Comedy as a genre cuts across age groups and makes for a great viewing experience, be it for friends, family, colleagues or spouse! There have been consistent crests & troughs in this genre, primarily because not all jokes appeal to all sections, to add to it we have people who may find some jokes offensive. […]
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Amazon told to withdraw Lord Ganesha stockings and Om flip-flops and apologize
Upset Hindu leader Rajan Zed is urging world’s largest online retailer Amazon.com for the immediate withdrawal of stockings carrying the image of Hindu deity Lord Ganesha and flip-flops carrying sacred Hindu symbol Om; calling it highly inappropriate. Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that Lord Ganesha was highly revered in Hinduism and […]
USA: No more detention, just yoga for students in this school
Hindu leader Rajan Zed has commended Doull Elementary School (DES) in Denver for reportedly trading detention with yoga, and he is also urging Denver Public Schools (DPS) to expand it to all its 207 schools. Calling it a step in the positive direction, distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, complimented […]
Indo-US delegation meets for defence cooperation
As part of lndo-US Bilateral Defence Cooperation, the 8th Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI) Inter-Agency Task Force Meeting was held in New Delhi on 26th February 2018. The meeting was co-chaired by Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff Vice Admiral A K Jain and Acting Director, International Cooperation Matthew Warren. The DTTI was initiated […]
There is a school in California named Ganesha High School!
Ganesha High School! The name may surprise many but in California, it is a thriving school. Now, the Hindus are suggesting building a shrine to Hindu deity Lord Ganesha in this public school in Pomona (California) named after him and whose emblem carries Ganesha’s picture complete with his vahana (vehicle) mouse. It would be quite […]
Hindus urge all Pennsylvania schools to close on Diwali
Welcoming Council Rock School District (CRSD) for declaring holiday on November seven, when their most popular festival Diwali falls this year. Board of Directors of CRSD, headquartered in Newtown (Pennsylvania), in their meeting on February 15, unanimously approved 2018-2019 calendar which includes the addition of Diwali as an official school holiday. In 2017, Unionville-Chadds Ford […]
Yoga emerges among top 10 fitness trends worldwide
Yoga has emerged among the top 10 fitness trends worldwide for 2018, according to “Worldwide Survey of Fitness Trends for 2018” by American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). “The sustained popularity of yoga seems to be that it reinvents and refreshes itself every year making it an attractive form of exercise”, Survey points out. “Based […]
USA: Alarmingly high rate of prize denial to Patels by Georgia Lottery aggrieves Hindu leader
Hindus are concerned at the reportedly alarmingly high rates of prize denials to the Hindu and Indo-American community by Georgia Lottery, and are urging Governor Nathan Deal to launch an investigation said Hindu leader Rajan Zed. According to an review/analysis of the denial letters by Georgia’s largest newspaper Atlanta Journal-Constitution published on December 20 under […]
India condemns terror attack in Kabul, Swamy calls for Indian intervention
India strongly condemned the suicide terror attack in Kabul calling it ‘cowardly’. The attack happened on 28 December at the media news agency and the cultural centre based in Kabul and resulted in the loss of more than 40 innocent lives and many injured . India and Afghanistan relations are based more on human rights […]
USA: Hindu mantra chanting to open both Senate and House of Iowa State
On February 26, both Iowa State Senate and House of Representatives in Des Moines will start their respective sessions with Hindu prayers, containing verses from world’s oldest existing scripture. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed will deliver the invocations from ancient Sanskrit scriptures before the Senate and House. After Sanskrit delivery, he then will read the […]