Source: www.india-week-hamburg.org HAMBURG, GERMANY, October 19, 2009: From October 23 to November 1, the northern German metropolis Hamburg will host a India Week for the third time. The program features some 30 events related to all things Indian. At the conclusion of India Week, the Indo-German Society will invite Hamburg’s approximately 2,500 Indian citizens and Hindu organizations to a great…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Silence is the first door to spiritual eminence. Adi Sankara (788-820), in his Vivekachudamani, 368
Source: HPI [HPI note: Today Hindus around the world are celebrating Skanda Shasti, a festival of the God that is also known as Murugan and Kartikkeya. The God of yoga and sannyas, His sacred weapon is a “vel,” lance, symbolizing piercing and deep cognition. From the African island of Mauritius this interesting report was sent to HPI.] MAURITIUS, October 22,…
Source: www.independent.co.uk LONDON, ENGLAND, October 18, 2009: “I’ve been out of bed between 3:30 and five o’clock every morning for the last 10 days to make all the food,” says Ansuya Lakhani. “This is what Diwali is about; making the food your children love.” Diwali has become integral to Anglo-Asian culture, including business owners and their families who gather in…
Source: www.guardian.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, October 17, 2009: When I signed up for a “karma yoga” retreat in the tiny hamlet of Caudet in south-west France, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. I imagined some gentle stretching, perhaps a bit of meditation on the benefits of karmic deeds. But I didn’t connect it with spending a morning lugging sandstone building…
Source: www.theglobeandmail.com CANADA, October 16, 2009: About 5,000 Bhutanese refugees are expected to arrive in Canada over the next five years in one of the largest government-sponsored refugee programs in recent memory. Unlike most immigrants, the government-sponsored Bhutanese don’t have the safety net of an already established community to ease their culture shock and offer support. That lack of a…
Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20670001&sid=atqOJHntgx10 MUMBAI, INDIA, October 17, 2009: The Mumbai Stock Exchange opened briefly for Diwali, more to ask for blessings than to make great deals. Investor Roshan Chawla offered thanks to a garlanded statue of Lakshmi, the Hindu Goddess of wealth, praying for a repeat of this year’s record surge in equities. Chawla, 66, joined brokers and investors at the…
Source: www.deccanherald.com LONDON, ENGLAND, October 14, 2009: Queen Elizabeth hosted a reception in Buckingham Palace for Indian-origin achievers ahead of a state visit by President Pratibha Patil later this month. Leading British-Indian citizens from the field of sports, writing, acting and business gathered together last night to watch a cultural performance by in the palace ballroom.
Source: www.economist.com PORTLAND, OREGON, USA, October 22, 2009: The story of how the dinosaurs disappeared is getting more and more complicated. Everyone knows that the dinosaurs were exterminated when an asteroid hit what is now Mexico about 65m years ago. Well, it now seems possible that everyone was wrong. The Chicxulub crater, as it is known, may have been a…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com The answers are already within each of us. Good luck matching them with the corresponding questions. Swami Beyondananda