Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, September 10, 2010: Nearly 15 years ago the Supreme Court had found it tough to define Hinduism and had said it was a way of life. Now, it has found it equally difficult to crystallize who could be termed as a Hindu. Can a person with a Christian name be counted as a Hindu? He…
Source: www.bbc.co.uk One-fifth of the world’s plants – the foundation of life on Earth – are at risk of extinction, a study concludes. The study, known as the Sampled Red List Index for Plants, is an attempt to provide the most accurate assessment so far. Previous studies have focused on the most threatened plants or particular regions. This one instead…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Wealth and happiness are not related to each other as cause and effect. An attempt to secure happiness by securing wealth is as futile as it is absurd. Jagadguru Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati Mahaswamigal (1912-1954), 34th pontiff of the Sarada Peetham
source: https://www.himalayanacademy.com/donations/ddd/index.irev?taka KAUAI, HI, USA, October 2, 2010: The websites for Hinduism Today magazine and Himalayan Academy together form what are, to our knowledge, the world’s largest Hindu resources online. More than a hundred thousand pages with accurate information about Hinduism. The key is, it’s all available for free. To support the websites a campaign is being launched with the…
source: https://www.himalayanacademy.com/donations/ddd/index.irev?taka KAUAI, HI, USA, October 2, 2010: The websites for Hinduism Today magazine and Himalayan Academy together are, to our knowledge, the world’s largest Hindu resources online. More than a hundred thousand pages with accurate information about Hinduism. The key is, it’s all available for free. To support the websites a campaign is being launched with the fairly modest…
source: http://rjbm.nic.in/ INDIA, September 30, 2010 : Here are key excerpts from the summary of the court’s ruling: “The disputed site is the birth place of Lord Ram. “The disputed building was constructed by Babur, the year is not certain but it was built against the tenets of Islam. Thus, it cannot have the character of a mosque. “The disputed…
Source: http://www.voanews.com/ The independent Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life says it asked 3,400 Americans to answer questions about their religious knowledge, and on average their answers were correct only 50 percent of the time. Survey results released Tuesday show that atheists and agnostics scored the highest. They answered about 21 of the 32 questions, followed by Jews and…
Source: http://www.voanews.com/ The independent Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life says it asked 3,400 Americans to answer questions about their religious knowledge, and on average their answers were correct only 50 percent of the time. Survey results released Tuesday show that atheists and agnostics scored the highest. They answered about 21 of the 32 questions, followed by Jews and…
Source: Religion News Service BHUTAN, September 29, 2010: (RNS) Officials in Buddhist-majority Bhutan have barred Hindu and Buddhist clergy from voting in upcoming elections in order to “keep a clear distinction between religion and politics.” The country’s regulatory authority on religious organizations is now busy identifying Buddhist and Hindu clergy who should be barred from voting. The landlocked Himalayan nation…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it. Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)