Source: www.washingtonpost.com WASHINGTON D.C., November 16, 2009: James E. McWilliams, is an associate professor of history at Texas State University at San Marcos and a recent fellow in the agrarian studies program at Yale University. McWilliams spoke in South Texas recently on the environmental virtues of a vegetarian diet. He noted: “The livestock industry, as a result of its reliance…
Source: www.bollywood-weddings.com UNITED STATES, November 19, 2009: Kavita Ramdya’s debut book, Bollywood Weddings: Dating, Engagement And Marriage In Hindu America (Lexington Books), tries to answer the age-old questions, “Why do we fall in love with the people we fall in love with?” and “Why do we marry the people we choose to marry?” To answer these questions – the ethnic,…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com As the dawn breaks on a New Year, let us give thanks for all we hold dear: Our health, our family, our friends, the grace of God which never ends. Let us release our grudges, anger and pains, for these are nothing but binding chains. Let us vow to live each day in the most pious, God-conscious way.…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com “I think it would be a good idea.” Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) when asked what he thought of Western civilization
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com UDUPI, INDIA, Novemeber 11, 2009: Shiroor Mutt seer Laxmivara Thirtha Swami of Krishna Mutt, the next Paryaya Seer, presided over the inaugural function of the renovated Shiroor Mutt. Swamiji fixed the timing for the inauguration of the mutt in November, the 11th month, on the 11th day at 11 am. The mutt, which had undergone a thorough renovation…
Source: mailto:hindu.nz@gmail.com NEW ZEALAND, November 14, 2009 (Press Release): New Zealand Hindu youth leader Ms. Pritika Sharma was part of a New Zealand delegation to represent the interfaith community of New Zealand at the 5th Asia-Pacific Regional Interfaith Dialogue. The governments of , Indonesia, New Zealand and the Philippines co-sponsored the first dialogue. The Hindu community of New Zealand is…
Source: www.blthelps.org UNITED STATES, November 17, 2009: A new iPhone app called myMeditation aims to enhance and deepen your daily practice by providing a framework with which to practice pranayama. Under the instruction of H.H. Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, who provides the focus and mantras, the program provides gentle alarm sounds to bring you out from contemplation, inspiring Hindu imagery,…
Source: www.reuters.com WASHINGTON, DC, USA, November 9, 2009: WASHINGTON, Nov 9 (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama may be in for a nasty surprise when he reaches the final pages of the best-selling book Life of Pi, which he said on Monday he was reading with his 11-year-old daughter Malia. In an interview with Reuters, Obama called it a “wonderful…
Source: Religion News Service VATICAN CITY, November 13, 2009: Surprised when an ultra-traditionalist bishop whom he had welcomed back into the Catholic Church turned out to have been a fervent and public Holocaust-denier, Pope Benedict XVI declared in March that he had “learned the lesson” that the Vatican would have to “pay greater attention” to the Internet. Eight months later,…
Source: epaper.hindustantimes.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, November 13, 2009: Countless tourists descended to enjoy the serene surroundings and stupendous architecture of the Akshardham Temple every month, but the average Delhiite, when not on the occasional pilgrimage, stayed away from it just because it took long to get there. But now things will be different “With a metro station right at our…