Source: news.outlookindia.com RANTHAMBORE, INDIA, October 23, 2010: British comedian Russell Brand and American pop star Katy Perry today exchanged wedding vows according to Hindu traditions at a luxury resort. Decked in traditional style, the duo said ‘I Do’ in the presence of select guests at the Aman-i-Khas resort near the Ranthambhore tiger sanctuary as a priest chanted mantras around the…
Source: www.voxy.co.nz NEW ZEALAND, October 26, 2010: A distinctive two-day Hindu Heritage Camp was organized by Hindu Council of New Zealand for volunteers and their families. The camp was primarily organized to bring the volunteers and their families together, and to enrich their children with age-old Hindu traditions and culture. Volunteers of Hindu Youth Foundation and Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh also…
Source: www.thehindu.com BOSTON, U.S.A., October 29, 2010 : Narayanan Krishnan, a 29-year-old chef from India who founded a non-profit body, Akshaya Trust, to feed the homeless and destitute, has been short-listed by CNN for its annual ‘Hero of the Year’ honor that recognizes “everyday individuals who are changing the world.” Mr. Krishnan is among this year’s top 10 CNN Heroes,…
Source: www.guardian.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, October 27, 2010: The British Humanist Association has launched a campaign to encourage non-believers and the seriously lapsed to tick the “no religion” box on the 2011 census with the aim of challenging religious privilege in Britain. According to the organization, public figures have spent the last 10 years claiming that most people in this country…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Even among high-context cultures, the Indian wedding stands out. It involves as much planning as the construction of a nuclear power plant–except it costs more. Anonymous
Source: www.nytimes.com USA, November 8, 2010: There was something hiding in plain sight inside our own galaxy. A group of scientists working with data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope said Tuesday that they had discovered two bubbles of energy erupting from the center of the Milky Way. They are not exactly small, either, extending 25,000 light years up and…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com For fear of causing terror to living beings, let the Bodhisattva striving to attain compassion refrain from eating flesh. Gautama The Buddha
Source: www.thehindu.com INDIA, October 2010: Lord Venkateswara, the presiding Deity at the Tirumala temple, received two more precious donations. Reckoned as the richest temple in the world next to the Vatican Church, the Lord of the Seven Hills received a dazzling golden crown weighing 32 lbs. The exquisitely chiseled stone-studded tiara was offered by a Mumbai-based business tycoon who however…
Source: www.thehindu.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, November 8, 2010: It was a rare gift from U.S. President Barack Obama to the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi — a stone used to build a memorial of civil rights icon Martin Luther King, who was inspired by the Father of the Nation. Mr Obama handed over the memorabilia to Rajnish Kumar, Secretary of Rajghat…
Source: www.indianewscast.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, November 9, 2010: Michelle Obama just couldn’t stop buying Indian fabrics and products the capitals sun-dappled crafts museum. At the museum on a scheduled stop of one hour, she lingered on for almost two hours, stopping only when she ran out of money after splurging an estimated US$2,000 on bedspreads, paintings and other items, many…