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…
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 The finest emotion of which we are capable is the mystic emotion. Herein lies the germ of all art and all true science. Anyone to whom this feeling is alien, who is no longer capable of wonderment and lives in a state of fear is a dead man. To know that what is impenetrable for us really exists and…
Source GERMANY, April 4, 2011: With a unique approach to the sport, German teenager Regina Mayer taught a cow to leap. When her parents told her she couldn’t get a horse, Regina Mayer refused to give up her dream. Regina Mayer, an enterprising German 15-year-old, grabbed the bull by the horns and spent two years training Luna, the family’s cow,…
By PARAS RAMOUTAR, HPI TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, April 2, 2011 (By Paras Ramoutar): There is an urgent need for capacity building, resource mobilization and institutional strengthening aimed a nation building, according to Ronald Chuckaree, chair of the Youths for Unity, Virtue and Action (YUVA) seminar on Sunday. It was organized by the Hindu Students’ Council of Trinidad and Tobago. Chuckaree…
Source [HPI note: There was a problem with this article yesterday, which caused it to be cut short. It is being re-sent, with the full summary text.] WASHINGTON, DC, USA, April 4, 2010 (The New York Times): The Supreme Court on Monday effectively upheld an Arizona program that aids religious schools, saying in a 5-to-4 decision that the plaintiffs had…
Source MIDLAND, TEXAS, April 5, 2011 (Odessa American): The religions are hundreds, if not thousands, of years old, but the conversation is all new. Three religions will unite in dialogue for the Permian Basin’s first interfaith event Thursday, April 7, at St. Stephen’s Catholic Church. The discussion will feature leaders of the Baptist, Catholic, Jewish, Hindu and Episcopal faiths. The…