Source: Paras Ramoutar, HPI Correspondent TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, July 21, 2010: Indian-born, seer, Jyoti Shacharya Sri Sri Gajendra Kumar has announced that construction work on a $14 million Lakshmi Narayan Mandir in Trinidad will commence on Divali, November 5. “When completed, the Mandir will become a place of peace, solace, tranquility and deep spirituality where devotes could come and meditate,…
Source: www.prurgent.com UNITED STATES, July 21, 2010: Based on the positive results of six Hinduism Summits held by the Forum Hindu Awakening (FHA) over the past year, FHA along with the Sunnyvale Hindu Temple is sponsoring a Hinduism Summit. The Hindu Dharma Sabha welcomes anyone interested in understanding and living Hinduism. The Hindu Dharma Sabha will include presentations by Hindu…
Source: www.harrowtimes.co.uk KENTON, U.K., June 30, 2010: Education watchdog, Ofsted, issued a “Notice to Improve” to Kenton Day Nursery after a vegetarian Hindu mother discovered her son had been served fish for lunch. She complained to Ofsted in March and the watchdog published its findings in April. A summary of its conclusions states: “We carried out an announced visit to…
Source: thestar.com.my COIMBATORE, INDIA, June 27, 2010: A globe-trotting Malaysian-born Information Technology (IT) consultant has embarked on an ambitious initiative to preserve ancient Tamil heritage in digital format. Subhashini Tremmel, currently residing in Germany, is sourcing these archaic priceless materials which are sprinkled across the globe. “I want to preserve Tamil heritage in a digital manner. Many ancient Tamil texts…
Source: googleblog.blogspot.com USA, July 21, 2010: Produced and Director Ridley Scott has joined YouTube in a global experiment to create a user-generated feature film, shot in a single day, by people around the world. On July 24, you have 24 hours to capture a snapshot of your life on camera. You can film the ordinary — a sunrise, the commute…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Sandalwood perfumes even the axe that hurls it down! The more we rub sandalwood against a stone, the more its fragrance spreads. Burn it, and it wafts its glory through the entire neighborhood. Such is the enchanting beauty of forgiveness in life. Swami Chinmayananda (1916-1993)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com AHMEDABAD, INDIA, June 27, 2010: Khimjibhai Prajapati, 64 and a beggar in Mehsana for a decade, a few days ago donated clothes to 11 poor hearing and speech-impaired girls at the Shrimati Kesarbai Kilachand School for the Deaf, to the astonishment of the school’s staff. It was the first time ever that a beggar had walked into the…
Source: www.ddinews.gov.in WASHINGTON D.C., June 20, 2010: Two Indian-Americans, Stanford Radiologist Pat Basu and Lt Commander Sunny Ramchandani, were among 13 candidates who were selected for the prestigious White House Fellow for the year 2010-2011. “This year’s White House Fellows are comprised of some of the best and brightest leaders in our country,” said the First Lady Michelle Obama. “I…
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, June 26, 2010: (The following is an essay by Madhu Purnima Kishwar.) On the wake of tragic results caused by corporal punishment in India, we can reflect on the fact that despite their avant-garde pretensions, many of our elite English-medium schools have not outgrown the moral dictum of their Victorian founding fathers: “Spare the rod…
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com UNITED STATES, May 27, 2010: [HPI note: This thought-provoking essay from Philip Goldberg refers to the debate between Aseem Shukla and Deepak Chopra on the Washingon Post, which you can read here .] Aseem Shukla, in his essay, “The Theft of Yoga,” lamented that the phenomenal popularity of yoga has been achieved at a cost, namely its disconnection…