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  • New British PM

    10/26/2022 5:53:21 PM PDT · by Jyotishi · 15 replies
    The Pioneer ^ | Wednesday, October 26, 2022 | The Pioneer
    Rishi Sunak happens to be Hindu by faith, but this fact is unlikely to make him pro-India With Rishi Sunak becoming the third Prime Minister in two months, there are great expectations from him, especially because he has experience, as a former finance minister, to tackle the economic crisis that Britain faces. Just like his immediate predecessor, Liz Truss, he is a Thatcherite. “My values are Thatcherite. I believe in hard work, family and integrity. I am a Thatcherite, I am running as a Thatcherite and I will govern as a Thatcherite,” he wrote in a newspaper. But there is...
  • Hindus in India hail Rishi Sunak’s victory

    10/24/2022 11:12:14 AM PDT · by RandFan · 33 replies
    The Guardian ^ | Oct 24 | The Guardian
    As Rishi Sunak prepares to become the UK’s next prime minister at the start of the festival of Diwali – when Hindus pray to the goddess Lakshmi for prosperity and success – in India some Hindus celebrated the fact that someone sharing their religion had reached such high office in the UK. “To have a Hindu inside 10 Downing Street is something astonishing and of great joy, and that too on Diwali,” said Satish Verma, a supermarket owner in Delhi. “Although he is British, it will make us Hindus proud that one of us made it so big.” Sunak, who...
  • Diwali 2021: India Celebrates Festival of Lights Under Shadow of Covid-19

    11/03/2021 9:39:51 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 3 replies
    Yahoo News! ^ | Wed, November 3, 2021
    India has been lit up in a dazzling display of light and colour, as millions of people celebrate the Hindu festival of Diwali. But it comes amid concerns over the coronavirus pandemic and air pollution. A time for feasts, prayers and fireworks, Diwali is one of the most important festivals in India. It is known as the festival of lights as people illuminate oil lamps or candles to symbolise the triumph of light over darkness and good over evil. The symbolism seems particularly meaningful at a time when coronavirus continues to disrupt people's lives. Although cases have fallen considerably over...
  • Can Christians Celebrate the Indian Festival: Diwali?

    10/25/2019 9:56:58 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 54 replies
    Deseret News ^ | Ken Chitwood
    Indians buy foods as offering materials for worship at a roadside market prior to Diwali in Kolkata, India, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014. Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights will be celebrated is most parts of India on Oct. 23.(AP Photo/ Bikas Das) Bikas Das, AP The lights are hung, the candles lit, the feast prepared, the New Year is almost here, families gather and the children wait to hear the dramatic re-telling of stories from the ancient past. No, it is not Christmas, nor is it Hanukkah or Kwanzaa; steeped in mythical tales, religious devotion, and socio-cultural importance, it is...
  • From Ivanka Trump - Diwali Greetings And A Message Ahead Of India Visit

    10/24/2017 4:37:35 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 6 replies
    NDTV ^ | October 19, 2017 | All India
    Last year, Ivanka, a presidential adviser, had visited Hindu temples in Virginia and Florida as part of Diwali. Next month, she will be in Hyderabad for two days to attend the annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit. US President Donald Trump's entrepreneur daughter Ivanka, who joined him in Tuesday's Diwali celebrations at the White House, also took to Twitter to wish Indians across the globe a joyous Diwali. Her "Saal Mubarak" greeting was accompanied by a reminder that she will be in India next month for the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES). President Trump yesterday kicked off Diwali festivities at the Oval Office...
  • Trump Celebrates Diwali in White House to Ovation from Hindu Indians

    10/21/2017 6:38:26 AM PDT · by nwrep · 26 replies
    Youtube ^ | October 19, 2017 | nwrep
    Watch towards the end as the visitors tell him that he is doing a great job and they are proud of him.
  • Islamabad: Easter Will Be a Holiday for Christians; Holi and Diwali for Hindus

    03/21/2016 1:23:36 PM PDT · by marshmallow · 1 replies
    AsiaNews ^ | 3/18/16 | Shafique Khokhar
    The resolution was presented by a Hindu deputy. Activists working on behalf of minorities appreciate the decision. Others point out some shortcomings: the holidays will be reserved only for religious minorities and not to the entire population. Focus needed on concrete respect for minority rights.Islamabad (AsiaNews) - The Pakistani National Assembly has passed a resolution that grants holiday time for Christians to celebrate Easter and Hindus and their Holi and Diwali celebrations. The resolution is the work of Vankwani Ramesh Kumar, an Assembly member of the Hindu faith. While some minority rights activists appreciate the initiative, others point out that...
  • Michelle Obama To Host Hindu Festival for Goddess of Wealth at White House

