History was made on the evening of the 7th of December, 2011, at the Council Meeting of the Town of Davie, South Florida. For on this day, by a unanimous resolution (8-0) the Council approved the installation of a 7 foot cast bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi, on 63 cents of land in Falcon’s Lea State Park.
Without knowing, we are coming. Without knowing, we are going. Why are we coming to this world? Who is sending us here? What is the purpose to live here? Maybe, we will not get an answer to these questions. However, one thing is sure. Every human being has a reason to come to…
The Birth of Jesus of Nazareth is the reason for the season when all over the world people are celebrating this holiday. People are trying to give importance to the celebration, but miss the meaning, the reason for the celebration in the world and that is Jesus Christ. During this part of the year one has to remember Him.
Jesus…
‘Mullaperiyar Dam’ which is a very disputable subject now,was built on the banks of Mullayaar and Periyaar in 1895. Both these rivers and the dam are situated within the boundaries of Kerala ! How did this neighbor state Tamil Nadu gained so much sovereignty over this Dam ? Its a HISTORICAL BLUNDER made by two elite personalities of Kerala…
As a young boy, in the mid 1960s, I was unusually thrilled and motivated to learn of that famous statement delivered by President John F. Kennedy, in his inaugural address on 1 January 1961. Among other things, he delivered a rocket-like statement that propelled the minds of not only his countrymen but of millions of people across the…
In what is slated to be Sahitya Akademi’s biggest translation project, India’s National Academy of Letters has decided to translate Malayalam book, Brahmarshi Sree Narayana Guru, authored by late
T. Bhaskaran into 23 languages including English. A formal communication in this regard was issued by Secretary of Sahitya Akademi A. Krishna Murthy on September 8.
The book, published by the…
A historical Correction is recommended by Dr. AKB Pillai on the myth of “Mahabali and Vamana”
A woman from a small Indian village is fast becoming known as one of the world’s greatest humanitarians
by Rajeswari DeviTORONTO – You’re not entirely sure how you got here. You’re in a room with seemingly hundreds of people dressed in white and bearded Swamis in orange. At the end of a long chaotic-looking line, there is a plump Indian…
In Hinduism, there is a God namely Ganapathi. Ganesha is also his name. There are a lot of stories about and around him. He is the son of God Siva and Goddess Parvathy. His body is human, but his head is that of an Elephant. The legend is that one day when Devi Parvathy was removing the dust particles…
Haiku poems are forms of poetry that originated in Japan over 300 years ago. Haiku poems are very short set of words that often expresses a unique thought or…