Source: www.zeenews.com KENDRAPARA, ORISSA, April 6, 2010: Sasana village in the Shyamsundar gram panchayat, which is inhabited mainly by brahmins, has a little over 32 households with 200-odd members. In all the households, one will come across Sanskrit pundits employed in government-run Sanskrit-medium educational institutions. “We are proud patrons of Sanskrit. The ancient language is very much alive at the…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India. French scholar Romain Rolland
Source: www.thedailystar.net DHAKA, BANGLADESH, March 29, 2010: Archaeologists of Jahan-girnagar University in Dhaka have recently dug out the first Hindu temple from the early Pala period in Bengal at Chandipur village in Birampur upazila of Dinajpur district, tentatively dating back to the 8th century. No other Hindu temple of any kind dates from Pala period (eighth-eleventh century) was found in…
Source: beta.thehindu.com INDIA, April 2, 2010: With the Right to Education Act coming into force, India has joined the league of over 130 countries which have legal guarantees to provide free and compulsory education to children. According to the UNESCO’s “Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2010,” about 135 countries have constitutional provisions for free and non-discriminatory education for all.…
Source: www.thejakartapost.com JAKARTA, INDONESIA, April 3, 2010: The Center of Documentation of World Theater in Vitre, France is featuring shadow puppets as part of the Festival de l’Imaginaire this year. The first exhibition displays shadow puppets from India and Java, Indonesia. The second features the work of Indonesian contemporary wayang beber painter Dani Iswardani from Solo, Java. The first, Shadows…
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.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,…