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The Experience of Indian Hindu Immigrants to the USA
archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, April 13, 2008: (HPI note: this long article, available at URL above, explains the experiences of Hindus who come to the USA from India on temporary workers and then end up settling here.) The American Dream can sneak up on people. Take Naresh Bhatt and his wife, Bansri, who moved to the United States from India 15…
Puri Temple in Orissa Provides Facilities for Disabled Devotees
MP Mohanty PURI, INDIA, April 1, 2008: The Puri temple administration has decided to have facility for the visiting disabled devotees. So far all such devotees have difficulty in getting darshan of the Trinity and other Parswa Deities on account of the “Baisi Pahach,” or 22 steps. Four specially trained persons will be employed for the purpose, and there will…
Madhu Kishwar Visiting Seattle
HPI SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, April 18, 2008: Madhu Kishwar is the founder editor of Manushi, Senior Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS). She has written numerous books and articles on gender issues, human rights, advocacy and policy issues etc. Currently, she is working for im- proving the quality of street vendors/stalls in urban areas so that…
BBC Documentary on India Panned
deshika.wordpress.com ENGLAND, April 17, 2008: HPI note: We received the following searing criticism by Kripamoya Das of the “Story of India” by Michael Wood now being shown on the Discovery Channel in India. The entire text is available at the URL above. I watched a television documentary on the ancient history of India today. Presented by Michael Wood and made…
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www.hinduismtoday.com If you’re standing up, it’s confrontation. If you’re sitting down, its conversation. (On correcting people, including but not limited to children.)Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)
Fervor Marks Ram Navmi Celebrations Across India
www.hindu.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, April 15, 2008:: The faithful thronged temples to offer prayers as Ram Navmi, the birthday of Lord Rama, was celebrated with religious fervour and gaiety across the country on Monday. Thousands of people made a beeline to temples in places such as Ayodhya Ujjain and Rameswaram. In the Kashmir valley, Hurriyat leaders visited a temple and…
A New York Opera About a Giant’s Life: Mohandas K. Gandhi
www.nytimes.com NEW YORK, USA, April 11, 2008: An imaginative restaging of “Satyagraha,” a Philip Glass opera about the early life of Gandhi, has premiered at the New York Metropolitan Opera on April 11. “Satyagraha” is the middle work in Mr. Glass’s trilogy of operatic portraits, between “Einstein on the Beach” and “Akhnaten.” Written in 1979, the libretto is drawn from…
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UK Army’s First Hindu Chaplain Explains How The Mahabharata Can Comfort Soldiers
www.timesonline.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, April 8, 2008: When Attri was interviewed at the Ministry of Defense for the job of Britain’s first Hindu chaplain, he was asked what he would say if a soldier did not want to go to war. Hindu teachings, he responded, offer good guidance: “Duty is our priority. It’s our karma, and we have to face it.”…