Source: www.thehindu.com INDIA, July 2010: In a surprise move, the government has decided to impose a temporary nine-month cap from July 1 on immigration from non-European Union countries pending a review of its election pledge to introduce a fixed annual limit from next April. During this period only 24,000 non-EU skilled workers who qualify under the existing points-based system would…
Source: newsweek.washingtonpost.com INDIA, June 16, 2010 (By Aseem Shukla): “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” (Mahatma Gandhi) For panentheistic Hindus, who with many Dharma faiths and Pagan traditions worship Earth as a manifestation of the Mother Goddess, divinity is found within every part of nature just as…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Life is a boomerang. It brings you back what you send out. It is a child, not an old person, who makes progress in life. If you really want to become a child, then you have to feel that there is always something to learn and that God is there to teach you. Sri Chinmoy, renowned spiritual leader,…
Source: www.nytimes.com MALANG, INDIA, July 16, 2010: In the remote villages of this Himalayan valley, polyandry, the practice of multiple men marrying one wife, was for centuries a practical solution to a set of geographic, economic and meteorological problems. Polyandry has been practiced here for centuries, but in a single generation it has all but vanished. That is a remarkably…
Source: www.news.bbc.co.uk GHANA, July 2, 2010: The air is filled with the sweet smell of incense burning in a corner of the huge hall. Wrapped in shiny bright clothes, statues of Hindu Gods and Goddesses smile benevolently from the elevated platform. Sitting on the white marble floor a group of more than 50 men, women and children sing devotional Hindu…
Source: www.ddinews.gov.in KASHMIR, INDIA, July 7, 2010: Over 82,000 pilgrims have paid obeisance at the Amarnath shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, while an eighth batch of 2,820 people left Jammu on Wednesday for the 3,888 metre high Lord Shiva cave shrine. “The yatra is going on smoothly. Over 82,000 pilgrims have had darshan of the Ice Ligum of Lord Shiva…
Source: www.nytimes.com BANTA, INDIA, June 28, 2010: India may be the world’s largest democracy, but a vast and powerful bureaucracy governs. It is an imperial edifice built on feudal foundations, and for much of independent India’s history the bureaucracy has been largely unaccountable. Citizens had few means to demand to know what their government was doing for them. But it…
Source: www.nytimes.com UNITED STATES, June 25, 2010: Gordon Brown’s rant about a “bigoted” voter sped his exit from the British prime minister’s post. What punctured his cool? Her complaint about immigrants. When an earthquake shattered Haiti, Dominicans sent soldiers and Americans sent ships — to discourage potential immigrants. The congressman who shouted “You lie!” at President Obama was upset about…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com The leaders of three religions A, B and C decided to convene a meeting to bring about peace. God was so pleased with their efforts that He sent an angel to them during the meeting. The angel asked the leaders what they wished. The leader of religion A said, Religion B is responsible for all the problems. So…
Source: www.religionnews.com UNITED STATES, June 8, 2010: When seventh-grader Raymond Hosier was suspended for wearing rosary beads to school late last month, civil rights groups rushed to his defense. “Without question, the continuing action taken by the school district in punishing Raymond for wearing a rosary to school violates the constitutional rights of our client,” argued Jay Sekulow of the…