www.thaindian.com LAHORE, PAKISTAN May 26: Most students in Pakistan are surprisingly keen to learn about Hinduism, despite the hostility that has prevailed between their country and India in the previous sixty years. According to Dr. Maureen Korp, an art critic and a religious studies scholar based in Canada who received her doctorate from the University of Ottawa, the students in…
www.ifiw.org USA, May 31, 2008: The Ramayan Podcast is an episodic reading in English of Sri Ramacharitramanas (The Lake of Exploits of Shri Ram), written by Saint Tulsidasji. The episodes are approximately 30 minutes long and are posted several times a month. Episode 19 is currently in production, and all episodes are available for free. The Ramayan Podcast can be…
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www.hinduvoice.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, June 1, 2008: The Hindu Voice’s May newsletter is now available online. This month’s edition has informative and provocative pieces that are generating a good deal of online discussion. Several timely and important pieces include a story on Dilip Lakhani, recently appointed the first Hindu tutor at Eton College, Tibet’s recent human rights struggles with the Chinese…
indiapost.com NEW YORK, May 31, 2008: The Staten Island Hindu temple celebrated the Prana Pratistha, a ceremony during which the consecration of the Hindu deities Sri Shiva and Parvati, Sri Karthikeya, Durga Mata, Lakshmi Mata, Saraswati Mata, Sri Radha Krishna and Sri Hanumanji at the temple in a three-day ceremony, from May 23 to 25. This marks the third stage…
howrah.org LUCKNOW, INDIA, May 22, 2008: Sadhus, saints and religious leaders in Varanasi will embark on a new mission from next week. These religious leaders will perform shramdan (voluntary labour) to clean up the Ganga river in the holy city. Led by Swami Avimukteshwaranand, a representative of Shankaracharya of Jyotis and Sharda-Dwarka Peeth Swami and Swarupanand Saraswati, they will start…
www.nytimes.com NEW YORK, USA, May 20, 2008: When older people can no longer remember names at a cocktail party, they tend to think that their brainpower is declining. But a growing number of studies suggest that this assumption is often wrong. Instead, the research finds, the aging brain is simply taking in more data and trying to sift through a…
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news.bbc.co.uk KATHMANDU, NEPAL, May 29, 2008: The Himalayan nation of Nepal has become the world’s newest republic, ending 240 years of monarchy. A constituent assembly meeting in the capital, Kathmandu, overwhelmingly voted to abolish royal rule. The Maoists, the largest party after laying down arms and standing in last month’s elections, were committed to ousting King Gyanendra. People celebrated wildly…
news.bbc.co.uk KATHMANDU, NEPAL, May 29, 2008: With the ending of the monarchy in Nepal, what is ex-king Gyanendra planning to do now – and what will take the place of the crown? There are reports that Gyanendra and his ex-queen, Komal, are already packing to leave the royal palace, Narayanhiti. Although they have had months to think about it, Nepal’s…