Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Youth is not a time of life–it is a state of mind. It is not a matter of ripe cheeks, red lips and supple knees. It is a temper of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions. It is freshness of the deep springs of life. Nobody grows old by merely living a…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com USA, October 9, 2010: Navaratri, a festival dedicating nine nights of ardent devotion to the Goddess, is being celebrated since the new moon of October 5. Millions of Hindu women consider Navaratri the year’s central festival, the one they most deeply connect to. These nine days dedicated to Shakti, the Goddess, provide an opportunity to seek blessings and…
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Source: mandirsangam.vhp-america.org HOUSTON, TX, USA, October 8, 2010 (from the press release): The 5th Annual Hindu Mandir Executives’ Conference will be held on October 22-24, 2010, at the Sheraton Hotel in Houston, Texas. It continues the tradition of the previous four successful conferences gathering many of America’s Hindu leaders. The Hindu Mandir Executives’ Conference (HMEC) is an annual initiative seeking…
Source: sify.com AGRA, INDIA, September 30, 2010: This city seems to be running short of priests during pitrapaksh, the fortnight when many Hindus offer prayers to ancestors. Pandits from other parts of Uttar Pradesh as well as Bihar are helping meet the demand for trained hands to conduct rituals. Migrant priests are gradually filling the vacuum created by local priests…
Source: www.hindustudentscouncil.org NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ, USA, September 25, 2010 (Press release): The Hindu Students Council announced its new Executive Board and appointed a group of young dynamic leaders to efficiently run the organization and expand its activities nationally and internationally. Priya Radhakrishnan, HSC’s General Secretary, was appointed as the new HSC President. Priya has been involved with HSC for the…
Source: www.silive.com STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK, September 4, 2010: Long-time devotee Vimla Gupta was choked with emotion as the final two Deities were installed at the Staten Island Hindu Temple, Sunnyside. “This is the completion, our dream,” Gupta said. The weekend of celebration culminated with chants, prayers, offerings and sacred baths of milk, sugar and yogurt. The occasion was joyous…
Source: www.bbc.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, September 2010: Imagine a car so narrow that two can drive next to each other in one lane; a car so small and short that three can park in one parking space. Now imagine that the car is built in a shed from glass fibre, recycled plastic bottles and steel tubes, using just a fifth of…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com The test of a man is how much he can bear and how much he can share and how soon he confesses a mistake and makes amends for it. Dada J.P. Vaswani
Source: www.hindustantimes.com NEW DEHI, October 4, 2010: One of the eight Muslim litigants in the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi title suit, Mohammad Hashim Ansari, took a personal initiative to untangle the Ayodhya issue after the Allahabad High Court verdict on Thursday. He met Mahant Gyan Das, the president of the Akhara Parishad and sought mediation to resolve the issue before it…