Source: www.alaskadispatch.com ALASKA, U.S., December 22, 2009: Leela Subba was born in Bhutan, but now he works at the Burger King on Northern Lights in Anchorage, cooking burgers and fries to help pay the rent on the four-bedroom Midtown apartment he shares with his family. When Subba was a few years old, the Bhutanese government evicted his family and others…
Source: news.bbc.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, December 31, 2009: After the authorities had insisted that Allah in the Malay language refers only to the God in Islam, which could only be sued by Muslims, a court in Malaysia has ruled that other faiths have a constitutional right to use the word Allah to refer to God. Ruling on a lawsuit filed by…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com To define God–is grinding what is already ground; for He is the only being we know. Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)
Source: in.biz.yahoo.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, December 30, 2009: With a turnaround in the air, fund managers have regained the confidence to return to their annual vacation schedule, unlike last year when the insecurity in the financial sector left them stuck to their seats. There is a difference, though. The honchos are not reaching for their bermuda shorts and heading south…
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com SURAT, GUJARAT, INDIA, December 22, 2009: In its offensive against conversion of tribals to Christianity, Maharashtra-based Shree Sampraday sect claimed to have reconverted 1,747 people back to Hinduism in Surat on Monday. The Surat district magistrate, however, took note of the organizers’ failure to seek permission for reconversion as stipulated in the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act, 2003.…
Source: www.nytimes.com [HPI note: This law ruling will possibly affect future decisions on who is, and is not, a Hindu in UK law.] LONDON, ENGLAND, December 17, 2009: Britain’s Supreme Court declared Wednesday that it was illegal for a Jewish school that favors Jewish applicants to base its admissions policy on a classic test of Jewishness — whether one’s mother…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com To listen to some devout people, one would imagine God never laughs. Aurobindo Ghose, Indian Philosopher (1872-1950)
Source: www.ragaunveiled.com USA, January 2, 2009 (Press release): The four-hour documentary “Raga Unveiled” is an introduction to North Indian classical music, with a treasury of interviews with many of India’s greatest living musicians and music scholars and great musical performances. Along with commentaries by musicians, Vedic scholars and musicologists the film contains spectacular cinematography and rare archival footage. Each of…
Source: www.wickedlocal.com NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS, December 16, 2009: Newton South High School officials dropped a requirement to read excerpts from the Bible for one student last month, after he refused to read the Biblical passages as a literature assignment because he is an atheist. South Principal Joel Stembridge wouldn’t comment on the case, but said the school uses the Bible to…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com A spiritual man always has to have the upper hand on the lower nature. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)