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Source If you have not seen your own Self, if you have not pierced the knots of your Heart and washed away the filth of your mind, then what does it matter if you are a human being?— Kabir

Source CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, August 31, 2018 (India West by Ashok Easwaran): — A century-and-a-quarter after Swami Vivekananda’s rousing speech to the World Parliament of Religions here in 1893, the World Hindu Congress has declared its objective to re-connect the 1.1 billion Hindus worldwide with their common heritage and their spiritual link to people of all other denominations. For three days,…

Source CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, August 28, 2018 (India Times): The resounding message from conference planners of the 2018 World Hindu Congress (WHC) scheduled to take place in Chicago next week, is strengthening the Hindu community on a global scale for the pursuit of the common good for all. The once in a four-year event aims to harness the full potential of…

HPI KAUAI, HAWAII, September 10, 2018 (HPI): Our apologies for being off-line for several days. A server upgrade took longer than expected. In particular, we’ve become tardy in putting out news on the now completed World Hindu Congress (Sept 7 to 9), and will catch up over the next few days.

Source One party says thought is caused by matter, and the other says matter is caused by thought. Both statements are wrong; matter and thought are coexistent. There is a third something of which both matter and thought are products.— Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)

Source UNITED STATES, August 16, 2018 (Science Alert by Mike McRae): If our Universe happened to be locked in an eternal heartbeat of expansion and collapse, black holes would leave an impression. And it could look just like a number of swirls recently detected in the faint echo of light at the edge of space. It’s hardly the smoking gun…

Source MALAYSIA, August 31, 2018 ( South Chinese Morning Post):The Batu Caves complex, a series of caverns set in a limestone hill on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, is popular with devotees from Malaysia’s ethnic Indian minority and tourists, with a regular stream of people clambering up the 272 steps to reach the temples. The steps have been painted in…

Source CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, August 21, 2018 (IOL, by Yogin Devan): The first names of Indians are fast losing their Indian identity to modernization. This is so especially to a large extent within the Tamil community and to a lesser extent among those of Hindi background. The bestowal of non-traditional names is not an act of cultural betrayal. Creativity,…

Source They have “Dial-a-Prayer” for atheists now. You call it up, it rings and rings, but nobody answers.

Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, April 5, 2016 (The Hindu): A World Bank report has challenged the conventional understanding of India’s inequality. The report, “Addressing inequality in South Asia,” has found that the probability of a poor person moving out of poverty in India in 2014 was as good as that in the U.S. “There is good news — India is…