Source: www.hafsite.org WASHINGTON, DC, May 8, 2010: HAF is excited to launch its second annual NextGen Essay Contest, open to all writers between the ages of 17 and 27 years. The theme this year is, “How do you live your Hindu identity differently from how your parents live theirs?” As the Foundation continues its advocacy efforts, it is also aware…
Source: pib.nic.in INDIA, May 7, 2010: The three National Academies (Sangeet Natak, Sahitya and Lalit Kala) and the Ministry of Culture are launching the National Celebrations on the 150th year of Rabindranath Tagore, with a three-day event entitled Rabindra Pranati. This will take place from 7th to 9th May 2010 in New Delhi. Rabindranath’s genius expressed itself in the entire…
Source: news.bbc.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, May 2010: Indian children could soon be wearing canvas shoes to school rather than the heavy leather brogues, widely viewed as relics from the British colonial era. Indian politician Maneka Gandhi is campaigning to ban the shoes as they are “unhealthy and uncomfortable” and “destroying” the feet of school-goers. “Leather shoes are really bad for our…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Remember, when you find yourself arguing with a fool, he is doing the same thing. Anonymous
Source: www.google.com KOLKATA, INDIA, April 2010: A group of chefs are in the subcontinent determined to teach locals about British versions of traditional Indian recipes. Indian food has become a mainstay of the British diet, eaten in vast quantities across the country, but few people in the homeland of the curry have ever heard of the dishes that pass off…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Only the ignorant man expects perfection and lasting fulfillment from this Earth. Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952), founder of Self-Realization Fellowship
Source: in.news.yahoo.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, April 30, 2010: UK-based Davender Ghai, 71, is a man with a mission. For the last four years Ghai was locked in a legal battle with the British government for his right to be cremated in the open, which is prohibited in the United Kingdom under 1902 Cremation Act. But in February this year, he…
Source: www.livemint.com HARIDWAR, INDIA, April 20, 2010: More than three decades ago, when Buddha Dev Sharma was young and nervous about English, he subscribed to a newspaper in English to overcome his fears and learn the new language. Today Buddha Dev Sharma writes, edits and publishes Vaak, Uttarakhand’s only Sanskrit newspaper. Following stints as a freelance writer with local newspapers…
Source: beta.thehindu.com INDIA, April 22, 2010: The 7-ft murti of Lord Anjaneya (a name of Hanuman) at the famous Anjaneyar Ashram in Salem now has a golden vimana. The first of its kind for the God, the Swarna Vimana was consecrated recently. The beautiful ashram also has sannidhis for Sri Rama, Sakkarathazhwar, the 13 Azhwars, and Sri Ramanuja and Desikan.…
Source: newsweek.washingtonpost.com SAN FRANCISCO, May 8, 2010: (by Vamsee Juluri) I wonder if the followers of any other faith in America have to live with the absurdity of hearing constantly that their religion does not exist. Add to that an irony: you see images from the religion that supposedly does not exist showing up everywhere, as ornaments, as New Age…