My mom normally does the daily puja in the house. And when she can’t my sister does it. But last weekend my parents were away and my sister couldn’t do the puja for some reason either, so I said that I’d do it. Well to be honest, she could but I wanted to do the [...]
September 23, 2012
Rudra
Spirituality/Culture
The fruit of self realization is for the one who is centered. A popular Hindu story about Lord Ganesha conveys the truth. Saint Narada once handed over a mango to Shiva and Parvati. He said that it was a special mango which would bestow eternal wisdom on whoever savours it. There was also a hitch [...]
September 20, 2012
HHR
Hindu Wisdom
In some Hindu cultures, Hindu God Ganesh is considered to be a bachelor. But there are some cultures in which he is a family man. Siddhi and Riddhi are the wives of Hindu God Ganesha. There is an interesting story which narrates how Ganesh Got Married. As Ganesha had an elephant-head no girl was ready [...]
September 19, 2012
HHR
Hindu Wisdom
Ganesh Chaturthi or "Vinayak Chaturthi" is one of the major traditional festivals celebrated by the Hindu community. [...]
September 18, 2012
HHR
Spirituality/Culture
Calls for Fiji to become an officially Christian state have been rejected by one of the country's main Hindu groups. [...]
September 10, 2012
HHR
World Focus
Hinduism, by contrast, is losing constantly. It is fragmented along caste and ethnic lines (worsened by the “secularist” regime) but also along ideological lines, chiefly secular against Hindu activist. It is divided against itself. There is a Hindu nationalist movement, but it is warped by the “Western” nationalist viewpoint and deliberately unable to wage [...]
September 7, 2012
Dr Koenraad Elst
Analysis/Insights
Refugee Bodo tribals and witnesses from Kokrajhar, Assam talk about the attacks by illegal Bangladeshis. [...]
August 23, 2012
HHR
India
As part of 150th Birth Anniversary Celebrations of Swami Vivekananda, Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai launches India's first Stereoscopic 3D Animated short Movie on Swami Vivekananda ( coming soon) [...]
August 16, 2012
HHR
Spirituality/Culture
Artistic expression and elevating of the human consciousness through music is symbolised in the figure of Sri Krishna playing the transcendental flute and stirring the Universal Consciousness. [...]
August 12, 2012
Rajesh Patel
Spirituality/Culture
HINDRAF is the most successful Hindu/Indian resistance movement outside of India, which offers certain basic lessons in running effective Hindu movements. On 24th Nov 2007 HINDRAF organised the most successful demonstration in Kuala lumpur which had hit all major news channels around the world. About 30-40 thousand people participated. However, according to certain reports, if [...]
August 7, 2012
Amitabh Soni
Malaysia, World Focus