Source: www.hinduismpath.com USA, May 26, 2010 (Press Release): Dr. Hiro Badlani, a retired ophthalmologist from Mumbai and presently settled in America, worked passionately for over ten years on a meticulously research book about Hinduism. In nearly 400 pages, divided in 65 small easy to read chapters, in lucid narrative style, this book has been acclaimed as mini-encyclopedia of Hinduism, covering…
Source: beta.thehindu.com WASHINGTON, May 24, 2010: According to a leading researcher at the University of Illinois, most of the genes enhanced by breast milk promote quick development of the intestine and immune system. Giving reasons why mother’s milk is always better than any formula, scientists have claimed that breast milk improves the functioning of their genes in a way that…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com I see this as a fight for the dharma. Eating a cow, for a Hindu, would be like eating your own mother. Harish Bharti, a Seattle based Hindu lawyer suing McDonald’s for “deliberately misleading its American customers” by putting beef flavoring in their french fries and marking it as “natural flavor.”
Source: www.zeenews.com KOLKATA, INDIA, May 19, 2010: India is seeking UNESCO support for an international campaign to recover its priceless antiquities that were once taken away from the country in foreign invasions. “As efforts so far to reclaim stolen treasures have proved futile, UNESCO support is required for launching an international campaign to achieve the end,” Archaeological Survey of India…
Source: www.ndtv.com BANGALORE, INDIA, May 30, 2010: Art of Living founder and spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravishankar escaped unhurt on Sunday night when an unidentified gunman shot at his convoy at the ashram in Bangalore as he was returning after delivering a discourse, an ashram official said. The reasons for the attack are still unknown. “I am absolutely safe,” the…
Source: www.zeenews.com KANCHEEPURAM, INDIA, May 22, 2010: Stone inscriptions dating back to the 10th and 11th century AD found recently in a nearby village have thrown light on the way records of properties were maintained during the Chola times. The stones were found last week during digging at the Sirukarumbur hamlet, tucked away from the main road 15 miles from…
Source: www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, May 12, 2010: The only Hindu Temple (a district of South London) is facing demolition as developers plan to move in and replace the holy site with a hotel and student accommodation. The Sivayogam Muthumariyamman Temple may be forced to close after the religious leaders’ bid to buy the building was rejected. Money owed to the…
Source: Religion News Service WASHINGTON, May 2010: Jamila Bey and other black atheists, agnostics and secularists are struggling to openly affirm their secular viewpoints in a community that’s historically heralded as one of America’s most religious. At the first African Americans for Humanism conference recently hosted by the non-profit Center for Inquiry, about 50 people gathered to discuss the ins…
Source: www.nytimes.com NEW YORK, May 29, 2010: With salt under attack for its ill effects on the nation’s health, the food giant Cargill kicked off a campaign last November to spread its own message. “Salt is a pretty amazing compound,” Alton Brown gushes about it. But by all appearances, this is a moment of reckoning for salt. High blood pressure…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com As your mind releases its desires and cravings, it releases the hold that it has on you. You dive deeper, fearlessly into this blazing avalanche of light, losing your consciousness. And as you come back into the mind, you see the mind for what it is, and you are free. You find that you are no longer attached…