Source INDIA, March 4, 2015 (Scroll.in): Meat-eaters in Maharashtra have harshly criticized the state government for imposing a ban on beef. But a bigger, more organized opposition is in the wings as beef traders and retailers across the state prepared on Tuesday to rally against the move. On March 2, 20 years after the state assembly first cleared the Maharashtra…
Source KENT, WASHINGTON STATE USA, March 4, 2015 (by Kipp Robertson, Mynorthwest): When the priest of the Sanatan Dharma Temple in Kent arrived Feb. 27, glass was shattered everywhere. The word “fear” was spray painted on an outside wall of the temple.It was the second Hindu temple hit by vandalism in less than two weeks. The vandalism is going to…
Source Many people are afraid of silence. They have to be doing something all the time. Many people also are afraid of being alone. But actually no one ever is alone. He’s always with his great divine Self. Every person has a great, divine Self within him, an absolutely perfect, shining, sublime being of light. The voice of this being…
Source UNITED STATES, March 6, 2015 (The Hindu): For the first time the opening prayer for the Idaho state senate was said on Tuesday by a Hindu cleric amid protests by some senators who claimed the United States was a Christian nation and denounced Hinduism, local media reported. Rajan Zed, who said the prayer in Sanskrit and English, made a…
Source NEW YORK, NY, March 4, 2015 (HAF): Leaders at the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) expressed deep disappointment with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s decision to exclude Diwali from the 2015-16 public school calendars. Earlier today, the Mayor announced that the new public school calendar will include two Muslim holidays, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, but will not…
Source Adversity and prosperity never cease to exist. The adornment of great men’s minds is to remain unswervingly just under both.— Tirukkural 115
Source PAKISTAN, March 6, 2015 (Ary News): Henna, or Mehndi, is a popular dye used in South Asia as well as the Middle East on festive occasions. However, there’s more to than meets the eye as far as Mehndi is concerned! Henna, every female’s favorite plant, is used to produce the popular dye known as Mehndi. Although the word Mehndi…
Source It cannot be seen by the eye, and yet it is the eye within the eye. It cannot be heard by the ear, and yet it is the ear within the ear. It cannot be smelt by the nose, and yet it is that which makes the nose to smell. It cannot be uttered by the mouth, and yet…
Source UNITED STATES, March 1, 2015 (USA Today): Nearly 10% of U.S. adults and 3% of children participated in yoga in 2012, up from 5% of adults and 2% of children a decade earlier, says a new survey from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease and Prevention. Another survey, from the Sports & Fitness Industry…
Source WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA, February 27, 2015 (YouTube): “We are all Hindus Now” was an article published in Newsweek Magazine, August 24, 2009 [http://www.newsweek.com/us-views-god-and-life-are-turning-hindu-79073 with the title interestingly changed to “U.S. Views on God and Life are Turning Hindu]. Hindu practices have creeped into American society. In the spiritual landscape we are becoming more Hindu like. 65% of Americans now believe…