By Paras Ramoutar, HPI Correspondent PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, APRIL 15, 2009: Thieves have again broken into a Hindu Temple in Trinidad and Tobago. This is most recent in a series of raids which have affected the Hindu places of worship here over the last years. Police reported that devotees returned to the Mon Plasir Road Hindu Temple on Monday…
www.hinduismtoday.com Man’s freedom is not in being saved troubles, but is the freedom to take trouble for his own good, and make the trouble an element in his joy. Rabindranath Tagore
www.nytimes.com FIJI, April 11, 2009: Fiji’s president revoked the nation’s Constitution on Friday, and called for fresh elections by 2014. He also abolished the judiciary. Fiji’s Court of Appeal had declared illegal the interim government of Commodore Frank Bainimarama, who became prime minister after leading a bloodless coup in 2006. Fiji’s international relations were already strained because Prime Minister Bainimarama…
RNS ARLINGTON, VA, USA, April 14, 2009: Two Sikh men say they want to report for active duty in July even as they refuse to comply with the Army’s demands to cut their unshorn beards and hair and remove their turbans. “I am willing to lay down my life for America,” said 2nd Lt. Tejdeep Singh Rattan, one of the…
HPI CAPARO, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, April 12, 2009: Pundit Seereeram Maharaj, spiritual leader at Shiva Kailash Temple in Caparo, urged parents to become their children’s best friends. Addressing over 300 devotees Thursday night at the Lord Hanuman Jayanti celebrations, he also emphasized that children should place their confidence in their parents. “Trinidad and Tobago continues to be appalled at the…
www.newstrackindia.com DHARAMSALA, INDIA, April 6, 2009: A conference on world peace in Dharamsala happened on Sunday, organized by the voluntary group India Splendour. It focuses at the Indian View for Global Peace.’ Hindu spiritual leader, the Jagadguru Shankaracharya Swami Divyanand Teerthji Maharaj of Bhanpura Peeth, Buddhist leader Gyalwang Karmapa Orgyen Drodul Trinley Dorje, and many others attended the conference. The…
blogs.reuters.com KERALA, INDIA, March 27, 2009: Catholic churchgoers in Kerala receive, in addition to the communion, an appeal on their political choices. The Kerala Catholic Bishops Council has issued a pastoral letter to be read out in Catholic churches, urging parishioners to vote for those who uphold secularism and fight terrorism, according to a report in the Indian Express paper.…
www.hinduismtoday.com Like a tortoise withdrawing five limbs into its shell, those who restrain the five senses in one life will find safe shelter for seven. Tirukural 126
www.facebook.com KAUAI, HAWAII, April 12, 2009: Facebook is one of the most popular modern social networking platforms on the web today. It has 200 million active users, more than two-thirds of which are outside of college. It is enormously successful not only as a way for friends and family to keep in touch with each other, share news, photos and…
www.turismotorino.org TURIN, ITALY, April 9, 2009: According to La Repubblica newspaper, Italian museum Fondazione Merz in Turin will host an exhibition of Wolfgang Laib. A German artist, Laib’s work is characterized as “Land Art.” He employs natural materials, such as beeswax and rice, and uses nature to point towards philosophical concepts. For this installation, Laib will draw from Hinduism and…