No censoreship. That is the official comment policy here.
The only liberty that I will take is that I will delete explicit vulgarity and personal diatribes.
This site is dedicated to Hinduism and I won’t be writing anything personal here.
As for my personal blog, it’s here: http://deepkama.wordpress.com
Any comments on site — pro or anti– is welcome.
Censoreship just [...]
Source: www.boston.comBOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, September 13, 2009: Reporters attending the annual convention of the Religion Newswriters Association boarded a pair of buses from downtown Minneapolis out to Maple Grove where, on 80 acres surrounded by farmland, the region’s Hindu community is completing work on one of the largest Hindu temples in the U.S.The Hindu Temple of [...]Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.comAHMEDABAD, INDIA, September 29, 2009: Social networking sites are overflowing with posts on various garba events in the US, UK, Australia, Kenya and a host of other countries where Gujaratis have settled. The Indian community abroad coordinated their presence in Navaratri garbas using the web. From New Zealand’s Kiwi Cricket Club in Aukland to [...]Source: www.uwf.edu/lgoelFLORIDA, US, Septemeber 8, 2009: Wendy Doniger, a historian at the University of Chicago Divinity School, has outraged Hindus in the past. In a 2002 article, the BBC stated “Professor Wendy Doniger is known for being rude, crude and very lewd in the hallowed portals of Sanskrit Academics. All her special works have revolved [...]Source: www.hinduismtoday.comCulture without religion is tourism. Anonymous
Bhaktivedanta College: Some may say that learning is about academic knowledge, while for others it is about building relationships. Both types of learning help produce the well-rounded Vaishnava graduates of Bhaktivedanta College, and the eighth freshman class is being given all resources to achieve this goal.Source: calgary.ctv.caCALGARY, CANADA, September 25, 2009: The Calgary Zoo is defending its decision to erect a statue in front of the elephant enclosure. The statue is a depiction of the elephant headed Hindu God Ganesha.Ganesha is widely revered as the remover of obstacles and is often the deity whom worshippers first acknowledge when they visit [...]Source: www.hindu.comINDIA, September 13, 2009: A day in the life of an murti maker is marked by strict self-discipline, both physical and mental. “We bathe at dawn, get into fresh clothes and say a small prayer before embarking on murti making as often our work require us to stand/ stamp/ climb the murtis. We also [...]Source: news.bbc.co.ukUNITED KINGDOM, September 23, 2009: Villagers in India have accused the Hollywood superstar, Julia Roberts, of interrupting one of their most important religious festivals. They say that her huge film set in the town of Pataudi near Delhi has prevented them from celebrating the Navratri religious festival.The Pretty Woman star used the Hari Mandir [...]Source: news.bbc.co.ukUNITED KINGDOM, September 2009: Most of the world’s major river deltas are sinking, increasing the flood risk faced by hundreds of millions of people, scientists report. Damming and diverting rivers means that much less sediment now reaches many delta areas, while extraction of gas and groundwater also lowers the land. Rivers affected include the [...]Source: www.nature.com[HPI note: this is the study published on Nature Magazine, referenced in the article above.]INDIA, September, 2009: To test the concepts of Central Asian introduction of the Indian caste system by Indo-Aryans, who plausibly and predominantly would have appointed themselves to castes of higher rank to legitimize and maintain their power on land, labor [...]Source: mailto:arvind@hafsite.orgNEW YORK, USA, Septemeber 26, 2009: The Tanenbaum Foundation for Interreligious Understanding in NYC created a Peacemakers in Action award for individuals who use their faith to build peace and transform armed conflict. They have had many representatives of Abrahamic faiths, but are looking for nominees of Eastern faith traditions.The following 5 criteria are [...]Source: www.sambodh.usKALAMAZOO, MI, USA, September 24, 2009: The Sambodh Society Inc. and the Sambodh Center for Human Excellence of Kalamazoo, MI, are sponsoring a four-day seminar and workshop on the topic of Hindu Dharma for the 21st-Century. The seminar will hold eight one-hour presentations on eight foundational pillars of Hinduism identified by His Holiness Swami [...]
I have been editing Aseemaa — Journal for Hindu Resurgence — since the past 12 years.
The main reason for bringing out this journal is that the mainstream media has failed to showcase Hindu culture and is instead hellbent on projecting Hinduism on par with Islamic Talibanisation.
As in this website, I am only presenting the other side of [...]
By Amrita Gopal Dasi These are a sample of the comments recorded in the guestbook signed by hundreds of visitors to the Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork, Utah.