பாகிஸ்தானில் ஒரு இஸ்லாமிய தீவிரவாதி இசைப்பாடல்கள் விற்கும் கடைகளை தாக்க தற்கொலை குண்டுதாரியாக செல்லும்போது நேரத்திற்கு முன்பே வெடித்து கொலையுண்டார்.
நன்றி பாகிஸ்தானிய டான்
Man dies ‘planting bomb’
By Ghulam Mursalin Marwat
LAKKI MARWAT, Feb 3: A man was killed when an explosive device went off outside a video shop in Lakki Marwat, 70 km off Dera Ismail Khan in the NWFP, early on Saturday.
Witnesses suspect the man to be militant who was planting the device which went off prematurely.Police said the man appeared to be an Uzbek and parts of the body were dispatched to Peshawar for DNA test.
Officials said that explosion occurred in Ghaznikhel market at 6:17am. A badly-mutilated body was found near the place of occurrence. Parts of the body flew in various directions in and around the market.
"Human flesh was scattered everywhere in the market," said a witness, adding that the intensity of the explosion could be gauged from the fact that his dismembered head was lying a few yards away in Kargil Chowk on Lakki-Mianwali road while his legs and limbs were also scattered on the ground.
Police and paramilitary troops rushed to the spot and cordoned off the site.
Security officials collected parts of the body and also defused a hand-grenade.
Police also recovered parts of a pistol, cellphone and torn-off cap from the site.
Doctors in the city hospital conducted X-rays of the limbs to assess age and height of the dead, hospital sources said.
It is learnt that the SIM of the cellphone and some other belongings of the suspected militant have been handed over to intelligence officials and sniffer dogs have been brought in order to find a clue.
A month ago, owners of video centres in the area had received letters warning them to stop the ‘un-Islamic business or face consequences.’
Agencies add: Area police chief Ashraf Zaman said the attacker, aged about 20, wanted to target the music shop, but he accidentally exploded the device.
“The body of the bomber was blown into pieces but his bearded face remained intact,” he said, adding that preliminary investigations revealed that he was trying to bomb the video shop.
“We saw his body parts, but we have no other information about this terrorist,” he said.
The blast damaged 10 shops, but no one was injured because the market was closed at the time, he said.
No one claimed responsibility for the explosion, but Zaman said officers suspected the hand of radicals who in recent months had distributed pamphlets warning music shops to close down.
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இசை மீது இஸ்லாமிய தீவிரவாதிகளுக்கு என்ன கோபம் என்று தெரியவில்லை.
நல்லவேளை, ஏ ஆர் ரஹ்மானும் மைக்கல் ஜாக்ஸனும் பாகிஸ்தானிலோ வேறெந்த முஸ்லீம் பெரும்பான்மை நாட்டிலோ பிறக்கவில்லை.
அந்த நற்காரியத்தால், அவர்களது இசையை நாம் கேட்டு மகிழ முடிகிறது.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
இயேசுவின் எலும்புகள்?
ஜேம்ஸ் காமரேன், சிம்சா ஜேகபோவிச்சி ஆகிய இரண்டு ஆவணப்பட தயாரிப்பாளர்களும் ஜோஸப்பின் மகன் ஏசு, மேரி மகதலீன் ஆகிய இருவரின் எலும்பு பெட்டிகளை இன்று மக்கள் முன் காட்டினார்கள்.
இயேசுவின் கல்லறை
இயேசுவின் கல்லறை
ஈராக்கில் ஸ்ரீ ஸ்ரீ ரவிசங்கர்
ஈராக்கில் ஸ்ரீ ஸ்ரீ ரவிசங்கர் அங்கிருக்கும் மக்களுக்கு ஆன்மீக வாழ்நெறியை கற்றுத்தர பயணம் செய்து பல கூட்டங்களில் உரையாற்றியிருக்கிறார்.
மேலும் விபரங்களுக்கு...
இருந்தாலும், சுன்னி பிரிவினர் ஷியா பிரிவினரின் மசூதிகளிலும், கல்லூரிகளிலும் குண்டு வைத்து அப்பாவி மக்களை கொல்வதை நிறுத்துவதாக தெரியவில்லை!
அவர் இன்னும் நிறைய தடவை ஈராக்குக்கு செல்ல வேண்டும் போலிருக்கிறது.
இயேசுவின் கல்லறை?
டைட்டானிக் படம் எடுத்த ஜேம்ஸ் கெமரான் தற்போது ஒரு டாகுமெண்டரி எடுத்து வெளியிட்டிருக்கிறார்.
இதில் இயேசு உயிர்த்தெழவில்லை. ஏசுவின் கல்லறையில் அவரது எலும்புகள் பாதுகாக்கப்பட்டிருக்கின்றன் என்று ஆதாரப்பூர்வமாக நிறுவுகிறாராம்.
1980இல் இஸ்ரேலிய அகழ்வாராய்வாளர்கள் ஒரு பாதுகாக்கப்பட்ட ஒரு குகை கல்லறையை கண்டுபிடித்தார்கள்.
அதற்குள் பல பெட்டிகளில் எலும்புகள் இருந்தன (ஓஸ்ஸுவரி)
ஒரு பெட்டியில் இயேசு என்று எழுதியிருக்கிறது. இன்னொரு பெட்டியில் ஜோஸப் என்று எழுதியிருக்கிறது. மற்றொரு பெட்டியில் மேரி, இன்னொரு பெட்டியில் மேரி, இன்னொரு பெட்டியில் யூதாஸ் இயேசுவின் மகன் என்று எழுதியிருக்கிறது.
DNA ஆதாரங்கள் மூலம் இயேசுவுக்கும் ஜோஸப்புக்கும் மேரிக்கும் உள்ள உறவை நிரூபித்திருக்கிறார்கள். மற்றொரு மேரிக்கும் இயேசுவுக்கும் டி.என்.ஏ உறவு ஏதுமில்லை என்பதால், அவர் மேரி மக்தலீனாக இருக்கலாம் என்று கூறுகிறார்.
இன்னும் சுவாரஸ்யமான தகவல்களுடன்
அந்த ஆவணப்படத்தை பற்றிய தகவல்களுடன் தற்போது நியூஸ் கான்பரன்ஸ் நடந்துகொண்டிருக்கிறது.
இதில் இயேசு உயிர்த்தெழவில்லை. ஏசுவின் கல்லறையில் அவரது எலும்புகள் பாதுகாக்கப்பட்டிருக்கின்றன் என்று ஆதாரப்பூர்வமாக நிறுவுகிறாராம்.
1980இல் இஸ்ரேலிய அகழ்வாராய்வாளர்கள் ஒரு பாதுகாக்கப்பட்ட ஒரு குகை கல்லறையை கண்டுபிடித்தார்கள்.
அதற்குள் பல பெட்டிகளில் எலும்புகள் இருந்தன (ஓஸ்ஸுவரி)
ஒரு பெட்டியில் இயேசு என்று எழுதியிருக்கிறது. இன்னொரு பெட்டியில் ஜோஸப் என்று எழுதியிருக்கிறது. மற்றொரு பெட்டியில் மேரி, இன்னொரு பெட்டியில் மேரி, இன்னொரு பெட்டியில் யூதாஸ் இயேசுவின் மகன் என்று எழுதியிருக்கிறது.
DNA ஆதாரங்கள் மூலம் இயேசுவுக்கும் ஜோஸப்புக்கும் மேரிக்கும் உள்ள உறவை நிரூபித்திருக்கிறார்கள். மற்றொரு மேரிக்கும் இயேசுவுக்கும் டி.என்.ஏ உறவு ஏதுமில்லை என்பதால், அவர் மேரி மக்தலீனாக இருக்கலாம் என்று கூறுகிறார்.
