Source GLENDALE, ARIZONA, February 2, 2015 (USA Today): [Tom Brady is the quarterback of the New England Patriots American football team which had just won the Superbowl.] When Tom Brady reached his locker, about an hour after victory and a series of interviews, he was done talking to the news media. But his locker spoke for him. Prominently displayed was…
Source Whatever defect I have in my sight, in my heart or mind, may God amend! May he, the Protector of the world, bless us!— Yajur Veda 36.2
Source INDIA, February 3, 2015 (By Rajiv Malik, for HPI and Hinduism Today magazine): a large number of NGO’s representatives, social activists and intellectuals participated in a one-day conference on the subject- “Towards a Rational Government Policy for NGO’s,” organized by Indic Studies Network, Centre For The Study of Developing Societies [CSDS] at Delhi’s prestigious India International Centre on Saturday,…
Source MALAYSIA, February 3, 2015 (Bangkok Post): More than a million Hindus thronged temples throughout Malaysia on Tuesday to celebrate Thaipusam, a colorful annual religious festival. Celebrations in the capital Kuala Lumpur centered, as they have for 125 years, on the spectacular Batu caves complex on the city’s outskirts, which many Hindus walked up to ten hours to reach in…
Source As you pray to God for devotion, so also pray that you may not find fault with anyone.— Sri Ramakrishna (1836-1886)
Source UNITED KINGDOM, February 1, 2015 (Chronicle Live): A Hindu healer who fought to legalize open-air cremations is ready to make them commonplace — five years after winning a landmark court battle. Babaji Davender Ghai spent years battling the system and almost went bankrupt fighting to make funeral pyres legal. Mr. Ghai, president of the Newcastle-based Anglo Asian Friendship Society,…
Source BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, January 31, 2015 (Times Herald): The unexpected death of 70-year-old Kathak master Chitresh Das on January 4 is a calamity for the world of dance, but it’s a disaster for which he prepared his disciples well. A performer of earthy exuberance and exquisite control, he was the driving force in spreading knowledge and appreciation of Kathak, the…
Source For seven lives in seven bodies the grateful will remember friends who relieved their anguish and affliction.— Saint Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural, verse 107
Source UNITED KINGDOM, January 28, 2015 (Independent): The world has entered an era of “peak food” production with an array of staples from corn and rice to wheat and chicken slowing in growth – with potentially disastrous consequences for feeding the planet. New research finds that the supply of 21 staples, such as eggs, meat, vegetables and soybeans is already…
Source FREMONT, CALIFORNIA, January 31, 2015 (press release): Hinduism as presented in California’s current 6th grade textbooks is lacking in accuracy, factual content and sensitivity. The 7th grade books don’t mention India despite it producing 1/3rd of the world’s gross domestic product during the time period (300 to 1700 ce). The Instructional Quality Commission (IQC) at California Department of Education…