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.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: 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,…
Source: www.petalsinthedust.com CALIFORNIA, USA, April 4, 2010: Petals in the Dust: India’s Missing Girls is a documentary exploring why an estimated 50 million girls have been eliminated from India’s population in the last century. The gender ratio of newborns worldwide is 1.05 boys for each girl, which is exactly the ratio for the United States, Argentina and France, for example.…
Source: Press Release SAN FRANCISCO, CA, April 4, 2010: The San Francisco Bay Area’s Pallavita company presents VivRti, a two day festival featuring performances for young musicians and those interested in Karnatik devotional music by Vidwan TM Krishna.Over 100 performers will be there, with vocal ensembles, solo performances, and accompaniments by talented young musicians. The event happens on April 10th…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Alas for me, I cannot rest. This floating bubble, Earth. Its hollow form, its hollow name, its hollow death and birth. For me is nothing. How I long to get beyond the crust of name and form! Ah, open the gates; to me they open must. Open the gates of Light, O Mother to me, Thy tired son.…