Source: sify.com INDIA, March 31, 2010: The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) will present the Festival of India in China and France in April, showcasing a variety of art forms from various regions of India. “India has close and friendly ties with both China and France. With these festivals, ICCR is looking forward to strengthen and expand its relations…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com What does God Do? He writes Poetry. What has He written? A single verse, the universe. Swami Veda Bharati
Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com IPOH, MALAYSIA, APRIL 5, 2010: Malaysia’s first academy to train Hindu priests will conduct a five-year course developed in consultation with similar institutions in India, Human Resource Minister S. Subramaniam said. He opened the academy Sunday, stating that for now the country’s Tamil Hindu community will continue to get priests from India since the training, grading and certifying…
Source: www.pakistanchristianpost.com KARACHI, PAKISTAN, April 7, 2010: After reports on gurdwara land being sold off to the army at throwaway prices, land grabbers in Pakistan are targeting Hindu temple properties. The owner of the land, Padma Puri, who also heads Karachi Panjrapor Welfare Association, was attacked when she resisted the building of boundary walls around the temple. CNN-IBN has documents…
Source: www.organiser.org DELHI, INDIA, March 25, 2010: The much awaited Encyclopedia of Hinduism is finally out. After the deep research conducted by about 2000 eminent scholars for about 20 years, it came in 6,600 multi-color pages divided into 11 volumes. It is jointly published by India Heritage Research Foundation and Rupa & Co. and is first of its kind on…
Source: www.yaledailynews.com NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, April 7, 2010: The brightly painted, incense-scented room in the Bingham basement has an altar cabinet filled with small statues of Hindu gods. Ashish Bakshi, the head of the Hindu Student Council, said the group did not have the resources to organize travel to the nearest Hindu temple, which is in Middletown, Conn. He added…
Source: www.scotusblog.com UNITED STATES, February 2010: On February 23 the Supreme Court heard one hour of oral argument in two consolidated cases, Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project et al. (08-1498), and Humanitarian Law Project et al. v. Holder (09-89). For the past twelve years, Americans who are descendants or supporters of the Tamil people, a linguistic group native to India,…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Wealth and happiness are not related to each other as cause and effect. An attempt to secure happiness by securing wealth is as futile as it is absurd. Jagadguru Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati Mahaswamigal (1912-1954), 34th pontiff of the Sarada Peetham
Source: lemauricien.com MAURITIUS, April 10, 2010: What was to be a big concert in Triolet to mark Mauritius’ Independence celebration anniversary was, surprisingly, just a mere tactic to lure Hindus to Christianity, reports the Hindu Common Front. The Light Ministries of Mauritius, a Christian Federation representing the several Protestant and Pentecost Churches of the island, invited Johnny Lever — a…
Source: HPI NEW DELHI, March 10, 2010: Prof. Arvind Sharma of McGill University, eminent professor of Religious Studies with expertise in comparative religions and civilizations, delivered a lecture entitled “World Religions After September 11, Philosophical Perspectives”. The venue for the talk was New Delhi’s prestigious India International Center, in collaboration with Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute. Prof. Sharma said, “The implications of…