Source: www.nj.com

NEW DELHI, INDIA, February 28, 2010: After a year spent researching and clicking images of Indian street tattoos for his new book, French writer Stephane Guillerme found Lord Hanuman easily the commonest tattoo in all of India. “Hanuman represents absolute physical power. So I guess it matches the male subconscious mind,” he said. But tattoos of all the Hindu Gods are a common sight on people’s skins.

Guillerme, who lives in a small northwestern French town called Vannes, first visited India 12 years ago as a tourist. Since then, he has been coming here every year. Already the author of three books on India, Guillerme is wandering across the country to explore the stories and psychology behind tattoos, which have existed in India long before professional studios came on the scene.

The average Indian seeks an object of adoration, it appears. So, not surprisingly, actors come close behind Gods and Goddesses in the popularity stakes.

Source: www.thaindian.com

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, March 3, 2010: Arulmigu Veera Muniswarar temple committee in Gunung Hijau, Batu Gajah, Perak state, has adopted a Tamil school. Students will be provided with textbooks and school material, and the committee will help with transport for the poor pupils, committee adviser R. Damodaran said.

Malaysia Namban newspaper urged other temple committees to emulate this as many Tamil schools and their parent-teacher associations were facing problems.

Malaysia is home to nearly two million people of Indian origin, a bulk of whom are Tamils who settled here during the British era.

Source: www.voxy.co.nz

NEW ZEALAND, March 5, 2010: To celebrate the 2010 Race Relations Day and bring families and communities together, the Hindu Youth Foundation of New Zealand is organizing a Family Fun Day on Sunday 21st of March at the Hindu Heritage Centre. Race Relations Day is a major event in the Human Rights Commission’s calendar and is marked in a number of different ways around the country. It is a step closer to bridging the gap between the different races that make up the multi-cultural New Zealand.

“This free event has a range of activities organized from soccer, cricket, netball, volleyball, table tennis, carom board to face painting, bouncing castle and tug-of-war, planned for families to participate and enjoy” said Darsha Patel, one of the coordinators of this event.

Hindu Youth Foundation is a division of the Hindu Council of New Zealand and since its inception in January 2008.

Source: www.arshavidya.in

INDIA, February 10, 2010: Arsha Vidya Gurukulam is pleased to announce a long term course in Vedanta, Sanskrit and allied subjects for a period of three years beginning in the last week of July 2010. Students will be selected from the 3-month Bhagavad Gita camp from April 20, 2010 - July 20, 2010 by Pujya Swami Dayananda Saraswati at Anaikatti. For more information visit the source, above.

Source: www.hinduismtoday.com

In the whole world there is no study so beneficial and so elevating as that of the Upanishads. It has been the solace of my life–it will be the solace of my death. Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), German philosopher and writer, the first Western philosopher to have access to translations of material from India.