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Tweet (CHAKRA) To The People of India, Greetings, I address you collectively as a nation, as nation builders, and as individuals capable of rationale and reasoning. As human beings we are endowed with...

January 2 2012 / 25 comments / Read More »

As a follow up to one of my previous articles, Prevention of Communal and Targeted Violence Bill, 2011, I’ve decided to focus my grievances with the unscrupulous subversion of India’s population as perpetrated...

November 29 2011 / 20 comments / Read More »

Tweet (CHAKRA) In the recent killings of four Hindu doctors of whom three were brothers, members of the Hindu community from the Citizens for Democracy (CFD), have condemned the act, classifying it as...

November 15 2011 / 4 comments / Read More »

Tweet (CHAKRA) The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) condemned the brutal attack on four Hindus earlier this week in a small town in Sindh province, Pakistan. The attack resulted in the deaths of three...

November 11 2011 / 2 comments / Read More »

Tweet (CHAKRA) Steve Jobs, 56 and a Zen Buddhist, died on October 5th, 2011 once served as CEO of Pixar and Apple. In his popular Stanford University commencement address in 2005, Jobs said:...

October 7 2011 / 9 comments / Read More »

Tweet Lahore, Pakistan (CHAKRA)— A prominent Sikh Businessman has been receiving threats from religious extremists who have been attacking his business multiple times in the eastern city of Lahore. Sardar Bishon Singh claims...

October 7 2011 / No comment / Read More »

Tweet Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh (CHAKRA) -  There were Hindu – Muslim riots on the issue of installation of Ganesh idol at Ujjain. Two persons were killed and many got injured during these riots....

September 7 2011 / 10 comments / Read More »

Tweet Shimla, India – While acquiring a mass following to stand up against the Indian governments corruption, Anna Hazare has aided in boosting the sales of Swami Vivekananda’s books. The Hindu monk has...

August 31 2011 / No comment / Read More »

Tweet By Jagmit Singh After receiving letters that were being circulated throughout the Rawalpora village of Kupwara, Sikhs feel threatened and fear attacks from local Muslims in the area. The letters were demanding...

August 28 2011 / No comment / Read More »

Tweet By Sagarika Kapoor Delhi, India (CHAKRA) – As the protests continue, the anti-Anna brigade and the staunch Congress Supporters are creating more and more rumours about the Janlokpal Bill and Anna Hazare....

August 23 2011 / 10 comments / Read More »

Tweet By Ranbir Singh Sathya Sai Baba was Treated with Negative Anti-Hindu Bias while Mother Teresa Enjoyed Pro-Western and Christian Backing in World Media   On the death of Sathya Sai Baba, Hindu...

July 28 2011 / 74 comments / Read More »
In This Month

Happy Chinese & Buddhist New Year – January 2012 »

Happy Chinese & Buddhist New Year – January 2012 Tweet Happy Chinese & Buddhist new year to all our readers. New Year occurs on different days in different countries following Buddhism. In Mahayan countries, New Year celebrations starts on...

January 21 2012 / No comment / Read More »

Happy Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti – January 2012 »

Happy Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti – January 2012 Tweet (CHAKRA) Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti is a special day in Sikhism and is celebrated by Sikhs around the globe. This year in 2012, Guru Gobind Singh jayanti falls...

January 6 2012 / No comment / Read More »
World News

Vietnamese Buddhist Monk Recognized for Hearty Contributions »

Vietnamese Buddhist Monk Recognized for Hearty Contributions

Tweet (CHAKRA) The Ho Chi Minh Order award was granted to the Head of Vietnam Buddhist Sangha...

January 27 2012 / No comment / Read More »

First Conference for Hindu Priests in North America »

First Conference for Hindu Priests in North America

Tweet (CHAKRA) The objective of the Hindu Mandir Priest Conference (HMPC) is sustainability and the advancement of...

January 25 2012 / No comment / Read More »

Hindu Americans Appalled by GOP Presidential Candidate’s Bigotry »

Hindu Americans Appalled by GOP Presidential Candidate’s Bigotry

Tweet (CHAKRA) Hindu Americans are appalled by the recent comments made by Republican presidential candidate and former...

January 23 2012 / 1 comment / Read More »

3 Culprits Caught After Sacred Cow Slaughtered at Hindu Temple »

3 Culprits Caught After Sacred Cow Slaughtered at Hindu Temple

Tweet Kerala, India (CHAKRA) - Kunnathunadu, Kothamangalam and Muvattupuzha, three taluks of Ernakulam district experienced a shutdown on...

January 21 2012 / 13 comments / Read More »

Honour Killings in Canada: An Undeniable Reality! »

Honour Killings in Canada: An Undeniable Reality!

Tweet (CHAKRA) FACT: Since 2002, 12 murders of women in Canada were deemed to be honour killings....