இன்னும் சுவாரஸ்யமான தகவல்களுடன்
அந்த ஆவணப்படத்தை பற்றிய தகவல்களுடன் தற்போது நியூஸ் கான்பரன்ஸ் நடந்துகொண்டிருக்கிறது.
Monday, February 26, 2007
மலேசியாவில் உடைக்கப்படும் இந்துகோவில்கள்-வீடியோ
மலேசியாவில் உடைக்கப்படும் இந்துகோவில்கள் பற்றிய வீடியோ
மலேசியர்கள் நல்வழிக்கு திரும்ப விரும்புவோம்!
மலேசியர்கள் நல்வழிக்கு திரும்ப விரும்புவோம்!
இந்துக்களாகிய ஈரானியர்கள்
லோகநாதன், யாத்ரிகா என்ற பெயர் பூண்டிருக்கும் இந்த இருவரும் ஈரான் நாட்டை சேர்ந்தவர்கள்.
குருதேவர் சிவாய சுப்பிரமுனிய ஸ்வாமிகள் அருளால் இந்துமதத்துக்கு வந்த இவர்கள் சைவ தொண்டாற்றுகிறார்கள்.
மேலும் விபரங்களுக்கு
வாழ்க வளமுடன்.
Sunday, February 25, 2007
அடிஸன், டெக்ஸாஸில் இந்து மத விளக்க கூட்டம்
அடிஸன், டெக்ஸாஸில் இந்து மத விளக்கக் கூட்டம்
அனைவரும் வருக!
Hinduism 101: Many faces of the divine
Connections: Workshop hopes to clear up misconceptions on a religion filled with colorful imagery
09:08 AM CST on Saturday, February 24, 2007
By LAURA SCHREIER / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning News
Popular misconception No. 1: Hinduism is a polytheistic religion.
Not so, said Dr. Hasmukh Shah, a Plano heart surgeon who teaches young members of the DFW Hindu Temple.
Non-Hindus see the statues of elephants, monkeys and multiarmed men and assume that Hinduism has a pantheon like that of ancient Greece, Dr. Shah said, but the images are in fact considered to represent incarnations of one supreme being.
Dr. Shah uses a human comparison to explain: "I'm a grandfather to my grandchildren, father to my children, husband to my wife – but I'm the same person."
It's a vastly complex religion, he said, but those who attend "Understanding Hinduism" on Sunday should get a grasp on the basics and clear up such misconceptions.
The Foundation for Pluralism, a Dallas-based interfaith organization, will host the workshop at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 14315 Midway Road in Addison. Organizer Mike Ghouse, who founded the group and is the event's moderator, said this workshop will cover the origins of Hinduism, the concept of rebirth, India's caste system and more.
He estimates that North Texas has 50,000 to 55,000 Hindus.
"Understanding Hinduism" is part of a series of workshops that resemble a World Religions 101 course. Last month was "Understanding Islam," and next month will be "Understanding Judaism."
The point is to create understanding among people of different faiths, Mr. Ghouse said – "just so we know the various unique ways the Lord is worshipped."
Mr. Ghouse grew up in India, which has long struggled with violence between the Hindu majority and the Muslim minority. He said he saw some parents reinforce those ideas of hate and malice in their children; he was lucky enough to have been raised differently.
Whenever riots or attacks between the two groups broke out in his youth, he said, his parents wouldn't take one side or another. They would merely describe it as the evil activity of a few that was spreading. They taught acceptance and love, he said, and that stuck with him.
Dr. Shah and the Swami Nityananda Prabhu, president of the Hare Krishna Temple in Dallas, will present brief lectures on Hinduism, and a question-and-answer session will follow. Mr. Ghouse expects about 100 people to attend.
religion@dallasnews.com
IF YOU GO
The Foundation for Pluralism will host a free workshop "Understanding Hinduism" on Sunday at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 14315 Midway Road in Addison. The event begins at 6 p.m., and those who wish to attend must R.S.V.P. to confirm attendance@gmail.com. A question-and-answer session will follow presentations.
அனைவரும் வருக!
Hinduism 101: Many faces of the divine
Connections: Workshop hopes to clear up misconceptions on a religion filled with colorful imagery
09:08 AM CST on Saturday, February 24, 2007
By LAURA SCHREIER / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning News
Popular misconception No. 1: Hinduism is a polytheistic religion.
Not so, said Dr. Hasmukh Shah, a Plano heart surgeon who teaches young members of the DFW Hindu Temple.
Non-Hindus see the statues of elephants, monkeys and multiarmed men and assume that Hinduism has a pantheon like that of ancient Greece, Dr. Shah said, but the images are in fact considered to represent incarnations of one supreme being.
Dr. Shah uses a human comparison to explain: "I'm a grandfather to my grandchildren, father to my children, husband to my wife – but I'm the same person."
It's a vastly complex religion, he said, but those who attend "Understanding Hinduism" on Sunday should get a grasp on the basics and clear up such misconceptions.
The Foundation for Pluralism, a Dallas-based interfaith organization, will host the workshop at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 14315 Midway Road in Addison. Organizer Mike Ghouse, who founded the group and is the event's moderator, said this workshop will cover the origins of Hinduism, the concept of rebirth, India's caste system and more.
He estimates that North Texas has 50,000 to 55,000 Hindus.
"Understanding Hinduism" is part of a series of workshops that resemble a World Religions 101 course. Last month was "Understanding Islam," and next month will be "Understanding Judaism."
The point is to create understanding among people of different faiths, Mr. Ghouse said – "just so we know the various unique ways the Lord is worshipped."
Mr. Ghouse grew up in India, which has long struggled with violence between the Hindu majority and the Muslim minority. He said he saw some parents reinforce those ideas of hate and malice in their children; he was lucky enough to have been raised differently.
Whenever riots or attacks between the two groups broke out in his youth, he said, his parents wouldn't take one side or another. They would merely describe it as the evil activity of a few that was spreading. They taught acceptance and love, he said, and that stuck with him.
Dr. Shah and the Swami Nityananda Prabhu, president of the Hare Krishna Temple in Dallas, will present brief lectures on Hinduism, and a question-and-answer session will follow. Mr. Ghouse expects about 100 people to attend.
religion@dallasnews.com
IF YOU GO
The Foundation for Pluralism will host a free workshop "Understanding Hinduism" on Sunday at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 14315 Midway Road in Addison. The event begins at 6 p.m., and those who wish to attend must R.S.V.P. to confirm attendance@gmail.com. A question-and-answer session will follow presentations.
Saturday, February 24, 2007
பாகிஸ்தானில் கடஸ்ராஜ் கோவிலில் சிவராத்திரி
பாகிஸ்தானில் உள்ள கடஸ்ராஜ் சிவன் கோவிலை பாகிஸ்தானிய அரசாங்கமே சுமார் 10 கோடி ரூபாய் செலவு செய்து புணருஸ்தாரணம் செய்திருக்கிறது.
இதற்கு சமீபத்தில் இந்தியாவிலிருந்து இந்துயாத்ரீகர்களையும் அழைத்து அங்கு சிவராத்திரி கொண்டாட்டங்களை நடத்தியிருக்கிறது.
இந்த கோவிலில் நிரந்தரமாக ஒரு இந்து பூஜாரியையும் நியமிக்க இந்திய அரசாங்கத்தை கேட்டுக்கொண்டிருக்கிறது.
பிபிஸி புகைப்பட காலரி
விமரிசையாக இந்த சிவராத்திரி கொண்டாட்டங்கள் நடந்திருக்கின்றன.
