Source INDIA, June 19, 2012 (wakingtimes.com): The ministry of consumer affairs in India issued a gazette notification early this month indicating that every food package containing genetically modified food shall bear at the top of its principal display panel, the words ‘GM.’ Indian consumers will soon have something that most of the world has been urging their governments for a…
Source MALAPPURAM, INDIA, June 21, 2012 (business-standard.com): The ashes of renowned Indologist and Vedic scholar Frits Staal, who died in Thailand recently, have been immersed in the waters of the Bharathapuzha in Malappuram district, as per his wishes. The immersion yesterday at Thirunavaya was in accordance with Hindu rites with a local temple priest performing the rituals at the initiative…
Source TRIPLICANE, INDIA, June 20, 2012 (The Hindu): Residents of Triplicane, visiting devotees and heritage enthusiasts are at loggerheads with the Parthasarathy temple authorities. They are protesting against the ongoing construction at the temple meant to cover the parakara or circumambulatory passage.In their opinion, the construction is impairing the architectural character of the temple and denying the faithful a venerable…
Source Happiness eludes us if we run after it. In fact, happiness comes only from within. It is not a commodity to be bought from outside.— Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
HPI NEW DELHI, INDIA, June 23, 2012 (HPI-Rajiv Malik): A new book, “Peace Building in Nepal,” was released yesterday at New Delhi’s prestigious India International Centre. The book was edited by Dr. Hari Bansh Jha, executive director of Centre for Economic and Technical Studies and long-time Nepal correspondent for Hinduism Today magazine. A select group of intellectuals, scholars and friends…
Source UNITED STATES, June 17, 22012 (Huffington Post by Vineet Chandler): A popular narrative in the Bhagavata Purana, one of Hinduism’s most beloved and venerated wisdom texts, involves a king who meets a forest-dwelling sage. The sage’s peaceful demeanor and obvious contentment, even amidst apparent poverty, astound the king. “Who is your guru?” the king asks, eager to know where…
Source SRINIGAR, INDIA, June 23, 2012 (pardaphash.com): HPI Note: This year our Delhi correspondent, Rajiv Malik, accompanied by photographer Sudharak Olwe, are participating in the Amarnath Yatra beginning June 29 from the base camp at Pahalgam for a feature story in Hinduism Today magazine–we are, therefore, watching the weather quite closely. Officials informed on Saturday that Hindu pilgrims reaching north…
Source You attain the feeling of love and then you want to discipline yourself. You love the discipline, because it brings more love.— Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism Today
www.hindutemple.nl HOLLAND, June 2012: The Sri Varatharaja Selva Vinayagar Temple in Den Helder, North Holland began their annual 10 days of pujas before the chariot festival to be held on the 24th of June. The flags were hoisted to mark the start of the festivities. Like many countries in Europe, the Netherlands (Holland) have a community of Sri Lankans who…
Source JAMMU, INDIA June 22, 2012 (ibnlive): Jammu: Thick snow cover at Kashmir’s Amarnath cave shrine and on the route leading to it is posing multiple risks to pilgrims and has increased challenges before the organizers of the annual pilgrimage, due to start here June 25. Although the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) has doubled its efforts to clear the…