Source: www.hafsite.org ST. PAUL, MN, March 21, 2010: (The following talk was delivered at the St. Paul Interfaith Network’s Interfaith Seder by HAF Managing Director Suhag Shukla.) Namaste. Nam – as – te. Three syllables and one simple word that has the potential to bring peace between peoples, peace between nations and most importantly, peace within ourselves. Literally translated, namaste…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Youth are blamed for being careless and useless, but in reality I feel that they are cared for less and are used less, and as a result the most valuable resource of the society is getting wasted. Brahmachari Atma Chaitanya of Chinmaya Mission, Kerala
Source: sify.com LUCKNOW, INDIA, March 25, 2010: Stories of socially marginalized people not being allowed into places of worship are common in India. In such a scenario, a Dalit family presiding over an Uttar Pradesh temple for two centuries is nothing short of exemplary. It’s only Dalits who have been priests of the Kali Mata temple, dedicated to Goddess Durga,…
Source: www.zeenews.com KENDRAPARA, ORISSA, April 6, 2010: Sasana village in the Shyamsundar gram panchayat, which is inhabited mainly by brahmins, has a little over 32 households with 200-odd members. In all the households, one will come across Sanskrit pundits employed in government-run Sanskrit-medium educational institutions. “We are proud patrons of Sanskrit. The ancient language is very much alive at the…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India. French scholar Romain Rolland
Source: www.hafsite.org MINNEAPOLIS, MN, March 30, 2010: The annual Hindu human rights report was released by the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) earlier today. The 194 page report, now in its sixth year, entitled “Hindus in South Asia and the Diaspora, A Survey of Human Rights 2009,” is the only such report released internationally. Censuring eleven countries for either targeting Hindus…
Source: forumforhinduawakening.org CHICAGO, IL, April 9, 2010 (Press Release): The Hinduism Summit (Hindu Dharmasabha) in the Greater Chicago area, USA, will be held on the auspicious occasion of Kamala Ekadashi, 5112 (24 April 2010) at the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago, Lemont, IL. The Hinduism Summit will be held by the Forum for Hindu Awakening (FHA) and Hindu Janajagruti Samiti…
Source: www.thedailystar.net DHAKA, BANGLADESH, March 29, 2010: Archaeologists of Jahan-girnagar University in Dhaka have recently dug out the first Hindu temple from the early Pala period in Bengal at Chandipur village in Birampur upazila of Dinajpur district, tentatively dating back to the 8th century. No other Hindu temple of any kind dates from Pala period (eighth-eleventh century) was found in…
Source: beta.thehindu.com INDIA, April 2, 2010: With the Right to Education Act coming into force, India has joined the league of over 130 countries which have legal guarantees to provide free and compulsory education to children. According to the UNESCO’s “Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2010,” about 135 countries have constitutional provisions for free and non-discriminatory education for all.…
Source: www.thejakartapost.com JAKARTA, INDONESIA, April 3, 2010: The Center of Documentation of World Theater in Vitre, France is featuring shadow puppets as part of the Festival de l’Imaginaire this year. The first exhibition displays shadow puppets from India and Java, Indonesia. The second features the work of Indonesian contemporary wayang beber painter Dani Iswardani from Solo, Java. The first, Shadows…