online.wsj.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, March 16, 2009: India’s Oscar victory has been celebrated with patriotic fervor. But what will be the final word on Slumdog and its legacy for India? Mr. Rahul Chawdhry, a professor of international marketing, says that although nobody claims we should hide the poverty and corruption that exists in India, highlighting these problems is very damaging…
www.tulsaworld.com TULSA, OKLAHOMA, USA, April 3, 2009: On Saturday, April 4, the Oklahoma Telugu Sangam celebrates Ugadi 2009, a multicultural program of Indian foods, traditions, music and dance celebrating the Ugadi Hindu New Year at Thoreau Demonstration Academy in Tulsa. Hari Musapeta, a Tulsa businessman and founder and president of OTS, a nonprofit organization promoting education and awareness of Indian…
www.hinduismtoday.com India was the motherland of our race and Sanskrit the mother of Europe’s languages. India was the mother of our philosophy, of much of our mathematics, of the ideals embodied in Christianity (…) of self-government and democracy. In many ways, Mother India is the mother of us all. Will Durant, American Historian (1885-1981)
www.topnews.in JAMMU AND KASHMIR, INDIA, March 30, 2009: According to official sources, around 60,000 devotees from all over India visited the holy shrine of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi to seek the blessings of the Divine Mother in her three manifestations during the first two days of the Chaitra Navratras that started on March 27. The shrine board has provided better…
www.HAFsite.org FREEMONT, CA, USA, March 31, 2009 (Press Release): The Hindu American Foundation’s (HAF) national staff meeting took on a festive atmosphere in Northern California this week as the group became the first organization to receive the “Hindu Renaissance Award” on March 28. Annually presented by Hinduism Today magazine for nearly two decades, the award’s inscription recognizes the Foundation “for…
HPI KAPAA, HAWAII, March 25, 2009: Hindus in the West are sometimes invited to give a talk explaining their religion at a local college, schoolroom, interfaith group or even a Christian church. Some have confided to Hinduism Today magazine publisher Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami that they do not feel qualified to give such a presentation. There is clearly a need for…
www.hinduismtoday.com The mystery is no mystery to the mystic. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)
HPI CHIDAMBARAM, INDIA, March 29th, 2009: Over 6,000 devotees participated in a protest march and rally on Wednesday, March 25, demanding that the government return the control of Chidambaram Temple to the Dikshitar community, who have managed the temple since time immemorial. Over six thousand devotees including thousands of women and children belonging to around several Hindu organizations of Tamil…
www.police.govt.nz [HPI note: We previously reported on a similar guide produced by the Police Dept. of Chicago. Respecting religious groups is increasingly the norm in government-related services of many countries.] NEW ZEALAND, March 29, 2009: HPI reports on this useful resource from the New Zealand Police. ‘A Practical Reference to Religious Diversity’ covers seven major religious faiths including Maori spirituality,…
www.hinduismtoday.com When you lose, don’t lose the lesson. His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Tibetan spiritual-political leader in exile