Source: www.independent.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, April 2010: Junk food may be addictive in the same way as heroin or cocaine, according to a study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, showing that laboratory rats will endure painful electric shocks to satisfy their craving for high-calorie snacks made from sausages, bacon and cheesecake. The researchers found that rats offered junk food quickly…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Anger is one letter away from danger. Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of former US president Franklin D. Roosevelt
Source: www.thaindian.com ALLAHABAD, INDIA, March 30, 2010: They are called “maharajin buas.” Hindu women from several families have defied tradition in Maniaya village of Uttar Pradesh to take up the profession of priests who perform the last rites. The women priests of Maniaya village in Allahabad can be seen lighting pyres and performing other Vedic rites along the banks of…
Source: www.bbc.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, April 2010: India, a country of a billion-plus people, has launched its 15th census. Although China may have the biggest head count in the world, India, say demographers, carries out the most comprehensive census – it has been doing one regularly since 1872. The logistics are mind-boggling and the process usually works without glitches. This time,…
Source: beta.thehindu.com CHENNAI, INDIA, April 2010: Tamil film music, which is the prime factor to determine the success of a movie, has taken to digitization of music in a big way. In fact, it is now a step ahead of Bollywood film albums by stamping its place in the celebrated Apple iStore. iPhone or iPod users in the country can…
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, March 28, 2010: A survey of new street names shows they are increasingly being chosen to reflect councils’ interests in the environment, health sand safety and diversity. Experts said that local authorities were doing the same thing the Romans did 2,000 years: using names which reflected the nature of society around them. Samsara Road, in Bromsgrove,…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them back; and then you destroy yourself. –Anonymous
Source: www.fijitimes.com SUVA, FIJI, April 3, 2010: South Indians jam-packed the National Stadium in Suva yesterday to attend the inaugural 84th convention of one of the biggest Hindu religious and charitable organisations in Fiji. The Then India Sanmarga Ikya Sangam (TISI Sangam) started its four-day convention with cultural dance items. TISI Sangam Convention chairman Sadasivan Naicker said an estimated 12,000…
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com BHUBANESWAR, ORISSA, INDIA, April 4, 2010: Union minister of state environment and forest Jairam Ramesh attraced criticism for opposing the wearing of the traditional ceremonial robes at university events. “The practice of wearing a traditional colored gown during a convocation ceremony at any university is a barbaric colonial practice. Why can’t we wear simple dress instead of these…
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, March 4, 2010: Stampedes at temples and other religious places in India have claimed nearly 700 lives in the past eight years. At least 63 people were killed and 15 injured recently when a gate at Kripalu Maharaj’s ashram at Pratapgarh in Uttar Pradesh collapsed during distribution of food on the occasion of a ritual,…