Source: www.livemint.com HARIDWAR, INDIA, April 20, 2010: More than three decades ago, when Buddha Dev Sharma was young and nervous about English, he subscribed to a newspaper in English to overcome his fears and learn the new language. Today Buddha Dev Sharma writes, edits and publishes Vaak, Uttarakhand’s only Sanskrit newspaper. Following stints as a freelance writer with local newspapers…
Source: www.google.com KOLKATA, INDIA, April 2010: A group of chefs are in the subcontinent determined to teach locals about British versions of traditional Indian recipes. Indian food has become a mainstay of the British diet, eaten in vast quantities across the country, but few people in the homeland of the curry have ever heard of the dishes that pass off…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Only the ignorant man expects perfection and lasting fulfillment from this Earth. Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952), founder of Self-Realization Fellowship
Source: beta.thehindu.com INDIA, April 22, 2010: The 7-ft murti of Lord Anjaneya (a name of Hanuman) at the famous Anjaneyar Ashram in Salem now has a golden vimana. The first of its kind for the God, the Swarna Vimana was consecrated recently. The beautiful ashram also has sannidhis for Sri Rama, Sakkarathazhwar, the 13 Azhwars, and Sri Ramanuja and Desikan.…
Source: newsweek.washingtonpost.com SAN FRANCISCO, May 8, 2010: (by Vamsee Juluri) I wonder if the followers of any other faith in America have to live with the absurdity of hearing constantly that their religion does not exist. Add to that an irony: you see images from the religion that supposedly does not exist showing up everywhere, as ornaments, as New Age…
Source: HPI KAPAA, HI, May 8, 2010: A writer, photographer and mother of three in Mauritius is inspired to bring some of the great modern stories about Hinduism into the pages of Hinduism Today magazine. Kavita Mardeemootoo is inviting all HPI readers (and their families and friends) to send her your testimonies and tales. She will do all the editing…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com In the whole world there is no study so beneficial and so elevating as that of the Upanishads. It has been the solace of my life–it will be the solace of my death. Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), German philosopher and writer.
Source: www.echo-news.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, May 3, 2010: A taste of India came to south Essex when more than 1,500 worshippers came to a Hindu festival. The miserable weather failed to dampen the spirits of the festival-goers who flocked to East Beach in Shoebury. They braved the wind and rain for the Purshottum Maas festival, where they enjoyed folk dancing, traditional…
Source: www.livemint.com HARIDWAR, INDIA, April 19, 2010: [HPI note: This is an article in two parts.] The advertisement, in Sanskrit, was small, tossed to the extreme right of the newspaper page: “Sanskrit-dwitiyarajbhashayuktam deshashya prathamrajyam Uttarakhandam” (Uttarakhand is India’s first state to have Sanskrit as its second official language). The language of ancient Indian religious texts and epics is being revived…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com In the garden of the soul, plant the seed of the Word (Lord’s Name). Water the soil with love and humility and reap the fruits of Divinity. Guru Granth Sahib