Source UNITED STATES, May 11, 2011 (Huff Post, by Deepa Iyer): There is no such thing as the average Hindu temple. They reflect the diversity of Hinduism itself, varying architecturally by region, town, or village of India, by historical era and philosophical school of thought, or by a specific diaspora’s spiritual inclinations. However, there are three certain features that a…
Source AURORA, ILLINOIS, May 20, 2011: The 10-year-old brothers, Rahul and Rosha Shirahatti, and their sister Riya, 8, took part in a yoga demonstration at this month’s Teacher Appreciation Day put on by Indian families in the Indian Prairie School District. Around 100 people attended the Guru Vandana 2011, the second annual Teacher Appreciation Day event at the Eola Community…
Source Shouting to make your children obey is like using the horn to steer your car, and you get about the same results.
Source UK, May 29, 2011 (BBC): The sea off Papua New Guinea is bubbling. Carbon dioxide seeps into the water from the slopes of a dormant volcano here, making it slightly more acidic. The resulting waters are a natural laboratory for what marine life would be like soon, in an ocean like that predicted by most models of global warming…
Source INDIA, May 2011 (Manorama): The craze for a foreign bride is not new in India, especially among those who have lived abroad. Most of the older ‘white wives’ came from Europe or the US. And a majority of them were college sweethearts. Many an Indian mother has admonished her son: “Study abroad, but come back alone.” Liberalization has softened…
Source MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, US, May 27, 2011 (Star Tribune): For Shalini Thadani of Woodbury, shopping for Asian Indian groceries used to require a special trip to Minneapolis. In the 10 years since she and her husband arrived in the Twin Cities from Atlanta, she’s watched with delight as more Indian grocery stores have popped up in the metro area —…
Source Bliss is the dance-stage, bliss is the lyric; Bliss are the diverse instruments, Bliss is the meaning;The supreme felicity of the universe is bliss, For he who yearns for His dance of bliss— Tirumantiram, a sacred mystical treatise by Rishi Tirumular, verse v. 2725
Source USA, May 26, 2011 (Press Release): The American-Jewish Committee, an advocacy group, has concluded a series of ground-breaking meetings in India with leaders of the Hindu, Jain, Muslim and Sikh communities. “All of these meetings reflect the new world of global interfaith cooperation in which AJC has been a trailblazer,” said Rabbi David Rosen, AJC’s International Director of Interreligious…
Source KOLKATA, INDIA, May 28, 2011 (by Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times): India has been a bit of an embarrassment for those of us who believe in democracy, especially when compared with China. The Communist Party in China did a much better job fighting poverty than democratically elected Indian governments. India tolerated dissent, but it also tolerated inefficiency, disease…
Source THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, INDIA, May 23, 2011 (Deccan Chronicle): The priest of a Hindu temple (Santhikkaran in Malayalam) may be an intermediary of the Divine inside the sanctum sanctorum, but is not even considered a worthy groom outside it. Hundreds of young priests in temples of South Kerala are in distress because no family is willing to give them a bride.…