But Holi festivals are a more overt expression of this type of worship, rooted not only in Hindu prayer, but also in folklore. The color throws and bonfires, for example, are mentioned in the earliest records of Holi festivals in seventh-century Sanskrit texts, and in tales of the deities Rama and Krishna.
As a North Carolina resident also proud to be a United States citizen, I’m starting to worry.
Since Republicans swept the North Carolina state government, from the statehouse to the House and Senate, the tilt right has been unmistakable. But the latest move out of Raleigh has even a lot of die-hard conservatives shaking their heads. Two representatives from Rowan County have filed legislation that would give North Carolina ...
Good organization and efficient infrastructure, in short, are no more impossible in India than anywhere else. “The lesson is, it can be done,” says Bhagawati Saraswati, a Californian-born Hindu devotee camped on the river bank with other members of an ashram based on the upper Ganges.
Does the land that gave the world the Kama Sutras really need the lessons of V-Day? Sure, Hindus allow themselves kama, or creative desires and pleasure, as an acceptable goal of life, though a lower one than that of moksha, or ultimate liberation. Hindus even have powerful stories of Kamadeva, or the Lord of Love, enlivening their traditions, so where’s the need for Cupid?
NEW YORK — When Uma Mysorekar looks at the members of the new Congress, the Indian immigrant and practicing Hindu can see that, for the first time, there’s someone who shares her ethnicity and someone who shares her faith.
To her surprise, they are two different people.
The holiday marks the victory of good over evil and commemorates the Hindu god Lord Rama’s victory over the demon-king Ravana.
“Although there are not very many Hindus in Hawaii, I never felt discriminated against. I never really gave it a second thought growing up that any other reality existed, or that it was not the same everywhere," Tulsi said in a statement Tuesday, the New York Daily News reported.
The 15-day festival commemorates slaying of a demon king by Hindu goddess Durga, marking victory of good over evil.
Many older Indian Americans in the Washington area said in interviews that even after achieving economic success, they continue to shy away from partisan politics. In the Washington area, the most important social hub for Hindu immigrants is a large, ornately decorated temple in Lanham. Older temple leaders and other Indian Americans here described spending years immersed in work, family and worship, quite apart from American society.
5. Tulsi Gabbard: Another 31-year old, the Hawaii Democrat was one of very few congressional candidates who got time on the stage, and there’s a reason for that: She’s good. She was the youngest state legislator in the country when she was elected to the state House in 2002 at the age of 21. By 2004, she resigned that seat to serve in Iraq. Oh, and she will ...
“You need only to taste it, and it will seal the deal.” Not that Parti has: He’s a Hindu vegetarian who has never sampled the barbecue he’s famous for.
Adbus Salam, who died in 1996, was once hailed as a national hero for his pioneering work in physics and work that guided the early stages of Pakistan’s nuclear program. Now his name is even stricken from school textbooks because he was a member of the Ahmadi sect that has been persecuted by the government and targeted by Taliban militants, who view them as heretics.
Their plight — along with ...
Today, without any fighting to do, soldiers attend meetings at Hindu temples and functions at primary schools. The military has even inserted itself into almost every aspect of economic life in the north of the country, farming and selling vegetables, running hotels, restaurants and even barber shops.
NEW DELHI — A bus carrying dozens of Hindu pilgrims home from a shrine plunged off a bridge in central India and 32 passengers have been killed.
Police say more than 20 people are being treated in a Maharashtra state hospital for injuries.
“Harassment, Bullying and Freedom of Expression: Guidelines for Free and Safe Public Schools” has been endorsed by diverse religious voices such as the Christian Legal Society, the Muslim Public Affairs Council and the Hindu American Foundation as well as leading educational associations, including the National School Boards Association, the American Association of School Administrators and the National Association of State Boards of Education. (A full list of endorsers and the ...
NEW DELHI — Police say a bus full of Hindu pilgrims plunged into the Ganges River, killing 26 people in northern India.
Rescuers worked more than four hours to pull the bodies from the river late Tuesday in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand.
In a nation raised on bovine milk, where bullocks pulled ploughs and manure fueled hearths, a respect for cattle and proscription on beef is fundamental--even McDonalds eschews beef in India. That centrality of animals to the agrarian economy led to Dharma spiritual tenets rooted in the veneration of life and ahimsa, or nonviolence that are unwavering. Today, 300 million of India’s Hindus and Jains constitute the largest proportion of ...
DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan officials have decided to demolish a mosque and a Hindu temple after a group of Buddhist monks and their supporters demanded their removal from a Buddhist sacred area.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Thousands of Buddhist monks and lay supporters have protested the construction of a mosque and a Hindu temple being built in an area designated as a Buddhist sacred zone.
Local journalist Kanchana Ariyadasa says about 2,000 protesters, including 300 monks, shouted slogans and waved the Buddhist flag Friday in the central town of Dambulla.
But the Gandhian existential dilemma was solved in another “act of compassion” reportedly by a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mormons have long engaged in these proxy-baptisms of departed Jews, Hindus, and others to offer them the chance to “choose” since they were not reached--or convinced--while they lived. Indeed, according to media reports, Gandhi joined Anne Frank and many others in the ranks of the ...
The fight to save the life of Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who has been sentenced to death in Iran for his faith, is truly uniting people of all faiths - atheists too - and political persuasions across the world.
We have seen statements calling on Iran to release this persecuted pastor from President Obama’s White House, Secretary Clinton’s State Department, and Republican presidential campaigns. Governor Mitt Romney was one of ...
