Source NEW YORK, U.S., March 14, 2016 (Huffington Post): A dozen college students dressed in every color, their long kurtas studded with tiny light-catching mirrors, assembled in the wings at Columbia University’s Roone Arledge Auditorium in New York. They swayed nervously from foot to foot, going over the steps of their traditional Indian folk dance routine in their heads, before…
Source INDIA, March 12, 2016 (Daily O by Michael Fischman): As an American visiting India to participate in Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s WCF, I have been shocked at the way the media has covered the controversy over the event. I find it deplorable that in the reporting of the alleged Yamuna flood plain degradation and NGT response – the media…
Source KAUAI, HAWAII, March 13, 2016 (Hinduism Today): Hinduism Today’s latest issue has gone one line and is available at source above, or you can download our HT app and get the full magazine on your mobile device at http://www.bit.ly/HT-APP. We continue our series of in-depth articles on the holy sites of India with an 18-page adventure in Haridwar. Our…
Source Hindu Dharma was a great reconciler. It reconciled various viewpoints, various doctrines. It knew how to look at things from various angles and viewpoints. It knew no conflict between science and religion, between rationalism and spiritualism. It was so because it was not dogmatic in reason or religion.— Ram Swarup (1920-1998), distinguished spokesperson of Hindu spirituality and culture in…
Source INDIA, March 9, 2016 (Press Information Bureau): Ministry of External Affairs organizes the Kailash Manasarovar Yatra in cooperation with the State Governments of Uttarakhand, Delhi, and Sikkim along with Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP). The Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam Limited (KMVN), and Sikkim Tourism Development Cooperation (STDC) make logistical arrangements including accommodation, food, and transport on the Indian side for…
Source NEW YORK, U.S., March 13, 2016 (IANS) Four days before two ancient Jain and Hindu statues estimated to be worth $450,000 were to be auctioned off, US officials swooped on the international art auction house Christie’s here and seized them, according to the Homeland Security Department. The statues seized Friday by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents in “Operation…
Source One does not suddenly reach a point where desire goes away. Desire is life. Desire can be directed according to the personal will. Through sadhana you can gain mastery over all the forces of your mind and body.— Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism Today
Source CANADA, March 10, 2016 (Yoga Dork): Canada’s First Lady Gregoire-Trudeau is actually a yoga teacher, having done her 200 hr training in 2012, and been a practitioner for years prior. As she told feminist site Pure Vision, yoga brings her a feeling of peace and union: “I also get inspired a lot from my yoga practice. I think that…
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, February 18, 2016 (Economic Times): Having generated vast global attention for the first International Day of Yoga in 2015, the Modi government is pulling out all stops to ensure that the next edition is equally impressive. Coming up in this June, is an even longer one-hour yoga protocol, advanced yoga retreats for foreigners in scenic locations…
Source INDIA, March 11, 2016 (Press Information Bureau): National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) has undertaken a survey on social consumption in India on Health in its 71st round conducted during January – June 2014. As per key indicators released recently by NSSO for the 71st round, it is estimated that about 6% of the people have received treatment from Indian…