Source: The Post

http://www.thepost.ohiou.edu/Articles/Culture/2007/10/23/21865

Pushing the strange yellow and red foods around their plates, the students whined and grumbled — “This food is gross,” “It’s weird here,” “I’m hung over.” These complaints could have come from any freshmen over lackluster dining hall food on a Saturday afternoon.

But the food was traditional Indian fare, not burgers....

Source: Inquirer.net

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view_article.php?article_id=95818

WASHINGTON--The son of Punjabi immigrants won an election in Louisiana, becoming the first Indian-American US state governor, media reports said Sunday.

Piyush "Bobby" Jindal, 36, a Republican member of the House of Representatives, is also the first non-white to hold the post since the 1870s and the nation's youngest governor, said...

Author: Fayaz Wani

Source: News Blaze

http://newsblaze.com/story/20071020110551kash.nb/newsblaze/KASHMIR1/Kashmir.html

The Hindu festival of Dusshera will be celebrated in violence hit Kashmir by Kashmiri Hindus after 18 years.

Kashmiri Hindus enmasse migrated from Kashmir in the 1990s after violence broke out.

Dussehra is also known as Vijaya Dasami, because of the victory of Ram over Ravana. On this...

Author: GARETH EDWARDS

Source: Scotsman.com

http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh.cfm?id=1646732007

A SPECTACULAR display of fireworks and giant flaming effigies brought thousands of people onto Calton Hill last night.

Organisers estimated that more than 2500 revellers attended the show, held to mark the Hindu festival of Dusshera.

Three giant effigies - representing the evil king Ravana and his two henchmen - were set ablaze,...

Source: Hindu Press International

http://www.hinduismtoday.com/hpi/2007/10/17.shtml#1

DALLAS, TEXAS, October 14, 2007: What happens when 200 men and women, all sharing a profound love of Hindu dharma, meet for three days in East Texas, site of John Kennedy's assassination deep in the Bible Belt? The fifth annual Human Empowerment Conference (HEC) concluded here today. The 200 spiritual and community leaders, scholars, academicians and activists attended the intense, three-day...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Hindu Press International

http://www.hinduismtoday.com/hpi/2007/10/14.shtml#2

The second ever Diwali Edition of Sanatan Samachaar, a registered newspaper of Shree Sanatan Dharm Pratinidhi Sabha of Fiji. According to Editor Shalendra Prasad, the print edition is now rolling in the press and will be released on Friday October 20. "Since the electronic file was complete, we thought it would be wise for us to release the...

Author: Lisa Kocian

Source: The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/10/14/a_hidden_temple_grows_in_ashland/

There's a modest stone marker and a belt of trees that separate the Hindu priests from the everyday traffic on Route 135. It's enough to isolate a ceremony completely from the rest of life in Ashland.

One rings a small bell, and several devotees join him in chanting. The...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: WebIndia123

Wire Service: IANS

http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20071013/792283.html

Spain's autonomous Andalucia region is to assist Unesco in preserving the cultural heritage of the Hindu holy town of Varanasi and to ensure the development of its urban areas on scientific lines.

"Andalucia is famous for its Islamic heritage cities of Seville and...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7043185.stm

Actress Sharon Stone has presented India's famous female guru, Mata Amritanandamayi, with an award for her humanitarian work.

Amritanandamayi, also known as Amma, is best known for blessing her devotees with a hug.

Stone presented the spiritual leader with the prize in Paris at human rights film festival Cinema Verite.

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Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7041863.stm

A court in Delhi has rejected a claim for breach of copyright brought by lawyers acting for the company behind the Harry Potter films.

The ruling means a group in Calcutta building a huge model based on the school for wizards in the Harry Potter books can complete their work.

The huge replica was being made as part of celebrations...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Times of India

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Indians_Abroad/Indians_detained_for_immersing_Ganesh_idol/articleshow/2444588.cms

Around 45 Indians were briefly detained by police for performing an idol immersion ceremony on Jumeirah Beach in Dubai, reports said on Tuesday.

The group was detained in the last week of September while they were...

Source: Hindu Press International

http://www.hinduismtoday.com/hpi/2007/10/16.shtml#2

NEW JERSEY, October 9, 2007: Hindu Student Council members from all over the country gathered at the University of Pittsburgh for the 2007 Annual Meet to jump start the school year with a fresh perspective of what it means to be a member of HSC and what it means to be a Hindu-American. Every year the annual meet brings together chapters from all over the country, and members from all parts of...

Author: Prakash Bom

Source: Global Politician

Author: Dr. Prashant Pawar

Source: The Seoul Times

http://theseoultimes.com/ST/?url=/ST/db/read.php?idx=5665

Most of the Indians who visit Korea get experience of getting alienated by Korean Community. Some feel it is because of language problem, some feel it social discrimination. However, the experience of the Ganesh festival which was conducted on this Sunday (Sept. 16, 2007) at Seoul National University gave a classical example of cultural...

Author: Jonathan Petre

Source: The Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/05/nhindu105.xml

A Hindu woman sacked from her job at Heathrow last month for wearing a nose stud as a religious symbol has been reinstated.

Amrit Lalji, 40, had worked in the VIP lounge of Terminal One for more than a year before she was fired for wearing the tiny stud.

But yesterday her union said...