Source: sify.com KOLKATA, INDIA, September 27, 2010: The recession may have ebbed, but artisans of the potters’ colony Kumartuli here say export orders for statues for next month’s Durga Puja festival have picked up only marginally compared to last year. Kumartuli is a traditional potters’ quarter in northern Kolkata. The artisans here not only supply clay statues of Hindu Gods…
Source: www.thehindu.com UNITED KINGDOM, September 4, 2010: There’s a palpable mood of optimism among Britain’s 2,00,000-strong Dalit community as it waits for the Government to take a decision on its long-standing campaign for caste discrimination to be recognized as racism. Barring a last-minute change, Britain could soon become the first European, indeed Western, country to declare caste prejudice unlawful under…
Source: www.techtree.com INDIA, September 30, 2010: Barely a week after the launch of the iPhone 4 in China, the country biggest mobile carrier China Unicom has revealed that it managed to sell 100,000 units of the device so far. However, what is more interesting is the map application that the Chinese iPhone comes with. Screenshots from the Maps application used…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Youth is not a time of life–it is a state of mind. It is not a matter of ripe cheeks, red lips and supple knees. It is a temper of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions. It is freshness of the deep springs of life. Nobody grows old by merely living a…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com USA, October 9, 2010: Navaratri, a festival dedicating nine nights of ardent devotion to the Goddess, is being celebrated since the new moon of October 5. Millions of Hindu women consider Navaratri the year’s central festival, the one they most deeply connect to. These nine days dedicated to Shakti, the Goddess, provide an opportunity to seek blessings and…
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Source: mandirsangam.vhp-america.org HOUSTON, TX, USA, October 8, 2010 (from the press release): The 5th Annual Hindu Mandir Executives’ Conference will be held on October 22-24, 2010, at the Sheraton Hotel in Houston, Texas. It continues the tradition of the previous four successful conferences gathering many of America’s Hindu leaders. The Hindu Mandir Executives’ Conference (HMEC) is an annual initiative seeking…
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…