    11/05/2013 9:13:35 AM PST · by Olog-hai · 21 replies
    Cybercast News Service ^ | November 4, 2013 - 5:03 PM | Penny Starr
    First Lady Michelle Obama is hosting an event on Tuesday to mark the Hindu festival of Diwali, or “festival of lights,” to honor Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity. … Diwali also marks the first day of the business year “and some Hindus will say prayers to the goddess for a successful year,” the website states. …
  • Diwali 2013: Hindu Festival Of Lights Celebrated All Over The World

    11/02/2013 3:06:44 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 3 replies
    International Business Times ^ | November 02 2013 | Nadine DeNinno
    Diwali, the spectacular Hindu festival of lights known all over the world, will be celebrated on Sunday, Nov. 3. The five-day event begins on Sunday with traditional holiday staples like candles and oil lamps, called "diyas." Diwali, a contraction of the word "Deepavali" -- meaning row of lights in Sanskrit -- is often celebrated with food, dancing, parties and, of course, colorful lights hanging everywhere. Many HIndus celebrate with prayer to Sita and Rama, the goddess and god of wealth and prosperity. The festival symbolizes the victory of light over dark, good over evil and knowledge over darkness, and honors...
  • Gold, silver coin supply runs dry during Indian festival

    11/05/2010 10:05:07 PM PDT · by DeaconBenjamin · 21 replies · 1+ views
    International Business Times ^ | November 5, 2010 10:47 AM ED
    Sales of precious metal coins during the festivals in India, the world's largest consumer of gold, are higher this year as compared to last year, the Times of India reports. Many jewelers ran out of low-denomination gold and silver coins on Wednesday evening, when Dhanteras kicked off the first five days of Diwali. The coins are typically gifted during the holidays. ''Most markets are witnessing a huge crowd," Praveen Khandelwal, president of Confederation of All India Traders, told the newspaper. "Business has been much better in comparison to the past two years." Indian demand for gold typically rises by 40...
  • Obama to arrive in India on Diwali night

    10/06/2010 10:35:35 AM PDT · by RummyChick · 32 replies
    Times of India ^ | 10/06 | Chidanand Rajghatta
    WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama is likely to arrive in India on November 5 instead of November 7 as originally scheduled. He will leave Washington DC on the night of November 4 soon after the mid-term Congressional election where many pundits are predicting severe reverses for the Democratic Party. He will be away from the US for almost 12 days, one of the longest tours during his presidency, touching India, Indonesia, Japan, and South Korea, before returning to Washington DC on November 14. Read more: Obama to arrive in India on Diwali night - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Obama-to-arrive-in-India-on-Diwali-night/articleshow/6694694.cms#ixzz11bIMiaBY
  • Obamas wanted to celebrate Diwali in India

    11/03/2010 6:11:14 AM PDT · by libstripper · 28 replies
    Press Trust of India ^ | November 3, 2010 | Press Trust of India
    Barack Obama, who became the first US president to personally celebrate Diwali in the historic East Room in 2009, wanted to "specifically" celebrate the festival of lights with Indians, the White House has said. "He (Obama) specifically wanted to have an opportunity to celebrate Diwali and to do so with the Indian people, getting beyond simply his official business,"
  • Obama to arrive in India on Diwali night(and Indonesia; leaves DC 4th Nov)

    10/06/2010 12:45:46 PM PDT · by Red Steel · 14 replies · 1+ views
    The Times of India ^ | Oct 6, 2010, 12.51am IST | Chidanand Rajghatta, TNN
    WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama is likely to arrive in India on November 5 instead of November 7 as originally scheduled. He will leave Washington DC on the night of November 4 soon after the mid-term Congressional election where many pundits are predicting severe reverses for the Democratic Party. He will be away from the US for almost 12 days, one of the longest tours during his presidency, touching India, Indonesia, Japan, and South Korea, before returning to Washington DC on November 14. The four-country visit involves major US friends and allies at a time when there is concern...
  • South Brunswick schools to close for two Muslim holy days

