Source: www.geocities.com [HPI note: this is a valuable resource recently made available on the web. Other articles of a similiar nature can be read at the same website.] INDIA, August 6, 1998: Welcoming the recent reexamination of popularly accepted assertions about India’s history, Meenakshi Jain (a historian and professor at Delhi University) points in particular to the widely promulgated idea…
Source: www.grenadabroadcast.com [HPI note: Grenada is an island nation and sovereign state consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands in the southeastern Caribbean Sea. Grenada is located northwest of Trinidad and Tobago, which also has a significant Hindu population.] ST. GEORGE’S, GRANADA, April 29, 2009: The Indo-Grenadian Heritage Foundation held a Memorial and Thanksgiving Service on Friday…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com In the garden of the soul, plant the seed of the Word (Lord’s Name). Water the soil with love and humility and reap the fruits of Divinity. Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh holy scripture
xprophecy.ning.com May 26, 2009: This article examines the relationship between Hinduism and war, and the extent to which the fundamental concepts of humanitarian law are recognized in Hinduism. After reviewing the sources of Hinduism, it considers the permissibility and types of war in ancient India, explores the rules of warfare and investigates whether war was a matter of course or…
www.hinducurrents.com USA, May 13, 2009: (By Sheetal Shah, HAF) As I slowly discover the true beauty of yoga, I find myself increasingly proud to be Hindu; to be able to claim the religion that has brought this amazing practice to the world as my own is truly empowering. Yet through my work with the Hindu American Foundation, a nonprofit advocacy…
worldmonitoring.co.cc MILAN, ITALY, May 20, 2009: [HPI note: this is a curious trend in Christian countries in Europe. It became a fad in England last year, where an online store selling de-baptism certificates was an unexpected success.] The northern Italian city of Milan is experiencing a boom in the number of people who want to renounce their baptism and leave…
www.hinduismtoday.com O Lord of power, if I were the Lord of herds of cattle, then I would have given to those intelligent worshippers plenty, as much as I could. Rig Veda 8.14.2
www.bbc.co.uk LONDON, UK, May 27, 2009: The BBC’s Indian Election Express has stopped in Bhubaneswar in the state of Orissa – and visited the city’s historic Lingaraj temple. The temple complex was built in the 11th Century and consists of over 150 smaller shrines around the main, 55-metre-high temple. The temple is dedicated to the god Shiva, but almost all…
www.hinducurrents.com USA, April 16, 2009: [This is an opinion piece by Sachi published on Hindu American Foundation’s “Hindu Currents.”] A Wall Street Journal article published April 10, 2009, “The Freedom to Choose a New Faith,” link here, describes the persecution faced under oppressive governments by people wishing to convert to a religious faith of their choice. But the article betrays…
HPI KAUAI, HAWAII, May 27, 2009: Hinduism Today is researching the Hindu game of Moksha Patamu, which came to the West as “Snakes and Ladders.” It was a game to teach children moral values (faith, reliability, generosity, etc., each of which provided a “ladder” to lift the player closer to the game’s goal, moksha or liberation from rebirth) and the…