Source: www.google.com MUMBAI, INDIA, July 30, 2010: An Indian court ruled that Hindu Gods cannot deal in stocks and shares, after an application for trading accounts to be set up in their names. Two judges at the Bombay High Court on Friday rejected a petition from a private religious trust to open accounts in the names of five Deities, including…
Source: www.theage.com.au MUMBAI, INDIA, July 14, 2010: Pyramids have been credited with supernatural or paranormal properties since the days of ancient Egypt. Now their power is to be harnessed to cut road accidents. Traffic officers in Nagpur have agreed to allow small pyramids to be placed at 10 accident-prone sites in the city to see if their claimed positive energy…
Source: www.hindustantimes.com MUMBAI, INDIA, July 11, 2010: A day after the Supreme Court decision to lift the ban on the sale of American author James Laine’s controversial book on King Shivaji, protests took place in several parts of the state, especially in western Maharashtra — former stronghold of Shivaji’s Maratha empire. Amid protests at his hometown in Nanded, Chief Minister…
Source: sify.com UNITED KINGDOM, July 28, 2010: A novel initiative called Global Leicester has been launched here to teach British children about Asian cultures that abound the city’s diverse ethnic population. The promoter, Leicestershire Education Business Company (LEBC), says the new venture will promote multi-culturalism from an early age by understanding local cultural differences and dismantling boundaries communities construct around…
Source: www.ddinews.gov.in PURI, INDIA, July 18, 2010: Millions of devotees from across the country and abroad thronged this pilgrim town when Lord Jagannath set off on his annual sojourn to his aunt’s house accompanied by elder brother Lord Balabhadra and sister Devi Subhadra on three majestic wooden chariots. Special rituals like Mangla arati and Mailam were held before the Deities…
Source: www.zeenews.com COLOMBO, SRI LANKA, July 21, 2010: More than 500 Hindu temples in Sri Lanka were damaged during the war. Voicing the demand to renovate the temples, S. Yogeshwaran said in the country’s Parliament that more than 500 Hindu Kovils (temples) need to be reconstructed. Meanwhile, Sri Lankan Prime Minister D. M. Jayarathne said foreign aid will also be…
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com MOSCOW, RUSSIA, July 21, 2010: Indologist Viktoria Lyssenko of the Russian Academy of Sciences, recently lecturing at Kashmir University, related that Indic Studies in Russia are flourishing. Thanks to the initiatives of Prof Marietta Stepanyants, the author of the first textbook on Eastern philosophies, and the Indian embassy in Moscow, a unique chair of Indian Philosophy named after…
Source: www.ahwsngo.org UNITED STATES, July 21, 2010: [HPI note: The following is a press release announcing the creation of a Hindu faith-based NGO by Divya Selvakumar.] As an international development professional and nutrition specialist, I spent a couple years working in Tanzania and in India spreading the importance of nutrition awareness. During this time, I became interested in the role…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com KAPAA, HI, USA, July 29, 2010: [HPI note: Over the next weeks, HPI will bring to you some highlights of the latest issue of Hinduism Today.] The newars are the indigenous people of Nepal’s Kathmandu valley. Most are Hindus. Their rites of passage are central to their strong social and religious traditions. These ceremonies express and celebrate the…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Children, love can accomplish anything and everything. Love can cure diseases. Love can heal wounded hearts and transform human minds. Mata Amritanandamayi Ma, or Ammachi, founder of many social, educational and medical charities