Press Release UNITED STATES, March 2011 (Press Release): For the past several months, the Hindu American Foundation’s Take Back Yoga campaign seems to have taken a life of its own! The Foundation continues to advocate that while no one person or religion owns yoga, the practice is firmly rooted in Hindu philosophy. As a voice for Hindu Americans, we find…
Source NEW YORK, MARCH 29, 2011 (The New York Times): While the image of the high school principal patrolling the halls with paddle in hand is largely of the past, corporal punishment is still alive in 20 states, according to the Center for Effective Discipline, a group that tracks its use in schools around the country and advocates for its…
Source LONDON, ENGLAND, March 24, 2011 (Deccan Herald): Religious organizations in India not only operate professionally, but they also follow models of efficiency and ways to attract members that are similar to business organizations. Indian-origin academic Dr. Sriya Iyer of the Faculty of Economics and St Catharine’s College said, “We have found that the resilience of religion draws from the…
Source PHOENIX, SOUTH AFRICA, April 2, 2011 (Times Live): A Phoenix temple will commemorate the arrival of Indians in South Africa by building an 8m-high statue of the Hindu Deity Murugan. Construction of the statue of Lord Muruga has begun at the Stri Muruga Kovil in Northcroft. The statue is to be a replica of the one at the entrance…
Source UNITED STATES, March 28, 2011: Yoga for children is taking off in studios, hospitals and schools across the country, as parents look for new activities that can help motor skills development and even behavioral problems. Yoga isn’t just good exercise for adults. A growing number of schools, hospitals and studios say it can also be a boon to kids,…
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, March 27, 2011: A large number of devotees of Lord Sri Venkateswara on Sunday had darshan of the murthis of the famous Tirupati temple of Andhra Pradesh, which were brought to the capital for a special ceremony. The ‘utsava murthis’ or processional murthis of Lord Sri Venkateswara, Laxmi and Padmavati were placed on the grounds of…
Source Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity; of the appetite for adventure over love of ease. This often exists in a man of sixty more than in a boy of twenty. — Swami Bua, age 115
Source UNITED KINGDOM, March 25, 2011: An order of U.S. Catholic priests has agreed to pay $166.1 million to hundreds of Native Americans sexually abused by priests at its schools. The pay-out is one of the largest to date in a series of sex abuse scandals involving the Catholic Church. The former students at Jesuit schools in five states of…
Source UNITED STATES, MARCH 13, 2011: If you had to name a most valuable player of December’s climate summit in Cancun, hands down the award would go to Jairam Ramesh, India’s 56-year-old environmental minster. Ramesh proved himself an international power broker, a star among the world’s climate warriors. But then Ramesh returned home. Awaiting him was the pending approval of…
Source RICHMOND HILL, NEW YORK, March 21, 2011: Organizers of a Hindu Parade in Richmond Hill say the NYPD confiscated the ceremonial colored powder. Pandit Ramlill, one of the organizers of the Festival of Colors in Queens, said in the 23 years of the parade’s history, he and other organizers have never been so offended. “We exchange colored powder as…