Source: pib.nic.in INDIA, June 10, 2010: The Union Cabinet today approved the introduction of a Bill, namely, the Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2010 to further amend the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 and the Special Marriage Act, 1954, to provide therein irretrievable break down of marriage as a ground of divorce. The Bill would provide safeguards to parties to marriage who…
Source: www.cathnewsindia.com SRI LANKA, June 23, 2010: An Indian Hindu delegation has met senior Sri Lankan Buddhist monks to discuss post civil war recovery assistance, such as national conciliation, interfaith unity and repairing Hindu temples. The Hindu delegation, which included several priests, dignitaries and intellectuals, met the monks at the Mahabodhi Maha Viharaya, a Buddhist temple in Colombo on June…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com O resplendent Lord, if I were the sole monarch of wealth as you have been, then my worshippers would have been rich in kine. Rig Veda 8.14.1
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Source: http://www.patheos.com/Topics/Future-of-World-Religions/Hinduism.html KAPAA, KAUAI, USA, July 1, 2010: Patheos.com is organizing a series where scholars, devotees and religious leaders debate the future of religions. In the first one, “The Future of Hinduism,” fourteen essays expound different perspectives on the Hindu Faith and its future. HPI will publish summaries of some pieces over the next few weeks. HPI readers are invited…
Source: www.time.com USA, July 1, 2010: [HPI note: A recent issue of Time magazine published an article by columnist Joel Stein that talked, in off-key and somewhat racist terms, about how Indian immigrants had transformed the town of Edison, NJ, where he grew up. At first, the HPI team decided to ignore it — Stein’s satires usually carry little intellectual…
Source: www.lassiwithlavina.com NEW YORK, July 1, 2010: By now you’ve all read Joel Stein’s “My Own Private India” in TIME magazine – his tirade against Indians in Edison, NJ and heard of the hullabaloo that’s ensued. The bloggers, Indian media as well as regular folk are quite upset about Stein’s seemingly bigoted views. I gather that Stein writes mostly satire.…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com If you believe everything you read, you should better not read. Japanese Proverb
Source: www.guardian.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, June 4, 2010: Those of the older generation want to go home; the younger are seeking a new life in the West. “Look how happy we used to be,” says Harka Jung Subba, pointing to a family photograph hanging on the wall of his hut. It shows him, his wife and their six sons and daughters…
Source: www.dailypioneer.com LUCKNOW, PAKISTAN, June 2010: Rituals in many Hindu temples in Pakistan, including famous Prahlad temple and Sun temple in Multan, have been suspended. Visiting Pakistan’s Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Hamid Saeed Kazmi has said since all the important Hindu temples were facing an acute shortage of priests, the Government had no option but to suspend religious functions…