On April 16th, a bitter and twisted student waltzed into Virginia Tech University in the USA and killed 32 of his fellow students, before taking his own life.The attacker’s name was Cho Seung Hui. From all accounts and reconstructions, his life over the years preceding the attack indicates that he was a very psychiatrically disturbed [...]
NEW JERSEY, USA, March 23, 20077: (HPI note: above URL is corrected from yesterday's item to take you directly to the Summer Hindu Studies Program web page.) Perhaps for the first time in summer, Rutgers University is including four new credit courses under religion department about Hindu culture and religion: 1. Hinduism through its Narrative Tradition; 2. Hindu Rituals, Festivals and Symbols; 3. Hindu Philosophy; and 4. Hinduism and Modernity. In addition, Sanskrit, the ancient Indian classical language is also offered as a credit course. All these courses can be taken by anybody without any pre-requisites. For more info, please visit URL above. (HPI note: Our thanks to Pankaj Jain for this information.)
NEW JERSEY, USA, March 23, 20077: (HPI note: above URL is corrected from yesterday's item to take you directly to the Summer Hindu Studies Program web page.) Perhaps for the first time in summer, Rutgers University is including four new credit courses under religion department about Hindu culture and religion: 1. Hinduism through its Narrative Tradition; 2. Hindu Rituals, Festivals and Symbols; 3. Hindu Philosophy; and 4. Hinduism and Modernity. In addition, Sanskrit, the ancient Indian classical language is also offered as a credit course. All these courses can be taken by anybody without any pre-requisites. For more info, please visit URL above. (HPI note: Our thanks to Pankaj Jain for this information.)
NEW JERSEY, USA, March 23, 20077: (HPI note: above URL is corrected from yesterday's item to take you directly to the Summer Hindu Studies Program web page.) Perhaps for the first time in summer, Rutgers University is including four new credit courses under religion department about Hindu culture and religion: 1. Hinduism through its Narrative Tradition; 2. Hindu Rituals, Festivals and Symbols; 3. Hindu Philosophy; and 4. Hinduism and Modernity. In addition, Sanskrit, the ancient Indian classical language is also offered as a credit course. All these courses can be taken by anybody without any pre-requisites. For more info, please visit URL above. (HPI note: Our thanks to Pankaj Jain for this information.)