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பாகிஸ்தான் கடஸ்ராஜ் கோவிலிலிருந்து வந்த புனித தீர்த்தத்தை பஞ்சாபில் உள்ள துர்கையானா கோவிலில் பெற்றுக்கொள்கிறார்கள்.
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பாகிஸ்தானிய மக்களுக்கு இறைவன் அருள் பாலிக்கட்டும்!
Friday, February 23, 2007
லாகூரில் மீண்டும் கண்ணன் வழிபாடு
பிரிவினைக்கு பிறகு காலியாககிடந்த லாகூர் கண்ணன் கோவிலில் மீண்டும் கண்ணன் பிரதிஷ்டை செய்யப்பட்டு வழிபாடு தொடங்கப்பட்டிருக்கிறது.
கூகுள் செய்திகள்
கண்ணன், ராதை, அனுமன் விக்கிரகங்கள் லாகூர் கண்ணன் கோவிலில் பிரதிஷ்டை செய்யப்பட்டிருக்கின்றன.
செய்திருப்பது.. ஆச்சரியப்படவேண்டாம்.. பாகிஸ்தானிய அரசாங்கமே!
கண்ணன் லீலையை யாரரிவார்!
ஐடஹோ-வில் பழனி ஆண்டவர் கோவில்
அமெரிக்க மாநிலம் ஐடஹோவில் அமெரிக்க இந்துக்களாலும், இந்தியாவிலிருந்து சென்று அமெரிக்காவில் வாழும் இந்துக்களாலும் பழனி ஆண்டவர் கோவில் உருவாக்கப்பட இருக்கிறது.
உங்கள் நன்கொடைகளை வாரி வழங்குங்கள்!
Valley man planning to erect Hindu temple
Ananda Kriya raising funds to support nonprofit project
By TONY EVANS
Express Staff Writer
Krishna Karuppiah, left, and Ananda Kriya are joining together to build a Hindu temple in the hills of the Wood River Valley. Courtesy photo.
One year ago, Ketchum entrepreneur Ananda Kriya stood within a 2,000-year-old Hindu temple in southern India dedicated to Palani Andavar, one representation of Lord Muruga in the Hindu pantheon. According to Hindu tradition, Muruga created yoga and is the keeper of the mystical keys to the awakening of the "kundalini," a yoga discipline that seeks to establish communication between the mind and body.
Ananda's six-day pilgrimage in the Palani Hills last February marked a culmination of many years as an ardent Hindu devotee, and a confirmation of his vision in 1989 to build a similar temple here in the Wood River Valley. For several years, he has been collecting statues of deities cut from southern Indian quarries to populate the Sri Murugan Temple and Cultural Center of Sun Valley, a nonprofit temple structure complex, which he is working to build with the help of temple administrator Krishna Karuppiah, from Tamil Nadu, India. Ananda will be the temple president.
Most everyone in the Ketchum area knows Ananda. Bean thin and as fit as any 20-year-old, he is often seen around the valley Rollerblading, with his distinctive flair. He was born into a Lutheran family in Washington state. At age 12, he began reading Indian literature, including Yogananda's "Autobiography of a Yogi," which led to a yoga practice and a developing faith in Eastern mysticism. During a visit to Havasu Falls in the Grand Canyon in 1968, he had an experience of "hearing inner music" for more than two hours.
"It was a sweet and devotional music of bliss," he recalls. "I knew from that point on, everything in my life was ordained. That I was going to find my guru."
Ananda soon gave up ski racing and rock climbing to pursue his spiritual path. He hitchhiked to Virginia City, Nev., and in Sparks began studies with Master Subramuniya, printing Hindu texts on an old Heidelberg press and attending weekly classes in spiritual development, practicing yoga postures, or "asanas," and "sadhanas"—spiritual disciplines. His path led him to studies at San Francisco's Palaniswami Temple, Carl Jung's Case Eranos on Lago Maggiore in Italy, and eventually to the Ganges River in India where his head was shaved in a ritual of devotion to the disciplines of a Hindu monastic.
Ananda spent 20 years at Hindu temples and monasteries in San Francisco, New York, India, Sri Lanka and on the Hawaiian island of Kauai before coming to Ketchum in 1989. He now owns and operates Akasha Organics juice bar and vegan restaurant inside Chapter One Bookstore, in downtown Ketchum.
"Everything is within us," says Ananda. "Sun, moon, and stars, gods and god, indeed the very light of consciousness and the immanent transcendent absolute reality. The great sages have all said the only way out of the enmeshment of ignorance, karma and maya is within."
Akasha Organics is festooned with Tibetan prayer flags, hung with sacred paintings, and features a shrine to the Hindu god Ganesha, the remover of obstacles. It's also inhabited by a growing collection of carved deities from a quarry in southern India where Ananda's guru's lineage derives—a lineage that reaches back hundreds of years and is presumed to have originated in the Himalaya Mountains. These carvings will inhabit his proposed temple complex, the location of which has not been decided. The funding for its construction will begin in earnest this summer when Ananda takes off on a bicycle ride across the northern United States. He will bring a begging bowl along on his ride in order to gather funds for the temple.
"The Hindu temple is believed to be the earthly seat of a deity and the place where the deity awaits his or her devotees," says Ananda. "As such, temple structures are sacred spaces where gods commune most freely with the worshipping devotee. I want to give people a quiet place where they can come to relax and find their inner peace and be able to live a more peaceful and spiritual life and also experience the contemplative depths of yoga."
Donations are being accepted at the feet of the Shiva statue at Akasha Organics in Chapter One Bookstore, where one can learn more about the planned Sri Murugan Temple and Cultural Center of Sun Valley.
For more information, call 726-7555.
குண்டுகளை அடையாளம் காண
தற்போது பயணம் செய்யும் சாதாரணர்களுக்கு மிகவும் ஆபத்தானது எந்த இடத்தில் எந்த தீவிரவாதி வைத்த குண்டு இருக்குமோ என்ற பயம்தான்.
அதனை போக்க இப்போது பாக்கெட் குண்டு கண்டுபிடிக்கும் பட்டை தயார்!
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எலைட் என்று விற்கப்படும் இந்த பட்டையை பாக்கெட்டில் வைத்துக்கொண்டு பயணம் செய்யலாம். உங்களுக்கு அருகே ஏதேனும் பை அனாதரவாக கிடந்தால் அதில் மீது இதனை தேய்த்து பார்க்கலாம்.
எல்லா வகை வெடிமருந்துகளையும் அடையாளம் கண்டுபிடித்து சொல்லிவிடும்.
கண்டுபிடித்தவர் வாழ்க வளர்க!
இந்து பெண்களை குறிவைக்கும் இஸ்லாமிய தீவிரவாதிகள்
மிகவும் வருத்தம் தரும் செய்தி.
இந்துப்பெண்களை மிரட்டி மதம் மாற்றும் கும்பல்களை ஸ்காட்லாந்து யார்டு அமைப்பு தீவிரமாக கண்காணிக்கிறது.
இந்த இஸ்லாமிய தீவிரவாத அமைப்பு ஒவ்வொரு இஸ்லாமிய மதமாற்றத்துக்கும் 5000 பவுண்டுகள் தருகிறதாம்.
பல பெண்கள் இப்படிப்பட்ட கும்பல்களால் அடி உதை பட்டு படிப்பை விட்டு விலகி ஓடுகிறார்களாம்.
இந்த தீவிரவாதிகள் மன நலம் பெற்று தீவழியிலிருந்து விலகி நல் வழி பெற விரும்புவோம்.
Muslim extremists 'target hindu girls'
Thursday, February 22, 2007
'Hindu women being targeted for Islam'Muslim extremists who try to force teenage Hindu girls to convert to Islam are being targeted in a new police crackdown.
