Source: Religion News Services (RNS) THE AMHERST, NY, USA: The atheist group Center for Inquiry has changed the name of its “International Blasphemy Day” to “International Blasphemy Rights Day” in a bid to show that organizers are not interested in “mocking religion” for its own sake. Center for Inquiry representatives said the name change better describes the purpose of the…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com People who take themselves too seriously are seldom known for any good sense of humor. Sita Ram Goel in “How I Became Hindu”
Source: www.metronews.ca KATMANDU, NEPAL, August 9, 2010: A group of Bhutanese refugees expelled from their Himalayan homeland nearly two decades ago left Nepal for Britain on Monday to begin new lives after living in United Nations-run camps for years. Thirty-seven refugees left Monday and will be followed by many more, said Stephen Jaquemet, an official with the U.N. High Commissioner…
Source: www.roanoke.com MISSOULA, MONTANA, August 8, 2010: The 2000 U.S. census listed Patel at 172nd among the nation’s 1,000 most common surnames, ahead of common surnames such as Gardner, Peters, Richards, Spencer and Andrews. Sanjay Patel owns and operates a Days Inn in the heart of Missoula’s small downtown. Patel moved to the United States 20 years ago and to…
Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com WASHINGTON, August 9, 2010: An organisation representing the interests of the Kashmiri Pandits in the US today asked the Indian government to protect the lives of the Hindu community in the Valley, which has witnessed violent protests. “We are deeply concerned at this loss of lives and property and urge the state Government to make sure the remaining…
Source: www.dnaindia.com PAKISTAN, August 9, 2010: The body of a woman, who died in Lahore in June 2006, had to be kept in a mortuary for five days due to the absence of a cremation ground for Hindus in Pakistan. She was laid to rest in the Miani Sahib’s graveyard for the Muslims as a last resort. The case generated…
Source: Press Release AUSTRALIA, July 27, 2010: Frank Sartor, Minister for Climate Change and the Environment, announced Deepa Gupta as the youngest ever recipient of the Green Globe Individual Sustainability Champion Award at last night’s 2010 ceremony at NSW Parliament House. “At only 26, Deepa is co-founder of the Indian Youth Climate Network,” Mr Sartor said. The Green Globe Awards…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Only one task to do here: find out who you are. How do you find out who you are? You need a Satguru! Anonymous.
Source: www.zeenews.com JAMMU, INDIA, August 2, 2010: The naturally-formed ice lingam of Lord Shiva in Amarnath cave shrine in South Kashmir has totally melted, official sources revealed. “The holy ice lingam does not exist any more for this year,” official sources said. The pilgrimage to the Himalayan cave shrine, situated at a height of 13,500 feet, started July 1 and…
Source: www.straitstimes.com KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, July 28, 2010: A Malaysian court on Tuesday fined 12 Muslims and sentenced one of them to a week in prison for illegally protesting the construction of a Hindu temple by parading a severed cow’s head. The 12 men were among scores of Muslims who marched with a bloodied cow’s head from a mosque to…