“How can you call yourself a Hindu?…YOU EAT MEAT!!!” I heard two Hindu boys yelling at a girl in a recent event at City University Hindu Society. The discussion was supposed to be on the subject of “Karma and Reincarnation”, and hence quite unrelated to an individual’s dietary habits. But somehow the discussion had sidetracked [...]
SCARBOROUGH, TOBAGO, April 20, 2007: Tobago's first Hindu temple is being established with funding from the National Commission for Self Help Limited. They have pledged $250,000 for the temple being built by the Tobago Hindu Society. The NCSH's financial commitment to the project was formally "endorsed" during a ceremony on location at the proposed site at Carnbee, on the western outskirts of Scarborough, yesterday. Addressing the ceremony, NCSH chairman Krishna Ramkumar pointed out that the Commission has done a lot of work throughout Trinidad and Tobago, and indeed in Tobago itself. "We will continue to make this commitment to people in Trinidad and Tobago who are dispossessed or people who are in need; communities that are in need, you can feel free to come and apply to the NCSH where we will respond favorably depending on the availability of funds", Ramkumar assured.
Holy basil or Tulsi is a mark of holiness or piousness in Hindu society. Tulsi literally means a thing that can't be compared with anyone. It is a plant that grows thorough out India and is worshiped ...
LUCKNOW, INDIA, March 12, 2007: At a meeting held in Lucknow on March 12, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) discussed the issue of religious conversions in India. Speaking to over 1,400 delegates RSS national deputy chief Mohan Bhagwat said, "I do not deny that conversions had also taken place on account of ills in Hindu society, and that is why we are emphasizing on the need to reform ourselves. Our objective is to call upon the masses to sink differences of caste, sect and religion, as well as of political affiliations, in the larger interest of building social harmony and goodwill. Unless Hindu society gets rid of its ills, we cannot set a good example for those belonging to other faiths. The RSS is not opposed to schemes actually meant for the uplift of economically weak Muslims. We oppose the policy of minority appeasement followed by the central government. I wish to make it loud and clear that such a policy always obstructs Hindu-Muslim unity.
