Source: www.hinduonnet.com DINDIGUL, INDIA, June 22, 2009: A glass bead-making unit and an Iron Age graveyard, both about 2,500 years old, have been unearthed during the ongoing excavation in and around Porunthal, an archaeology expert said. The excavation made at Paasi Medu (bead mound) venue, a site spread over 13.5 acres on the ancient East-West Trade route linking Tamil Nadu…
Source: internationalreporter.com NEW ZEALAND, June 22, 2009: Indian students might prefer New Zealand for higher studies and immigration after they were being targeted in Australia. Though New Zealand is close to Australia, there is marked difference in the country’s attitude towards multi-ethnic society and tolerant towards Asian race. New Zealand has a society more favorable to Indian Hindus,according to New…
Source: news.bbc.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, June 22, 2009: In Hereford, Texas, the Panda Energy Company, which has a series of successful plants across the United States, wanted to use the town’s plentiful supply of manure–courtesy of the hundreds of thousands of cattle that use its massive feed yards–to power the process of extracting ethanol from corn. Hereford’s feed yards would lose…
Source: www.hinduonnet.com WASHINGTON, DC, USA, June 23, 2009: Namrata Randhawa Haley, the daughter of a Punjabi Sikh immigrant, has announced her candidacy for Republican Party nomination for the Governor of South Carolina, which will go to poll next year. Nikki, 37, as she is popularly known, is presently a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives. In 2004, Nikki…
Source: The test of a man is how much he can bear and how much he can share and how soon he confesses a mistake and makes amends for it. Dada J.P. Vaswani
Source: news.bbc.co.uk [HPI note: According to the Indian police, Maoists were the perpetrators of the murder of Swami Laxshmananda in late 2008, causing months of civil unrest.] DELHI, INDIA, June 23, 2009: The Indian government has banned the Maoist Communist Party of India as a terrorist group, giving security forces enhanced powers of arrest. Earlier, five states across east and…
Source: www.hindu.com MADURAI, INDIA, June 15, 2009: A recent study by Evidence, a Madurai-based non-governmental organization, found varied examples of discrimination against Dalits still occurring in many of the temples of South India. Discriminatory issues involved such matters as entry into the temple or into the public worship area, the serving of annadhanam, avoidance of Dalit areas by the temple…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Lord Siva, the bestower of happiness, gave the art of yoga. As Nataraja, King of dancers, He gave dance. BKS Iyengar
Source: http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200906151552.htm KATHMANDU, NEPAL, June 15, 2009: Foreigners visiting Nepal’s sacred Hindu temple Pashupatinath must now pay an entry fee of US$11 (Rs 500), up from Rs250. PADT secretary Paramananda Shakya said the intent is to develop the infrastructure in the area, and to provide guides for visitors. “We will build more eateries and restrooms of international standard,” he said.…
Source: www.ft.com LUCKNOW, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA, May 23, 2009: On the banks of the Gomti River outside Lucknow, an elaborate memorial is being constructed in honor of Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar, the erudite hero of India’s “untouchables,” the Dalits. Large statues of Dr. Ambedkar and other Dalit heroes look down on giant sandstone elephants that line the walkway to a…