January 19 2012 / 5 comments / Read More »

Most Recent

  1. sanjeev: everybody love their caste and people ilaiah garu hates only the system which is illtreated ancient races...
  2. Col. Rev. Thompson: I just love how the GOP keeps alienating Americans with their stupidity and ignorance because all...
  3. M Raghavan: Puranjana Dasa I feel rather saddened at the fact that readers identify Vaishnavism as being the sole...
  4. Parama Karuna Devi: In case Puranjana is still around…. I don’t know which Manu samhita you have been...
  5. Parama Karuna Devi: Regarding the “essence of Caitanya’s teachings”, I understand that the expression...
  6. Parama Karuna Devi: Dear Acyutananda…. Vrindavan Dasa writes in the Chaitanya Bhagavata the prayer spoken by...
  7. lady: more news: The last years sai baba asked for lady’s eyes to be lent since his eyes were tearing and...
  1. Vietnamese Buddhist Monk Recognized for Hearty Contributions
  2. First Conference for Hindu Priests in North America
  3. Hindu Americans Appalled by GOP Presidential Candidate’s Bigotry
  4. Picture of the Week – Palitana’s Jain Temples
  5. 3 Culprits Caught After Sacred Cow Slaughtered at Hindu Temple
  6. Happy Chinese & Buddhist New Year – January 2012
  7. Honour Killings in Canada: An Undeniable Reality!
  8. The Blue Throated Shiva
  9. Oldest Hindu Temple in Bihar in Trouble
  10. Hinduism and Miracles Vindicated Scientifically

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Practicing Buddhism Results in Longer Life? »

Tweet A 112-year-old nun who is one of the two oldest currently living in Taiwan, proclaimed that her secret to a long life was simply to practice Buddhism. She is from the central area of Taiwan’s Nantou County. Liu Ching-huan was brought to Taiwan from China’s Sichuan Province, where she was born, when the late...

October 15 2011 / 2 comments / Read More »
Practicing Buddhism Results in Longer Life?

The Blue Throated Shiva »

Tweet By Yogi Baba Prem Yogacharya, Veda Visharada Oh Shiva, I call your name silently from my  heart.  Teach me the secrets of yoga and the Self.  -Yogi Baba Prem (CHAKRA) Shiva is often considered the lord of the Yogi’s, as Shiva, like Krishna, is credited with teaching the science of yoga.  Commonly known as...

January 18 2012 / No comment / Read More »
The Blue Throated Shiva

First Martyr for Human RIghts? Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji »

Tweet (CHAKRA) Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur is a religious observance for the Sikhism followers. Sikhism followers remember the martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur on November 24. He was beheaded as he refused to be forced to accept Islam as his religion and now stands as an example of freedom of choosing each one’s religion....

November 25 2011 / 13 comments / Read More »
First Martyr for Human RIghts? Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji

Link Between Science and Religion: Scientists Study Fasting by Jains »

Tweet By Karishma Patel    Ahmedabad, Gujarat (CHAKRA) – Jain Doctor Association (JDA) and Sabarmati Jain Shvetambar Murtipujak Sangh, DRDO, Sristi, IIM-A and Gujarat Vidhyapith and a team of scientists from Defene Institute of Physiology and Applied Sciences (DIPAS), have undertaken a scientific study to see the effects of voluntary and complete fasting on metabolic...

February 17 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »
Link Between Science and Religion: Scientists Study Fasting by Jains

Incense, the Important Indian Attribute that has Influenced the World »

Tweet By Yogi Baba Prem Yogacharya, Veda Visharada (CHAKRA) Of all the eastern teachings, deities, terms such as ‘OM’ and philosophies that have emanated from India few people recognize the important role that incense has played in spirituality and health in India and the west. Of all the senses, the most powerful and primal is...

October 25 2011 / 2 comments / Read More »
Incense, the Important Indian Attribute that has Influenced the World

Insight/Opinion

The Blue Throated Shiva

The Blue Throated Shiva »

Tweet By Yogi Baba Prem Yogacharya, Veda Visharada Oh Shiva, I call your name silently from my  heart.  Teach me the secrets of yoga and the Self.  -Yogi Baba Prem...

January 18 2012 / No comment / Read More »

Hinduism and Miracles Vindicated Scientifically »

Hinduism and Miracles Vindicated Scientifically

Tweet Bell’s Theorem and Quantum Physics at Cross Roads   By O.P Sudrania AUM It is said that Vedas being too vast,...

January 17 2012 / 1 comment / Read More »

Sri Satya Sai Baba Love my Uncertainty: Mysticism or Mythicism »

Sri Satya Sai Baba Love my Uncertainty: Mysticism or Mythicism

Tweet By Dr. O. P. Sudrania (CHAKRA) I offer my humble pranaams at the Lotus Feet of Sri Satya Sai Baba, who...

January 13 2012 / 2 comments / Read More »

Ignored News

Tamil Nadu Unfairly Targets Hindu Temples While Giving Other Religions Full Freedom »

Tamil Nadu Unfairly Targets Hindu Temples While Giving Other Religions Full Freedom

Tweet The Tamil Nadu government claims to be secular but has been treating Hindu institutions and temples differently compared to institutions of...

September 13 2011 / 7 comments / Read More »

Castewatch UK Klan Lobbies British Government to Discriminate Against Hindus »

Castewatch UK Klan Lobbies British Government to Discriminate Against Hindus

Tweet By Ranbir Singh (HHR) On 2 July 2011 Castewatch held another of its typical hatefests in Coventry . Ostensibly designed as...

August 28 2011 / 16 comments / Read More »
3 Culprits Caught After Sacred Cow Slaughtered at Hindu Temple

3 Culprits Caught After Sacred Cow Slaughtered at Hindu Temple »

Tweet Kerala, India (CHAKRA) - Kunnathunadu, Kothamangalam and Muvattupuzha, three taluks of Ernakulam district experienced a shutdown on January 18th, as a result of the inhumane slaughtering of an innocent and...

January 21 2012 / 13 comments / Read More »

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