Source: news.bbc.co.uk MUMBAI, INDIA, May 2010: Christian schools in the Indian city of Mumbai have opposed a proposal by civic authorities to promote Hindu culture in classrooms. They argue that plans to introduce what they call “Hindutva culture” into missionary schools is unconstitutional and unfair. A proposal to include Hindu culture in the curriculum of those schools is now being…
Source: abcnews.go.com UNITED STATES, May 21, 2010: In the chemotherapy infusion room at the Staten Island University Hospital sit several cancer patients hooked up to IVs. But they aren’t leafing through magazines or staring at a talk show and worrying about their health. Instead, their right legs are lifted up in the air, and they’re circling their ankles clockwise while…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Many people are afraid of silence. They have to be doing something all the time. Many people also are afraid of being alone. But actually no one ever is alone. He’s always with his great divine Self. Every person has a great, divine Self within him an absolutely perfect, shining, sublime being of light. The voice of this…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com I see this as a fight for the dharma. Eating a cow, for a Hindu, would be like eating your own mother. Harish Bharti, a Seattle based Hindu lawyer suing McDonald’s for “deliberately misleading its American customers” by putting beef flavoring in their french fries and marking it as “natural flavor.”
Source: www.zeenews.com KOLKATA, INDIA, May 19, 2010: India is seeking UNESCO support for an international campaign to recover its priceless antiquities that were once taken away from the country in foreign invasions. “As efforts so far to reclaim stolen treasures have proved futile, UNESCO support is required for launching an international campaign to achieve the end,” Archaeological Survey of India…
Source: www.ndtv.com BANGALORE, INDIA, May 30, 2010: Art of Living founder and spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravishankar escaped unhurt on Sunday night when an unidentified gunman shot at his convoy at the ashram in Bangalore as he was returning after delivering a discourse, an ashram official said. The reasons for the attack are still unknown. “I am absolutely safe,” the…
Source: fayobserver.com FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, May 24, 2010: The Fayetteville area’s Hindu faithful realized a 10-year dream with the placement of statues of Hindu Gods in their new nondenominational Hindu temple on Cedar Creek Road on Sunday. The $2 million temple, Hindu Bhavan, is Fayetteville’s second Hindu place of worship. The first, a Radha Soami Satsang Beas retreat center that…
Source: www.hinduismpath.com USA, May 26, 2010 (Press Release): Dr. Hiro Badlani, a retired ophthalmologist from Mumbai and presently settled in America, worked passionately for over ten years on a meticulously research book about Hinduism. In nearly 400 pages, divided in 65 small easy to read chapters, in lucid narrative style, this book has been acclaimed as mini-encyclopedia of Hinduism, covering…
Source: beta.thehindu.com WASHINGTON, May 24, 2010: According to a leading researcher at the University of Illinois, most of the genes enhanced by breast milk promote quick development of the intestine and immune system. Giving reasons why mother’s milk is always better than any formula, scientists have claimed that breast milk improves the functioning of their genes in a way that…
Source: www.zeenews.com KANCHEEPURAM, INDIA, May 22, 2010: Stone inscriptions dating back to the 10th and 11th century AD found recently in a nearby village have thrown light on the way records of properties were maintained during the Chola times. The stones were found last week during digging at the Sirukarumbur hamlet, tucked away from the main road 15 miles from…