Source: www.thestar.com TORONTO, CANADA, October 14, 2010: Final rites for a loved one are a serious enough business without the added fear of breaking the law to follow custom. So Canada’s Hindu community has begun releasing a set of guidelines that allow the ancient practice of spreading ashes on water without running afoul of modern environmental concerns. “There was so…
Source: menmedia.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, September 22, 2010: World famous Madame Tussauds has announced it will be marking one of South Asia’s most colorful and popular festivals, as it launched its first ever Diwali weekend in October. Guests at Madame Tussauds enjoyed some of the authentic musical traditions of India, including sitar, flute and tabla players as well as traditional dance…
Source: sify.com BANGALORE, INDIA, September 20, 2010: “Scholars from about 20 countries, including Britain and Germany, are expected to participate in the four-day World Sanskrit Book Fair beginning January 7, 2011”, said M.N. Venkatachalaiah, former chief justice of India and president of the fair’s Advisory Board. Though titled World Sanskrit Book Fair, it will have books in all Indian languages…
Source: www.missionfrontiers.org USA, October 23, 2010: For those interested in the strategy of “inculturation” presently being used by Christian missionaries in India, read this issue of Mission Frontier, the bulletin of the U.S. Center for World Mission here. It details the inculturation strategy of the missionaries with the native American Indian tribes.
Source: www.hindustantimes.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, October 20, 2010: New physical activity guidelines for Indians say they need almost twice the amount of exercise Westerners need to keep fit because we are genetically at higher risk of developing diabetes, hypertension, cardiac disease and metabolic complications. While the American Diabetic Association prescribes 45 minutes of physical exercise 3-4 times a week, Indians…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com There are only two things you can really depend on: one is the changeableness of life, and the other is the unchanging Self within you. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)
Source: www.bbc.co.uk THANJAVUR, INDIA, September 25, 2010: Official celebrations are taking place in southern India for the 1,000th birthday of one of the grandest temples ever built on the subcontinent. The Brihadisvara temple in the town of Thanjavur, 350km (220 miles) south-west of Chennai, is considered the finest example of southern Indian architecture. R. Nagasami, the state of Tamil Nadu…
Source: www.sciencedaily.com MONTREAL, CANADA, September 22, 2010: Grabbing a child firmly by the arm, yelling and repeatedly punishing him or her may not be without long-terms risks, according to researchers from the University of Montreal. They are studying how this harsh parenting can impair the emotional development of a child, possibly leading to anxiety disorders such as social phobia, separation…
Source: immigrazione.aduc.it ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, September 21, 2010: In Switzerland, the Tamil and Portuguese communities have almost the same social position. However, if you compare the academic success of their children, the two groups are located at the extremes. The children of the Sri Lankan community are among the larger foreign communities in Zurich, and the students have the best results,…
Source: www.yorkregion.com RICHMOND HILL, CANADA, September 29, 2010: It’s solid granite, weighs 15 tons and stands 12 feet tall. The “monument to the fallen soldier” is being unveiled this weekend by the Indo-Canadian community this weekend. The memorial will stand outside the Canadian Museum of Hindu Civilization on the property of Vishnu Mandir Temple. “This monument is to celebrate the…