Source: Press release PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD, August 11, 2010: The 2010 World Association of Vedic Studies — WAVES — conference held in Trinidad last week attracted over 100 scholars from all over the world. Participants shared their insights on the inner meanings in the Vedic literature and discussed the future of Vedic knowledge systems such as yoga and Ayurveda. Dr. Surujrattan…
Source: Press Release EASTON, PA, August 11, 2010: Sri Pujya Swami Dayananda Saraswati, a dynamic voice for dharma and Hinduism in the world, is being honored by his devotees on the occasion of his 80th birthday. From August 12 to August 15, a series of events at the Arshavidya Gurukulam in Pensilvannya will bring together his American followers. For more…
Source: newsweek.washingtonpost.com USA, August 11, 2010: [HPI note: The Washington Post’s “On Faith” blog has started a discussion about Julia Roberts professing her Hindu faith. You can post a comment, and read other people’s opinions, at the source above.] Julia Roberts has long been called America’s sweetheart. But is America ready for a Hindu sweetheart? Roberts’ embrace of the faith…
Source: sify.com INDIA, August 1, 2010: Every year the Ganesha festival is commemorated with deep fervor in Maharashtra. However, this year the surge in the petrol and diesel-price is likely to affect the ardent devotees. The murthi makers lament that the price of commodities. Rising prices of petrol and diesel in the last five years, and increased transport charges have…
Source: www.businessweek.com UNITED STATES, July 2010: Across the country, major-league executives are meeting for prayer breakfasts and spiritual conferences. If America’s chief executives had tried any of this 10 years ago, they probably would have inspired ridicule and maybe even ostracism. But today, a spiritual revival is sweeping across Corporate America as executives of all stripes are mixing mysticism into…
Source: www.siliconindia.com CHENNAI, INDIA, July 26, 2010: A number of temples and religious bodies in Tamilnadu are applying for the International Standard Organization’s (ISO) certification. This step has been initiated by the state government’s Hindu religious and charitable endowments (HR&CE) department. Three popular temples — the Kapaleeshwarar Temple in Mylapore, Parthasarathy Temple in Triplicane and Dhandayudhapani Temple in Vadapalani —…
Source: www.uwf.edu [HPI note: Dr. M. Lal Goel, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at The University of West Florida, wrote about the similarities between India’s caste system and American society. You can read the full article at the source link, above. Here is a summary provided by the author.] UNITED STATES, July 30, 2010: A recent article in Newsweek by…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com The greatest source of strength for any society is its faith in God. The day it renounces such faith will be the day that society begins to die. Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)
Source: www.nytimes.com JHABUA, MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA, August 8, 2010: Ratan Bhuria’s children are curled together in the malnutrition ward, hovering at the edge of starvation. His daughter, Nani, is 4 and weighs 20 pounds. His son, Jogdiya, is 2 and weighs only eight. Landless and illiterate, drowned by debt, Mr. Bhuria and his ailing children have staggered into the hospital…
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI, July 12, 2010: The Indian Supreme Court dismissed Bombay High Court’s decision to quash the ban and confiscation of the controversial book — “Shivaji – The Hindu King in Muslim India,” as a “drastic” exercise in governamental power, a power that should be exercised cautiously to uphold the Constitution. But less than a week after Supreme…