The recruiters – often paid £5,000 for each success – are stepping up 'aggressive conversion' tactics, especially around universities, religious leaders believe.
The Metropolitan Police have stepped in after commissioner Sir Ian Blair said many Hindus felt neglected by Scotland Yard.
Some young students have been beaten up and forced to abandon their courses by extremists, Hindu leaders told a security conference.
Islamic extremists invited the girls on dates before beginning campaigns of 'terrorism' until they converted, they claimed.
Ramesh Kallidai, from the Hindu Forum of Britain, said: 'Extremist Muslims make life miserable for Hindu girls.
'Some are petrified; they feel these men have complete hold on them.
One girl was beaten up in the street and others have been forced to leave university.'
The problem was most common in cities such as Birmingham, Leeds and Bradford, he added, while London universities had 'at least two or three cases' each.
Mr Kallidai estimated hundreds of girls had been targeted, with some reports of Muslim boys being offered £5,000 'commissions'.
The National Union of Students said it did not want to discriminate against Muslims but agreed some extremists were causing concern.
They have managed to infiltrate Brunel University in West London, Bedfordshire University, Sheffield Hallam University and Manchester Metropolitan University, according to a Muslim charity.
Sheikh Musa Admani, a 'troubleshooting' imam, fears many radicals are easily by-passing university bans on extremist sects such as Hizb ut Tahrirs and Al-Mujahiroun.
Scotland Yard is to set up a Hindu Safety Forum with 'aggressive conversion' as its top priority.
Sir Ian said: 'There is a feeling in the Hindu community that we have not given them as much attention as other groups.'
இந்துப்பெண்களை மிரட்டி மதம் மாற்றும் கும்பல்களை ஸ்காட்லாந்து யார்டு அமைப்பு தீவிரமாக கண்காணிக்கிறது.
இந்த இஸ்லாமிய தீவிரவாத அமைப்பு ஒவ்வொரு இஸ்லாமிய மதமாற்றத்துக்கும் 5000 பவுண்டுகள் தருகிறதாம்.
பல பெண்கள் இப்படிப்பட்ட கும்பல்களால் அடி உதை பட்டு படிப்பை விட்டு விலகி ஓடுகிறார்களாம்.
இந்த தீவிரவாதிகள் மன நலம் பெற்று தீவழியிலிருந்து விலகி நல் வழி பெற விரும்புவோம்.
Muslim extremists 'target hindu girls'
Thursday, February 22, 2007
'Hindu women being targeted for Islam'Muslim extremists who try to force teenage Hindu girls to convert to Islam are being targeted in a new police crackdown.
The recruiters – often paid £5,000 for each success – are stepping up 'aggressive conversion' tactics, especially around universities, religious leaders believe.
The Metropolitan Police have stepped in after commissioner Sir Ian Blair said many Hindus felt neglected by Scotland Yard.
Some young students have been beaten up and forced to abandon their courses by extremists, Hindu leaders told a security conference.
Islamic extremists invited the girls on dates before beginning campaigns of 'terrorism' until they converted, they claimed.
Ramesh Kallidai, from the Hindu Forum of Britain, said: 'Extremist Muslims make life miserable for Hindu girls.
'Some are petrified; they feel these men have complete hold on them.
One girl was beaten up in the street and others have been forced to leave university.'
The problem was most common in cities such as Birmingham, Leeds and Bradford, he added, while London universities had 'at least two or three cases' each.
Mr Kallidai estimated hundreds of girls had been targeted, with some reports of Muslim boys being offered £5,000 'commissions'.
The National Union of Students said it did not want to discriminate against Muslims but agreed some extremists were causing concern.
They have managed to infiltrate Brunel University in West London, Bedfordshire University, Sheffield Hallam University and Manchester Metropolitan University, according to a Muslim charity.
Sheikh Musa Admani, a 'troubleshooting' imam, fears many radicals are easily by-passing university bans on extremist sects such as Hizb ut Tahrirs and Al-Mujahiroun.
Scotland Yard is to set up a Hindu Safety Forum with 'aggressive conversion' as its top priority.
Sir Ian said: 'There is a feeling in the Hindu community that we have not given them as much attention as other groups.'
Thursday, February 22, 2007
இந்தியாவில் ருத்ராஷமாலை அணிந்தால் அடி உதை!
ஆர்ம்ஸ்ட்ராங், நீதி ஆனந்த் ஆகிய இரண்டு வாத்தியார்களுக்கு ருத்ராஷ்மாலை அணிந்தால் கோபம் வரும் போல இருக்கிறது.
சரவணசந்திரன் என்ற மாணவர் ருத்ராஷமாலை அணிந்ததால் அவரை அடித்து துவைத்திருக்கிறார்கள்.
தந்தை போலீஸ் கம்ப்ளைண்ட் கொடுத்திருக்கிறார்.
என்ன செய்வது? இந்தியாவும் சவூதி அரேபியா போல ஆகிவருகிறது போல இருக்கிறது...
செய்தி
ஜாகிர் நாயக் சொல்வது போல, திருப்பி போட்டு மிதித்தால்தான் இந்துமதத்தை பின்பற்றுபவர்களை சும்மா விடுவார்கள் போலிருக்கிறது!
இறைவன் அப்படிப்பட்ட வழிக்கு இந்துக்களை திருப்பாமல் காக்கட்டும்.
சரவணசந்திரன் என்ற மாணவர் ருத்ராஷமாலை அணிந்ததால் அவரை அடித்து துவைத்திருக்கிறார்கள்.
தந்தை போலீஸ் கம்ப்ளைண்ட் கொடுத்திருக்கிறார்.
என்ன செய்வது? இந்தியாவும் சவூதி அரேபியா போல ஆகிவருகிறது போல இருக்கிறது...
செய்தி
ஜாகிர் நாயக் சொல்வது போல, திருப்பி போட்டு மிதித்தால்தான் இந்துமதத்தை பின்பற்றுபவர்களை சும்மா விடுவார்கள் போலிருக்கிறது!
இறைவன் அப்படிப்பட்ட வழிக்கு இந்துக்களை திருப்பாமல் காக்கட்டும்.
ஜிலா ஹுமா உஸ்மான் - அஞ்சலி
முக்காடு போடாததற்காக பாகிஸ்தானிய பெண் அமைச்சர் இன்று கொலை செய்யப்பட்டிருக்கிறார்.
ஜிலா ஹுமா உஸ்மான் கூகுள் நியூஸ்
ஜிலா ஹுமா உஸ்மான் என்ற இந்த பெண் அமைச்சர் படத்தில் முக்காடு போட்டிருப்பதாகத்தான் தெரிகிறது. இருப்பினும் ஏன் இவர்களை கொலை செய்தார்கள் என்று தெரியவில்லை.
இந்த பெண் அமைச்சரை கொலை செய்தவர் ஒரு முஸ்லீம் சாமியார். (muslim cleric என்று எழுதியிருக்கிறார்கள்.. அதற்கு தமிழ் தெரியவில்லை)
இந்த பெண் அமைச்சருக்கு அஞ்சலி.
கொலை செய்தவர் மன அமைதி பெற்று தன் தீவழியிலிருந்து விலகி நல்வழி அடைய விரும்புவோம்.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
மனித வெண்டிங் மெஷின்!
நம்ம ஊர் பெட்டிக்கடையை தானியங்கியாக ஆக்கி வெண்டிங் மெஷின் செய்தார்கள்.
ஒரு பக்கம் காசை போட்டு ஒரு பட்டனை அழுத்தினால், வெண்டிங் மெஷின் கேட்ட பாக்கெட்டை (அல்லது டின்னை) வெளியே தள்ளும்.
