Source ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN, April 15, 2011 (Indian Express): The previous year was a bad one for Pakistan’s minority communities including Muslims of various sects, Sikhs and Hindus due to threat to their lives by militants, according to a new report which suggested even worse times ahead. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan’s report said 418 Muslims of various sects were…
Source NEW YORK, April 1, 2011 (Reuters): A new study finds that a meat-free diet seems to lower a person’s likelihood of having certain risk factors for diabetes or heart disease — and therefore may lower the risk of one day developing those illnesses. Researchers measured a suite of factors — blood sugar, blood fats, blood pressure, waist size, and…
Source PANCHKULA, INDIA, April 11, 2011 (Indian Express): A packaging machine recently purchased by the Mansa Devi Shrine Board has been working 24 hours a day to meet the demands of packed prasad. During Navratras, the board is offering prasad to devotees in paper packets. Earlier, the prasad was packed manually in small polythene packets. “We have bought the machine…
Source KERALA, INDIA April 2011 (The Deccan Chronicle): Captive elephants were once an inseparable part of Hindu temple festivals alone. Over the period of time, the pachyderms have emerged as Kerala’s brand ambassador. However, they will disappear in the next 10 years thanks to aging factors, a reluctance to breed them in captivity and strong laws that protect wild elephants…
Source [HPI note: Hindus have celebrated Rama Navami all over the world in honor of the birthday of Lord Rama, a traditional festival that this year fell on April 13. Below is a report from Alabama. You can read more about this festival at our Hindu Festivals for the media page here ] HARVEST, ALABAMA, April 15, 2011 (The Huntsville…
Source O God of mercy who performs the dance of illimitable happiness in the hall of inconceivable intelligence! The Rig and the other Vedas are thundering forth in words, announcing to us that all are thy slaves, all things belong to thee, all actions are thine, that thou pervades everywhere, that this is thy nature. Such is the teaching of…
Source NEW YORK, April 13, 2011: In the scheme of things, saving the 38 billion dollars that Congress seems poised to agree upon is not a big deal. A big deal is saving a trillion bucks. And we could do that by preventing disease instead of treating it, using proper nutrition as the cure. For the first time in history,…
Source UNITED KINGDOM, April 10, 2011: Any visitor to the Shri Swaminarayan Mandir could not fail to be awed. Everyone from Princess Diana to Jimmy Carter has paid a visit. On 27 October 2000 it broke a world record by serving 1,247 vegetarian dishes to mark the start of the Hindu new year. The temple is in suburban north-west London,…
Source TRINIDAD/TOBAGO, April 5, 2011: The government will move to make religious education mandatory at all schools, Education Minister Dr. Tim Gopeesingh announced on Sunday. “The Ministry of Education…intends to implement a new system of religious education in our schools,” he said while delivering a feature address at a youth forum hosted by the Hindu Students Council. Gopeesingh elaborated, “Under…
Press Release UNITED STATES, April 2011, (by Lt. Col. Ravi Chaudhary): The tremendous growth of South Asians in the Department of Defense has brought about the need build the first Dharmic/Hindu Military Chaplain Programs in DoD. I have been working with a team of action officers here in the Pentagon to make this diversity program a reality. The Office of…