SourceNEW JERSEY, USA October 21, 2004: The Dwarkadhish Temple is in the midst of a weeklong 10th anniversary celebration at its Washington Road site. To this point the celebration has been a success, with no complaints from residents or officials. Events will culminate this weekend, as thousands are expected at the temple Saturday, and a procession through town will be…
www.hinduismtoday.com There are more than one million Indians here in America now. And I think more than half of them are here tonight (laughter and applause). And I might say, Mr. Prime Minister, the other half are disappointed that they’re not here (laughter). President Bill Clinton at a State Dinner held at the white house in honor of India’s Prime…
News ReportNEW YORK, USA, November 28, 2003: Guyanese-born, Mr. Bankim Gossai was bestowed with the prestigious MBE (Member of British Empire) for his tireless charity works in communities in South London, England, by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth in June, 2003. Mr. Gossai, from Handsome Tree, Mahaica Creek in Guyana, migrated to England thirty years ago. He served as a Group…
SourceLONDON, ENGLAND, September 10, 2003: Britons are abandoning churches in droves, replacing traditional religion with activities that focus on themselves. But most people still believe in something, a poll revealed yesterday. Six out of ten of Britons believe in God and increasing numbers find Jesus inspirational, thanks to a rise in evangelical Christianity. Islam and alternative ideas such as New…
GO TO SOURCE NEW DELHI, INDIA, August 20, 2001: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), is making efforts to forge close ties with native American-Indian groups, saying the two have “many things in common.” RSS chief K.S. Sudarshan met with leaders of such groups during his recent visit to US and Canada at the invitation of the Center for World Indigenous…
www.odishatoday.com DALLAS, TEXAS, July 7, 2008: The DFW Hindu Temple Society, Ekta Mandir celebrated Rath Yatra, the car festival of idols Jagannath, Balabhadra and their sister Devi Subhadra on Sunday, July 6, in Dallas, Texas, two days after the world famous Rath Yatra at Puri, with much fanfare and traditional fervor. Hundreds of devotees from Dallas, Fort Worth and the…
www.himalmag.com INDIA, June 26, 2008: (HPI note: This is a moving account from the Nepal-based magzine Himal of the experience, mostly of those who stayed behind, when tens of thousands of workers were shipped from the Bhojur region of India to the British colonies.) Nearly 150 years ago began an agonising saga of migration from the Bhojpur region of India.…
www.thehindu.com CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA, April 22, 2009: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is starting a movement across the country, hold meetings with all school heads to convey that no form of corporal punishment will be tolerated. “These meetings will have to be held ahead of the new academic year,” Commission chairperson Shanta Sinha told The…
kaymoodly@ihug.co.nz (press release) AUCKLAND, AUSTRALIA, April 24, 2009: Swami Nirliptananda, Vice-President of The Divine Life Society, Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh, will visit Australia and New Zealand from April 24 to April 29. Swami Sivananda’s teachings of “Serve, Love, Give, Purify, Meditate, Realise” is a simple and practical approach to the profound and lofty ideal of spirituality, and Swami Nirliptanandaji is a…