Source: www.circleofblue.org INDIA, September 2, 2010: India’s central government canceled a dam project on a Ganges River tributary last week, after the leading partner in the ruling coalition intervened because of environmental and religious concerns. This is the third project on the river scrapped because of such pressure. A group of ministers led by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee green-lighted the…
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com MUMBAI, INDIA, September 9, 2010: 10,000 Ganesh mandals in the city are pledging to refrain from advertising tobacco products during the 11-day festival. The success of the pledge, though, remains to be seen as mandals collectively stand to lose over US$100,000 as tobacco companies are their major sponsors. If the mandals stick to their pledge, one would not…
Source: www.hindu.com HASANPARTHY, INDIA, September 10, 2010: Students of Sujatha Vidyaniketan prepared 400 Ganesha murtis with the clay brought from the village tank and distributed them among the villagers. With the view to popularise the use of clay murtis and discourage the plaster-of-paris murtis among the general public and to inculcate a sense of environmental protection among children, the school…
Source: mailto:ar@hindu.org KAUAI, HAWAII, September 5, 2010: Hinduism Today is working on the fifth and last in its series on Indian History, this chapter covering Independence to today. We are puzzled by the system of family or personal law in India and are seeking someone expert in this subject to help us. Among our questions are if there are parliament…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com There is a startling parallelism between today’s physics and the world vision of Eastern mysticism. The increasing contribution of Eastern scientists from India, China and Japan, among others, reinforces this conjunction. Physical science has now become planetary and draws into its fold an increasing number of non-Easterners who find in its new vision of the universe many elements…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com KAUAI, HI, USA, September 11, 2010: Today Hindus all over the world celebrated one of Hinduism’s greatest festivals, honoring a God who is loved by all Hindus. During Ganesha Chaturthi, a ten-day celebration that culminated today, elaborate puja ceremonies are held in Hindu temples around the world honoring Ganesha, the benevolent, elephant-faced Lord of Obstacles. In millions of…
Source: www.hinduamericanseva.org WASHINGTON, DC, September 11, 2010: (Press Release) “As Hindus, we believe in what Mahatma Gandhi repeatedly emphasized, the Vedic statement ‘Ahimsa Paramo Dharmah’ meaning non-violence is the foremost duty, to the extent that it supersedes all other duties,” emphasizes Anju Bhargava today, September 11. She is a key member of Hindu American Seva Charities and also a member…
Source: www.youtube.com MUMBAI, INDIA, September 11, 2010: Some of our readers might enjoy this cute cartoon built around the question of what happens to all the Ganesha murtis which are placed in the ocean at the end of the festivities–be sure to watch it to the end.
Source: www.abna.ir ABNA, PAKISTAN, September 2010: In times of adversity, religious differences are forgotten. In a rare demonstration of communal harmony, Muslims recited the Quran while the minority Hindus gathered for special prayers and chanted hymns from the Bhagvad Gita, reports said. The town has been protected by a temporary embankment erected by the locals. According to religious leaders, the…
Source: www.heraldscotland.com SCOTLAND, August 29, 2010: The warnings regularly given by all manner of experts had been ignored for decades. Because Pakistan’s irresponsible timber harvesting stripped the country’s forests at a faster rate than anywhere else in Asia, floods came. They are not acts of God, but man-made catastrophes. As August began – that heavier than usual, but not unprecedented,…