www.hafsite.org WASHINGTON, D.C., November 30, 2007: The last two weeks were unique for the Hindu American Foundation (HAF), when two of its own received significant national recognition. Ishanaa Rambachan, a member of the HAF Executive Council and student at St. Olaf’s College in Minnesota, was a recipient of the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship garnering widespread media attention. Rambachan prominently featured her…
www.cnn.com PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (AP) — Nearly a decade ago, computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University embarked on a project with an astonishingly lofty goal: Digitize the published works of humankind and make them freely available online. The architects of the project said this week they have surpassed their latest target, having scanned more than 1.5 million books — many of…
www.earthtimes.org BANGALORE, INDIA, November 29, 2007: Trips abroad may deprive a seer of the right to worship at the famous Krishna temple in Udupi town of Karnataka. Sugunendra Thirtha Swami, the head of the Puthige mutt – one of the eight mutts that administer the temple by rotation – may not be allowed to worship Lord Krishna at the temple…
mangalorean.com UDUPI, INDIA, November 27, 2007: Puttige mutt seer Sugunendrateertha Swamiji finally broke his silence during Dhaanya muhurtha in Puthige mutt on Monday and said nobody can snatch away his right to worship Lord Srikrishna during paryaya. Dhaanya muhurtha is a ritual performed as part of Paryaya. “I will worship Lord Krishna during Paryaya. For the last 750 years, the…
www.dnaindia.com BANGALORE, INDIA, November 28, 2007: A section of the brahmin community across India believes Sugunendra Teertha of Puttige mutt cannot “ascend to the Paryaya” (take his turn) since he has committed the offense of sagarollanghana (crossing the sea) and thus has to be disqualified from the rights. Says the pontiff of Pejawar mutt in Udupi, Vishweshara Teertha, “There is…
www.hinducounciluk.org LONDON, ENGLAND, November 28, 2007: Britain’s first state-funded Hindu Primary school, set to open in Harrow, north London, in September 2008, has outlined an admissions policy the Hindu Council UK (HCUK) says may rule out applications from the vast majority of British Hindu children in the area. HCUK is also concerned the policy may cause division within the local…
Press Release KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, November 27, 2007: (HPI note: Following is a statement by the Malaysia Hindu Sangam President, Datuk A. Vaithilingam: The HINDRAF Rally this Sunday is a wake up call for all Malaysians. It is clear that there are tens of thousands of disaffected Indians in Malaysia who feel the Government is not protecting their best interests.…
www.hinduismtoday.com KAUAI, HAWAII, November 27, 2007: Hinduism Today magazine is proud to announce the release of its 24 minute video documentary of the 2007 celebration of Thai Pusam at Batu Caves, Malaysia. The Hindu festival was attended by over one million people. The documentary has been produced and directed by Rohini Kumar Nair of Malaysia. It is an excellent production!…
ems.gmnews.com EDISON, NEW JERSEY, November 27, 2007: Organizers for Edison’s open-air Navratri festival will need to find a new venue next year. Responding to a large number of noise complaints from neighbors, Edison Township has declined to give its permission to hold the multiweekend cultural festival outdoors next year. Navratri, a Hindu religious festival involving copious amounts of music and…
www.hindustantimes.com KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, november 26, 2007: (HPI note: See video news report here.) Unprecedented street protests by ethnic Indians have opened up a new fault line in Malaysia’s tense race relations, posing a major problem for the government as it faces elections, analysts said on Monday. Political observers in the multicultural nation, where minority Indians and ethnic Chinese live…