இது ஜப்பானில் செய்யப்பட்ட மனிதரால் இயக்கப்படும் வெண்டிங் மெஷினாம்.
அப்போ இது பெட்டிக்கடையா?
தலையை சுத்துதே!
மனித வெண்டிங் மெஷின்!
அடுத்து இந்த ஜப்பானியர்கள் என்னத்தைதான் கண்டுபிடிப்பார்களோ!
Monday, February 19, 2007
கிறிஸ்துவ குழந்தைகளுக்கு மிலிட்டரி பயிற்சி
கிறிஸ்துவ குழந்தைகளுக்கு மிலிட்டரி பயிற்சி..
வீடியோ
Film Shows Youths Training to Fight for Jesus
Sept. 17, 2006 — An in-your-face documentary out this weekend is raising eyebrows, raising hackles and raising questions about evangelizing to young people.
Speaking in tongues, weeping for salvation, praying for an end to abortion and worshipping a picture of President Bush — these are some of the activities at Pastor Becky Fischer's Bible camp in North Dakota, "Kids on Fire," subject of the provocative new documentary, "Jesus Camp."
"I want to see them as radically laying down their lives for the gospel as they are in Palestine, Pakistan and all those different places," Fisher said. "Because, excuse me, we have the truth."
"A lot of people die for God," one camper said, "and they're not afraid."
"We're kinda being trained to be warriors," said another, "only in a funner way."
The film has caused a split among evangelicals. Some say it's designed to demonize. Others have embraced it, including Fischer, who's helping promote the film.
"I never felt at any point that I was exploited," Fischer said.
"I think there is a push right now in a lot of evangelical churches to definitely keep the teenagers and keep the children in the faith," said Heidi Ewing, co-director of "Jesus Camp." "And this is one version of that attempt."
A Growing Movement
This camp is, by many accounts, a small — and perhaps extreme — slice of what some say is a growing, intensifying evangelical youth movement.
Over the past decade and a half, enrollment at Christian colleges is up 70 percent. Sales of Christian music are up 300 percent. Tens of thousands of youth pastors have been trained.
Young people are targeted through Christian music festivals, skateboard competitions and rodeos.
"This is an enormous youth movement," said Lauren Sandler, a secular, liberal feminist from New York City who spent months among the believers researching her new book, "Righteous."
Sandler says the evangelical youth movement will have a negative impact on the country's future, because even the most moderate young evangelicals are inflexible on issues such as abortion and gay marriage.
It's an absolute, straight-up us-against-them," Sandler said. "It's, you're either with us or you're against us. … Not only are you a sinner, but you are working for the enemy — the enemy being Satan."
Chap Clark, an associate professor at the Fuller Theological Seminary who's trained youth pastors for decades, said people who see "Jesus Camp" should not come away with the idea that evangelizing to youth consists mainly of political indoctrination.
Clark said youth pastors focus much more on providing meaning to kids who can't find it in a materialistic culture or in their family lives — "which is going to translate into much healthier adults who are more able to be into respectful dialogue and come alongside people who disagree with them.
"I think this is a very hopeful time because of the youth ministry movement," he added.
There's disagreement about whether this movement is good for the country and whether the movie is an accurate portrayal of the movement.
But there's growing agreement that these children will have a real impact. One child in "Jesus Camp" goes so far as to say, "We're a key generation to bringing Jesus back."
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இதற்கும் ஆன்மீகத்துக்கும் என்ன சம்பந்தம்?
வீடியோ
Film Shows Youths Training to Fight for Jesus
Sept. 17, 2006 — An in-your-face documentary out this weekend is raising eyebrows, raising hackles and raising questions about evangelizing to young people.
Speaking in tongues, weeping for salvation, praying for an end to abortion and worshipping a picture of President Bush — these are some of the activities at Pastor Becky Fischer's Bible camp in North Dakota, "Kids on Fire," subject of the provocative new documentary, "Jesus Camp."
"I want to see them as radically laying down their lives for the gospel as they are in Palestine, Pakistan and all those different places," Fisher said. "Because, excuse me, we have the truth."
"A lot of people die for God," one camper said, "and they're not afraid."
"We're kinda being trained to be warriors," said another, "only in a funner way."
The film has caused a split among evangelicals. Some say it's designed to demonize. Others have embraced it, including Fischer, who's helping promote the film.
"I never felt at any point that I was exploited," Fischer said.
"I think there is a push right now in a lot of evangelical churches to definitely keep the teenagers and keep the children in the faith," said Heidi Ewing, co-director of "Jesus Camp." "And this is one version of that attempt."
A Growing Movement
This camp is, by many accounts, a small — and perhaps extreme — slice of what some say is a growing, intensifying evangelical youth movement.
Over the past decade and a half, enrollment at Christian colleges is up 70 percent. Sales of Christian music are up 300 percent. Tens of thousands of youth pastors have been trained.
Young people are targeted through Christian music festivals, skateboard competitions and rodeos.
"This is an enormous youth movement," said Lauren Sandler, a secular, liberal feminist from New York City who spent months among the believers researching her new book, "Righteous."
Sandler says the evangelical youth movement will have a negative impact on the country's future, because even the most moderate young evangelicals are inflexible on issues such as abortion and gay marriage.
It's an absolute, straight-up us-against-them," Sandler said. "It's, you're either with us or you're against us. … Not only are you a sinner, but you are working for the enemy — the enemy being Satan."
Chap Clark, an associate professor at the Fuller Theological Seminary who's trained youth pastors for decades, said people who see "Jesus Camp" should not come away with the idea that evangelizing to youth consists mainly of political indoctrination.
Clark said youth pastors focus much more on providing meaning to kids who can't find it in a materialistic culture or in their family lives — "which is going to translate into much healthier adults who are more able to be into respectful dialogue and come alongside people who disagree with them.
"I think this is a very hopeful time because of the youth ministry movement," he added.
There's disagreement about whether this movement is good for the country and whether the movie is an accurate portrayal of the movement.
But there's growing agreement that these children will have a real impact. One child in "Jesus Camp" goes so far as to say, "We're a key generation to bringing Jesus back."
**
இதற்கும் ஆன்மீகத்துக்கும் என்ன சம்பந்தம்?
இழந்த விரல்களுக்கு பன்றி பிளாடர்
பன்றி பிளாடரின் மூலம் இழந்து போன விரல்களை மீண்டும் பெறலாம் என்று சொல்கிறது இந்த செய்தி!
நல்ல செய்திதான். இதற்காக ஒரு அப்பாவி பன்றியை கொல்ல வேண்டுமா?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070219/ap_on_sc/regrowing_fingers
நல்ல செய்திதான். இதற்காக ஒரு அப்பாவி பன்றியை கொல்ல வேண்டுமா?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070219/ap_on_sc/regrowing_fingers
புளோரிடாவில் இந்து விழா
புளோரிடா இந்துக்கோவிலில் நடந்த இந்துபாரம்பரிய விழா கொண்டாட்டம் பற்றி மியாமி ஹெரால்ட் வெளியிட்ட செய்தி.
இறைவழியான இந்துமதம் பரவி மக்களுக்கு ஆன்மீக அனுபவத்தை அறிய வழி செய்துகொடுக்கும் என்று நம்புவோம்.
Hindu heritage is feted with musicThe South Florida Hindu Temple offers music, food and lots of information on Indian culture during Hindu Heritage Month.
BY LISA BOLIVAR
Special to The Miami Herald
Vishes Swaroop sat, legs folded, distant look of concentration on his face as his hands beat out a complicated series of rhythms on the ancient Indian drum known as a tabla.
Swaroop, with about 20 other Indian youths and five adults, performed during the Festival of Music of India on Feb. 10, part of a series of free events at the South Florida Hindu Temple in Southwest Ranches during Hindu Heritage Month.
