Source: www.nytimes.com FREMONT, CA, USA, August 30, 2009: They gather five days a week at a mall called the Hub, sitting on concrete planters and sipping thermoses of chai. These elderly immigrants from India are members of an all-male group called The 100 Years Living Club. They talk about crime in nearby Oakland, the cheapest flights to Delhi and how…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com The smallest good deed is better than the greatest intention.
Source: www.thaindian.com PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, August 28, 2009: Thousands of Hindus thronged temples across Trinidad and Tobago to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi with devotees observing fast and chanting Vedic hymns. Earthen murtis are prepared and devotees here pay obeisance to Lord Ganesha. After Ganesh Chaturthi ends, the idols are immersed in the river or the sea. Hundreds of devotees join…
Source: story.malaysiasun.com KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, August 24, 2009: Malaysia’s longest convoy of 213 trucks participated in Vinayagar Chathurthi celebrations on Sunday, marking the birthday of Lord Ganesha. The 50 mile long convoy, which included an elephant to signify the God, achieved a new feat in the Malaysia Book of Records. Hundreds of devotees walked beside the trucks, which had been…
Source: www.newkerala.com MUDUMALAI, KARNATAKA, INDIA, August 24, 2009: A group of elephants on Monday was brought to offer their respects to Lord Ganesha at a temple in Mudumalai on the occasion of the ongoing 10-day Ganesha festival. The unique annual ceremony has been conducted by elephants in Mudumalai Tiger sanctuary for last 25 years. On this special day, more than…
Source: www.google.com COLOMBO, SRI LANKA, August 27, 2009: Sri Lanka on Wednesday freed nearly 600 Hindu and Catholic priests who were held in internment camps with ethnic Tamils displaced by fighting between troops and separatist rebels, officials said. The clergy were allowed to leave the camps in the northern district of Vavuniya, where 300,000 inmates are detained under tight security…
Source: www.guardian.co.uk UK, August 12, 2009: A public experiment involving 26,000 participants has concluded that smiling, counting your blessings and reliving happy memories is the most effective technique, of those studied, to make yourself happier. Thinking of something positive that happened the day before–even just a great cup of coffee–was by far the most effective way for people to cheer…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com The older I get, the more Hindu I become. V.S. Naipaul, expatriate Trinidadian novelist.
Source: www.guardian.co.uk UK, August 12, 2009: A public experiment involving 26,000 participants has concluded that smiling, counting your blessings and reliving happy memories is the most effective technique, of those studied, to make yourself happier. Thinking of something positive that happened the day before–even just a great cup of coffee–was by far the most effective way for people to cheer…
Source: www.hindustantimes.com HYDERABAD, INDIA, August 22, 2009: Police have arrested AP Venkatramana Deekshithulu, the head priest of the Sri Kodandarama Swamy temple, charging him with theft, cheating, and criminal breach of trust, after the priest disclosed on Friday that he had pawned ten pieces of the Deity’s gold and diamond jewelry in order to repay loans incurred in the marriage…