Source: www.hafsite.org CHICAGO, U.S.A. November 19, 2009: The Hindu American Foundation has challenged the interpretation of the ancient Hindu epics, the Ramayana and Mahabharata, by Professor Wendy Doniger, Professor of Religion at the University of Chicago, in her most recent book called ‘The Hindu: An Alternative History’. As an academic and apparent non-believer, Professor Doniger, according to the foundation has…
Source: www.youtube.com PARIS, FRANCE, January 2010: Established in 1985 in the cramped quarters of a former restaurant kitchen; the Sri Manicka Vinayaka Alayam is the most well known of more than one dozen Hindu temples in France. This temple sponsors the annual “Fete de Ganesh” parade through the streets of Paris at Ganesha Chaturthi time. To view a well done…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com As a dream leads only to waking up, television leads only to turning it off. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, in his book, Living with Siva
Source: www.hafsite.org CHICAGO, U.S.A. November 19, 2009: The Hindu American Foundation has challenged the interpretation of the ancient Hindu epics, the Ramayana and Mahabharata, by Professor Wendy Doniger, Professor of Religion at the University of Chicago, in her most recent book called ‘The Hindu: An Alternative History’. As an academic and apparent non-believer, Professor Doniger, according to the foundation has…
Source: www.ddinews.gov.in HARIDWAR, INDIA, January 7, 2010: With millions of people expected to attend the Mahakumbh Mela at Haridwar, farmers in Uttarakhand are gearing up to meet the demand for flowers, which is expected to do a business of US$100 million during the nearly four-month period. Over sixty million people, including thousands from foreign countries, are expected to throng Haridwar…
Source: news.bbc.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, December 28, 2009: It’s tradition for newly-married British Asian women to live with their in-laws. For many this rite of passage can be tough. I’ve been living with my in-laws ever since I got married. Now, after 15 years, my husband and I have finally bought our own home. British Asians make up 6.5% of the…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com You have to believe in Gods to see them. Hopi Indian saying.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com INDIA, December 23, 2009: (by Nagesh Rao) “How is the US different from India?” Let us compare an American Christian wedding with an Indian Hindu wedding. If you have 200 or more guests, it is a big wedding in the US (of course, everyone has to RSVP if they wish to attend). In India, a wedding can have…
Source: www.guardian.co.uk LEICESTER, UNITED KINGDOM, January 2, 2009: Some time in the next five years Leicester will become the first English city where everyone is a member of some ethnic or religious minority. The schools are already there. By 2007, only 44% of pupils across the city were ethnically white. By 2015 at the latest, the adult population will be…
Source: news.bbc.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, December 30, 2009: A group of corporate workers in the Indian city of Mumbai have launched a no-tie campaign to save energy and protect the environment. Campaigners say not wearing a tie will make people feel cooler with less need to use air conditioners so extensively. Dhiraj Shrinivasan, co-founder of the “no Tie Campaign,” says the…