Source: www.cnn.com UNITED STATES July 1, 2009: Study shows a whopping two-thirds of Americans are either overweight or obese, and obesity rates for children are at or above 30 percent in 30 states. The percentage of adults classified as obese went up in 23 states, but Mississippi, with 32.5 percent, stayed atop the latest annual rankings by the Robert Wood…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com A journalist dreamed that he interviewed God and asked Him what surprised Him most about people. God answered, “That they get bored being children, are in a rush to grow up, and then later long to be children again. That they lose their health to make money and then lose their money to restore their health.”
Source: newsweek.washingtonpost.com WASHINGTON, DC, May 3, 2010: On April 18, Washington Post’s blog On Faith posted an opinion piece by Aseem Shukla on yoga’s American popularity and Hindu heritage. On April 23, On Faith panelist Deepak Chopra responded. The impromptu debate has drawn hundreds of comments from readers and generated a great deal of discussion in the wider Hindu community.…
Source: www.dailynews.lk PARIS, FRANCE, April 13, 2010: A new university library called BULAC (Bibliotheque Universitaire des Langues et Civilisations) is being started in Paris, in association with INALCO (Institute National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales). It will be the largest and most comprehensive library in France and possibly in Europe for the study of languages, literatures, social sciences and humanities…
Source: www.afaqs.com HARIDWAR, INDIA, April 28, 2010: Dharm media venture officially announced the launch of India’s religious channel Dharm. The channel will be available to over 50 million people across the country within 6 months of its launch. The channel is available through local networks in Delhi NCR, Uttar Prades, Uttranchal, Gujrat and parts of Mumbai, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar.…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com If it seems strange to you that the old Indian philosophers should have known more about the soul than Greek or medieval or modern philosophers, let us remember that however much the telescopes for observing the stars of heaven have been improved, the observatories of the soul have remained much the same. Friedrich Maximilian Mueller (1823-1900), German philologist…
Source: sify.com HARIDWAR, INDIA, April 28, 2010: About 80 million people bathed in the river Ganges in northern India during the Kumbh Mela festival that lasted 104 days, organizers said on Wednesday as the event drew to a close. The Kumbh Mela, which is billed as the largest festival on Earth, attracts Hindus from across the country to the sacred…
Source: www.mid-day.com MUMBAI, INDIA, April 28, 2010: After 5 months without any auspicious wedding dates, there’s a mad rush for the mandap this Akshaya Tritiya, one of the most auspicious days for weddings according to the Hindu calendar. On Sunday, May 16, the city will turn into one huge marriage procession as approximately 50,000 weddings are expected to take place…
Source: www.nytimes.com WASHINGTON, U.S., April 28, 2010: A badly fractured Supreme Court, with six justices writing opinions, re-opened the possibility on Wednesday that a large cross serving as a war memorial in a remote part of the Mojave desert may be permitted to remain there. The 5-to-4 decision provided a glimpse into how divided the court is on the role…
Source: www.macarthuradvertiser.com.au NSW, AUSTRALIA, April 28, 2010: It started off as a few graffiti tags on the side of Mukti Gupteshwar Mandir Shiva Hindu Temple in Eagleview Road, Minto. But last week things got worse. Offenders destroyed a 200-meter fence and forced their way into the temple before smashing light fixtures on Monday, April 19. They damaged property worth more…