Source SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, July 16, 2016 (India Live Today): The State Education Board in California has approved a new school curriculum framework which will include richer content on ancient India and Hinduism for the first time. The framework, which will update and upgrade history and social science instruction in California, was developed over a period of two years, went through…
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 USA, July 10, 2016 (by Rachel Premack, Washington Post): It may be delicious, but the evidence is accumulating that meat, particularly red meat, is just a disaster for the environment — and not so great for human beings, too. By 2050, scientists forecast that emissions from agriculture alone will account for how much carbon dioxide the world can use…
Source ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA, July 7, 2016 (The Hindu): While the free fall of statues from various towers in the Srikalahastheeswara temple over the last few months, though brushed aside as sporadic instances, continues unabated, a similar incident witnessed in the Pallikondeswara Swamy temple in Surutupalle village of Nagalapuram mandal triggered further panic. The latest incident was attributed to heavy…
Source JAMMU, INDIA, July 10, 2016 (Hindustan Times): The Amarnath Yatra remained suspended for the second day on Sunday due to security measures in the valley following the death of top Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani on Friday. “No yatri will be allowed to move from Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in Jammu to the Kashmir Valley on Sunday due to…
Source KASHMIR, INDIA, July 9, 2016 (Indian Express): Thousands of Amarnath pilgrims were stranded at Jammu and various other places on Saturday after the state government suspended their movement to Kashmir Valley apprehending trouble as a fall out of the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani. Amidst tight security every morning, pilgrims in a convoy leave Jammu for Pahalgam…
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 JAMMU KASHMIR, INDIA July 8, 2016 (Sahara Samay News): Over 71,000 pilgrims have performed the Amarnath Yatra so far as another batch of 1,612 pilgrims left Jammu on Thursday. An official of the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) that manages the affairs of the annual pilgrimage said, “A total of 1,612 pilgrims comprising 1,266 males and 346 females left…
Source VIJAYAWADA, INDIA, July 7, 2016 (Deccan Chronicle): Seers from across the state have suggested that pilgrims avoid the Pavitra Sangamam — where the Godavari water from the Pattiseema project meets the Krishna — and areas downstream of the river from that point during Krishna Pushkaralu festival. They raised the issue after the government’s decision to release Godavari waters into…
Source They have “Dial-a-Prayer” for atheists now. You call it up, it rings and rings, but nobody answers.