Source UNITED KINGDOM, January 15, 2014 (BBC): The US has returned to India three ancient sculptures that had been smuggled into the US by art dealers and accomplices. The 11th-12th Century sandstone sculptures had been stolen from temples in India and offered for sale in the US. India’s consul general in New York, Dnyaneshwar Mulay, expressed gratitude to US. “I’d…
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, January 14, 2014 (New Indian Express): Orange-robed monks of the Ramakrishna Mission, founded by Swami Vivekananda, in Fiji provide healthcare, education and spiritual guidance not just to those of Indian origin but anybody in need in the South Pacific archipelago nation. The Fiji branch of the Ramakrishna Mission, set up in 1937, was conferred the Pravasi…
Source BANGLADESH, January 13, 2014 (Anirudh Sethi Report): They came at 9.30am on December 13, about 60 or 70 of them, to sack his family home in the village of Jagannathpur and terrorise the occupants. “When anything happens, Hindus are attacked,” says Subhash Ghosh, his eyes filling with tears as he stands outside the burnt shell of his house in…
Source One must be patient like the Earth. What iniquities are being perpetuated on her! Yet she quietly endures them all.— Mother Sarada Devi (1853-1920)
Source WASHINGTON, D.C., January 8, 2014 (HAF): Leaders at the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) expressed deep concern today over recent election related violence in Bangladesh that left more than 22 dead and hundreds injured across the country. Supporters of the right-wing Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which boycotted the elections, and their allies from Jamaat-e-Islaami (JeI) and Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS)…
Source BANGALORE, INDIA, January 13, 2014 (Times Of India): French author and journalist Francois Gautier feels traditional Indian knowledge is at risk. At a lecture here on Saturday, Gautier said, “Education in India is in a tragic state. Parents produce children in order to export them. India is being Westernized. People here want to be more Westernized than the Westerners…
Source PALERMO, SICILY, January 13, 2014 (The Moderator, translated from Spanish): The city administration is making available its public spaces for important events organized by various religious communities in Palermo announced the mayor, Leoluca Orlando, and the commissioner for Participation, Giusto Catania, as a way to make the city more welcoming and intercultural. This type of activity is part of…
Source Free will is not free–it is a phenomenon bound by cause and effect–but there is something behind the will which is free.— Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)
Source WEST TEXAS, U.S., January 9, 2014 (Midland Reporter Telegram): Priesthood is a family tradition for Vignesh Mahadevarahalli, the priest at the Hindu Association of West Texas. His father, grandfather and ancestors were all priests, passing on the customs and traditions from generation to generation. Mahadevarahalli has been priest of the Hindu temple in Midland since early 2008. Growing up…
Source ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN, January 7, 2014 (The Hindu): The head of the Pakistan Hindu Council, Dr. Ramesh Kumar Vankwani, Member National Assembly has condemned the rise in kidnapping of Hindu girls, forced conversion and marriage. Talking to the media outside Parliament House on Tuesday he referred to the recent kidnapping of a Hindu woman, Lucky Bhel from Sindh, who was…