Source: sify.com AGRA, INDIA, September 30, 2010: This city seems to be running short of priests during pitrapaksh, the fortnight when many Hindus offer prayers to ancestors. Pandits from other parts of Uttar Pradesh as well as Bihar are helping meet the demand for trained hands to conduct rituals. Migrant priests are gradually filling the vacuum created by local priests…
Source: www.hindustudentscouncil.org NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ, USA, September 25, 2010 (Press release): The Hindu Students Council announced its new Executive Board and appointed a group of young dynamic leaders to efficiently run the organization and expand its activities nationally and internationally. Priya Radhakrishnan, HSC’s General Secretary, was appointed as the new HSC President. Priya has been involved with HSC for the…
Source: www.silive.com STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK, September 4, 2010: Long-time devotee Vimla Gupta was choked with emotion as the final two Deities were installed at the Staten Island Hindu Temple, Sunnyside. “This is the completion, our dream,” Gupta said. The weekend of celebration culminated with chants, prayers, offerings and sacred baths of milk, sugar and yogurt. The occasion was joyous…
Source: www.bbc.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, September 2010: Imagine a car so narrow that two can drive next to each other in one lane; a car so small and short that three can park in one parking space. Now imagine that the car is built in a shed from glass fibre, recycled plastic bottles and steel tubes, using just a fifth of…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com The test of a man is how much he can bear and how much he can share and how soon he confesses a mistake and makes amends for it. Dada J.P. Vaswani
Source: www.hindustantimes.com NEW DEHI, October 4, 2010: One of the eight Muslim litigants in the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi title suit, Mohammad Hashim Ansari, took a personal initiative to untangle the Ayodhya issue after the Allahabad High Court verdict on Thursday. He met Mahant Gyan Das, the president of the Akhara Parishad and sought mediation to resolve the issue before it…
Source: indiatoday.intoday.in INDIA, October 1, 2010: [HPI note: Before and after the Ayodhya verdict, the Indian media published a flood of articles about the peaceful, positive coexistence of Hindus and Muslims. To give the HPI reader the feel of the county’s attempt to bring to the media this less loud, but more prevalent and benign, side of religious relations, HPI…
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com VARANASI, INDIA, October 3, 2010: A 22-year-old Muslim woman from an unlettered family of weavers is translating Ramcharitmanas into Urdu, setting a fine example of inter-community accord in this communally sensitive city. Said Nazneen, “The court’s verdict should be respected by all. But one can’t deny that Ayodhya is the birthplace of Lord Ram,” said the Muslim. This…
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com KANCHEEPURAM, INDIA, September 29, 2010: Every day at 6am, the seers at the world-famous Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham in Kancheepuram are up and about, getting ready for their gaja puja — prayers for the elephants housed on the premises. Around the same time, the muezzin at the Sunnath Jamaath Jumma Masjid next door can be heard calling to…
Source: vimeo.com KAPAA, HI, USA, October 4, 2010: [HPI note: This video is now also available on YouTube here ] It was a few years ago that Hinduism Today raised the bar for Hindu publications with the release of “What Is Hinduism?”, a richly illustrated book with more than forty chapters exploring our religion, drawn from the well-polished Insight Sections…