World Dharma News: Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism News and Insight.
By Lori Tompkins Panchanga Ganitam Conference on 25th of December 2010 AP, India (CHAKRA) – Weeks before many Americans and Europeans were set aflutter by the recent news story stating that the dates for the signs of the zodiac have changed due to the ‘shifting’ constellations; American-born cosmologist Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet, strongly advised a congregation of […]
By Ranbir Singh Alone of all the major world religions, Hinduism is defined by those who not only do not share the faith but who are in fact implacably hostile to it. Wendy Doniger of Chicago University is but one example. Globally renowned as an ‘authority’ on Hindu religion her writings betray overt hostility of […]
By Tina Sadhwani In the Rig Veda there are 5 hymns constituting an important dialogue between Lord Indra and Sage Agastya that reflects the significance of traversing the evolutionary path of consciousness, that seems to serve as a crucial pre-requisite to understanding the true nature of the Supreme Absolute Reality (God). The verses exemplify how […]
(CHAKRA) On December 17th a Muharram Tazia parade was organized in Rampurhat by local Muslim groups. Since a permit is needed for all public parades and wasn’t present the police requested the organizers to follow certain routes so that local people do not face any hassle or delay in their daily commute as there was no notification of such a parade. […]
New York, USA – Will students be heading to American universities to get their degrees as Ayurvedic doctors? Will patients seek out practitioners of this 5000-year old system of medicine from India? And will Ayurveda form the basis for new health and beauty products, even of restaurant menus, in the U.S.? Ayurveda (commonly known as […]
By Uday Pai Pretty good and thought provoking especially in this day and age…. Am I a Hindu? Four years ago, I was flying from JFK NY Airport to SFO to attend a meeting at Monterey, CA. An American girl was sitting on the right side, near window seat. It, indeed, was a long journey […]
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 religion played in the implementation of nutrition programs. Upon moving to DC area a few years ago, I […]
Using the principal of geographical rotation, every ten or so years the post of UN Secretary-General is given to individuals from various continents. Each candidate is usually kept for two terms of five years each. The individual selected has a duty and responsibility to represent the people of his/her continent by sharing the beliefs or values […]
By Sucheta Rustgi New Delhi, India (CHAKRA) – Indian’s take pleasure in the fact that India is renowned as the world’s largest democracy. However under the disguise of being massively populated yet governed democratically through a transparent electoral process, lies the truth: India’s democracy runs at the cost of Hindu rights. This is the case due […]
By Aseem Shukla Swami Ramdev has helped spread traditional Hindu Yoga Washington, US – Nearly 20 million people in the United States gather together routinely, fold their hands and utter the Hindu greeting of Namaste — the Divine in me bows to the same Divine in you. Then they close their eyes and focus their […]