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Source: www.hinduismtoday.com I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants. A.    Whitney Brown, American Humorist

Source: HPI NEW DELHI, INDIA, April 18, 2010, By Rajiv Malik: In a unique, significant and unprecedented move a large number of leaders, religious and political activists, intellectuals and scholars of Sanatan Dharma and Arya Samaj from all over India gathered together in New Delhi’s prestigious FICCI auditorium on Saturday, April 17th, 2010 with the aim of strengthening Hinduism and…

Source: www.nytimes.com UNITED STATES, April 18, 2010: Hastings College of the Law, part of the University of California, rightly prohibits student organizations from discriminating. A Christian group that bars non-Christian and gay students sued the school for denying it funding and access to its facilities. The Supreme Court hears arguments Monday in the case. It should rule in favor of…

Source: www.hinduismtoday.com You have the potential to be like the great oceans, like the trees and the mountains, strong, determined–full of destiny and purpose.    Mansukh Patel

Source: newsweek.washingtonpost.com UNITED STATES, April 21, 2010: Nearly 20 million people in the United States gather together routinely, fold their hands and utter the Hindu greeting of Namaste — the Divine in me bows to the same Divine in you. Then they close their eyes and focus their minds with chants of “Om,” the Hindu representation of the first and…

Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com PANAJI, GOA, April, 19, 2010: A Hindu organization, the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti, on Monday condemned Goa government for declaring some of the centuries-old temples in the state as illegal in a recent survey and has planned a massive rally on April 22 to make people aware about government’s “plans to target Hindu structures.” “There are some temples which…

Source: sify.com HARIDWAR, INDIA, April 3, 2010: As millions of religious-minded are visiting the ongoing ‘Maha Kumbh Mela’ or, the biggest religious bathing fair in Haridwar city of Uttarakhand, many holy men have drawn the devotee’s attention. One of such holy men is Swami Vijayananda. Everyday he hangs himself upside-down for eight hours on bonfire, his way of performing penance…

Source: www.organiser.org INDIA, April 4, 2010, (an opinion piece by Shachi Rarikar): For decades the Indian media in English, both inprint and electronic, has been dominated by an elite who by virtue of their education, articulate speech and degrees, scholarships and awards from abroad face little or no competition at home. A handful of such people occupy most of the…

Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Nothing ever will be attempted, if all possible objections must first be overcome.    Samuel Johnson

Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com PANAJI, GOA, April, 19, 2010: A Hindu organization, the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti, on Monday condemned Goa government for declaring some of the centuries-old temples in the state as illegal in a recent survey and has planned a massive rally on April 22 to make people aware about government’s “plans to target Hindu structures.” “There are some temples which…