Source: www.thaindian.com KOLKATA, INDIA, October 18, 2009: Senior monk of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission Swami Ashaktananda breathed his last at a city private nursing home here Sunday. Ashaktananda, 78, was secretary of the Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission. Swami was also the First Headmaster of the famed Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission school on the southern outskirts of the city.
Source: news.bbc.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, October 15, 2009: Indian regulators have for the first time approved the introduction of a genetically-modified (GM) food crop to India. The new variety of eggplant has been developed by one of India’s largest seed companies, Mahyco. Mahyco says the GM vegetable is more resistant to natural pests, but anti-GM groups oppose its introduction, saying that…
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.times-series.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, October 18, 2009: The Shree Swaminarayan Temple, in Finchley Road, opened its doors for the annual festival of light, in which Hindus are encourage to give food and money. This year leaders decided the spirit of giving should extend further than food and money to help give blood supplies among ethnic minorities a welcome boost. Prem…
Source: www.stuff.co.nz NEW ZEALAND, October 15, 2009: The Marlborough Indian Community Trust will be launched with the blessings of Diwali after an influx of Indians to Marlborough in recent years. Event organizer Susheel Dutt said the trust’s main aim would be to get the Indian community involved in Marlborough community events and to provide support and education for the Indian…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Siva is the Life of our life. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)
Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com PALANI, INDIA, October 6, 2009: Unlike Madurai and Rameswaram temples, which are a regular feature in the itinerary of North Indians, the Palani Murugan temple in Tamil Nadu is yet to catch the attention of people across the country. Yet, Palani Andavar temple is the highest money grosser in the state. The temple income has been steadily increasing…
Source: www.mandir.org LONDON, UK, October 16, 2009: Prime Minister Gordon Brown celebrated the Hindu festival of Diwali by lighting the ceremonial lamp at 10 Downing Street amid chanting of Vedic prayers for world peace, thus becoming the first British Prime Minister to personally host the occasion on the same year that Barack Obama became the first American president to attend…
Source: HPI TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, October 15, 2009: Divali, the Hindu Festival of Lights has become Trinidad’s second largest national open-air festival after Carnival. While Divali is essentially a Hindu festival, people of all faiths actively join in celebrating the triumph of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, and good over evil. In Trinidad, the tiny clay lamps are lit…
Source: www.bloomberg.com INDIA, October 16, 2009: McDonald’s is staking its future in India on burgers made from mashed potatoes, peas and spices. The world’s biggest restaurant company is expanding in India as a middle class predicted to grow 10-fold by 2025 develops a taste for Western-style fast food. There are 170 outlets in India, and the Oak Brook, Illinois-based company…