First on stage were the children younger than 10, followed by a group of teens who played the various Indian drums. Then came Ganavya Doraiswamy, of Davie, a 15-year-old playing an ancient form of bell music known as Jala Tarang, or water waves.
The skill of hitting water-filled bowls with a bamboo stick is dying out in India, said music instructor and professional musician Sandeep Munshi, while introducing Ganavya and her brother, Vignesh, who accompanied her on drums.
''The degree of difficulty has discouraged many from learning this music form,'' said Munshi, who runs two music schools in Broward and one in Boynton Beach.
''I would not let my son take his classes for two years because he was always with those headphones listening to American music and that hip-hop stuff,'' said Dr. Narendra Upadhyaya, the temple's religious committee chairman and a local cardiologist, of his son, Shivam, who was playing a larger drum known as a dhol. ``But in one lesson he was playing very well. He is a natural.''
Ganavya seamlessly played a series of ragas, pausing occasionally to add ladles of water to this bowl, or take away a spoonful from that bowl. Her music brought children in the audience of about 150 to their feet to dance.
Other musicians played the vina, a stringed instrument shaped like a banjo. One of the temple's priests, Acharya Pundit Rajendra Joshi, an accomplished musician, ended the festival by playing his sitar, a guitar-like instrument that is the most recognizable sound of India.
Karen Viegas, 19, sat mesmerized, swaying to the music. A sophomore at Florida International University, she attended the event in order to write a report for her world religion class.
''I learned how disciplined they are and how they carry themselves,'' Viegas said. ``They're just very happy and peaceful and the music is amazing. . . . It was very moving.''
Reaching out to people like Viegas is what the month's festivities are all about, Upadhyaya said, adding that introducing Americans to the ancient culture and traditions as a part of the American mosaic is important.
''America represents all the different cultures and talents around the world, and when people come here for prosperity, with them comes their culture and their religion,'' Upadhyaya said. ``It's the binding duty of every person in America that we respect everybody's positive beliefs and religion because no matter what religion you favor, ultimately God is one.''
More events are planned this month, including Hinduism Beyond the Oceans, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. today, where Caribbean Hindus will talk about their origins and play music; a visit Friday from religious and spiritual leader Dada Vasvani, who will speak before a dinner of Indian food; and a speech Feb. 25 by Robert Arnet, author of India Unveiled.
Also on display at the temple is an educational exhibit on the origins of Hinduism and other religions in India that will travel the country. It is open for viewing from 9 a.m. to noon and 5 to 9 p.m. most days.
The South Florida Hindu Temple is at 13010 Griffin Rd., Southwest Ranches. Call 954-438-3675 or visit www.sfht.org.
இறைவழியான இந்துமதம் பரவி மக்களுக்கு ஆன்மீக அனுபவத்தை அறிய வழி செய்துகொடுக்கும் என்று நம்புவோம்.
Hindu heritage is feted with musicThe South Florida Hindu Temple offers music, food and lots of information on Indian culture during Hindu Heritage Month.
BY LISA BOLIVAR
Special to The Miami Herald
Vishes Swaroop sat, legs folded, distant look of concentration on his face as his hands beat out a complicated series of rhythms on the ancient Indian drum known as a tabla.
Swaroop, with about 20 other Indian youths and five adults, performed during the Festival of Music of India on Feb. 10, part of a series of free events at the South Florida Hindu Temple in Southwest Ranches during Hindu Heritage Month.
First on stage were the children younger than 10, followed by a group of teens who played the various Indian drums. Then came Ganavya Doraiswamy, of Davie, a 15-year-old playing an ancient form of bell music known as Jala Tarang, or water waves.
The skill of hitting water-filled bowls with a bamboo stick is dying out in India, said music instructor and professional musician Sandeep Munshi, while introducing Ganavya and her brother, Vignesh, who accompanied her on drums.
''The degree of difficulty has discouraged many from learning this music form,'' said Munshi, who runs two music schools in Broward and one in Boynton Beach.
''I would not let my son take his classes for two years because he was always with those headphones listening to American music and that hip-hop stuff,'' said Dr. Narendra Upadhyaya, the temple's religious committee chairman and a local cardiologist, of his son, Shivam, who was playing a larger drum known as a dhol. ``But in one lesson he was playing very well. He is a natural.''
Ganavya seamlessly played a series of ragas, pausing occasionally to add ladles of water to this bowl, or take away a spoonful from that bowl. Her music brought children in the audience of about 150 to their feet to dance.
Other musicians played the vina, a stringed instrument shaped like a banjo. One of the temple's priests, Acharya Pundit Rajendra Joshi, an accomplished musician, ended the festival by playing his sitar, a guitar-like instrument that is the most recognizable sound of India.
Karen Viegas, 19, sat mesmerized, swaying to the music. A sophomore at Florida International University, she attended the event in order to write a report for her world religion class.
''I learned how disciplined they are and how they carry themselves,'' Viegas said. ``They're just very happy and peaceful and the music is amazing. . . . It was very moving.''
Reaching out to people like Viegas is what the month's festivities are all about, Upadhyaya said, adding that introducing Americans to the ancient culture and traditions as a part of the American mosaic is important.
''America represents all the different cultures and talents around the world, and when people come here for prosperity, with them comes their culture and their religion,'' Upadhyaya said. ``It's the binding duty of every person in America that we respect everybody's positive beliefs and religion because no matter what religion you favor, ultimately God is one.''
More events are planned this month, including Hinduism Beyond the Oceans, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. today, where Caribbean Hindus will talk about their origins and play music; a visit Friday from religious and spiritual leader Dada Vasvani, who will speak before a dinner of Indian food; and a speech Feb. 25 by Robert Arnet, author of India Unveiled.
Also on display at the temple is an educational exhibit on the origins of Hinduism and other religions in India that will travel the country. It is open for viewing from 9 a.m. to noon and 5 to 9 p.m. most days.
The South Florida Hindu Temple is at 13010 Griffin Rd., Southwest Ranches. Call 954-438-3675 or visit www.sfht.org.
Saturday, February 17, 2007
முர்ரே ஸ்டேட் நியூஸ் - இந்துமதம் குறிப்புகள்
அமெரிக்கா சுதந்திரத்தின் நிலமாக இருக்கலாம். ஆனால், இந்துமதம் சுதந்திரத்தின் மதம்
Hinduism's flexible worship makes life simple in Murray
Casey Northcutt
Issue date: 2/16/07 Section: Lifestyles
America might be the land of liberty, but Hinduism is a faith of freedom.
Hinduism, said associate professor of chemistry Bommanna Loganathan, is a religion that encompasses thousands of gods who allow leeway when it comes to worship.
"Hinduism is a very good religion," he said. "If you're not following strictly, God won't punish you."
It differs from other faiths, he said, because Hindus don't base their priorities on the deities they worship. Instead, family and education carry more importance. Hindus respect their mothers first, their fathers second, their teachers third and their gods fourth.
"God comes in fourth place," Loganathan said. "So that indicates that God is not egoistic. He is giving importance to family."
Hindus usually attend temples on a regular basis, he said, but the gods don't mind if they only make it once or twice a month. Loganathan can rarely attend because the closest temple in in Nashville, Tenn.
But he said many Hindus worship by praying every day to their gods of choice, such as Ganesha, the half-man, half-elephant god of strength and luck, or Durga, the multi-armed goddess of power. Hindus often pray in the morning right after bathing.
"(You need to be) very, very clean," he said. "(A) clean body and a clean mind is very important - no worries, no problems."
Loganathan grew up in Coimbatore, India, and moved to the United States 16 years ago. He found Murray very accepting, albeit a little inconvenient. He missed India's abundance of temples as well as its large Hindu festivals.
