Source: www.hinducouncil.com.au AUSTRALIA, June 2, 2009 (press release): Hindus have lived in Australia for many decades, enjoying full religious freedom, and most Australians have been friendly. But recent attacks have targeted students of Indian origin. Originally, most victims were male; but recently, increasing numbers of female Indian students have been robbed. This problem has become prevalent in all major cities.…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Hinduism gave itself no name, because it set itself no sectarian limits; it claimed no universal adhesion, asserted no sole infallible dogma, set up no single narrow path or gate of salvation; it was less a creed or cult than a continuously enlarging tradition of the Godward endeavor of the human spirit. An immense, many-sided and many staged…
Source: www.sacbee.com SACRAMENTO, CA, June 8, 2008: The controversy over how Hinduism is taught in California’s secondary public schools has apparently come to a conclusion. California Parents for the Equalization of Educational Materials (CAPEEM) alleged that board members had discriminated against Hindus and their supporters during the 2005-06 adoption process for sixth-grade history and social science textbooks, and that the…
Source: www.capeem.org [HPI note: This is CAPEEM’s official press release] LOS ANGELES, CA, June 8, 2009: California Parents for the Equalization of Educational Materials (CAPEEM) and officials of the California Department of Education and the State Board of Education came to an agreement to settle the lawsuit that was filed in the United States District Court of Eastern District of…
Source: www.hinduonnet.com RAIPUR, CHHATTISGARH, INDIA, June 4, 2009: In the first phase of a survey conducted by the National Mission for Manuscripts and assisted by locals, around 2,000 manuscripts have been collected from various archaeological and remote sites in Chhattisgarh, officials said. Written mostly on palm leaves and paper, these manuscripts contain texts in Sanskrit, Oriya and Devnagiri with scriptures…
Source: www.divyajivan.org AHMEDABAD, INDIA, June 5, 2009 (Press release): The Sivananda Ashram of Ahmedabad announces the “Divya Tour 2009” of Pujya Swami Adhyatmanandji Maharaj. Swamiji’s USA tour starts on June 7, 2009. All across the USA and Canada, morning yoga sessions and evening spiritual discourses are being organized. Swamiji’s itinerary takes him to USA, Canada, UK, Scotland and Germany before…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever. Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
Source: www.hinduonnet.com RAIPUR, CHHATTISGARH, INDIA, June 4, 2009:In the first phase of a survey conducted by the National Mission for Manuscripts and assisted by locals, around 2,000 manuscripts have been collected from various archaeological and remote sites in Chhattisgarh, officials said. Written mostly on palm leaves and paper, these manuscripts contain texts in Sanskrit, Oriya and Devnagiri with scriptures related…
Source: www.divyajivan.org AHMEDABAD, INDIA, June 5, 2009 (Press release): The Sivananda Ashram of Ahmedabad announces the “Divya Tour 2009” of Pujya Swami Adhyatmanandji Maharaj. Swamiji’s USA tour starts on June 7, 2009. All across the USA and Canada, morning yoga sessions and evening spiritual discourses are being organized. Swamiji’s itinerary takes him to USA, Canada, UK, Scotland and Germany before…
Source: www.buddhachannel.tv [HPI note: This proposed anti-conversion bill in Sri Lanka is likely to affect Hindus, considering that relief work and proselytizing are often tied together.] SRI LANKA, April 26, 2009: Christian organizations in Sri Lanka have been almost unanimously critical of a proposed Anti-Conversion Bill. Twenty-four prominent Christians recently joined in signing a letter sent to all Parliamentarians. In…