www.contracostatimes.com LIVERMORE, CALIIFORNIA, August 7, 2006: Western culture’s fascination with Hinduism has made it easier to connect second-generation Indians to their heritage and part of that connection is spiritual. To help strengthen those bonds, groups such as the California chapter of the Shri Yoga Vedanta Ashrama, a nonprofit organization based in India, have launched yoga and meditation camps across the…
news.bbc.co.uk VADODARA, GUJARAT, INDIA, August 6, 2006: Geologists have discovered a striking archaeological feature on a hillock in the Kutch district of the western Indian state of Gujarat. This feature is shaped like the Roman numeral VI. Each arm of this feature is a trench that is about two meters wide, two meters deep and more than 100 meters long.…
news.bbc.co.uk LONDON, ENGLAND, August 3, 2006: In a few short years the web has become so familiar that it is hard to think of life without it. Along with that familiarity with browsers and bookmarks goes a little knowledge about the web’s history. Many users know that Sir Tim Berners-Lee developed the web at the Cern physics laboratory near Geneva…
epaper.timesofindia.com MUMBAI, INDIA, August 5,2006: Weekend culture for Indian youth is changing rapidly. From Mumbai to Meerut, a large number of youngsters are happily forgoing their Saturday night boogeying in favor of a spiritual sojourn. Dancing shoes firmly kept aside, they are seeking spirituality like never before. For these people, predominantly in their 20s, spirituality is a means of understanding…
www.thejakartapost.com PELABUHAN RATU, INDONESIA, August 6, 2006: Here is a little taste of the Island of Gods. Priests in white, colorful offerings and vigorous dancers created a Balinese ambience on Java’s southern coast last week, as the local Hindu community carried out the Pakelem ceremony at Pelabuhan Ratu. Hundreds of Hindus from Greater Jakarta, West Java, Banten and Bali took…
www.pantagraph.com BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS, August 5, 2006: More than 100 Midwest youth are spending time studying Hindu values and practices while canoeing, doing arts and crafts and generally having fun at the Hindu Heritage Camp at Lake Bloomington’s’ East Bay Camp. The Hindu Swayamsewak Sangh, founded in 1925 in India, is the camp’s sponsoring group. In the United States, about 100…
www.thepeninsulaqatar.com KATHMANDU, NEPAL, August 6, 2006: Nepal plans to seize lands owned by King Gyanendra and other royal family members and distribute them to the poor as it moves toward treating the monarch like a “normal citizen,” a minister said yesterday. Legislation limiting the amount of property the king can hold will be drafted once an inventory of royal properties…
p class=”source”a HREF=”http://in.rediff.com/news/2006/aug/04jk.htm”in.rediff.com/a/p p class=”summary”KASHMIR, INDIA, August 4, 2006: Following the eruption of violence in 1989, wedding customs here underwent some modification. Processions that were traditionally held at night and the celebratory firecrackers were discontinued because of the military tensions. However, after a 16-year hiatus, the traditional wedding celebrations have returned. Recently, however, the marriage season has just begun, and…
www.ndtv.com HYDERABAD, INDIA, August 3, 2006: Ganesha Chaturthi is around the corner and Hyderabad is flooded with Ganesha icons of all sizes. This year items that go into making the icons have become costly. The 10-foot icon for example will cost US$150.00 which is around 20 percent more than last year. “We would get powder, plaster-of-paris, kerosene for cheap earlier.…
www.sdbatish.com SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA, August 4, 2006: It is with great sadness the Batish Family announces the passing of Pandit Shiv Dayal Batish on July 29, 2006, at the age of 91. Hindu funeral rites were held on August 2 in Santa Cruz. S. D. Batish was a stalwart on the Indian music scene since 1936. His songs were broadcast…