Despite the absence of a decent-sized Hindu population with which to associate, Loganathan said he had no problem incorporating religion into his life in Murray because Hinduism allows for a lot of flexibility within worship.
Loganathan also said Americans respected who he was and who he worshiped. He said they didn't really seem that concerned with it.
"I have many friends here - all the faculty," he said. "Because my son plays soccer, I have connections with many families. � (I know) middle school and high school teachers. Nobody asked me anything special about my religion or nothing. So, I don't see any problem in living in Murray as a Hindu person. � Everyone is so nice and kind."
Ritesh Agrawal and Nidhi Agrawal, both graduate students from Delhi, India, said they found Murray just as accepting. The brother and sister enrolled at Murray State in August and said Murray residents are nice, although perhaps a bit clueless because of the lack of religious diversity in "Bible Belt" America.
"They are all very supportive," Nidhi said. "I am glad there is no discrimination. ... They are more curious to know about you, what you do, how you do (it). And, we are curious to know about their stuff, actually, so it's kind of fun."
Nidhi and Ritesh said confusion ran both ways. They possessed about as much knowledge of American customs as Americans had about their Hindu practices. Nidhi said one day in late October, she went to work and children suddenly paraded into her office dressed as butterflies, trees and fruit. One boy walked up to her and held out a candy-filled bag for Halloween.
"I wasn't sure what I was supposed to do," Nidhi said. "Was I supposed to pick one out or put one in?"
With regard to their own traditions and festivals, Nidhi and Ritesh said the 20 to 25 Hindu students on campus gather to celebrate Hindu holidays. For Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights, the group prepared a meal and set off small, unobtrusive fireworks. But, this celebration, they said, didn't compare to the festivities they enjoyed in India, which included visiting neighboring houses and exchanging gifts.
"In India, we have friends and relatives, so it's more fun," Ritesh said. "It's like your Thanksgiving. The more family members that come, the more fun you have."
Like Bommanna Loganathan, the siblings also can't attend temple as often as they wish because of distance, so they pray in front of a golden picture of Ganesha, the god of luck and strength.
Ritesh and Nidhi said practicing Hinduism in Murray is easy.
Their religion is flexible and free, allowing them to study abroad anywhere they wish - even in places without a temple in sight.
**
உலகெங்கும் தழைக்கும் இந்துமதம், இந்தியா உலகுக்கு அளிக்கும் கொடை!
Hinduism's flexible worship makes life simple in Murray
Casey Northcutt
Issue date: 2/16/07 Section: Lifestyles
America might be the land of liberty, but Hinduism is a faith of freedom.
Hinduism, said associate professor of chemistry Bommanna Loganathan, is a religion that encompasses thousands of gods who allow leeway when it comes to worship.
"Hinduism is a very good religion," he said. "If you're not following strictly, God won't punish you."
It differs from other faiths, he said, because Hindus don't base their priorities on the deities they worship. Instead, family and education carry more importance. Hindus respect their mothers first, their fathers second, their teachers third and their gods fourth.
"God comes in fourth place," Loganathan said. "So that indicates that God is not egoistic. He is giving importance to family."
Hindus usually attend temples on a regular basis, he said, but the gods don't mind if they only make it once or twice a month. Loganathan can rarely attend because the closest temple in in Nashville, Tenn.
But he said many Hindus worship by praying every day to their gods of choice, such as Ganesha, the half-man, half-elephant god of strength and luck, or Durga, the multi-armed goddess of power. Hindus often pray in the morning right after bathing.
"(You need to be) very, very clean," he said. "(A) clean body and a clean mind is very important - no worries, no problems."
Loganathan grew up in Coimbatore, India, and moved to the United States 16 years ago. He found Murray very accepting, albeit a little inconvenient. He missed India's abundance of temples as well as its large Hindu festivals.
Despite the absence of a decent-sized Hindu population with which to associate, Loganathan said he had no problem incorporating religion into his life in Murray because Hinduism allows for a lot of flexibility within worship.
Loganathan also said Americans respected who he was and who he worshiped. He said they didn't really seem that concerned with it.
"I have many friends here - all the faculty," he said. "Because my son plays soccer, I have connections with many families. � (I know) middle school and high school teachers. Nobody asked me anything special about my religion or nothing. So, I don't see any problem in living in Murray as a Hindu person. � Everyone is so nice and kind."
Ritesh Agrawal and Nidhi Agrawal, both graduate students from Delhi, India, said they found Murray just as accepting. The brother and sister enrolled at Murray State in August and said Murray residents are nice, although perhaps a bit clueless because of the lack of religious diversity in "Bible Belt" America.
"They are all very supportive," Nidhi said. "I am glad there is no discrimination. ... They are more curious to know about you, what you do, how you do (it). And, we are curious to know about their stuff, actually, so it's kind of fun."
Nidhi and Ritesh said confusion ran both ways. They possessed about as much knowledge of American customs as Americans had about their Hindu practices. Nidhi said one day in late October, she went to work and children suddenly paraded into her office dressed as butterflies, trees and fruit. One boy walked up to her and held out a candy-filled bag for Halloween.
"I wasn't sure what I was supposed to do," Nidhi said. "Was I supposed to pick one out or put one in?"
With regard to their own traditions and festivals, Nidhi and Ritesh said the 20 to 25 Hindu students on campus gather to celebrate Hindu holidays. For Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights, the group prepared a meal and set off small, unobtrusive fireworks. But, this celebration, they said, didn't compare to the festivities they enjoyed in India, which included visiting neighboring houses and exchanging gifts.
"In India, we have friends and relatives, so it's more fun," Ritesh said. "It's like your Thanksgiving. The more family members that come, the more fun you have."
Like Bommanna Loganathan, the siblings also can't attend temple as often as they wish because of distance, so they pray in front of a golden picture of Ganesha, the god of luck and strength.
Ritesh and Nidhi said practicing Hinduism in Murray is easy.
Their religion is flexible and free, allowing them to study abroad anywhere they wish - even in places without a temple in sight.
**
உலகெங்கும் தழைக்கும் இந்துமதம், இந்தியா உலகுக்கு அளிக்கும் கொடை!
Sunday, February 11, 2007
கார்ல் சாகன் இந்து மதம் பற்றி
கார்ல் சாகன் இந்து மதம் பற்றி
Dr. Carl Sagan, (1934-1996) famous astrophysicist.
*The Hindu religion is the only one of the world's great faiths dedicated to the idea that the Cosmos itself undergoes an immense, indeed an infinite, number of deaths and rebirths. It is the only religion in which the time scales correspond, to those of modern scientific cosmology. Its cycles run from our ordinary day and night to a day and night of Brahma, 8.64 billion years long. Longer than the age of the Earth or the Sun and about half the time since the Big Bang. And there are much longer time scales still.
*The most elegant and sublime of these is a representation of the creation of the universe at the beginning of each cosmic cycle, a motif known as the cosmic dance of Lord Shiva. The god, called in this manifestation Nataraja, the Dance King. In the upper right hand is a drum whose sound is the sound of creation. In the upper left hand is a tongue of flame, a reminder that the universe, now newly created, with billions of years from now will be utterly destroyed.
*A millennium before Europeans were wiling to divest themselves of the Biblical idea that the world was a few thousand years old, the Mayans were thinking of millions and the Hindus billions.
Dr. Carl Sagan, (1934-1996) famous astrophysicist.
*The Hindu religion is the only one of the world's great faiths dedicated to the idea that the Cosmos itself undergoes an immense, indeed an infinite, number of deaths and rebirths. It is the only religion in which the time scales correspond, to those of modern scientific cosmology. Its cycles run from our ordinary day and night to a day and night of Brahma, 8.64 billion years long. Longer than the age of the Earth or the Sun and about half the time since the Big Bang. And there are much longer time scales still.
