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www.hinduismtoday.com Those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them back.   Anonymous

voices.washingtonpost.com WASHINGTON, DC, USA, April 6, 2009 (with RNS): The White House today announced ten more members of the council that will advise the president on faith-based and other key issues, such as fatherhood and poverty. The additions bring the council’s ranks to 24 religious and secular leaders. The office is meant primarily to support faith-based groups, including by helping…

www.hinducounciluk.org LONDON, UK, April 4, 2009: The birthday of Lord Rama was celebrated at the House of Commons on Monday, as the Members’ Dining Room was turned into a Mandir for the afternoon. Over 200 invited guests sang bhajans and watched Aarti performed by two young children, as Hindus from many different traditions celebrated the festival beneath the flag of…

RNS LONDON, UK, April 5, 2009: A secular organization in Britain that backs an atheist ad campaign on London’s buses is now producing “certificates of de-baptism” for people wishing to renounce their Christian faith — and claims it is getting thousands of takers. The National Secular Society says more than 100,000 ex-worshippers have downloaded the de-baptism certificates from its Web…

www.hinduismtoday.com He creates the Universe and then reveals Himself to us and in us. He made Himself manifest.    Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh scripture

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…

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.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…