Source: www.nytimes.com TOKYO, JAPAN, August 14, 2010: Japan has long boasted of having many of the world’s oldest people — testament, many here say, to a society with a superior diet and a commitment to its elderly that is unrivaled in the West. That was before the police found the body of a man thought to be one of Japan’s…
Source: mailto:ar@hindu.org KAUAI, HAWAII, August 14, 2010: Hinduism Today is working on its fifth lesson on Indian and Hindu history, covering 1947 to the present. As part of the lesson, we intend to include the major Hindu religious places of pilgrimage within each state (and the larger union territories) of India. We’d appreciate some help from our readers to list…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good and not quite all the time. George Orwell
Source: www.facebook.com UNITED STATES, July 2010: Since 2006, Sewa USA has taken initiative in the resettlement of Bhutanese Refugees. By 2012 a total of 60,000 refugees will be calling America home. Sewa’s Bhutanese Refugee Empowerment (BRE) Project is assisting the refugees with education, housing assistance, farming, mobility, essential items, and employment. They are also providing help with heath care, women’s…
Source: www.religionnews.com USA, August 6, 2010 (By Daniel Burke, Religion News Services): When U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker struck down California’s Proposition 8, he said voters’ motivation for outlawing gay marriage was clear. “The evidence shows conclusively that moral and religious views form the only basis for a belief that same-sex couples are different from opposite-sex couples,” Walker wrote in…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Give me a few men and women who are pure and selfless, and I shall shake the world. Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)
Source: Press release PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD, August 11, 2010: The 2010 World Association of Vedic Studies — WAVES — conference held in Trinidad last week attracted over 100 scholars from all over the world. Participants shared their insights on the inner meanings in the Vedic literature and discussed the future of Vedic knowledge systems such as yoga and Ayurveda. Dr. Surujrattan…
Source: Press Release EASTON, PA, August 11, 2010: Sri Pujya Swami Dayananda Saraswati, a dynamic voice for dharma and Hinduism in the world, is being honored by his devotees on the occasion of his 80th birthday. From August 12 to August 15, a series of events at the Arshavidya Gurukulam in Pensilvannya will bring together his American followers. For more…
Source: newsweek.washingtonpost.com USA, August 11, 2010: [HPI note: The Washington Post’s “On Faith” blog has started a discussion about Julia Roberts professing her Hindu faith. You can post a comment, and read other people’s opinions, at the source above.] Julia Roberts has long been called America’s sweetheart. But is America ready for a Hindu sweetheart? Roberts’ embrace of the faith…
Source: sify.com INDIA, August 1, 2010: Every year the Ganesha festival is commemorated with deep fervor in Maharashtra. However, this year the surge in the petrol and diesel-price is likely to affect the ardent devotees. The murthi makers lament that the price of commodities. Rising prices of petrol and diesel in the last five years, and increased transport charges have…