Source: sify.com HARIDWAR, INDIA, April 28, 2010: About 80 million people bathed in the river Ganges in northern India during the Kumbh Mela festival that lasted 104 days, organizers said on Wednesday as the event drew to a close. The Kumbh Mela, which is billed as the largest festival on Earth, attracts Hindus from across the country to the sacred…
Source: www.mid-day.com MUMBAI, INDIA, April 28, 2010: After 5 months without any auspicious wedding dates, there’s a mad rush for the mandap this Akshaya Tritiya, one of the most auspicious days for weddings according to the Hindu calendar. On Sunday, May 16, the city will turn into one huge marriage procession as approximately 50,000 weddings are expected to take place…
Source: www.nytimes.com WASHINGTON, U.S., April 28, 2010: A badly fractured Supreme Court, with six justices writing opinions, re-opened the possibility on Wednesday that a large cross serving as a war memorial in a remote part of the Mojave desert may be permitted to remain there. The 5-to-4 decision provided a glimpse into how divided the court is on the role…
Source: www.macarthuradvertiser.com.au NSW, AUSTRALIA, April 28, 2010: It started off as a few graffiti tags on the side of Mukti Gupteshwar Mandir Shiva Hindu Temple in Eagleview Road, Minto. But last week things got worse. Offenders destroyed a 200-meter fence and forced their way into the temple before smashing light fixtures on Monday, April 19. They damaged property worth more…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com There is a startling parallelism between today’s physics and the world vision of Eastern mysticism. The increasing contribution of Eastern scientists from India, China and Japan, among others, reinforces this conjunction. Physical science has now become planetary and draws into its fold an increasing number of non-Easterners who find in its new vision of the universe many elements…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting. British writer George Orwell (1903-1950), expressing his opinion of modern competitive sports
Source: www.ddinews.gov.in UNITED STATES, April 28, 2010: The Ramayana has been transcending generations and geographical boundaries and now people in the U.S. and Singapore have a chance to know more about the epic popular for its allegorical and engaging storyline. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is organising the “Epic India: Scenes from the Ramayana” exhibition from 31st…
Source: news.bbc.co.uk SIRPUR, CHHATTISGARH, INDIA, May 1, 2010: The small, sleepy village of Sirpur in the site of a magnificent 7-th century Hindu temple-monastery complex, later also used by Buddhists. Indian authorities want to get it declared a Unesco world heritage site. For a beautiful slideshow from the BBC, click on the source above.
Source: www.nytimes.com NEW YORK, U.S., April 23, 2010: Inner peace is expensive in some circles. The flattering Groove pants by Lululemon, the yoga-apparel brand, cost $108. Manduka yoga mats, favored for their slip resistance and thickness, can reach $100 for a limited-edition version. Drop-in classes at yoga studios in New York are edging beyond $20 a session, and the high-end…
Source: www.guardian.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, April 19, 2010: In the last week of November 1914, a gang of surveyors, builders and boy scouts descended on the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, a monument to royal seaside frivolity with its domes, spires and writhing Chinese dragons. Just six days later, the pavilion was transformed into a 700 bed hospital to provide for Hindu,…