Source: www.expressbuzz.com CHENNAI, INDIA, August 19, 2009: Dikshithars are also owners of the Nataraja temple in Chidambaram — and Lord Shiva is one of the Dikshithars, Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy stated in written arguments submitted before a division bench on Tuesday. “This is part of the religious beliefs protected under Article 25 of the Constitution and the same could…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com KAUAI, HAWAII, August 25, 2009: When you open the newest issue of Hinduism Today, get ready for some seriously good reading. Those editors in Hawaii have teamed up to create yet another how-do-they-keep-this-up magazine, full of savvy reporting, lucid writing and wowy photographs. Two features provide the main course: The first is our Hindu history lesson. Our academic…
Source: www.asianews.it KATHMANDU, NEPAL, August 24, 2009: From August 22 to 24 thousands of women from all walks of society celebrated the annual festival of Teej, fasting from dawn until dusk and remaining in prayer for three days, either in the temple or at home, imploring God Shiva to grant the men of their family health and fortune. The practice…
Source: newsweek.washingtonpost.com WASHINGTON, DC, USA, July 2009 (By Aseem Shukla): What is marriage? Is it a sacred rite or a civil right? What role, if any, should religious institutions, traditions or beliefs have in the legal act of marriage? A Hindu marriage is a most sacred ceremony. Loud, colorful, celebratory, it is consecrated in front of God — any or…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com According to me, the influence of Sanskrit literature on our time will not be lesser than what was, in the 16th century, Greece’s influence on Renaissance. One day, India’s wisdom will flow again on Europe and will totally transform our knowledge and thought. Arthur Schopenhauer in The World as a Will and Representation (1788-1860).
Source: www.expressbuzz.com CHENNAI, INDIA, August 19, 2009: Dikshithars are also owners of the Nataraja temple in Chidambaram — and Lord Shiva is one of the Dikshithars, Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy stated in written arguments submitted before a division bench on Tuesday. “This is part of the religious beliefs protected under Article 25 of the Constitution and the same could…
Source: newsblaze.com UNITED STATES, August 16, 2009: “As I don my body armor, grab my weapon, and prepare to lead my platoon of 32 soldiers into Afghanistan, I hesitate. I turn to the portrait of Krishna in my office and demand of him, ‘What is the worth of this fight? Is it worth our limbs, our lives, or the heartbreak…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com HOUSTON, TEXAS, August 21, 2009: Preceding Satguru Bodinatha Veylanswami’s arrival in Houston in late August of 2009, Kalyani Giri, cultural/community news journalist for Indo-American News, prepared an interview with the publisher of Hinduism Today. Kalyani asked Hindu youth, ages 8-22 (including her 17-year-old daughter Anushka) in this city’s Hindu American community to voice their everyday concerns, which she…
Source: news.bbc.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, August 12, 2009: Women who are optimistic have a lower risk of heart disease and death, an American study shows. The latest study by U.S. investigators mirrors the findings of earlier work by a Dutch team showing optimism reduces heart risk in men. The research on nearly 100,000 women, published in the journal Circulation, found pessimists…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com It is very important to give light and love to everyone, because everyone needs affection. Let light, love and peace live today and always in our hearts. Let these words not just be words pouring out of our lips. Let light invade your whole being so that everyone may be able to love. Mataji Indra Devi