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Source: www.hinduamericanseva.org WASHINGTON D.C., May 18, 2010: Under the guidance of the White House Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships (OFBNP), an inspired team with Anju Bhargava, a member of President Obama’s Advisory Council, formed Hindu American Seva Charities. The Hindu American Seva Charities recently compiled a report that details specific seva activities, interfaith collaboration and information on infrastructures…

Source: www.outlookindia.com UNITED STATES, May 2010: Less than a fortnight ago, Harvard University announced that the Murthy family of Bangalore (Narayana Murthy is the Founder-Chairman of Infosys a global software company) had established a new publication series called the Murthy Classical Library Series (MCLI) with a generous gift of $5.2 million. It also announced that renowned scholar Sheldon Pollock, who…

Source: www.metoperafamily.org NEW YORK, May 18, 2010: Amid the sweeping vistas and grand temples of mystical India, Natalia Makarova’s staging of this great Russian classic by Marius Petipa, with music by Ludwig Minkus, is a glorious epic of eternal love and revenge. La Bayadere offers tour de force performances by ABT Principal Dancers as the tale’s doomed temple dancer, Nikiya,…

Source: www.hindu.com KOZHIKODE, INDIA, MAY 18, 2010: Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan, on Monday, officially announced the Kerala State Organic Farming policy aimed at making farming sustainable and ensuring toxin-free food to public within 10 years. Speaking on the occasion at the Urban Wholesale Agricultural Market at Vengeri here, he said many districts which had already commenced organic farming had reported…

Source: pib.nic.in NEW DELHI, INDIA, May 9, 2010: The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh inaugurated “The Master’s Strokes: Art of Rabindranath Tagore” exhibition at the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi today, honoring the 150th Birth Anniversary of one of the world’s foremost cultural personalities. Rabindranath Tagore’s genius as a poet, dramatist, philosopher, educationist and composer won him universal…

Source: www.hinduismtoday.com What I feel right now is just bliss. Daily life tires the soul as well as the body. This one day, this one bath, is like a new birth for my soul.    Vivek Ananda Shastri, 28, teacher, after bathing at the January 2001 Kumbha Mela

Source: www.breitbart.com AHMEDABAD, INDIA, May 10, 2010: An 83-year-old Indian holy man who says he has spent seven decades without food or water has astounded a team of military doctors who studied him during a two-week observation period. Prahlad Jani spent a fortnight in a hospital in the western India state of Gujarat under constant surveillance from a team of…

Source: epaper.timesofindia.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, May 11, 2010: A 600-year-old statue of Lord Nataraja, estimated to be worth around US$1 million in the international market, was seized by the police in south district from two persons who were allegedly trying to sell it. The accused were arrested near Vikas Sadan in Kotla Mubarakpur on Sunday. “We have seized the antique…

Source: www.hindustantimes.com KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, May 11, 2010: More than 20,000 Hindus are expected to attend the consecration ceremony of Sri Maha Mariam man Temple in Malaysia. The 105-year-old temple in Puchong, a suburb, is being reconstructed at a cost of more than US$885,000. Temple chairman A. Sevaguru said preparations were being undertaken to ensure the temple would be ready…

Source: www.bloomberg.com INDIA, May 4, 2010: Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati stands on the banks of the Ganges, India’s holiest river, urging his fellow Hindu priests to oppose hydropower dams the nation needs to curb blackouts and drive economic growth. “Without electricity, you can survive. One can’t survive without water,” Saraswati tells a gathering of holy men in the Himalayan foothills where the…