www.bloomberg.com NEW YORK, U.S.A., March 10, 2008: The Vatican has put together a list of seven “social” sins that includes excessive wealth, drug abuse, littering, genetic tampering and creating poverty. Echoing the concept of the seven cardinal vices — set to paper by Pope Gregory I in the sixth century — the new list adds a social dimension, Bishop Gianfranco…
www.hinduismtoday.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, March 9, 2008: “Karan Singh, Sakshat Itihas” (“Karan Singh, History Personified”) is a pictorial biography in Hindi launched with grand fanfare by Delhi’s Chief Minister on Friday, 9th March, 2008, the 77th birthday of Dr. Karan Singh. The illustrious gathering on the occasion included capital’s leading lights from literary and political circles. Both the Chief Minister…
www.hinduismtoday.com Mind absorbed in God, no place to go. Poondyswami, when asked by a Hinduism Today staffer why he sat for 10 years at a roadside shrine in South India without moving from his seat
www.hinduismtoday.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, March 6, 2008: The Shruti Foundation recently organized a workshop to teach the assembling of a “Ghatam” – a unique water filter based on knowledge derived from Indian traditional wisdom and ways of purification. The event was attended by NGO’s, social workers, academicians and residents of an area of Delhi who live without the benefit of…
www.hinduismtoday.com When you react to a situation, do not re-enact it. Wait until the emotional nature has completely composed itself, then study your reaction. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)
www.hinduismtoday.com WASHINGTON D. C., UNITED STATES, March 6, 2008: The Hindu American Foundation was invited by the Department of Justice to join the Faith Leaders’ Roundtable Conference. Attended by Attorney General Mukasey, the invitation-only meeting gathered eleven organizations, including the Anti-Defamation League, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregation of America, the Seventh Day…
www.newindpress.com KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, March 8, 2008: Samy Vellu, the lone ethnic Indian minister in the Malaysian government on Saturday suffered a shocking defeat on his birthday, losing his parliamentary seat after winning it for eight terms. Malaysians are surveying the new political landscape a day after voters delivered a blow to the country’s half-century-old ruling coalition. Vellu, chief of…
www.telegraphindia.com CHENNAI, INDIA, March 2, 2008: (HPI note: This is a series of reports on the incidents between the Chidambaram dikshitars and the government that led to the imprisonment and later release of 11 dikshitars and other protesters.) A Sanskrit-versus-Tamil row yesterday led to police and priests pushing and shoving each other at the Nataraja temple in Chidambaram, one of…
www.newindpress.com CHIDAMBARAM, TAMIL NADU, INDIA, March 6, 2008: In a sudden U turn, conservative dikshitars have given a cordial reception to those who came to the Lord Nataraja temple in Chidambaram on Wednesday. Dikshitars, who are the temple priests, changed their attitude following a strict warning issued by the State Government for obstructing persons who wished to recite Tamil devotional…
www.chennaionline.com CHIDAMBARAM, TAMIL NADU, INDIA, March 6, 2008: Volunteers of the Human Rights Protection Centre (HRPC), Farmers Liberation Front and Makkal Kalai Ilakkiyam took out a procession and garlanded the statue of rationalist leader Periyar E.V. Ramasamy after bursting crackers to celebrate what they called “victory of Tamil”. (HPI Note: P. Ramasamy was a prominent social activist and atheist. His…