    08/10/2010 10:24:08 AM PDT · by Free ThinkerNY · 18 replies
    nj.com ^ | August 10, 2010 | Tom Haydon
    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — As a Muslim growing up in East Brunswick, Atiya Aftab missed classes and had to make up school work to be with her family on two important holidays: Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting, and Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice. As a mother of three in South Brunswick, Aftab has seen her children go through the same thing. Until now. In a decision that sent ripples of hope across the Muslim community well beyond New Jersey, the South Brunswick Board of Education has approved school closings in the...
  • Obama Lights White House Diwali Lamp

    10/16/2009 10:55:54 PM PDT · by SupplySider · 58 replies · 2,516+ views
    The Washington Post ^ | 10/15/09 | Aseem Shukla
    The Dow Jones reached a significant milestone yesterday, and news outlets were abuzz with excitement. Olympia Snowe's vote for the Baucus bill was plenty fodder for the 24-hour news cycles. But, for Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists in the United States, an epochal event transpired at the White House afternoon that should not slip notice. Lead me from Untruth to Truth. Lead me from darkness to light. Lead me from death to immortality. (from the Brhadaranyaka Upanishad -- I.iii.28) As the ethereal sounds of a Hindu priest's chanting of this Sanskrit prayer from ancient Hindu scripture filled the East Room,...
  • Caption Obama celebrating Diwali

    10/14/2009 4:09:50 PM PDT · by Lucky9teen · 23 replies · 1,937+ views
    President Barack Obama, accompanied by Hindu Priest Sri Narayanachar Digalakote, uses a candle to light an oil lamp in observation of Diwali, or the 'Festival of Lights,' a holiday celebrated across faiths in India, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. U.S. President Barack Obama smiles after signing an Executive Order restoring the White House Advisory Commission and Interagency Working Group, and observing Diwali in the East Room of the White House in Washington, October 14, 2009.
  • Vatican cardinal calls for teaching of non-violence as Hindus celebrate Diwali

    10/28/2008 3:06:04 PM PDT · by NYer · 7 replies · 677+ views
    CNA ^ | October 28, 2008
    CNA).- Addressing the violent attacks against Christians in India was the focus of this year’s message to Hindus for the celebration of Diwali from Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, the president of the pontifical council for Inter-religious Dialogue. This year Diwali, or the Festival of Lights, falls on October 28, and for the occasion, Cardinal Tauran has penned a message in English entitled, "Christians and Hindus: Together in Favor of Non-violence." The celebration of Diwali should be an opportunity to consider “how we can live harmoniously in today's society, witnessing to the truth, light and hope,” Cardinal Tauran wrote. Saying that “religions...
  • In pictures: Nepal dogs honoured

    11/08/2007 8:56:05 PM PST · by pillut48 · 30 replies · 156+ views
    BBC News ^ | Thursday, 8 November 2007, 15:52 GMT
    "Nepal is celebrating the festival of Tihar, its equivalent of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. In Nepal, on the second day of the feast, special honour is bestowed on dogs."
  • NO DIWALI? THEN NO CHRISTMAS

    12/22/2006 10:49:50 AM PST · by John Philoponus · 6 replies · 360+ views
    This is Bristol/Evening Post ^ | 10:33 - 22 December 2006
    A DISABLED child was told he could be excluded from Christmas activities at his school because his mother did not want him to attend a Hindu event. Annie Walker says the threat was made after she withdrew seven-year-old Liam from a Diwali celebration at St Anne's Infant School. Churchgoer Mrs Walker said she did not want Liam, who was starved of oxygen at birth and is quadriplegic, to be involved in a celebration of Hinduism, because she found its theory of reincarnation and Karma offensive as it implies that Liam's disability was punishment for sins in a past life. But...
  • India arrests militant for Delhi bombings

    11/13/2005 5:58:44 AM PST · by ketelone · 2 replies · 279+ views
    Yahoo News ^ | Nov 13, 2005
    India Arrests Militant for Delhi Bombings 2 hours, 1 minute ago NEW DELHI - India has arrested a Kashmiri militant who allegedly planned and funded the triple bombings in New Delhi last month that killed 60 people, police said on Sunday. ADVERTISEMENT Delhi Police commissioner K.K. Paul said Tariq Ahmad Dar, a key member of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayyaba militant group, was arrested Thursday in the Kashmiri city of Srinagar and brought to the capital New Delhi on Friday for interrogation. Paul alleged Dar was the chief conspirator and financier in the attacks though he was not accused of participating in...