Source HAMM, GERMANY, October 10, 2015 (Faz): With colorful ceremony Hindus have consecrated their first cemetery in Germany. Priests in orange and red robes blessed the nearly 2,000-square-meter space which borders the municipal cemetery. They threw colorful blossoms, burned incense, played on traditional Indian instruments and rang little bells. But not all the traditional mourning rituals can be performed in…
Source CHILE, September 29, 2015 (Cooperativa): With 83 votes in favor and 17 abstentions, the House of Representatives approved the bill which establishes November 4th of each year as the National Day of Yoga. The bill’s dosier was submitted to the Chamber by Deputy Marcelo Schilling (PS) of the Sports Commission. Lawmakers said that at present this discipline has spread…
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, September 30, 2015 (mid-day): India’s foreign office is keeping itself updated on an interesting, if trifle peculiar, slugfest that’s currently on between the Vatican and Indian spiritual guru, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. The Art of Living (AOL) Foundation founder is miffed at recent attempts by the Norwegian government to hijack his peace initiatives in strife-ridden Colombia.…
Source NAIROBI, KENYA, October 6, 2015 (All Africa): Ganesha Chaturthi, the great Ganesha festival, is also known as Vinayak Chaturthi or Vinayaka Chavithi. It is celebrated by Hindus around the world as the birthday of Lord Ganesha during the Hindu month of Bhadra (mid-August to mid-September). In Nairobi, the Pattni Brotherhood in Parklands held festivities to mark the occasion as…
Source Even in search of extraordinary gains, the wise will never speak trivial or useless words.— Tirukkural 198
Source FORT MEADE, MARYLAND, October 8, 2015 (RT): Former Air Force contractor Deborah Schoenfeld had worked as a dental technician at Epes Dental Clinic in Fort Meade, Maryland until she was fired for allegedly “using profanity” against a one of her co-workers in early September. According to the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) that is now representing Schoenfeld, she does…
Source UNITED STATES, October 9, 2015 (NY Daily News): Ridley Scott’s “The Martian” is being slammed by an advocacy group for the lack of Asian American actors in the film. Media Action Network For Asian Americans (MANAA) calls “The Martian” just one of many films that are being “white-washed” compared to the written material they are based on. The film…
Source NEW YORK, NEW YORK, October 10, 2015 (Deccan Chronicle): Indian-American yoga guru Bikram Choudhury is not entitled to copyright protection over yoga poses and breathing exercises he uses in hot rooms developed by him, a US court ruled on Friday. In an order by the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in California, a bench of three judges…
Source Acquire the transcendental knowledge from a Self-realized master by humble reverence, by sincere inquiry and by service. The wise ones who have realized the Truth will impart the Knowledge to you.— Bhagavad Gita
Source IRELAND, September 30, 2015 (India Travelogue by Manohar Rakhe): Manohar V. Rakhe, an NRI from London, visits Victoria’s Way, in a small village called Roundwood in county Wicklow, southeast of Dublin, Ireland. A Maharashtrian by birth who has always worshipped Lord Ganesh, he calls this a pilgrim journey in Ireland. Late last year I had read in one of…