source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6503627.cms?prtpage=1 MUMBAI, INDIA, September 6, 2010: Record prices have done little to dim the popularity of silver and gold offerings to Ganesha around the Chaturhi festival. Last Friday, a prominent resident of Veera Desai Road chose quiet anonymity even as his spectacular offering of a 35 lb. silver chhatra (umbrella) was unveiled at the Andhericha Raja Ganpati at Azad…
source: http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/agriculture/article623309.ece INDIA, September 2010: Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling said he hopes to make the state a fully organic state. “Though the task ahead is challenging, we are absolutely committed to go totally organic by 2015,” Chamling told Director of FIBL Institute of Organic Research Centre of Switzerland, Urs Niggli. The Chief Minister hoped to receive all the possible…
source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6503627.cms?prtpage=1 MUMBAI, INDIA, September 6, 2010: Record prices have done little to dim the popularity of silver and gold offerings to Ganesha around the Chaturhi festival. Last Friday, a prominent resident of Veera Desai Road chose quiet anonymity even as his spectacular offering of a 35 lb. silver chhatra (umbrella) was unveiled at the Andhericha Raja Ganpati at Azad…
Source: Daily Times – Amar Guriro KARACHI, September 2, 2010: 250,000 Hindus of Sindh, who left their native villages and towns and shifted to relief camps after the flood, could not celebrate the religious festival of Janmashtami (the birth of Lord Krishna). The celebrations comprising special foods, prayers, visits to temples, religious rituals, recitation of bhajans and fasting, which are…
Source: www.hindustantimes.com [Includes material from this article in The Times of India] NEW DELHI, INDIA, August 31, 2010: Some of Hinduism’s most revered institutions are seeking exemption for traditional Sanskrit schools called Veda Pathshalas from the Right to Education (RTE) Act, arguing that the law could kill the ancient practice of orally rendering texts. On Tuesday, a delegation of representatives…
Source: sify.com JAMMU, INDIA, September 1, 2010: A temple devoted to Lord Krishna here is looked after by a group of female priests, who offer daily prayers and perform rituals. The priestesses say they want to spread the message of women empowerment through religion in the society. They maintain that women and men are equal, as both are children of…
Source: www.wwd.com August 27 2010: Louis Vuitton’s holiday windows worldwide will have an Indian flavor this year. Starting November 5, displays will pay tribute to Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, an ancient and joyous occasion to light oil lamps, wear new clothes and distribute sweets. The French luxury brand’s ties to India stretch back almost a century. Vuitton teamed…
Source: newsweek.washingtonpost.com UNITED STATES, August 31, 2010: Anju Bhargava, the White House Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Council’s first Hindu member, launched the country’s first Yogathon on Sunday. The Yogathon was created in the spirit of President Obama’s United We Serve campaign and Active Lifestyle Challenge, by Bhargava’s Hindu American Seva Charities (HASC). HASC, along with many volunteers, mobilized the…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India. French scholar Romain Rolland
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com MUMBAI, INDIA, September 9, 2010: 10,000 Ganesh mandals in the city are pledging to refrain from advertising tobacco products during the 11-day festival. The success of the pledge, though, remains to be seen as mandals collectively stand to lose over US$100,000 as tobacco companies are their major sponsors. If the mandals stick to their pledge, one would not…