Indians who have returned from the U.S. to set up companies at home in recent years…
Source NEW ZEALAND, April 27, 2011: During the Second Wellington Region Hindu Conference, local Hindus decided to create a group to represent and explain Hinduism to the media. The Hindu Media Forum was formally launched at the “Arohanui ki te Tangata” (Goodwill to all men) event. The Hindu Media Forum aims at fostering inter-ethnic harmony by promoting balanced analysis and…
Source We are writing to you today because we are extremely concerned after hearing news reports which indicate that the Taliban leadership in Afghanistan plans to force Afghan Hindus to wear labels on their clothing to differentiate them from Muslims. We urge you to immediately take steps that will convince the Taliban to withdraw this proposal. History has shown over…
Source NEW YORK, April 26, 2011 (by Mark Bittman for the New York Times): Kirt Espenson, who owns the E6 Cattle Company in western Texas, had his employees caught in the act, secretly videotaped performing acts of unspeakably sickening cruelty to cows. The video sparked a discussion that went two ways: one one hand, Esperson apologized and terminated the contract…
Source NEW YORK, 23 April 2011 (BBC News): In a laboratory tucked away off a noisy New York City street, a soft-spoken neuroscientist has been placing Tibetan Buddhist monks into a car-sized brain scanner to better understand the ancient practice of meditation. But could this unusual research not only unravel the secrets of leading a harmonious life but also shed…
Source INDIA, May 9, 2011 (North India Times): The Supreme Court on Monday ordered status quo on the disputed site of the Ramjanambhoomi/Babri Masjid in Ayodhya and stayed the judgment of the Allahabad High Court. This interim order will enable the devotees to continue worship at the makeshift temple built near the spot where the mosque stood till December 1992.…
Source INDIA, March, 28, 2011 (The Times of India): Dipti S. Tripathi is the director of the National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM), an organisation working for the conservation and preservation of Indian manuscripts. Their latest project – building a database of digitized manuscripts – has taken off with the successful digitization of over 9.3 million folios. Tripathi spoke about the…
Source VRINDAVAN, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA, May 6, 2011 (Daily India): Hundreds of devotees thronged the Banke Bihari Mandir in Uttar Pradesh’s Vrindavan town on Friday to mark the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya. Akshaya Tritiya, known as Akshaya Teej in Uttar Pradesh, is the third day of the lunar fortnight of Vaishakh, which is considered one of the most sacred days…
Source “I went to the root of things, and found nothing but Him alone.”— Mira Bai (1500-1550), princess of Rajasthan, Northwest India, a saint celebrated for her lyrical poetry dedicated to Krishna