Source: www.nytimes.com INDIA, October 11, 2010: Two years ago, a team of linguists plunged into the remote hill country of northeastern India to study little-known languages, many of them unwritten and in danger of falling out of use. On average, every two weeks one of the world’s recorded 7,000 languages becomes extinct, and the expedition was seeking to document and…
Source: www.upi.com SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, October 2, 2010: A group advocating for minorities in India is lobbying for the removal of a statue of Mohandas Gandhi in San Francisco. “The popular image of Gandhi as an egalitarian pacifist is a myth,” Bhajan Singh, a member of the Organization for Minorities of India, said in a statement. “We plan to challenge…
Source: www.hindu.com BANGALORE, INDIA, September 16, 2010: Though government agencies have over the past few years appealed to residents to use eco-friendly Ganesha murtis to immerse in local rivers — that is, those made of clay — till last year, the response had been poor. But this year, 58.3 per cent of the 3,700 murtis immersed in the 13 mobile…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com When you react to a situation, do not re-enact it. Wait until the emotional nature has completely composed itself, then study your reaction. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6686422.cms?prtpage=1#ixzz11Vztyn4o KOLKATA, INDIA, October 5, 2010: In the first arrests of its kind in the country, police in Kolkata on Monday picked up the principal of the city’s famous 175-year-old La Martiniere for Boys School and three other teachers and booked them for handing out corporal punishment to a student, who later committed suicide. Sunirmal Chakravarthy and the three…
Source: www.nytimes.com NEW YORK, USA, October 9, 2010: “There is research that shows people still have the same self-control as in decades past, but we are bombarded more and more with temptations,” said Kathleen Vohs, associate professor of marketing at the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. “Our psychological system is not set up to deal with…
Source: www.deccanherald.com PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA, September 5, 2010: A long-standing dispute between a neighbors over the alleged use of a Hindu’s home as a temple is to go to court where lawyers will test the Constitutional prescriptions on religious freedom in South Africa. Aneesa Carrim of the residential suburb of Claudius, some 15 km from the city center of Pretoria,…
Source: www.insidecosmeceuticals.com USA, September 9, 2010, (by Dr. Geetanjali Ranade): The yellow-flowered jasmine variety Hemapushpika (Jasmine humile) is offered by Hindus to God, specifically Shiva and Ganesha. The plant was also held sacred to the followers of Indra, a God who was worshiped even in ancient Persia. With a divine scent that can reach up to 70 meters, white or…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Worrying about something is like paying interest on a debt you don’t even know if you owe. Mark Twain
Source: Principal Held for School Corporal Punishment Case KOLKATA, INDIA, October 5, 2010: In the first arrests of its kind in the country, police in Kolkata on Monday picked up the principal of the city’s famous 175-year-old La Martiniere for Boys School and three other teachers and booked them for handing out corporal punishment to a student, who later committed…