Source: www.patheos.com USA, May 8, 2010: Patheos.com, a website created to foster global dialogue about religion and spirituality and to explore and experience the world’s beliefs, has now a Hindu Portal. You can visit it above and read about your faith and participate in many ways. Patheos is calling for Hindu bloggers who can write articulate and well-informed posts about…
Source: www.domain-b.com INDIA, May 8, 2010: The national Indian government is pondering if it will include caste in the national census after a gap of 79 years, as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh promised a decision soon. “I am aware of the views of the Members of Parliament belonging to all sections. I assure you that the cabinet will take a…
Source: www.nytimes.com DYERSBURG, TN, USA, May 3, 2010: For 15 years, Eddie Anderson, a farmer, has been a strict adherent of no-till agriculture, an environmentally friendly technique that all but eliminates plowing to curb erosion and the harmful runoff of fertilizers and pesticides. But not this year. On a recent afternoon here, Mr. Anderson watched as tractors crisscrossed a rolling…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Whenever I have read any part of the Vedas, I have felt that some unearthly and unknown light illuminated me. In the greatest teachings of the Vedas, there is no touch of sectarianism. It is of all ages, climes and nationalities and the royal road for the attainment of the Great Knowledge. Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American naturalist,…
Source: www.kansascity.com KANSAS CITY, U.S., May 7, 2010: The Hindu Temple and Cultural Center of Kansas City is holding a special spiritual ceremony, “World Peace Maha Yagna,” through May 16 at the temple. An elaborate fire pit has been created, and each day during the ceremony, priests make offerings of grain, fruit and other items to the fire God while…
Source: www.hafsite.org WASHINGTON, DC, May 8, 2010: HAF is excited to launch its second annual NextGen Essay Contest, open to all writers between the ages of 17 and 27 years. The theme this year is, “How do you live your Hindu identity differently from how your parents live theirs?” As the Foundation continues its advocacy efforts, it is also aware…
Source: pib.nic.in INDIA, May 7, 2010: The three National Academies (Sangeet Natak, Sahitya and Lalit Kala) and the Ministry of Culture are launching the National Celebrations on the 150th year of Rabindranath Tagore, with a three-day event entitled Rabindra Pranati. This will take place from 7th to 9th May 2010 in New Delhi. Rabindranath’s genius expressed itself in the entire…
Source: news.bbc.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, May 2010: Indian children could soon be wearing canvas shoes to school rather than the heavy leather brogues, widely viewed as relics from the British colonial era. Indian politician Maneka Gandhi is campaigning to ban the shoes as they are “unhealthy and uncomfortable” and “destroying” the feet of school-goers. “Leather shoes are really bad for our…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Remember, when you find yourself arguing with a fool, he is doing the same thing. Anonymous
Source: in.news.yahoo.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, April 30, 2010: UK-based Davender Ghai, 71, is a man with a mission. For the last four years Ghai was locked in a legal battle with the British government for his right to be cremated in the open, which is prohibited in the United Kingdom under 1902 Cremation Act. But in February this year, he…