INDIA, July 27, 2021 (The Hindu): The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), which was conceived as a US$2.68 billion program in 2014 to clean up the river has so far been allocated $2.02 billion. Of this only $1.4 billion, or about two-thirds, has been released by the Finance Ministry to the NMCG, a body under the Jal Shakti Ministry,…
KAUAI, HAWAII, July 28, 2021 (Hinduism Today by Claire Burkert): In 1988, in a mud wattle home in southern Nepal, I photographed a painting of Lord Siva. The artist, an elderly woman named Sita Devi, had chosen to paint Siva in hopes that He would bless the marriage of her nephew and his new wife. The image covered most of…
It is far more impressive when people discover your good qualities without your help.
ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA, July 25, 2021 (The Hindu): The Sangameswaram Shiva temple was fully submerged in the backwaters of the Srisailam reservoir on Saturday when the water level in the dam rose above 855 feet, with close to 300,000 cusecs (cubic feet) of inflows recorded from the Jurala reservoir. The submergence of the temple is an annual feature. While the…
UNITED STATES, July 23 2021 (Salon by Matthew Rozsa): Dr. Martin Picard is an associate professor of behavioral medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, specializing in both psychiatry and neurology. Together, expertise in these two fields suits one well to understanding the essence of what makes one human. Picard is particularly knowledgeable about mitochondria, a structure found within nearly…
KAUAI, HAWAII, July 24, 2021 (Hinduism Today by Reiley Wilson): I had always thought of myself as spiritual but not religious (SBNR). Growing up, I attended a Lutheran church and I was taught gnostic teachings at home by my mother. I did not believe in what the church was preaching, yet I continued to attend with my parents as I…
I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that life is extinct on other planets because their scientists were more advanced than ours. John F. Kennedy, (1917-1963) Former US president
NEW DELHI, INDIA, July 24, 2021 (Hindustan Times): The Uttarakhand Police has said that it won’t allow people to come to the holy city to celebrate Kanwar Yatra, which has been banned by the state government. The pilgrimage is scheduled to start from July 25. “As Kanwar Yatra is banned, no person will be allowed to enter Haridwar border for…
KAUAI, HAWAII, July 20, 2021 (Hinduism Today by Shaina Grover, 16, California): Hundreds of guests, enough food to last a lifetime, countless celebrations and traditions to follow, elaborate decorations and who knows how many flowers. These are probably just a few of the things that pop into your head when you encounter the words “Indian wedding.” You probably don’t imagine…
You may turn your bones to fuel, your flesh to meat, letting them roast and sizzle in the gold-red blaze of severe austerities. But unless your heart melts in love’s sweet ecstacy, you never can possess my Lord Siva, my treasure-trove. Tirumantiram Verse 272