Source: india-herald.com FORT PARKER, TEXAS, February 17, 2010: Fort Parker State Park in Mexia, Texas was filled to capacity from February 5-7, for the South Regional Retreat with 91 students representing eight universities and three states across the southern United States. Anju Bhargava, a member of President Barack Obama’s new Faith Advisory Council, flew to Texas from New Jersey for…
Source: Paras Ramoutar, HPI Staff TRINADAD/TOBAGO, February 2010: Devout Hindus thronged mandirs and other places of worship in observance of Shiva Ratri on Carnival Friday night, Feb. 12 from sunset to Saturday sunrise. It is the night of the great awakening of Lord Shiva. Hindus keep vigil all night. Lord Shiva is manifested in all aspects of creation. Lord Shiva…
Source: www.phnompenhpost.com CAMBODIA, February 15, 2010: Archaeologists and government officials have high hopes that a new watch list of endangered antiquities will prevent them from being traded illegally. The International Council of Museums (ICOM) this week published its Red List of at-risk Cambodian antiquities, which are commonly looted, trafficked and then sold on the illicit art market. Items on the…
Source: www.thenational.ae KOLKATA, INDIA, February 16, 2010: When Kanwal Preet was told by her doctor she was due to give birth on January 22 she could not hide her disappointment. The date came more than a week after the Hindu festival of Makar Sankranti. Instead, she demanded that her obstetrician arrange to have the baby delivered by Caesarean section, and…
Source: mailto:regentauto@barmedas.com MWANZA, TANZANIA (AFRICA), February 17, 2010: Mwanza is a city in northwest Tanzania and a southern port of Lake Victoria. The city handles much of Tanzania’s lake trade with Kenya and Uganda. Central Mwanza has an Oriental feel due to its many mosques and Hindu temples, and is well worth a stroll, particularly the area around Temple St,…
Source: www.nytimes.com UNITED NATIONS, February 18, 2010: The sense of disarray in the global effort to address climate change deepened Thursday with the resignation of Yvo de Boer, the stolid Dutch bureaucrat who led the international climate change negotiations over four tumultuous years. His departure, which takes effect on July 1, comes after a largely unsuccessful meeting in Copenhagen in…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, not to anticipate troubles, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly. Siddhartha Gautama (ca 566-486 bce)
Source: www.tamilnet.com MYANMAR, January 30, 2010: Tamils in Myanmar consecrated a renovated Perumaal temple in Yangon on Wednesday morning. Several thousand Tamils participated in the ceremonies. A 13th century Tamil inscription in Myanmar records that a Perumaal temple patronized by Tamils existed at the earlier capital at Pagan. The temple for Kalyaana Vengkadeasap Perumaal (Thirumaal or Vishnu in his form…
Source: www.indianexpress.com HARIDWAR, INDIA, February 15, 2010: Security has been tightened at the Kumbh Mela following the deadly bomb blast in Pune. Kailash Keswani, District President of the Business Forum of Haridwar, said the heightened safety measures were essential as the city is a holy place. “Like the Catholics have Vatican City and the Muslims have Mecca, for many Hindus…
Source: washington.bizjournals.com WASHINGTON D.C., January 27, 2010: An intriguing secret supper club which has launched in D.C. Called “Hush,” it blends storytelling with organic and vegetarian Indian cooking from the area of Gujarat. Its gatherings have a number of mysterious rules: you sign up in advance, find out the exact location just 48 hours ahead of time. Similar types of…