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www.daijiworld.com KANDAPUR, KARNATAKA, INDIA, December 1, 2008: The “Hindu Religious Awareness Conference” was held at Shetty Auditorium of Bhandarkar’s College yesterday. The conference was organized by the Hindu Jana Jagruti Samiti. Speaking after inaugurating the program, Sri Kalahastendra Saraswati Swami, Anegundi Jagadguru Maha Samstan, Katapady, said that the word “Hindu” is under siege in India. “Hindu religion is a precious…

www.dailytimes.com.pk BADUY, WEST JAVA, December 2, 2008: High in the lush hills of far western Java, an animist tribe lives a peaceful existence, untouched by the turmoil of the financial crisis. The Baduy, who are estimated to number somewhere between 5,000-8,000 people, are surviving in tribal lands only 120 km (75 miles) from the teeming mega-city of Jakarta. Yet despite…

www.hinduismtoday.com Even among high-context cultures, the Indian wedding stands out. It involves as much planning as the construction of a nuclear power plant–except it costs more.    Anonymous

www.journalgazette.net FORT WAYNE, IN, USA, November 30, 2008: Arranged marriages are more common across the world than romantic marriages, says Usman, a professor emeritus at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne and former sociology department chair. The cultural trend is popular especially in India, China and Indonesia – three countries that make up about 40 percent of the world’s population, reported…

www.nytimes.com NEW YORK, USA, November 29, 2008: Ani Anighotri is the co-chairman of an 80-member group in the Atlanta area called the Indo-Jewish Coalition. In its modest way, the coalition attests to the deepening bonds between Jews and Hindus, whether in Israel, India or the United States; and this week’s events demonstrate a sad element of connection. “There is some…

www.hinduismtoday.com There is something beyond our mind which abides in silence within our mind. It is the supreme mystery beyond thought. Let one’s mind and one’s subtle body rest upon that and not rest on anything else.    Maitri Upanishad

The Hindu Society of Greater Cincinnati will hold a “Shanti Path” (peace prayer) to honor the lives of the departed and support the survivors. Meanwhile, another memorial service is planned for Tuesday by the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati. “The recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai, have resulted in unimaginable death and destruction, and have inflicted intense pain and anguish across the…

mangalorean.com UDUPI, INDIA, November 25, 2008: Pejawar mutt Pontiff Shree Vishveshatheertha Sripada said at an event that conversion must be restrained to conserve and protect the rich cultural and spiritual treasure of ancient Hindu civilization. “Conversion is ravaging Hinduism’s ancient cultural legacy and threatening its very survival here. Ancient Hindu religion comprises the intricacies of all forms of art and…

www.thehindu.com TIRUMALA, INDIA, November 28, 2008: The TTD management has dispensed with the system of VIP darshan passes both on January 1 and on the auspicious Vaikunta Ekadasi festival day falling on January 7 according to the almanac. The decision was taken to provide for longer darshan hours to common devotees. TTD Executive Officer K.V. Ramanachary said that the management…

www.terra.cl SANTIAGO, CHILE, November 28, 2008: The year was 1976. A Hindu woman called Shantala caressed and massaged her newborn while the French doctor Frederick Leboyer and recorded a video. She performed a technique which has been passed from generation to generation in India, but to the doctor, it was entirely new. Such was his amazement that he wrote a…