www.hindusangam.org.my KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYASIA, January 3, 2008: (HPI Note: This is a press release by Datuk A Vaithilingam, representing the Coalition of Malaysian Indian NGOs.) I am here today as chairman of a group of more than 120 Indian based non governmental organizations. All of us acknowledge that there are issues of very grave concern facing the Indian community in…
www.time.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, December 27. 2007: The violence that has wracked India’s eastern state of Orissa over the past few days seems, at first glance, to be purely religious. On Christmas Eve and Christmas day, Hindu nationalists in the Kandhamal area attacked churches and convents and set fire to houses belonging to Christians, killing one person and injuring at…
indiamediabias@gmail.com ORISSA, INDIA, January 3, 2008 (HPI note: This is another account of the latest events in Orissa, received at the HPI offices. We have been unable to verify its source and it is reproduced here as received.) Reports of communal violence involving the converted Christians led by the Missionaries on one hand and the Tribals on the other, in…
www.hinduonnet.com SABARIMALA, INDIA, December 31, 2007: The Lord Ayyappa temple was opened for the Makaravilakku festival on Sunday evening, marking the second phase of the two-month-long pilgrimage season to the hill shrine. Makara Jyothi, the most auspicious occasion of the festival when pilgrims sight a divine light at Ponnambalamedu, the distant hills opposite the temple, falls on January 14. Devaswom…
www.nytimes.com MITAKA, JAPAN, January 2, 2008: Japan is suffering a crisis of confidence these days about its ability to compete with its emerging Asian rivals, China and India. But even in this fad-obsessed nation, one result was never expected: a growing craze for Indian education. Despite an improved economy, many Japanese are feeling a sense of insecurity about the nation’s…
www.youtube.com KAUAI, HAWAII, January 2, 2008: Hinduism Today Magazine is proud to announce its presence on YouTube. Visit Hinduism Today’s YouTube channel to watch a three-part documentary of the Thai Pusam celebration at Batu Caves, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, January 2007, attended by more than a million devotees. This professional documentary about the meaning and significance of the festival itself, with…
www.hinduonnet.com UDUPI, INDIA, January 1, 2008: No solution seems to be in sight for the “Paryaya Peetha” controversy with seven of the Asta Mutts opposing Puttige seer Sugendra Theertha Swamiji ascending the peetha on January 18 and performing Sri Krishna pooja for the two-year term. Even as Puttige seer asserted his right to ascend the Paryaya Peetha, as per the…
www.hindustantimes.com MUMBAI, INDIA, December 29, 2007: Astrology is fast catching up to become a Knowledge Process Outsourcing business, with more and more non-resident Indians seeking astro-numerical counselling. Chennai-based Sundhar Raja, who completed a pilot project offering astro-numerological services through internet recently, is hoping to garner a revenue of Rs. 1 crore during the current fiscal year. “Over 50 per cent…
www.usatoday.com JHABUA, INDIA, December 28, 2007: Biju Verghese believes the end of the world is coming. This faith makes his work urgent: Convert as many Indians to Christianity as possible. Or, as he puts it, “reach the unreached at any cost.” Verghese is a new breed of missionary, tied not to the mainline Protestant or Catholic churches that came with…
www.timesonline.co.uk PARIS, FRANCE, December 28, 2007: A row has erupted between France and Bangladesh after the theft of two ancient statues led to the cancellation of a ground-breaking exhibition of Hindu artefacts. Bangladesh scrapped the exhibition at the Guimet Museum, amid claims that France could not be trusted with some of the country’s finest cultural treasures. French officials pointed out,…