31 Aug : The US has decided to release a postage stamp in the honour of India’s Nobel prize winner Mother Teresa on 5th September, the US Postal Service has announced.
“The US Postal Service will pay tribute to Mother Teresa, who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her humanitarian work,” the USPS said in a statement.
“Noted for her compassion toward the poor and suffering, Mother Teresa, a diminutive Roman Catholic nun and honorary US citizen, served the sick and destitute of India and the world for nearly 50 …

27 Aug : Hindus have urged the makers of under production Hollywood animation film “18 Days: The Mahabharata Retold” to stay true to the story and the spirit of the timeless epic.
Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that Mahabharata was highly revered in Hinduism. Hollywood was welcome to make a movie about Mahabharata but the final product should be the true depiction of it and not a fantasized or a re-imagined version.
Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, said that changing Mahabharata …

Hindus have welcomed an article in “U.S. Catholic” magazine which said: “Yoga had completely transformed my Catholicism”.

Titled “Om-schooled: How Yoga can influence your Catholic prayer”, this article, appearing in the September 2010 issue of the magazine, further says: “Catholics can take a lesson from the Hindu tradition of yoga when it comes to praying with body, mind, and spirit”.
Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that Yoga, referred as “a living fossil”, introduced to the humanity by Hinduism, was a world heritage, and we were …

25 Aug : Indo-Americans have applauded India for reportedly rejecting bauxite mining by multinational company in remote tribal area of Orissa, which the environmentalists had described as devastating to the area environment and tribes considered sacred.
Indo-American statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that Government of India apparently took into consideration the concerns of the tribes living in the area and issues raised by environmentalists involved and it should be commended for that.
Rajan Zed, who is the Chairperson of Indo-American Leadership Confederation, pointed out that it …

18 Aug : Hindus have blamed European Union (EU) and its various institutions for allowing French President Nicolas Sarkozy to continue with his reported maltreatment of Roma (Gypsy) communities, which smelled of xenophobia, racism, and intolerance.
According to reports, after dismantling 51 Roma settlements and making families homeless, France is starting Roma deportations from Thursday. Sarkozy has announced to dismantle 300 Roma camps.
Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that it was really shocking to witness EU practically looking the other way when France and various …