voices.washingtonpost.com WASHINGTON, DC, USA, April 6, 2009 (with RNS): The White House today announced ten more members of the council that will advise the president on faith-based and other key issues, such as fatherhood and poverty. The additions bring the council’s ranks to 24 religious and secular leaders. The office is meant primarily to support faith-based groups, including by helping…
RNS WASHINGTON, DC, USA, April 6, 2009: Advisers tapped to help guide the White House’s revamped faith-based office say their role is still evolving as the initiative expands its portfolio and tries to find its footing in the young Obama administration. While some viewed the Bush administration’s efforts mostly as a one-way directive on how to expand the reach of…
HPI/Paras Ramoutar TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, April 9, 2009: Hindus in Trinidad and Tobago will join in the international observance of Lord Hanuman Jayanti, the day He took human form on earth. Lord Hanuman or the “Monkey God” is credited as being the ideal and model servant in any civilization. He is the personal confidante of Lord Rama, the major player…
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www.hinducounciluk.org LONDON, UK, April 4, 2009: The birthday of Lord Rama was celebrated at the House of Commons on Monday, as the Members’ Dining Room was turned into a Mandir for the afternoon. Over 200 invited guests sang bhajans and watched Aarti performed by two young children, as Hindus from many different traditions celebrated the festival beneath the flag of…
RNS LONDON, UK, April 5, 2009: A secular organization in Britain that backs an atheist ad campaign on London’s buses is now producing “certificates of de-baptism” for people wishing to renounce their Christian faith — and claims it is getting thousands of takers. The National Secular Society says more than 100,000 ex-worshippers have downloaded the de-baptism certificates from its Web…
www.hinduismtoday.com He creates the Universe and then reveals Himself to us and in us. He made Himself manifest. Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh scripture
online.wsj.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, March 16, 2009: India’s Oscar victory has been celebrated with patriotic fervor. But what will be the final word on Slumdog and its legacy for India? Mr. Rahul Chawdhry, a professor of international marketing, says that although nobody claims we should hide the poverty and corruption that exists in India, highlighting these problems is very damaging…
www.tulsaworld.com TULSA, OKLAHOMA, USA, April 3, 2009: On Saturday, April 4, the Oklahoma Telugu Sangam celebrates Ugadi 2009, a multicultural program of Indian foods, traditions, music and dance celebrating the Ugadi Hindu New Year at Thoreau Demonstration Academy in Tulsa. Hari Musapeta, a Tulsa businessman and founder and president of OTS, a nonprofit organization promoting education and awareness of Indian…
www.hinduismtoday.com India was the motherland of our race and Sanskrit the mother of Europe’s languages. India was the mother of our philosophy, of much of our mathematics, of the ideals embodied in Christianity (…) of self-government and democracy. In many ways, Mother India is the mother of us all. Will Durant, American Historian (1885-1981)