A Japanese Sanskrit Lover and Mathematician In Kerala

Source PANJAL, KERALA, April 9, 2011 (Daily India): Michio Yano, a professor of Sanskrit and Indian cultural history at Japan’s Kyoto Sangyo University, attended Athirathram being held in Panjal village in Kerala. He attended the 3000-year old vedic ritual to collect input for his new book in Japanese titled ‘Inspiration of Indian Mathematics’. “There will be a chapter on most…

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Karnataka’s Organic Farmers To Visit Cuba

Source KARNATAKA, INDIA, April 2011 (The Hindu): As many as 1,600 organic farmers from Karnataka will now get to visit Cuba to learn about that country’s achievements in organic farming. The Karnataka State Organic Farming Mission, which is organizing the trip, has chosen four organic farmers from each taluk for the trip. The mission had prescribed various guidelines to ensure…

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Bangladesh Ramkrishna Mission Head Passes Away

Source DHAKA, BANGLADESH, April 18, 2011 (The Deccan Herald): Leading spiritual personality and principal of Ramkrishna Mission movement in Bangladesh, Swami Aksharananda, died here today after prolonged illness at the age of 82. “Principal of Dhaka Ramkrishna Math (monastery) and Ramkrishna Mission breathed his last today at (Dhaka’s) Apollo Hospital,” the Mission said in an announcement. Born at Khurda village…

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Daily Inspiration

Source A wicked person, though powerless himself, instigates others to injure people. A piece of stone, itself incapable of cutting, whets the edge of a sword. — Subhasita Ratnabhandagaram

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Thai-Cambodia Clashes Continue For 7th Day

Source PHANOM DONGRAK, THAILAND, April 27, 2011: Artillery fire boomed across the Thai-Cambodian frontier for a seventh day Thursday as fierce border clashes erupted again between the two neighbors. The border dispute has stirred nationalist sentiment on both sides. In Cambodia, field commander Col. Suos Sothea said the fighting was centering again around the ruins of two crumbling stone temples…

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Tamil Religious Lessons To Be Held In Schools Soon

Source MALAYSIA, April 15, 2011 (The Star): The Malaysia Hindu Sangam is taking the necessary action to ensure Tamil religious classes are held in schools and temples nationwide by next year. It quoted its president R.S. Mohan Shan as saying that the organization would have 2,500 locally-trained religious teachers to conduct the classes in the next five years. Shan said…

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New Methods of Proselytization

Source INDIA, April 3, 2011: Christian missionaries have adopted the latest marketing strategy to hoodwink the gullible, poor, uneducated Hindus in Bangalore by offering plain cash prizes for those who dump the photos of Hindu Gods and replace them with photos of Jesus in their houses. And a bonus cash prize will be offered to those Hindus who wear a…

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