Source: www.hinduismtoday.com My refusing to eat flesh occasioned an inconvenience, and I was frequently chided for my singularity, but with this lighter repast I made the greater progress, from greater clearness of head and quicker comprehension. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), inventor, founding father of America, on his vegetarianism
Source: www.punemirror.in PUNE, INDIA, August 30, 2010: A 10 PM curfew on sound pollution prompted Mandar Pataskar to develop “Soundless Ganesha,” a pandal which uses FM transmitters to keep noise pollution at bay during Ganeshotsav. The brainchild of Pataskar and Parag Bhide, a diploma student from MIT, the set-up for a noise-free Ganesh festival is quite simple to use. “People…
source: BBC LEICESTER, UNITED KINGDOM, August 2010: Women are becoming more and more prominent as worship leaders in all faiths in England. And now a woman from Leicester is taking on the largely male strong hold of Hindu priesthood. In her fifties Chanda Vyas achieved her childhood dream, when she became the first female Hindu priest to conduct weddings in…
sou http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/leicester/hi/people_and_places/religion_and_ethics/newsid_8544000/8544260.stm LEICESTER, UNITED KINGDOM, August 2010: Women are becoming more and more prominent as worship leaders in all faiths in England. And now a woman from Leicester is taking on the largely male strong hold of Hindu priesthood. In her fifties Chanda Vyas achieved her childhood dream, when she became the first female Hindu priest to conduct weddings in…
source: hinduacademy LONDON, U.K., August 2010: In the United Kingdom students can study Hinduism in schools and gain accreditation that can help them apply for places at top universities. 16 to 18-year-olds can sit for Advanced level examinations in Hinduism. The results count in their favor when they apply for university places. Each year the Hindu Academy trains perhaps the…
source: http://www.hinduacademy.org LONDON, U.K., August 2010: In the United Kingdom students can study Hinduism in schools and gain accreditation that can help them apply for places at top universities. 16 to 18-year-olds can sit for Advanced level examinations in Hinduism. The results count in their favor when they apply for university places. Each year the Hindu Academy trains perhaps the…
source: sify LUCKNOW, August 27, 2010: A special bench of the Allahabad High Court Monday concluded the hearing related to ownership of a disputed land in Ayodhya to which Hindus and Muslims have made rival claims for over a century. The decision is likely to be delivered in September. While Hindus claim the land to be the site of the…
http://sify.com/news/court-decision-on-disputed-ayodhya-land-in-september-news-national-kh0x4cefaci.html LUCKNOW, August 27, 2010: A special bench of the Allahabad High Court Monday concluded the hearing related to ownership of a disputed land in Ayodhya to which Hindus and Muslims have made rival claims for over a century. The decision is likely to be delivered in September. While Hindus claim the land to be the site of the birthplace…
source: BBC LEICESTER, UNITED KINGDOM, August 2010: Women are becoming more and more prominent as worship leaders in all faiths in England. And now a woman from Leicester is taking on the largely male strong hold of Hindu priesthood. In her fifties Chanda Vyas achieved her childhood dream, when she became the first female Hindu priest to conduct weddings in…
Source: www.lassiwithlavina.com UNITED STATES, August 27, 2010 (by Lavina Melwani): Will students be heading to American universities to get their degrees as Ayurvedic doctors? Will patients seek out practitioners of this 5000-year old system of medicine from India? And will Ayurveda form the basis for new health and beauty products, even of restaurant menus, in the U.S.? If that sounds…