HPI KAPAA, HAWAII, May 15, 2009: After a detailed letter exposed the flaws of their article on Hinduism, Encyclopeadia Britannica announced it will revise it while “strives for balance in all subjects.” The letter was written by Amit Raj Dhawan, an electrical engineer by profession and a Hindu. In his expose, Dhawan wrote, “Britannica has misrepresented the concept and message…
www.bartlesvillelive.com OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, USA, Friday, May, 8, 2009: The OklahomaHouse of Representatives, by a vote of 83-2, has passed HB 1330, theTen Commandments Monument Display Act. The bill, previously passed bythe Senate, now goes to Gov. Brad Henry for his signature. It provides inpart: The State Capitol Preservation Commission … is hereby authorized to …arrange for the placement on…
www.youtube.com This well-made British video explores many of ancient India’s impressive achievements. Many people still do not realize that it was India that gave the world the concept of zero and developed the modern decimal numbering system, the digits zero through nine. This system (later mislabeled as Arabic in origin) made calculations much easier and led to advances in many…
www.siliconindia.com LONDON, ENGLAND, May 12, 2009: Indian-born MP Virendra Sharma has pointed out that the Equality Bill currently under discussion in Parliament needs to address the caste-based discrimination among South Asians in Britain. As written, the bill aims to consolidate nine existing equality laws into a single law banning discrimination based on race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or…
blog.taragana.com PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA, May 9, 2009: – A Hindu prayer started off the inauguration of South African President Jacob Zuma at the Union Buildings on Saturday. As Indian Vice-President Hamid Ansari joined heads of state of 28 other countries, South African Hindu Maha Sabha president Ashwin Trikamjee recited a few lines in Sanskrit before translating them into English and…
Doctors said the fire ritual was another manifestation of the Hippocratic oath that they took the day they had stepped into the profession, to work for the good health and cause of all humanity. “All the doctors perform the treatment but behind the hand of the God is omnipresent and every one believes in this statement. This is the reason…
www.la-croix.com BOBIGNY, FRANCE: A Hindu temple in La Courneuve suffered minor damage in a Molotov cocktail attack Monday night, quickly following an attack against the Bourget International Buddhist Center. Police have arrested four young men of Sri Lankan origin who are suspects in this latest attack. Sunday evening, several windows at the Buddhist temple were broken by 7 or 8…
www.hinduismtoday.com “Yoga is love. It is nonviolence at the extreme edge.” Mahatma Gandhi
www.kantipuronline.com DAILEKH, INDIA, April 29, 2009: Protesting a recent verdict of the district court, brahmin priests in Dailekh have padlocked a dozen temples including Batukbhairav Temple, Ganesh Temple, Narayan Temple and Dheleshwormahadev Temple. The protested verdict was given April 12, when the court sentenced Dipak Upadhyay for refusing raksha bandhan (the holy thread tied around the wrist on Janaipurnima day)…
www.americamagazine.org CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, MAY 8, 2009: On May 3, Swami Sarvagatananda, a senior monk of the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society and long-time head of the Vedanta Society in Boston, died at the age of 96. Born in 1912, Swami Sarvagatananda joined the Ramakrishna Order in 1935, received mantra-diksha from Revered Swami Akhandananda Maharaj in 1936, and sannyasa (renunciation vows) from Revered…