Source: news.bbc.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, April 2010: About 40 mainly Palestinian protesters face off with a line of armed Israeli soldiers over coils of razor wire. They calmly explain they want access to land Israel has confiscated to build its West Bank barrier. Chanting begins, followed by impassioned speeches in Hebrew, English and Arabic. “You soldiers standing here, blocking Palestinians from…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com I adopted the theory of reincarnation when I was 26. Religion offered nothing to the point. When I discovered reincarnation … time was no longer limited. I was no longer a slave to the hands of the clock. American auto industrialist Henry Ford
Source: www.mandir.org UNITED KINGDOM, April 11, 2010: BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) observed International Women’s Day 2010 in the UK with a month-long initiative, culminating on the weekend of 10-11 April with an inspirational conference entitled Celebrating Women: Past, Present & Future. The key objective of the conference was to celebrate the achievements of women and inspire them to fulfill their…
Source: www.hafsite.org USA, April 19, 2010: [HPI note: this note follows the HPI article on the same theme published two days ago. This time, details on how to act are included.] The Hindu American Foundation needs you to speak up about healthy meals in public schools. In conjunction with Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) and Federation of Jain Associations…
Source: www.indianexpress.com HARDWAR, INDIA, April 4, 2010: The eleven-volume “Encyclopedia of Hinduism” was launched in a grand ceremony at the Kumbha Mela. The ambitious project was conceptualized by Swami Chidanand Saraswati over two decades ago and some 10,000 people are believed to have pitched in, directly or indirectly, towards completion of this magnum opus. L. K. Advani, who last week…
Source: www.onlineprnews.com GANDHINAGAR, INDIA, April 8, 2010: The Sat-Chit-Anand Water Show was inaugurated with a unique multi-media water extravaganza at Swaminarayan Akshardham in Gandhinagar, India on April 3. The Sat-Chit-Anand Water Show has been conceptualized and realized by the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha. This first of its kind spiritual water show, including a 60 ft wide water screen, reveals the ancient…
Source: www2.macleans.ca GHENT, BELGIUM, March 30, 2010: Last May the townsfolk of Ghent, a Flemish burg of some 250,000, gathered outside a centuries-old slaughterhouse in the town’s historic core to sample soy fritters and pick up a map of local vegetarian eateries. This was Ghent’s inaugural “Donderdag Veggiedag” –Thursday Veggieday, literally–a weekly holiday from the evils of beef, fish, pork…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com The test of a man is how much he can bear and how much he can share and how soon he confesses a mistake and makes amends for it. Dada J.P. Vaswani
Source: www.straitstimes.com SINGAPORE, April 11, 2020: The priest stood atop the temple draped in red. As he prayed, the thousands who gathered below him fell into an expectant hush. “Let us now all receive the blessings of the Goddess Sri Mariamman!” the priest, Sri Siva Balachandra Sivachariar, cried out. “For world peace, Singapore’s prosperity, and everyone’s well-being!” It was a…
Source: hafsite.org UNITED STATES, April 2010: “Why do they have to stick ham on even a salad?!” lamented Ishani Mehta, daughter of Hindu American Foundation (HAF) supporters Bijal and Aseem Mehta, over the fact that healthy, vegetarian options were not available daily at her school cafeteria. Well, next week is your chance to speak up by urging your congressional representative…