www.hinduismtoday.com KAUAI, HAWAII, February 26, 2008: Hinduism Today magazine is researching the issue of losing caste by crossing the ocean. This has most recently surfaced as an issue with the Udupi Krishna temple. We are unable to find the scriptural source of the restriction on crossing the ocean. Any reader with information can contact ar@hindu.org.
www.hinduismtoday.com Silence is the first door to spiritual eminence. Adi Sankara (788-820), in his Vivekachudamani, 368
news.bbc.co.uk BHUBANESWAR, INDIA, February 20, 2008: Indian archaeologists say they have found remains which point to the existence of a city which flourished 2,500 years ago in eastern India. Discovered at Sisupalgarh, near Bhubaneswar, capital of Orissa, the items found during point to a highly developed urban settlement. The population of the city could have been in the region of…
www.newwest.net INDONESIA, February 9, 2008: In 1991 I went on a two-week Smithsonian tour of Bali, the Indonesian island most famous for its dances, craft arts, and Hindu festivals. As I boarded a Garuda International flight in Los Angeles, I was impressed that a nation that is 90 percent Muslim would name its airline after a Hindu deity. Starting in…
www.washingtonpost.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, February 24, 2008: Lounging in a smoke-filled cafe, Purvi Ahuja, 20, and her hip friends like their text messages to be fast, their cappuccinos to be milky and their cigarettes to be plentiful. “I know it’s so bad. My skin is even gross, my lips are black because of it,” sighed Ahuja, her ashtray filled with…
www.hinduismtoday.com “Lead me in the center of thy silence to fill my heart with songs.” Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) celebrated Bengali writer who won the Nobel Prize Literature in 1913.
www.ndtv.com BIHAR, INDIA, February 20, 2008: Mauritius PM Navinchandra Ramgoolam arrived on Tuesday at his ancestral village in Bihar’s Bhojpur district. Ramgoolam delivered a brief speech and expressed his gratitude to the waiting crowd, where he laid foundation stones of many development projects. On Monday, the Mauritius PM had announced $250,000 for the development of roads and a hospital there.…
www.sarvesamachar.com BIHAR, INDIA, January 23, 2008: The Ma Mundeshwari Temple in Kaimur District, Bihar, has been reported as having been built in 108 CE. Since then rituals and worship have been taking place at the temple without a break, possibly making it the oldest functional temple in the world. It is situated atop the Kaimur Hill and built in an…
www.hinduonnet.com LONDON, UK, February 21, 2008: Health-conscious Britons can now dig into rich and spicy curries without guilt as a cookbook of Indian cuisine featuring low calorie recipes is being distributed free to doctor’s clinics. Written by Sudhesh Kumar, a professor of Medicine at the Warwick University, the curries are low on salt and oil and retain their flavor with…
www.hinduismtoday O God of mercy who performs the dance of illimitable happiness in the hall of inconceivable intelligence! The Rig and the other Vedas are thundering forth in words, announcing to us that all are thy slaves, all things belong to thee, all actions are thine, that thou pervades everywhere, that this is thy nature. Such is the teaching of…