Author: Neel Madhukar

Source: The Emory Wheel

Lord James W. Dooley made a surprise appearance Friday night in the Cox Hall Ballroom, as he joined in on the traditional high-energy Indian bhangradance during Emory’s celebration of Diwali.

The Hindu Students Association (HSA) held its annual Diwali event to celebrate the traditional Hindu holiday also known as the Festival of Lights.

Friday’s festivities began with a Hindu puja, or prayer ceremony, where participants prayed for prosperity for the...

Author: Shibu Thomas

Source: The Times of India

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/High-court-orders-protection-to-runaway-Hindu-Muslim-couple/articleshow/5204888.cms

A Pune-based Kashmiri, Sabeena Langoo (22), had moved the high court seeking protection against alleged threats from her kin following her marriage to Ravi Tiwari from Bihar, prompting a...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Economic Times

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America's prestigious Princeton University will host its official celebration of the Indian festival of Diwali at the university chapel  

Author: Lisa Fernandez

Source: San Jose Mercury News

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_13732529?nclick_check=1

A nonprofit Sikh organization launched a BART poster campaign this month in hopes that a photograph of an elderly crying woman will spur mainstream riders to learn more about the massacre of people in India 25 years ago.

The 20-poster, $10,000-campaign on BART stations in San Francisco and Oakland is...

Author: Betsy Taylor

Source: Google News

Wire Service: AP

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hYdwJiLADqolCQNCg6TsABAaOJBwD9BPDP4G0

Yoga practitioners are criticizing a Missouri sales tax that applies to yoga classes, claiming they should be exempt because the lessons include spiritual elements.

A Missouri Department of Revenue official sent letters to 140 yoga...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Merinews

http://www.entertainmentandshowbiz.com/avatar-hindus-ask-for-a-disclaimer-with-james-camerons-avatar-2009111822418

Concerned Hindus have asked James Cameron to attach a disclaimer in the beginning and end of his forthcoming film “Avatar”, saying that it has nothing to do with Hinduism or its concepts.

Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in...

Author: Andria Simmons

Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

http://www.ajc.com/news/gwinnett/judge-clears-way-for-183756.html

Creditors changed the locks and sent more than a dozen priests packing Monday after a federal bankruptcy judge cleared the way for a foreclosure sale of the Hindu Temple of Georgia.

Judge James E. Massey also asked a U.S. trustee in charge of the case to have the FBI investigate potential...

Author: Susan Orr

Source: Evansville Courier & Press

http://www.courierpress.com/news/2009/nov/02/tri-state-welcomes-ganesha/

In one sense, God has been present at the Tri-State Hindu Temple ever since it opened in 2007.

After all, Hindus believe God exists in everything — people, animals, even inanimate objects.

But over the weekend, hundreds of local Hindus gathered at their Vann Road temple to welcome God...

Author: Harmeet Shah Singh

Source: CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/29/india.sikhs/index.html

Gurdeep Kaur's wrinkled face was wet with tears, as she recounted what she saw a quarter century ago: the killings of 21 of family members.

She recalled how maddened mobs barged into her home and burned alive her husband, two of her sons and a son-in-law because they were Sikhs, easily identified by their beards and...

Author: Arika Garg

Source: Carleton News

http://apps.carleton.edu/news/features/?story_id=582988

On Sunday, October 18, Carleton commemorated the Hindu “festival of lights,” Diwali, with a celebratory event held at the Severance Great Hall. The event featured a keynote address by guest speaker Suhag Shukla, co-founder of the Hindu American Foundation, followed by vocal and dance performances by members of DESI (Dedicated to the...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8333250.stm

Leaders from across the UK's religious communities have said there is a "moral imperative" to tackle global warming.

Leaders from the Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Baha'i, Jain and Zoroastrian faiths called on G20 nations to cut greenhouse gases.

They said climate change posed a "very real threat to the world's poor"....

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Crawley News

Planning inspectors have turned down an appeal from a Hindu group over parking spaces at their new temple.

The Gurjar Hindu Union, which is building a temple in Ifield, appealed a Crawley Borough Council decision requiring them to have 250 spaces.

The union claimed 99 spaces would be enough and referred it to the...

Author: Jim Tatum

Source: The Berkeley Independent

http://www.berkeleyind.com/culture/Hindu-community-inaugurates-temple2009-10-27T06-08-17

Indian Americans living in the Lowcountry now have a place to gather, worship, and pass on cultural heritage, thanks to the efforts of a dedicated group of people.

Some 325 people came together last week to celebrate two important events: the Inauguration of the...

Author: Niraj Warikoo

Source: Detroit Free Press

http://www.freep.com/article/20091025/NEWS03/91025025/1318/At-Farmington-Hills-event--Hindu-foundation-urges-advocacy

More than 100 Hindus attended an educational event today in Farmington Hills hosted by the Hindu American Foundation, an advocacy group cofounded by a Southfield native.The gathering was the foundation’s first...

Original Source: News-Press

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/220995324/

Members of Southwest Florida’s Hindu community lit up the night Saturday in Lehigh Acres with a Diwali celebration.

More than 100 people, many with roots in the West Indies and South America, where Hinduism is widespread, danced, sang, enjoyed a fashion show...