Source: HPI KAPAA, HI, May 8, 2010: A writer, photographer and mother of three in Mauritius is inspired to bring some of the great modern stories about Hinduism into the pages of Hinduism Today magazine. Kavita Mardeemootoo is inviting all HPI readers (and their families and friends) to send her your testimonies and tales. She will do all the editing…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com In the whole world there is no study so beneficial and so elevating as that of the Upanishads. It has been the solace of my life–it will be the solace of my death. Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), German philosopher and writer.
Source: www.ddinews.gov.in NEW DELHI, INDIA, May 1, 2010: With an aim to ensure that ayurveda is accessible to the rural community, especially women, efforts are being made to make the discipline a part of primary health centres and create awareness about it. A new program has been created to clear myths and generate suggestions for policy formulations for incorporating ayurveda…
Source: www.echo-news.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, May 3, 2010: A taste of India came to south Essex when more than 1,500 worshippers came to a Hindu festival. The miserable weather failed to dampen the spirits of the festival-goers who flocked to East Beach in Shoebury. They braved the wind and rain for the Purshottum Maas festival, where they enjoyed folk dancing, traditional…
Source: www.livemint.com HARIDWAR, INDIA, April 19, 2010: [HPI note: This is an article in two parts.] The advertisement, in Sanskrit, was small, tossed to the extreme right of the newspaper page: “Sanskrit-dwitiyarajbhashayuktam deshashya prathamrajyam Uttarakhandam” (Uttarakhand is India’s first state to have Sanskrit as its second official language). The language of ancient Indian religious texts and epics is being revived…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com In the garden of the soul, plant the seed of the Word (Lord’s Name). Water the soil with love and humility and reap the fruits of Divinity. Guru Granth Sahib
Source: religionclause.blogspot.com NEPAL, April 28, 2010: In Nepal, as law makers approach the May 28 deadline for completing a draft of a new constitution, tensions increase over whether the country will remain a secular state. In 2006, Parliament passed a resolution providing that the country would no longer formally be known as a Hindu nation. Last week, Christians rallied in…
Source: www.newsmaker.com.au MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, April 28, 2010: The first ever Hinduism Summit (Hindu Dharmasabha) in Australia, will be held on the auspicious occasion of Akshay Trutiya, 5112 ( May 16, 2010) at the Shirdi Sai Baba Temple, Camberwell, Melbourne. The Hinduism Summit will be held by the Forum for Hindu Awakening (FHA) and Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS), with support from…
Source: www.hindustantimes.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, April 25, 2010: As a first step in implementation of the amended Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act 2010, the government has come up with draft rules for the proposed National Monument Authority. The proposed body will work towards categorization and classification of monuments protected by the ASI. It would also be the…
Source: www.cnn.com UNITED STATES July 1, 2009: Study shows a whopping two-thirds of Americans are either overweight or obese, and obesity rates for children are at or above 30 percent in 30 states. The percentage of adults classified as obese went up in 23 states, but Mississippi, with 32.5 percent, stayed atop the latest annual rankings by the Robert Wood…