CHENNAI, INDIA, April 1, 2011: With the rise of regulations protecting elephants in temples, some people are going for unorthodox solutions. The laws do not mention mammoths or mastodons. A new company in Chennai is working to resurrect these species from preserved DNA samples, with an eye on the temple market. ‘They have several advantages,’ said Mr. Subhafool Aprilmurthy, CEO…
TEXAS, April 1, 2011: Texan legislation is following the footsteps of a much older rulebook. After changing pi to 3 last year, the Texan legislature has now made it illegal for insects to have six legs. State Senator John Smith explained, ‘According to Leviticus 11, which admonishes us on what we should or should not eat, it is made explicit…
CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA, April 1, 2011: Last year the world was startled by Julia Roberts’ public announcement of her Hinduness, made all the more dramatic coming in the wake of her movie, ‘Eat, Pray, Love.’ Today, Steve Jobs held a press conference at the Apple headquarters in Cupertino to discuss the rumors he has been quietly following a Hindu path for…
NEW DELHI, INDIA, April 1, 2011: India, it seems, had found the final solution to red tape. The Indian government is about to release a permit required to allow citizens to get permits. ‘The main problem that causes so much delay in our government’s services is that anyone can get a permit now. We have, to this end, instituted the…
MUMBAI, INDIA, April 1, 2011: Modeled after the laws that allow for the takeover of Hindu temples in some states of India, bringing in crores of rupees, the government now plans a tax based on the chakras. The fees would be calculated according to their spinning speed, bureaucrats said. The question of how to gauge the chakras’ development and tax…
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, April 1, 2011: Glenn K. Murphy, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Gap Inc., with Mayor Francis Slay at his side, announced Gap’s successful sponsorship of the 2014 Kumbha Mela in St. Louis at the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. The huge clothing retailer, with 3,200 stores worldwide, has been working to incorporate Indian fashion design…
I adopted the theory of reincarnation when I was 26. Religion offered nothing to the point. When I discovered reincarnation … time was no longer limited. I was no longer a slave to the hands of the clock. — American auto industrialist Henry Ford Source
MIDLAND, TEXAS, March 30, 2011: An interfaith event is scheduled in Midland Texas, on April 7th, 2011, 7 pm at St Stephen’s Catholic church. This will be the Permian Basin’s first interfaith event, where leaders of five religious traditions will discuss contemporary issues and how our faith allows us to understand and confront present day matters. These fascinating and challenging…
AUBURN, AUSTRALIA, March 25, 2011: The bullet holes can still be seen on the exterior of Auburn’s Sri Mandir Temple. Less visible are the marks left by the shot that made its way inside Australia’s first Hindu temple, when it was peppered by about eight rounds. Two men in balaclavas were captured firing the shots on the night of March…
USA, March 30, 2011: Holi has gone mainstream worldwide — if not yet in the numbers of people joining the celebration, at least in public awareness. Here are local media reports, from places you never knew had ever heard about Holi: Caracas, Venezuela:Millions of Indians celebrated Holi on Sunday, one of the festivals of the Hindu religion, that welcomes spring.…