BHUTAN, January 28, 2011: Authorities in Bhutan have signaled that they will permit the registration at least one Christian organization in the landlocked Asian nation. Currently, Christians are permitted to worship in their homes but are forbidden to gather in public or spread the Gospel. Two Indian missionary orders are preparing to enter Bhutan if the government allows them to…
TRINIDAD, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, January 30, 2011: Mahatma Ghandhi departed his mortal form on January 30th 1948 while chanting the name of the Lord, ‘Ram, Ram.’ He was world renowned for promoting peace and non violence and acceptance of all races and religions. It was quite fitting that Chinmaya Mission Trinidad and Tobago hosted their annual Shanti Yatra or Peace…
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA, January 29, 2011: Archaeologists of Jaffna University, led by Prof. Pushparatnam, have discovered the ruins of a 15th-century Hindu temple buried in the sand in the middle of a thick jungle in Pooneryn in North Sri Lanka, which could unravel a part of Sri Lankan history in which the Pooneryn area of the Wanni was on the…
India is the cradle of the human race, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend and the great grandmother of tradition. The most valuable and the most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only. %26nbsp;%26nbsp;%26nbsp;Mark Twain (1835-1910), American writer Source
UNITED STATES, January 2011, (by Chitra Raman): A recent essay by Wendy Doniger on the website of The Christian Post (December 30, 2010) is titled: Is Yoga a form of Hinduism? Is Hinduism a form of Yoga? More amazing to me than Doniger’s inventiveness is her reputation as an infallible authority on Hinduism. In discussing the origins and evolution of…
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, January 22, 2011: India barbers in Malaysia plan to make lots of money from the sale of hundreds of kilograms of hair shaved off by devotees during Thai Pusam. ‘Instead of throwing the hair away, local businessmen can make big bucks by selling it to international wig makers. Hair is worth between $200 and $300 per kg.…
INDIA, January 2011: Devotees are protected by the Gods. But sometimes, they feel like they need to so something to protect their protectors — or at least their earthly abode, the temples. The Sri Venkateshwara Temple of Tirumala Giri is has endured for centuries. Nowadays, the state government appoints its Board of Trustees for the Temple and it is supervised…
Why does a vijnani (enlightened person) keep an attitude of love toward God? The answer is that ‘I-consciousness’ persists. It disappears in the state of samadhi, no doubt, but it comes back. In the case of ordinary people the ‘I’ never disappears. You may cut down the ashwattha tree, but the next day sprouts shoot up. %26nbsp;%26nbsp;%26nbsp;Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa (1836-1886),…
UNITED STATES, January 17, 2011, (by Kim Painter): Many teens and young adults are clueless in the kitchen. ‘A lot of them grew up in really busy households, with people relying on frozen and fast foods and not doing a lot of cooking,’ says Maris Callahan, 26, a writer whose website, www.ingoodtasteblog.net , features recipes for novices. Too many otherwise…
NEW DELHI, INDIA, January 21, 2011: The world famous Art Institute of Chicago, where celebrated Indian philosopher Swami Vivekananda delivered a historic address in 1896, is reviving its links with India in a big way. ‘We have embarked on a mammoth project to exhibit royal art from Jaipur in Chicago in 2013. The institute has joined hands with the National…