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Mr. Narendra Modi, the only uncorrupt politician in India?
According to the cable released by WikiLeaks On March 23, 2011, Mr. Narendra Modi, Honorable Chief Minister of Gujarat, is the only honest Indian politician to date. It is good to hear that there is at least one honest politician in India. There may be others also who are honest but Mr. Narendra Modi is the only one whom Mr. Michael S. Owen, the Consul General of the US in Mumbai, referred to as one. He also further referred him as “a no-nonsense, law-and-order politician who looks after the interests of the Hindu majority.” The news is interesting because the…
Hinduism in Brazil
According to the 2000 Census, there are about 3000 Hindus in Brazil. The number must be more as Hinduism has greatly accelerated in the last 10 years. Most of the Brazilians are ethnic East Indians. Today about 5 million Brazilians are practicing yoga regularly and several dance-and-art schools have mushroomed all over Brazil. Major Hindu influence began in Brazil in 1953 when yoga was taken by a French man, whose Indian name was Shivananda. He started a yoga academy in one of the towns of Brazil. Later, many other forms have entered such as Hare Krishna Movement, Vedanta Philosophy, Indian…
Julia Robert’s Conversion to Hinduism
As published in the September issue of Elle Magazine Julia Roberts stated that she goes to a Hindu temple regularly and she is a practicing Hindu. Julia is a 42-year-old actress who has won Oscar for her film “Erin Brockovich.” Her two kids have been named Ganesh and Laxmi which are the names of two prominent Hindu deities. She had also renamed her production company to the name Red Om (Om is the sacred symbol of Hinduism). She had a close encounter with Hinduism during the shooting of the film “Eat, Pray, and Love” in which she is playing a…