Source: www.lotussculpture.com/huge-22-foot-bronze-nataraja-statue.html SWAMIMALAI, TAMIL NADU, August 1, 2010: For years, metal sculptor Varadaraj dreamed of making the largest-ever bronze statue of Lord Nataraja. The work started this year, and it is shaping up to be a magnificent piece. Scheduled to be cast in late 2010, it will be 22-23 feet tall and weigh nearly ten tons. The base will display…
Source: www.nytimes.com CALCUTTA, INDIA, August 14, 2010: Before 1947, when the British left India, Anglo-Indians — also known at the time as half-castes, blacky-whites and eight annas (there were 16 annas in a rupee, the official currency of India) — formed a distinct community of 300,000 to 500,000 people. Most were employed in the railroads and other government services, and…
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…