Maharshi Mahesh Yogi, a man who achieved an immeasurable amount for the spread of Hindu knowledge around the world in the last century, passed away peacefully at his Dutch retreat on the eve of 5th February. He was 91 years of age.
Shilesh Patel, a 26-year old university graduate from Wellingborough, was jailed for life after being found guilty of the murder of David Haynes (21). The verdict was announced at Northampton Crown Court on 18th February 2008. He will serve a minimum of 18 years.
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Hindu Voice UK has recently been approached by a professional media team who are collecting research about cases where Hindus (or other minority religious groups) have been victimized in any way due to their religion, with the aim of producing a documentary.
They are eager to speak to anybody who has first hand experiences in this regards. It does not necessarily have to relate to violence, but can including cases of psychological intimidation and pressure, such as this.
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Horrible ethnic violence was witnessed earlier this month in Mumbai, as activists of theMaharashtra Navnirman Sena, a Marathi supremacist group led by Raj Thackeray (right), went terrorizing migrants to Mumbai from other parts of India, particularly from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, resulting in at least one death and many injuries. The miscreants also vandalized Amitabh Bachchan’s home.
Being a Hindu girl I’ve always liked reading or hearing about great Hindu women of the past. There are many such as Mirabai, Ansuyadevi and Jhansiki Rani, whose stories have fascinated me since I was a kid.
Recently I read about another such woman, Shri Sharada Devi, lovingly called ‘The Holy Mother’ by followers. She is best known as being the wife of Shri Ramakrishna, one of the most famous God-intoxicated yogis of relatively recent times, who was also the guru of Swami Vivekananda. However, her life is a worthy example in its own right, displaying courage, sweetness, knowledge, wisdom, sacrifice and self-control. No doubt in today’s world certain things are achieved by being aggressive and self-seeking, but often a gentler approach can still allow great achievements and without sacrificing inner peace and balance. And that’s what is lacking in people’s life in this era.
On Monday the 11th of Feb it was Saraswati puja, when we all worship the Goddess of arts, knowledge and wisdom and as since there are so many students in our house, it is always a big deal. Being half term, all the siblings and cousins were at home and those who lived out made it a point to come home to the family house that day.
The recently released blockbuster Jodhaa Akbar has been raising both media interest and political temperatures across India and beyond, raising my hopes in seeing an Indian historial film in the mould of Hollywood greats.
As many of you will know, mankind is currently on the verge of making important advances in biotechnology that could allow the artificial synthesis of live viruses and bacteria. ‘I am Legend’ attempts to throw a general feeling of caution and fear regarding the potential consequences of such technology.
The eerie story is set in the very near future, where US Army virologist Robert Neville (Will Smith) roams the streets of an empty New York City, with his dog Sam (Samantha), searching for food. There are deer roaming the streets and even a lion. There is something….
We’ve never reviewed a comedy act here at Hindu Voice, so I figured we might as well start with the one of the Canadian-Indian (or as they say it over there in the “New World” - East Indian) stand-up comedian Russell Peters’ ‘Outsourced’. Now in case you’re wondering why he’s called Russell Peters if he’s Indian, he’d say “…the British were there for 400 years man…If they can take all our jewellery, they can screw a few of us”, leave some names behind. “If I had an Indian name, I’d wear it proudly. But all I got…..
