Source: www.youtube.com USA, August 18, 2009 (from the HPI staff): If you are a parent who ever wondered what your sons and daughters encounter as Hindus living in America, this is a video you have to see. The video was made by an otherwise common American teenager, called Molly, while her friend Saraswati visited her. Sitting at the kitchen table,…
Source: www.nytimes.com MINHO, PORTUGAL, August 17, 2009: Lab rats are known for their ingenious ability to navigate intricate mazes, pull different levers for food and other remarkable feats for such a small brain. But a report recently publish in the journal Science showed that chronically stressed rats lost their elastic rat cunning and creative problem-solving. Not only that, their neurological…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Lead me in the center of thy silence to fill my heart with songs. Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) celebrated Bengali writer who won the Nobel Prize Literature in 1913
Source: francoisgautier.wordpress.com NEW YORK, USA, August 10, 2009: Noted French journalist and writer Francois Gautier, who has made India his home and propagation of Hinduism his cause and mission for over three decades, is currently traveling across the US to raise funds through his foundation, FACT – India, to establish an Indian history museum in Pune, India. Gautier, a Westerner…
Source: www.hindu.com VISAKHAPATNAM, INDIA, August 18, 2009: The youth of Gajuwaka intend to install the tallest Ganesha murti in the state this year. Under the aegis of Sampath Vinayak Youth, a voluntary outfit, over US$50,000 has been raised to engage artistes from Medinapore of West Bengal to make a 54-foot-high murti, to be installed at the Old Gajuwaka Exhibition Grounds.…
Source: www.ddinews.gov.in UTTARAKHAND, INDIA, August 14, 2009: ALL across Uttarakhand, temples have been decorated for Friday’s celebration of Janmashtmi, the birthday of Lord Krishna. Special prayers and programs marking the occasion will be attended by pilgrims from all across the country. In Badrinath, the Badri Vishal temple has been decorated; at Haridwar, people will begin their day by taking a…
Source: francoisgautier.wordpress.com NEW YORK, USA, August 10, 2009: The noted and eloquent French journalist and writer Francois Gautier, who has made India his home and propagation of Hinduism his cause and mission for over three decades, is currently traveling across the US to raise funds through his foundation, FACT – India, to establish an Indian history museum in Pune, India.…
Source: www.sundaytimes.lk JAFFNA, SRI LANKA, August 16, 2009: Jaffna’s annual Nallur festival is a major religious and social event which draws devotees from the far corners of the world to this famous Hindu temple in northern Sri Lanka. Rain or shine, even through the dreadful war years, the Nallur festival has been held every year without a break. Although attendance…
Source: belizenews.com WASHINGTON, DC, USA, June 12, 2009: President Barack Obama has chosen Indian-American businessman Vinai Thummalapally as the new United States Ambassador to Belize. The two are long-time friends, having been college roommates in 1980. Vinai attended Obama’s wedding in 1982 and was in Illinois in 2007 when Obama announced that he was running for President. Originally from Hyderabad…
Source: www.thaindian.com DHAKA, BANGLADESH, August 13, 2009: Bangladesh’s Hindu community celebrated Janmashtami on Thursday, marking the birth of Lord Krishna with functions organised in the national capital and other parts of the country. It is a public holiday and President Zillur Rahman will host a reception for leaders of the community at the president’s house Banga Bhaban. Different socio-cultural and…