www.hinducouncil.com.au CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, October 20, 2006: Divali was celebrated at the Federal Parliament House in Canberra on October 16, 2006. The function was jointly hosted by the Hon. Senator Amanda Vanstone, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs and the Hindu Council of Australia, a national body representing all Australian Hindus, and was attended by a number of Senators and Members…
the.honoluluadvertiser.com HONOLULU, HAWAII, October 20, 2006: (HPI note: This article appeared in the Hawaii newspaper, the Honolulu Advertiser, and mentioned Kauai’s Hindu Monastery, home of HPI and Hinduism Today.) Hawai’i has yet to see commune-like groups where one can live a monastic-like contemplative lifestyle, such as Rutba House in Durham, N.C. However, there is an increasing interest in living the…
www.dmyouth.com ONTARIO, CANADA, October 19, 2006: For Hinduism to survive and continue to thrive in Canada for generations to come, there needs to be a renaissance of Hinduism among today’s youth. The Devi Mandir is special in that the youth movement arising out of the Mandir entitled “DM Youth” has been around for two years and has paved the path…
paras_ramoutar@yahoo.com TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, October 20, 2006: “The diffusion of India’s cultural immensity over the vast expanses of Asia and other continents is a glorious epic of human achievement in the domain of thought and its expression in space and time.” This summarized former UNC Senator Suren Capildeo’s feature address at the 20th annual Divali Nagar on October 12, 2006,…
www.london.gov.uk LONDON, ENGLAND, October 19, 2006: Divali was celebrated October 15 in Trafalgar Square, London, by 20,000 people. Organized by the Mayor of London and the Divali in London Committee, chaired by Nitin Palan, the number of celebrants has increased 5,000 each year. Raghav, Hunterz and Kalakaar provided musical entertainment. Groups from the Saraswati Dance Academy, Brahma Kumaris, BAPS Swaminarayan…
info@hindusangam.org.my KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, October 19, 2006: The Malaysia Hindu Sangam sent out the following press release: “The present day life is filled with much stress and tension in a fast-paced, action-orientated life. The arrival of festive season is always most welcome and what more a week-long Deepa-Raya festive holidays! The entire nation will have the opportunity to be with…
inwww.rediff.com WASHINGTON, U.S.A., October 10, 2006: In the past five years immigrants from India have settled in the Washington metropolitan area increasing their population from 70,000 to 107,000. These statistics are from a media report published by the Washington Post. The report further added, “Foreign-born Indians now rival Koreans as the area’s second most populous group. That growth naturally has…
www.hscnet.org BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, October 5, 2006: “The past and future are but the essence of our existence.” These words by Swami Tygananda of the Boston Vedanta Society resonated with the attendees at Hindu Students Council’s 2006 Annual Meet, recently held on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus. The three-day meeting, from September 29 to October 1, brought together participants from…
www.washingtonpost.com PALLIPURAM, INDIA, October 15, 2006: The cell phone is bringing new economic clout, profit and productivity to India’s fishermen who can take bids on their catch before reaching shore, farmers with their perishable crops and millions of poor laborers in India, the world’s fastest-growing cell phone market. the beginning of 2000, India had 1.6 million cell phone subscribers; today…
Religion News Service USA, October 18, 2006: Vasudha Narayanan was browsing in a Walgreens in Gainesville, Fla., last year when she saw something she’d never seen before in an American drugstore — greeting cards for the holiday Diwali. “I was so happy,” said Narayanan, who was born in India. “It was like a piece of home almost. It was a…