Source: Religion News Service WASHINGTON, DC, November 17, 2010: President Obama signed an executive order today that reforms the White House’s faith-based office in a bid to improve transparency and clarify rules for religious groups that receive federal grants. The nine-page order reflects numerous recommendations made more than six months ago by a blue-ribbon advisory council charged with streamlining and…
Source: www.coloradoan.com FORT COLLINS, COLORADO, November 2010, by Maya Jairam: Many people wonder who exactly are HIndus and what do they believe, as well as what does it mean to be a Hindu? A study published in Newsweek that found a large number of Americans, upward of 65 percent of the population, agreed with at least one major Hindu belief…
Source: t.ymlp28.com WASHINGTON, DC, November 17, 2010 (Press Release from Sheetal Shah, Senior Director of the Hindu American Foundation) The application for our Washington D.C.- based internship, Hindu American Capitol Hill Leadership Initiative, is now available (click on the source link, above). Download it today! This exciting opportunity will allow selected applicants to spend approximately eight weeks in Summer 2011…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com “According to me, the influence of Sanskrit literature will not be lesser than what was, in the 16th century, Greece’s influence on Renaissance. One day, India’s wisdom will flow again on Europe and will totally transform our knowledge and thought.” Arthur Schopenhauer in “The World as a Will and Representation” (1788-1860). He was the first Western philosopher to…
Source: www.centralchronicle.com GANGOTRI, INDIA, November 3, 2010: Gangotri temple priests have agreed to bring in young and talented dalits into the temple precincts for training as new priests. Gangotri Mandir’s chief priest and management president, Pt. Sanjiv Semwal with his team of office bearers, have agreed to the change. Terming the move as historic,Rajya Sabha M.P. Tarun Vijay, who took…
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.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…