*The most elegant and sublime of these is a representation of the creation of the universe at the beginning of each cosmic cycle, a motif known as the cosmic dance of Lord Shiva. The god, called in this manifestation Nataraja, the Dance King. In the upper right hand is a drum whose sound is the sound of creation. In the upper left hand is a tongue of flame, a reminder that the universe, now newly created, with billions of years from now will be utterly destroyed.
*A millennium before Europeans were wiling to divest themselves of the Biblical idea that the world was a few thousand years old, the Mayans were thinking of millions and the Hindus billions.
45 வயது கணவன் 4 வயது மனைவி
கலீஜ் டைம்ஸ் செய்தி
பாகிஸ்தானில் ஒரு 45 வயது ஆடவர் 4 வயது சிறுமியை திருமணம் செய்திருக்கிறார்.
திருமணத்திற்கு போலீஸ் ஏதும் எதிர்ப்பு கூறவில்லையாம். ஒரு மனித உரிமை போராட்டக்காரர் போலீஸிலும் அரசாங்கத்திலும் முறையிட்டபின்னால், அந்த ஆடவரை கைது செய்திருக்கிறார்கள்.
தவறுகள் நடக்காமலிருக்கும் சமுதாயம் இருக்காது. ஆனால், தவறுகளை திருத்திக்கொண்டு வளரும் சமுதாயமாக பாகிஸ்தானும் ஆகி வருவது நல்ல நம்பிக்கையை தருகிறது.
பாகிஸ்தானில் ஒரு 45 வயது ஆடவர் 4 வயது சிறுமியை திருமணம் செய்திருக்கிறார்.
திருமணத்திற்கு போலீஸ் ஏதும் எதிர்ப்பு கூறவில்லையாம். ஒரு மனித உரிமை போராட்டக்காரர் போலீஸிலும் அரசாங்கத்திலும் முறையிட்டபின்னால், அந்த ஆடவரை கைது செய்திருக்கிறார்கள்.
தவறுகள் நடக்காமலிருக்கும் சமுதாயம் இருக்காது. ஆனால், தவறுகளை திருத்திக்கொண்டு வளரும் சமுதாயமாக பாகிஸ்தானும் ஆகி வருவது நல்ல நம்பிக்கையை தருகிறது.
Friday, February 09, 2007
திருமலை- திருப்பதியின் சுற்றுச்சூழல் பணி
ஒரு மரம் பத்து சூரியர்களுக்கு சமானம் என்ற தேவி பார்வதியின் சொல்லுடன் திருமலை மரக்கன்றுகளை பிரசாதமாக அளிக்கிறது.
இந்துக்கோவில்கள் காலம்காலமாக கலைகளின் உறவிடங்களாகவும், தாவரங்களின் உறவிடங்களாகவும் அபூர்வமான தாவரங்களையும் மரங்களையும், பூக்களையும் காக்கும் உறவிடங்களாகவும், மக்களுக்கு அவற்றின் முக்கியத்துவத்தை பல்வேறு கதைகள் மூலம் சொல்லும் இடங்களாகவும் இருந்து வந்துள்ளன.
காலத்தின் கோலத்தால், அந்த ஞானமும், உன்னத பழக்கங்களும் அழிந்து அவற்றின் இடத்தில் சடங்காகவேனும் இத்தகைய பழக்கங்கள் இருக்கும் சூழ்நிலையில் அதன் முக்கியத்துவத்தை மீட்டெடுக்கும் முதன்மை கோவிலாக திருமலை உருவாகியிருக்கிறது.
இந்த கோவில் கலாச்சாரம் பல்கிப் பெருகி நம் சமூகத்தில் உள்ள ஒவ்வொருவரையும் தொட்டு உன்னதப்படுத்த வேண்டுமாய் இறையை இறைஞ்சுகிறேன்.
மீண்டும் கோவில்கள் கலை நிலையங்களாகவும், எல்லோரும் கூடும் சமூக கூடங்களாகவும், உபன்யாச நிலையங்களாகவும், உன்னத தாவரங்கள் பாதுகாக்கப்படும் தோட்டங்களாகவும் ஆக விரும்புவோம்
நன்றி
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Wednesday, February 07, 2007
ஜெய் மாதா தி
தற்போது பாகிஸ்தானாக இருக்கும் பலுசிஸ்தானில் உள்ள புராதன ஹிங்லாஜ் மாதா காளி கோவில்
http://www.hinglajmata.com/
http://www.hinglaj.com/
அங்குள்ள காளி கோவில் படம்
http://offroadpakistan.com/pictures/hingol_2005/jay_maa_kalye.html
http://offroadpakistan.com/pictures/hingol_2005/shiva.html
http://offroadpakistan.com/pictures/hingol_2005/approaching_the_temple.html
http://offroadpakistan.com/pictures/hingol_2005/untitled.html
http://offroadpakistan.com/pictures/hingol_2005/sign_in_temple.html
http://offroadpakistan.com/pictures/hingol_2005/painting.html
http://offroadpakistan.com/pictures/hingol_2005/sign_at_nani_mander.html
http://offroadpakistan.com/pictures/hingol_2005/a_shrinr.html
http://offroadpakistan.com/pictures/hingol_2005/an_idol.html
எவ்வாறு செல்வது பற்றிய விவாதம்
http://www.globalcoordinate.com/places/2938944.aspx
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
எம்.ஐ.டியில் எப்படி இயற்பியல்?
எம்.ஐ.டியில் எப்படி இயற்பியல் (Physics) சொல்லித்தருகிறார்கள்?
பாருங்கள்....
பாருங்கள்....
Sunday, February 04, 2007
பெண்களே.. பெண்களே!
முழுவதுமாக பாருங்கள்.
இதில் எனது ஆச்சரியம். அந்த பெண்கள் சிரித்துக்கொண்டே பேசுவது!
எங்கள் பெண்கள் முன்னால், இப்படி யாராவது பேசினால், செருப்பும் விளக்குமாறும்தான் பறக்கும்.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ri3BC7KCAUw
அதுவும் இந்திரா காந்தி, ஜெயலலிதா, உமா பாரதி, விஜயராஜீ சிந்தியா, வசுந்தராஜீ சிந்தியா, மமதா பானர்ஜி, ஷீலா தீச்சித், கௌரியம்மா, ஒரிஸ்ஸாவின் சத்பதி, அஸ்ஸாமின் அன்வரா தைமூர் போன்ற சிறந்த மக்கள்தலைவர்கள் இருக்கும் இந்த நாட்டில் இப்படி யாரும் பேசமாட்டார்கள் என்று கருதுகிறேன்.
இதில் எனது ஆச்சரியம். அந்த பெண்கள் சிரித்துக்கொண்டே பேசுவது!
எங்கள் பெண்கள் முன்னால், இப்படி யாராவது பேசினால், செருப்பும் விளக்குமாறும்தான் பறக்கும்.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ri3BC7KCAUw
அதுவும் இந்திரா காந்தி, ஜெயலலிதா, உமா பாரதி, விஜயராஜீ சிந்தியா, வசுந்தராஜீ சிந்தியா, மமதா பானர்ஜி, ஷீலா தீச்சித், கௌரியம்மா, ஒரிஸ்ஸாவின் சத்பதி, அஸ்ஸாமின் அன்வரா தைமூர் போன்ற சிறந்த மக்கள்தலைவர்கள் இருக்கும் இந்த நாட்டில் இப்படி யாரும் பேசமாட்டார்கள் என்று கருதுகிறேன்.
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