Source: www.nytimes.com NEW YORK, USA, November 19, 2009: The competitors stood nervously on stage, awaiting the judges’ decisions. As each name was called the crowd cheered, and the winner stepped forward to claim a prize, bowing his or her head to accept a medal at the New York Regional Yoga Championship. Yoga championship? Yoga enthusiasts like to talk about the…
Source: www.nytimes.com PETTAH, INDIA, November 16, 2009: As he approaches his first tree of the day, S. Mohan presses his calloused palms together and bows his head. “Oh God, I am climbing the coconut tree,” he whispers. “Protect me from harm.” One misstep and he would surely fall, as much as 100 feet to the ground. India produces 15 billion…
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com WASHINGTON, November 18, 2009: The number of students from India enrolled in U.S. universities and colleges crossed 100,000 for the first time ever this year even as international enrollments in America registered the largest percentage increase since 1980, defying broad economic trends. As the number of international students at colleges and universities in the US increased by 8%…
Source: www.nytimes.com USA, November 19, 2009: The Earth’s oceans, which have absorbed carbon dioxide from fuel emissions since the dawn of the industrial era, have recently grown less efficient at sopping it up, new research suggests.Emissions from the burning of fossil fuels began soaring in the 1950s, and oceans largely kept up, scientists say. But the growth in the intake…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Yoga postures without the backing of yamas and niyamas is mere acrobaticsSatguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), Founder of Hinduism Today
Source: www.expressbuzz.com BANGALORE, INDIA, November 7, 2009: Workers of the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) accidentally stumbled upon three ancient stone statues, believed to be at least 400 years old, while laying new pipelines near the Kote Anjaneya temple. It is claimed that the statues belong to an old rundown temple situated near the Venkateshwara Temple of the…
Source: beta.thehindu.com THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, INDIA, November 12, 2009: Kerala Tourism has launched an online training program for the travel trade in the United Kingdom to get them acquainted with Kerala’s tourism possibilities. For the first time in the U.K., travel agents will be able to become Indian destination specialists by joining the initiative.
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.…