Source: www.international-karma-yoga-day.org UNITED STATES, July 30, 2010 (Press release): The International Karma Yoga Day is an initiative designed to bring together all yoga schools and practitioners around the world for one day of service a year. Every year, on the second Sunday of September, we will link as many different people as we can across the world in kindness, love…
Source: www.bbc.co.uk LONDON, UK, August 7, 2010: A giant sheet of ice four tumes the area of Manhattan, measuring 260 sq km (100 sq miles), has broken off a glacier in Greenland according to researchers at a US university. It is the largest Arctic iceberg to calve since 1962, said Prof Andreas Muenchow of the University of Delaware. There was…
Source: expressbuzz.com PALANI, INDIA, July 15, 2010: The steps leading to the sanctum sanctorum of the Dandayuthapani Swamy temple in Palani are to be paved with 11 lbs. of gold plating, chairman of the Board of Directors of the temple Balasubramanian has said. A meeting of the board was held on Tuesday presided over by the chairman. After the meeting,…
Source: blogs.suntimes.com USA, December 23, 2008 (By Roger Ebert, film critic): I received a DVD with a whimsically named movie, “Sita Sings the Blues,” and almost did not watch it. And then I finally did. My reaction? I am enchanted. I am swept away. I am smiling from one end of the film to the other. It is astonishingly original.…
Source: www.unp.co.in INDIA, August 2010: The United States topped the list of Foreign Tourist Arrivals in India for 2009. The 803,000 visitors from the U.S. represented a 15.7% share of foreign tourists. This was followed closely by the United Kingdom with 748,765 visitors and a 14.7% share and Bangladesh with 458,063 visitors and a 9% share. Canada, Sri Lanka, France,…
Source: www.thehindu.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, April 15, 2010: Dr. Asko Parpola, an Indologist from Finland, is Professor Emeritus of Indology, Institute of World Cultures, University of Helsinki, and one of the leading authorities on the Indus Civilization and its script. He has concluded that the script — which is yet to be deciphered — encodes a Dravidian language. As a…
Source: HPI KAPAA, HI, USA, August 5, 2010: The HPI article “New Series of Programs on Hinduism,” published yesterday, did not have the correct url. For the Hindu Academy’s YouTube channel, go to http://www.youtube.com/hinduacademy where Jay Lakhani of the Hindu Academy, based in London, is creating an impressive collection of positive Hindu material. The questions are sometimes as good as…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com As the bee takes the essence of a flower and flies away without destroying its beauty and perfume, so let the sage wander in this life. Dhammapada 50
Source: www.facebook.com KAUAI, HI, USA, August 5, 2010: Hinduism Today, Sanatana Dharma’s flagship magazine, now has a presence on Facebook. In these times of “Web 2.0” — when interaction is the key — millions of people use Facebook as their home base on the internet. Facebook has recently reached the impressive mark of 500,000,000 users. The website’s tools allow users…
Source: www.youtube USA/CANADA, July 2010: Aastha TV on SKY 807 (Direct TV in USA and Rogers Cable in Canada) are broadcasting a new series of programs on Hinduism. The daily broadcasts include an early morning program from 7 to 7:30 a.m. with interactive sessions with Hindu & Non-Hindu youth. An afternoon program from 4 to 4:30 p.m with talks aimed…