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Kentucky GOP Challenger Calls Governor’s Participation In A Hindu Ceremony ‘Idolatry’

Elected officials often participate in religious prayer and ceremony to signal their respect for other religions, including Presidents George W. Bush and Obama and Texas Gov. Rick Perry. But yesterday, Kentucky state senator and GOP gubernatorial nominee David Williams accused incumbent Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear’s (D) of “idolatry,” and attacked him for sitting with a “dot on his forehead” in a “polytheistic ceremony” after Beshear showed his respect for the Hindu faith by participating in a ground blessing ceremony last week.

11/03/11
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Growing Up Muslim or Sikh in a Post 9/11 World

(New America Media) SAN FRANCISCO -- For Muslim and Sikh youth growing into adolescence in the past decade, 9/11 has either been a menacing specter or just a perceived threat. But either way, it hasn’t been easy.

11/01/11
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Hindu Lawyer, Religion Scholar Oversees Religious Life at USC

(Voice of America) As American universities become increasingly diverse, the job of supporting the spiritual life of students has become more complex. Many universities have chaplains and faith-based clubs, often overseen by a school official called the dean of religious life. The man who fills that post at the University of Southern California is Indian-born lawyer and religion scholar Varun Soni, who says he relishes the challenge.

11/01/11
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Diwali - Festival of Lights - Educational

11/01/11
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Dividend Investing Tips

Dividends Whenever the stock market enters a period of heightened volatility & uncertainty, it seems everybody starts talking about investing in dividend stocks. As if the dividend stocks are immune from the corrections of the stock market. The logic behind such recommendations is that the dividend payments will buffer your losses to a certain extent.

10/31/11
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Lagaan on TIME’s all-time best sports films’ list

New York -- Lagaan, which won an Oscar nomination in the Best Foreign Language Film category, finds a place in the all-time 25 best sports movies list of Time magazine.

09/27/11
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Temple Trails: A trip to the famed temples of Chennai and Kanchipuram

For those who revel in visiting temples there never need be an occasion, an ideal season or a valid reason – so despite summer’s heat and aging knees my octogenarian mum and I headed out to visit some of the famed temples of Chennai and Kanchipuram over a week in April.