Source: www.hinduismtoday.com A man asked Mata Amritanandamayi Ma when he would achieve liberation. Amma described two kinds of buses: The express bus, which goes straight to the final destination, and the local bus that stops often. She said that since the man was not on the express bus, it was hard to say when he would reach the destination.
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. But in a single generation it has all but vanished. That is a remarkably swift change for the Himalayan communities. Malang…
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.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. But in a single generation it has all but vanished. That is a remarkably swift change for the Himalayan communities. Malang…
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: 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…