India And Japan To Jointly Develop Solar City

Source: pib.nic.in INDIA, January 6, 2010: A Japanese delegation led by Mr. Kazuhiro Haraguchi, Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications today met Union Minister for New & Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah. The meeting discussed various aspects of cooperation between the two countries in the field of renewable energy. The two sides decided to jointly develop one city in India…

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Daily Inspiration

Source: www.hinduismtoday.com The Eternal Religion, the religion of the rishis, has been in existence from time immemorial and will exist eternally. There exists in this Sanatana Dharma all forms of worship–worship of God with form and worship of the impersonal Deity as well. It contains all paths–the path of knowledge, the path of devotion and so on. Other forms of…

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Statue Of Lord Shiva’s Mount Found At Ancient Hindu Temple In Indonesia

Source: www.sindhtoday.net JAKARTA, INDONESIA, January 7, 2010: Archaeologists have found a statue of Nandi, the sacred bull that carried the Hindu God Shiva, among the ruins of what is believed to be an ancient temple at an excavation site in Yogyakarta in Indonesia. Previous discoveries at the site, which is located on the Indonesian Islamic University campus, include a statue…

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A Professor With a Taste for Controversy, At the Expense of Truth

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…

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Featured Temple: Paris’ Sri Manicka Vinayaka Alayam

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…

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Daily Inspiration

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

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A Professor With a Taste for Controversy, At the Expense of Truth

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…

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Maha Kumbha Mela’s Fantastic Demand for Flowers

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…

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The Challenges of Extended Families for Asians who Move to the West

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…

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