Daily Inspiration
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Remember, when you find yourself arguing with a fool, he is doing the same thing. Anonymous
UK Hindu Still Fighting For an Open-Air Cremation
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…
Vaak, A Newspaper in Sanskrit.
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…
The Great Curries of… Britain?
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…
Daily Inspiration
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
First Golden Vimana For Lord Hanuman
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.…
The Follies of Hindu Denial
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…
Share Your Great Modern Stories about Hinduism
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…
Daily Inspiration
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.
1,500 Hold Hindu Festival On Shoebury East Beach
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…