Source: ipaidabribe.com INDIA, November 2010: Fighting an ingrained culture of corruption, the new website http://ipaidabribe.com gives a voice to thousands of people who felt powerless, angry and abused when asked for illegal money. It has thousands of testimonies in sections, “I paid a bribe,” “I didn’t pay a bribe,” “I didn’t have to pay a bribe” and “I don’t want…
Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com INDIA, October 18, 2010: When Ankita Muthanna, a technology expert in Bangalore, started planning her wedding, she realized it was a difficult decision. Her father had not left much by way of property or assets, and the wedding would be expensive. “I could not afford to spend all my hard-earned savings. I needed some kind of financial security.…
Source: www.nytimes.com NEW YORK, November 15, 2010: The simple way to happiness? Just focus on whatever you are be doing, according to a new research from Harvard University. Using an iPhone app called trackyourhappiness, psychologists at Harvard contacted people around the world at random intervals to ask how they were feeling, what they were doing and what they were thinking.…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com “Fasting is possible. You can stay without food for a week or ten days. Feasting is also possible. You simply go and eat all you want. Many people are really fast when they end their fast. They are fast in getting to the refrigerator.” Swami Satchidananda
Source: www.thehindu.com TIRUCHIRAPPALLI, INDIA, October 27, 2010: An archaeological study in Tamil Nadu has thrown light on interesting facets of cave temple architecture during the Pandyas-Pallavas reign, also uncovering musical inscriptions engraved on some temples. The study has revealed that cave temples of the Pandyas and the feudatories exhibited several images of Ananthasayi (Lord Vishnu), Lord Ganesh and Durga, which…
Source: www.hinduismpath.com USA, November 11, 2010: The book Hinduism: Path of the Ancient Wisdom, by Dr. Hiro Badlani, is now available on the web. Readers may see the table of contents and read any chapter or the entire book for free at the source link, above. In about 400 pages, divided in 65 small easy-to-read chapters, in lucid story-telling narration,…
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com LUDHIANA, India, October 22, 2010: The celebration of Karva Chauth — a popular and important day for all Hindu married women — is incomplete without mehndi or henna, which has a significant role to play in the Indian cultural canvas. This year, unlike traditional mehndi applications on hands, feet or any other part of body, demand for matching…
Source: www.thehindu.com LONDON, U.K., November 2, 2010: A major study by researchers at Macalester College, Minnesota, and the University of California, has proven that youngsters are less likely to succeed at school if their mothers return to work within a year of their birth. Children of mothers who resume work during their first year of life end up faring worse…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com I see God walking in every human form. When I meet different people, I say to myself, “God in the form of the saint, God in the form of the sinner, God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.” Sri Ramakrishna (1836-1886), guru of Swami Vivekananda
Source: www.hinduismpath.com. USA, November 11, 2010: The book Hinduism: Path of the Ancient Wisdom, by Dr. Hiro Badlani, is now available on the web. Readers may see the table of contents and read any chapter or the entire book for free. In about 400 pages, divided in 65 small easy-to-read chapters, in lucid story-telling narration, the book describes all aspects…