Source: getahead.rediff.com USA, November 4, 2010: Indian Americans in inter-faith marriages also celebrated Diwali with pomp. “It’s our Christmas,” is how many Indian immigrants explained Diwali to American co-workers and neighbors. As more and more Indian immigrants and their children enter mixed-faith marriages, they already have a Christmas on the family holiday schedule. These are, as one Brooklyn group calls…
Source: HPI KAUAI, HI, USA, November 7, 2010: Some Hindu organizations are participating in the World Peace Prayer Society Peace Pole initiative, dedicated to spreading the following universal peace message and prayer in all languages (originally “mantra” or “words of power” in Japanese): “May Peace Prevail On Earth.” Their web site issues translations in 83 languages, which only includes three…
Source: http://www.hindustantimes.com/ “Schedule tribes or endogenous communities are amongst the most ecologically evolved communities amongst the world, but sadly also amongst the most economically backward ones in India,” says Darren Lobo of Grassroutes. He informs that most tribal villages just receive two-three hours of electricity per day, hampering a child’s ability to read or play once the sun sets. Lobo…
Source: www.timeslive.co.za SOUTH AFRICA, October 26, 2010: An East Coast Radio comedy program caused a stir among some South African Hindus. The broadcaster said it was no use killing Hindus because they “keep coming back”, a sentence that constituted hate speech, the Broadcasting Complaints Commission has ruled. The ruling was despite the fact that the August 16 broadcast – a…
Source: www.nytimes.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, November 2, 2010 (By Thomas Friedman, New York Times columnist): Having traveled to both China and India in the last few weeks, here’s a scary thought I have: What if — for all the hype about China, India and globalization — they’re actually underhyped? What if these sleeping giants are just finishing a 20-year process…
Source: www.organiser.org THE PHILIPPINES, October 29, 2010: In 1989, a man in the concrete business was dredging sand at the mouth of the Lumbang River near Laguna de Bay when he uncovered a blackened roll of metal. He unfurled the roll he saw that it was a sheet of copper with strange writing on it, about the size of a…
Source: pib.nic.in NEW DELHI, INDIA, October 20, 2010: Our planet’s biodiversity is the outcome of over 3.5 billion years of evolutionary history, shaped by natural processes and increasingly, by the influence of humans. But biodiversity is not distributed uniformly across the globe. Certain countries, lying wholly or partly within the tropics, are characterized by high species richness and more number…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com “I’ve always been a supporter of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
Source: www.indoamerican-news.com HOUSTON, TX, October 31, 2010 (By Kalyani Giri): Ochre-draped sadhus, festive diyas, young girls in sequined bindis, portly Ganeshas swathed in colorful flower garlands, books on Hindu scriptures and philosophy, smoldering fragrant incense, and the ubiquitous idli. From October 22 – 24, 2010, the foyer and ballroom of the Sheraton North Houston Hotel on JFK Boulevard were bounteously…
Source: sify.com SHIMLA, INDIA, October 29 2010 : They may be young, but don’t get caught littering in front of them. Over 10,000 schoolchildren are virtually on the prowl in the hills of Himachal Pradesh, ready to teach a lesson or two on non-biodegradable waste. These children, designated as ‘eco-monitors’, keep an eye on areas around their school to catch…