Source: beta.thehindu.com CHENNAI, INDIA, April 2010: Tamil film music, which is the prime factor to determine the success of a movie, has taken to digitization of music in a big way. In fact, it is now a step ahead of Bollywood film albums by stamping its place in the celebrated Apple iStore. iPhone or iPod users in the country can…
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, March 28, 2010: A survey of new street names shows they are increasingly being chosen to reflect councils’ interests in the environment, health sand safety and diversity. Experts said that local authorities were doing the same thing the Romans did 2,000 years: using names which reflected the nature of society around them. Samsara Road, in Bromsgrove,…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them back; and then you destroy yourself. –Anonymous
Source: www.petalsinthedust.com CALIFORNIA, USA, April 4, 2010: Petals in the Dust: India’s Missing Girls is a documentary exploring why an estimated 50 million girls have been eliminated from India’s population in the last century. The gender ratio of newborns worldwide is 1.05 boys for each girl, which is exactly the ratio for the United States, Argentina and France, for example.…
Source: Press Release SAN FRANCISCO, CA, April 4, 2010: The San Francisco Bay Area’s Pallavita company presents VivRti, a two day festival featuring performances for young musicians and those interested in Karnatik devotional music by Vidwan TM Krishna.Over 100 performers will be there, with vocal ensembles, solo performances, and accompaniments by talented young musicians. The event happens on April 10th…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Alas for me, I cannot rest. This floating bubble, Earth. Its hollow form, its hollow name, its hollow death and birth. For me is nothing. How I long to get beyond the crust of name and form! Ah, open the gates; to me they open must. Open the gates of Light, O Mother to me, Thy tired son.…
Source: www.fijitimes.com SUVA, FIJI, April 3, 2010: South Indians jam-packed the National Stadium in Suva yesterday to attend the inaugural 84th convention of one of the biggest Hindu religious and charitable organisations in Fiji. The ‘Then India Sanmarga Ikya Sangam (TISI Sangam) started its four-day convention with cultural dance items. TISI Sangam Convention chairman Sadasivan Naicker said an estimated 12,000…
Source: www.fijitimes.com SUVA, FIJI, April 3, 2010: South Indians jam-packed the National Stadium in Suva yesterday to attend the inaugural 84th convention of one of the biggest Hindu religious and charitable organisations in Fiji. The Then India Sanmarga Ikya Sangam (TISI Sangam) started its four-day convention with cultural dance items. TISI Sangam Convention chairman Sadasivan Naicker said an estimated 12,000…
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com BHUBANESWAR, ORISSA, INDIA, April 4, 2010: Union minister of state environment and forest Jairam Ramesh attraced criticism for opposing the wearing of the traditional ceremonial robes at university events. “The practice of wearing a traditional colored gown during a convocation ceremony at any university is a barbaric colonial practice. Why can’t we wear simple dress instead of these…
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, March 4, 2010: Stampedes at temples and other religious places in India have claimed nearly 700 lives in the past eight years. At least 63 people were killed and 15 injured recently when a gate at Kripalu Maharaj’s ashram at Pratapgarh in Uttar Pradesh collapsed during distribution of food on the occasion of a ritual,…