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Source: www.hinduismtoday.com We live very close together. So, our prime purpose in life is to help others. And if we can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.    Dalai Lama

Source: www.interreligiousinsight.org MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, March 12, 2010 (By Kusumita Petersen): The Parliament of the World’s Religions, held every five years, took place in Melbourne, Australia on December 3-9, 2009. For seven days participants thronged the brand new and dramatically modern Melbourne Convention Center on the east bank of Yarra River, which flows through the center of the city. At the…

Source: www.indoamerican-news.com HOUSTON, TX, USA, March 9, 2010: For the last 40 years, Indian-born parents have told the next generation stories of what Holi grand mela was like in India. This year’s Holi in Houston gives them a good idea. “Over 11,000 people gathered at the Festival of Colors this year” said Lt. Hines of Sugar Land Police. Vijay Pallod…

Source: www.nj.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, February 28, 2010: After a year spent researching and clicking images of Indian street tattoos for his new book, French writer Stephane Guillerme found Lord Hanuman easily the commonest tattoo in all of India. “Hanuman represents absolute physical power. So I guess it matches the male subconscious mind,” he said. But tattoos of all the…

Source: www.thaindian.com KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, March 3, 2010: Arulmigu Veera Muniswarar temple committee in Gunung Hijau, Batu Gajah, Perak state, has adopted a Tamil school. Students will be provided with textbooks and school material, and the committee will help with transport for the poor pupils, committee adviser R. Damodaran said. Malaysia Namban newspaper urged other temple committees to emulate this…

Source: www.voxy.co.nz NEW ZEALAND, March 5, 2010: To celebrate the 2010 Race Relations Day and bring families and communities together, the Hindu Youth Foundation of New Zealand is organizing a Family Fun Day on Sunday 21st of March at the Hindu Heritage Centre. Race Relations Day is a major event in the Human Rights Commission’s calendar and is marked in…

Source: www.arshavidya.in INDIA, February 10, 2010: Arsha Vidya Gurukulam is pleased to announce a long term course in Vedanta, Sanskrit and allied subjects for a period of three years beginning in the last week of July 2010. Students will be selected from the 3-month Bhagavad Gita camp from April 20, 2010 – July 20, 2010 by Pujya Swami Dayananda Saraswati…

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, the first Western philosopher to have access to translations of material from India.   

Source: homespun.si.edu WASHINGTON D.C., March 2, 2010: Over the past decade, a boom happened for Indian-Americans in highly respected positions in the private and public sectors. These individuals have been vocal about their heritage, backgrounds and agendas. The world has started to notice, and so has the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. With a growing population of Indian-Americans in the…

Source: hscnet.org NEW YORK, NEW YORK, February 13, 2010: Members of the Hindu Students Council (HSC), Hindu American Seva Charities, Hindu Collective Initiative of North America as well as others joined members of the Sikh, Muslim, Christian and Jewish communities in a dialogue on America’s National Security and its impact on various religious groups, especially minorities. While such dialogues have…