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Millions Of Women Throng Kerala Festival

Mar 13, 2010 3:03pm

Source: news.bbc.co.ukUNITED KINGDOM, March 2010: India’s southern state of Kerala may have hosted the largest gathering of women ever seen on the planet. Clad in traditional Kerala saris and bearing offerings of food, more than two million women thronged the state capital Trivandrum on Sunday.The women braved searing heat to...

Karan Vir Wants To Take Indian Gods To The Oscars

Mar 13, 2010 3:02pm

Source: getahead.rediff.comINDIA, February, 24, 2010: Karan Vir is 27 years old. In an interview, the young entrepreneur explains how he plans to change the face of the India comic book industry forever and, somewhat ostentatiously, declares that he wants to get an Oscar for India sometime soon. “I grew up...

Jews, Muslims Worry Body Scanners Violate Religious Laws

Mar 13, 2010 3:01pm

Source: Religion News ServiceUNITED STATES, March 2010: Canadian lawyer Kerry Gearin is planning to fly to Washington, D.C., this summer for a conference on Islamic family law, but the full-body scanners being deployed in some U.S. airports make her wonder if she’ll be forced to leave her modesty at home....

Daily Inspiration

Mar 13, 2010 3:00pm

Source: www.hinduismtoday.comOh, if you only knew yourselves! You are souls; you are Gods. If ever I feel like blaspheming, it is when I call you man. Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)...

Record Crowds Flock to Holi 2010 in Houston

Mar 12, 2010 3:03pm

Source: www.indoamerican-news.comHOUSTON, TX, USA, March 9, 2010: For the last 40 years, Indian-born parents have told the next generation stories of what Holi grand mela was like in India. This year’s Holi in Houston gives them a good idea.“Over 11,000 people gathered at the Festival of Colors this year” said...

Reflections on the Parliament of the World’s Religions 2009

Mar 12, 2010 3:02pm

Source: www.interreligiousinsight.orgMELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, March 12, 2010 (By Kusumita Petersen): The Parliament of the World’s Religions, held every five years, took place in Melbourne, Australia on December 3-9, 2009. For seven days participants thronged the brand new and dramatically modern Melbourne Convention Center on the east bank of Yarra River, which...

Hindu American Foundation Calls for New Staff

Mar 12, 2010 3:01pm

Source: Press ReleaseWASHINGTON, DC, USA, March 12, 2010 (by Sheetal Shah): Have you ever wanted to be a full-time Hindu American advocate? Or do you know someone who does? If so, now is your chance! HAF is accepting applications from energetic and highly motivated individuals for its full-time Associate Director...

Daily Inspiration

Mar 12, 2010 3:00pm

Source: www.hinduismtoday.comWe live very close together. So, our prime purpose in life is to help others. And if we can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them. Dalai Lama...

Divinity Tattooed on One’s Skin

Mar 9, 2010 3:04pm

Source: www.nj.comNEW DELHI, INDIA, February 28, 2010: After a year spent researching and clicking images of Indian street tattoos for his new book, French writer Stephane Guillerme found Lord Hanuman easily the commonest tattoo in all of India. “Hanuman represents absolute physical power. So I guess it matches the male...

Hindu Temple In Malaysia Adopts School

Mar 9, 2010 3:03pm

Source: www.thaindian.comKUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, March 3, 2010: Arulmigu Veera Muniswarar temple committee in Gunung Hijau, Batu Gajah, Perak state, has adopted a Tamil school. Students will be provided with textbooks and school material, and the committee will help with transport for the poor pupils, committee adviser R. Damodaran said.Malaysia Namban...

Hindu Youth Celebrate NZ Race Relations Day In A Fun Way

Mar 9, 2010 3:02pm

Source: www.voxy.co.nzNEW ZEALAND, March 5, 2010: To celebrate the 2010 Race Relations Day and bring families and communities together, the Hindu Youth Foundation of New Zealand is organizing a Family Fun Day on Sunday 21st of March at the Hindu Heritage Centre. Race Relations Day is a major event in...

Vedanta Course Offered

Mar 9, 2010 3:01pm

Source: www.arshavidya.inINDIA, February 10, 2010: Arsha Vidya Gurukulam is pleased to announce a long term course in Vedanta, Sanskrit and allied subjects for a period of three years beginning in the last week of July 2010. Students will be selected from the 3-month Bhagavad Gita camp from April 20, 2010...

Daily Inspiration

Mar 9, 2010 3:00pm

Source: www.hinduismtoday.comIn the whole world there is no study so beneficial and so elevating as that of the Upanishads. It has been the solace of my life–it will be the solace of my death. Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), German philosopher and writer, the first Western philosopher to have access to translations...

Smithsonian Celebrates Indian-Americans

Mar 6, 2010 3:03pm

Source: homespun.si.eduWASHINGTON D.C., March 2, 2010: Over the past decade, a boom happened for Indian-Americans in highly respected positions in the private and public sectors. These individuals have been vocal about their heritage, backgrounds and agendas. The world has started to notice, and so has the Smithsonian Institute in Washington...

Hindu Americans Join Other Faiths In A Dialogue On National Security

Mar 6, 2010 3:02pm

Source: hscnet.orgNEW YORK, NEW YORK, February 13, 2010: Members of the Hindu Students Council (HSC), Hindu American Seva Charities, Hindu Collective Initiative of North America as well as others joined members of the Sikh, Muslim, Christian and Jewish communities in a dialogue on America’s National Security and its impact on...