www.indoamerican-news.com HOUSTON,TEXAS, October 9, 2007: Vijay Kumar Pallod’s capacity for perseverance is legendary; he personifies the proverbial squeaky wheel that demands attention and he effectively expedites whatever task is on hand. He is a gifted spin-doctor and can find a positive slant in any given circumstance, however dire. No problem is too big for him to solve; he thrives on…
www.economist.com BANGALORE, INDIA, October 4, 2007: India’s government is threatening to make companies hire more low-caste workers. A 23-year-old dressed in white pajama trousers and a black over shirt represents two worlds in India that know almost nothing of each other. One is fast growing but tiny: the world of business. Strolling through the Californian-style campus in Bangalore that serves…
www.utne.com USA, October 7, 2007: (HPI note: This long and entertaining article appeared in the April issue of Utne Reader. It recounts the coverage of yoga and Hinduism in the American press since the beginning of the 19th century when Ralph Waldo Emerson’s father published the first Sanskrit scripture translation in the United States.) Some Excerpts: “To the American consumer…
mailto:orueagle3@yahoo.com USA, October 8, 2007: (HPI note: We found this interesting informaton.) In September of ’06, author Howie Gardner, Pastor of Bel Air Assembly of God in Maryland, composed a letter to the Muslim World league in Saudi Arabia. The letter has been revised a number of times at the suggestions of various missionaries and theologians. It can be seen…
www.indiatoday.com INDIA, October 15, 2007: On her first visit to India after her record breaking space odyssey, Sunita Williams, whose father, Deepak Pandya originally hailed from Gujarat, wowed audiences across the country with details of her experiences at the International Space Station (ISS). As a female astronaut, she holds the record for the longest space flight (195 days), the highest…
www.nytimes.com NEW YORK, NEW YORK, October 7, 2007: (HPI Note: Following is a New York Times opinion piece by Jon Meacham, editor of Newsweek magazine.) Presidential candidate John McCain was not on the campus of Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University last year for very long — the senator, who once referred to Mr. Falwell and Pat Robertson as “agents of intolerance,”…
www.time.com UNITED STATES, October 4, 2007: Amy Toosley was standing in a split pose when her yoga instructor gave her a leg a little prod. “I heard the loudest pop I’ve ever heard, and the instructor said, ‘Ooh! Good release, huh?” Toosley recalls. “Not really–I could hardly walk.” With her hamstring muscle snapped, Toosley, 32, avoided yoga for the next…
www.ndtv.com DELHI, INDIA, October 6, 2007: It is one of the grandest Hindu temples in the capital and has been built with a lot of thought and precision. An architectural marvel, the Akshardham temple is the cynosure of all eyes. Soon a replica of it will be constructed, thousands of miles away in China. The first Hindu temple in communist…
homelands.org KOREA, October, 6, 2007: (HPI note: The following report is by AlanWesiman.) It shouldn’t have been that disconcerting to hear an evangelical Protestant minister extol God’s goodness for guiding the Pilgrims safely to America, where they could establish a Christian ethic that would one day shape the moral values of a nation. Granted, the church was stadium-sized, the 100-person…
www.hindu.com BHUBANESWAR, INDIA, October 4, 2007: The Odissi dancers’ community across the globe has come together in aid of the US-based veteran Odissi dancer Ms. Asako Takami who is suffering from cancer. The community has further appealed to the practitioners, patrons and admirers of the Indian classical dances to rise to the occasion. Founder of the Pallavi Dance Group in…