This morning’s article is drawn from contributions to HEM News Agency’s own HEM Bloggers List. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a national public health institute and federal government body in the United States, has confirmed that America … Continue reading NEWS DIGEST 28.06.2020: Pinterest and the virus
This morning’s news is brought to you courtesy of my personal Twitter account @VShah1984. Religious service and educational establishment the Hindu Academy @hinduacademy has launched a series of free e-books in PDF format on the faith of Hinduism for … Continue reading NEWS DIGEST 13.06.2020: Books, automobiles and societal rumblings
This morning’s news bulletin is brought to you by Google News. The UK prime minister’s top special advisor, Dominic Cummings, is facing calls to quit his post after he was found to have breached his own government’s lockdown rules, … Continue reading NEWS DIGEST 23.05.2020: Political controversies; Pakistan plane crash horror
Today’s news digest is brought to you via Google News services. American president Donald Trump has come under fire from the medical community after suggesting that using bleach and blasts of ultraviolet light to cure people of coronavirus, with … Continue reading NEWS DIGEST 24.04.2020: Trump’s coronavirus bleach cure lambasted by doctors
Lovelane Sarvajanik Ganeshutsav Mandal Mazgaon . Posted Via : @lovelanecharaja .#Mum_Ganpati #capture #captured… https://t.co/xCuGobB3hR pic.twitter.com/XFvxMwjmTA — Mumbai Ganpati (@Mum_Ganpati) August 5, 2017 A photo taken of the murti of Lord Ganesh at the Sarvajanik Ganesh Utsav Mandal festival located in Love Lane, Mazgaon, Mumbai. Devotees of God as Ganesh are getting ready for the 10-day Ganesh Chaturthi festival which commences on the 24th August 2017. Please allow a few seconds for the embedded tweet and image to load as it may be slower on some browsers/connections. SOURCES/IMAGE CREDITS: Vijay Shah { विजय }, Twitter, Twitter Inc. https://twitter.com/VShah1984 @lovelanecharaja Mumbai Ganpati, … Continue reading PHOTO MOMENT: Sarvajanik Ganeshutsav Mandal
London – VIJAY SHAH via ANDREW GRIFFIN and The Independent Scientists are studying footage shot by the Chimbo Foundation and PanAf of strange behaviour by a group of African chimpanzees, which they may think indicate the chimps are performing rituals, which may indicate belief in a religion, according to Britain’s The Independent newspaper, and first reported last year (2016). The footage shows chimps in a forest clearing in an unnamed part of West Africa, carrying stones and arranging them in little ‘cairns’. Mainly though, the chimps, including a mother carrying her baby, are seen hurling rocks against the bases of … Continue reading CHURCH OF THE APES: Scientists think chimps may have religious beliefs
Here’s a little something that I posted on Facebook way back in August 2011 (five years ago). To give you some context first, at that time riots and widespread looting was happening across the UK. The riots first started in my city, London, after a man was shot dead by police in questionable circumstances. The riots soon spread to other major cities. I posted this as a tongue-in-cheek joke and was not intended as a slur against any age or religious group. It is the Lord’s Prayer reimagined for the rioting classes, and here we have…. the Looter’s Prayer. May … Continue reading HUMOUR MOMENT: The Looter’s Prayer
Krong Siem Reap, CAMBODIA VIJAY SHAH via Hawkfeed If you visit the 800-year-old Hindu temple complex of Angkor Wat in Cambodia, you will be immediately be taken aback by the immense building and intricate carvings of deities and old Khmer kings of was once one of the most powerful and expansive empires in south-east Asia. However take a closer look, and you will notice something very peculiar among the images of soldiers, local wildlife, royalty and apsaras (sacred nymphs). On one of the walls of the main temple at Ta Prohm, there is a carving of a lizard-like creature, stockily-built … Continue reading ANGKOR WAT STEGOSAURUS: Cambodian Hindu temple shows possible ancient knowledge of prehistoric life
US rapper and master of lyrical poetry Sullee J returns to the mic again to release the latest single from his upcoming mixtape Victory. The new track is entitled “Deen over Dunya” and was produced by AnnoDominiBeats. His latest track is dedicated to the role that his Islamic faith plays in his life. Just as many mainstream rappers past and present referred to ‘Jesus Peace’ and Biblical phrases in their wordplay, Sullee J’s latest single is a statement of his faith’s guiding hand in his life, career, and messages, delivered in his unmistakable flow. Sullee also touches on the history of … Continue reading SULLEE J: Deen over Dunya
This Saturday marks the Hindu New Year V.S. 2072. This new year’s day is most keenly celebrated in north India and Nepal, although some peoples such as the Gujaratis, Tamils and Bengalis mark their new year’s on a different date. This new year also marks the beginning of spring and the agricultural season in the northern parts of the Asian subcontinent. It also marks the beginning of the nine-day festival of Navratri, in honour of Goddess Durga. “The Hindu New Year 2072 or Vikram Nav Varsh Samvant,is celebrated on Chaitra Shukala Pratipada (March – April). In 2015, the Nav Samvat … Continue reading PHOTO MOMENT: Happy Hindu New Year 2072
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