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An Indian missionary charity falsely portrayed young Buddhist girls from Nepal as "orphans" of murdered Christians in a global fund-raising operation involving British and American churches.

Parents paid a child-trafficker more than £100 to take their daughters to good sch... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vehl/16 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 09:57:36 [b]Navaratri[/b] starts tonight, so I thought ill make a post about it :)


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[i]The goddess, in her "TriDevi"(Tri-Goddess) form[/i]


(From wiki and other sources)

Navratri, Navaratri, or Navarathri is a Hindu festival honouring... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vehl/15 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:15:31 [div class="excerpt"]
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Tens of thousands of revellers gathered at Stonehenge for an all-night party to celebrate the longest day of the year this morning - despite grey clouds that obscured the s... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vehl/14 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:33:11 [div class="excerpt"]

Pankaj Jain, Ph.D.
Author, 'Sustenance and Sustainability: Dharma and Ecology of Hindu Communities'

[b]The Dharmic Method to Save the Planet [/b]

An eminent scholar recently came to our university campus and spoke about the role of diverse religious communities of the... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vehl/13 Fri, 13 May 2011 02:05:57 As a fan of his works, I thought I'll post a small piece on Rabindranath Tagore on his 150th birth Anniversary.


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[i][b]"Patriotism cannot be our final spiritual shelter; my refuge is humanity. I will not buy gl... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vehl/12 Sat, 07 May 2011 22:06:28 In the wake of the recent revelation(Which did not come as a surprise to many) that the Head Honcho himself was living in the midst of the Pakistani WestPoint without the "apparent"(or so they say) knowledge of the ISI/Army, one would expect that there would be a very strict review of the Aid that g... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vehl/11 Sat, 07 May 2011 16:22:10 Today is Holi-day (pun intended :D ) for Hindus/Sikhs around the world. Happy Holi everyone! :)

Holi is known as the Spring festival of colours and is pretty fun. I thought I'll post some info regarding this festival. The highlight of the festival is the sprinkling of colours and water on each ot... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vehl/10 Sun, 20 Mar 2011 17:00:46 While reading the Hindu epic the Mahabharata I came across a definition of hypocrisy which I liked a lot.It's part of a series of questions a protagonist of the epic is asked by a mythical being, to test his knowledge. (according to the epic, the being is none other than "Dharma"..which according to... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vehl/9 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:05:06 Source: [b]Reuters[/b]

BEIJING (Reuters) – Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, does not have a right to choose his successor any way he wants and must follow the historical and religious tradition of reincarnation, a Chinese official said Monday.

It is unclear how the 76-year-old Da... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vehl/8 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 15:44:26 http://www.topfoto.co.uk/gallery/blyton/images/prevs/0361862.jpg

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It sounds like the type of discovery that one of her Famous Five characters might have made.

A long-forgotten yellowed manuscript, which had spent decades gathering dust, has been identified as a previou... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vehl/7 Fri, 25 Feb 2011 02:56:14 [div class="excerpt"] RUMIPAMBA, Ecuador (AFP) – She has no legal training, and doesn't speak the Spanish that dominates government in Quito but indigenous villager Maria Aguinda helped bring a landmark judgment against US oil giant Chevron for polluting the rain forest she calls home.

The diminu... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vehl/6 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 01:27:29 http://gorigirl.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Diwali-2009.jpg

Diwali (also spelled Divali in few countries) or Deepavali is popularly known as the festival of lights. Its an important five-day festival in Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism, occurring between mid-October and mid-November. For Hindus, Diw... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vehl/5 Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:53:35 I was watching the Television today and saw this ad by the so called "Citizens against Government Waste". Apart from the obvious fact that this is hypocritical(After all the GOP/teaparty has no right to lecture others about spending and budgets)I believe that this ad has racist/Xenophobic undertones... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vehl/4 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:51:35 [div class="excerpt"]
[h3]Commonwealth Games 2010: India opens doors to the world at opening ceremony[/h3]

[b]No collapsing scenery or malfunctioning sound system. No fluffed lines, botched choreography or missed cues and not a single stray dog in sight. The preparations for the XIXth Commonweal... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vehl/3 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 01:09:31 As someone who is interested in world history/geopolitics,recently I had an interesting conversation with some of my friends about the independence movements of the British Colonies. When the conversation touched upon the subject of Indian independence, I realized that most people attributed the suc... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vehl/2 Sat, 02 Oct 2010 21:56:42