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Source: picasaweb.google.com ATLANTA, GEORGIA, April 18, 2010: Sewa International USA successfully conducted the First National Bhutanese Refugee Empowerment Conference in Atlanta, GA, during April 17th-18th 2010. Over sixty delegates and over one hundred attendees came from all over USA to make this pioneering conference memorable. The delegates expressed appreciation for the efforts of the United States Government, United Nations Human…

Source: www.prlog.org GRAYSLAKE, ILLINOIS, May 14, 2010 – The Chicago Hinduism Summit’s success last month in bringing together over 200 individuals, leaders and organizations, to facilitate Hinduism learning has prompted spontaneous support for another Hinduism Summit in the Greater Chicago area. This Hinduism Summit (Hindu Dharma Sabha) will be held on June 5th at the Hindu Temple of Lake County.…

Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com BIJAPUR, KARNATAKA, INDIA, May 7, 2010: These days, Sanskrit is no longer a forgotten tongue in daily lufe. There is talk of establishing a Sanskrit and Vedic university in the state. But off campus, right in the city, is a trader who uses the language for his day-to-day business. 3R Garments Shop in Bijapur city is owned by…

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, May 9, 2010: Researchers asked infants of various ages to choose between characters which they had seen behaving well or badly, and found they overwhelmingly favored the “good” characters. The research, which is being pioneered by a team of psychologists from the Infant Cognition Centre at Yale University, Connecticut, contradicts the belief promoted by psychologists such…

Source: www.hinduismtoday.com A day spent without a conscious attempt to clean one’s heart is a day wasted. Impurity of cloth or body will lead to diseases which will last only for one lifetime. But impurity of heart will lead to diseases which will afflict the soul for several births.    Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati, (1894-1994) Shankaracharya of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peedam

Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Our civilization has come under a new assault with the entire globalization of a rotten food culture. The McDonald’s experience is really the experience of eating junk whilst thinking you are in heaven.    Environmentalist Vandana Shiva criticizing fast food chains.

Source: www.post-trib.com MERRILLVILLE, INDIANA, May 18, 2010: When Northwest Indiana’s growing Indian population wants to worship in a proper setting, they must currently travel 40 minutes west to Lemont, Ill., site of the closest Hindu temple. That is about to change. As of June 20, the Indian American Cultural Center at 8605 Merrillville Road will house an expanded cultural center…

Source: beta.thehindu.com TIRUPATI, INDIA, May 16, 2010: Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), the custodian of the world’s richest Hindu temple, has signed a pact with State Bank of India (SBI) for deposit of huge quantity of the surplus yellow metal lying in its treasury. The TTD has agreed, in the first phase, to deposit 1000 kg (2,204 lbs) of gold with…

Source: www.nytimes.com NEW YORK, May 18, 2010: The Presidents Cancer Panel has recently joined ranks with the organic food movement and declared: chemicals threaten our bodies. The cancer panel is releasing a landmark 200-page report on Thursday, warning that our lackadaisical approach to regulation may have far-reaching consequences for our health. This document calls on America to rethink the way…

Source: www.hinduamericanseva.org WASHINGTON D.C., May 18, 2010: Under the guidance of the White House Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships (OFBNP), an inspired team with Anju Bhargava, a member of President Obama’s Advisory Council, formed Hindu American Seva Charities. The Hindu American Seva Charities recently compiled a report that details specific seva activities, interfaith collaboration and information on infrastructures…