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We saw how much power can be achieved in just five words when Swami Vivekananda stood up to respond to the warm reception he received at the first World’s Parliament of Religions held in Chicago on the 11th of September 1893. He started his speech with these words – “Sisters and Brothers of America” addressing about seven thousand people who had assembled from around the globe under one roof. His speech was followed by applause which lasted for more than three minutes.

An online petition addressed to United Nations (UN) asking it to “free Goa from illegal occupation by India” has been deleted or taken down after vociferous protests. The petition titled ‘Free Goa from Indian invasion & its continued illegal occupation against UN resolution’ had been started by one Atanasia Lobo who calls himself ‘indigenous people of Goa living in exile in foreign countries'. The petition addressed the UN Secretary-General and 42 other world leaders and was signed by 4179 people.

On Saturday, January 8, a case of rape of a minor Madarsa student has come to the fore from the Sitamarhi district in the Mithila region of Bihar. A report by TV9 Hindi suggests that the cleric Maulvi Tabrez raped and impregnated the minor girl, who came to study at his Madarsa. He also recorded the act and started blackmailing her with the video. The cleric reportedly used the video to further rape her on several occasions until she became pregnant.

Hindu Samrajya Divas was celebrated on 6th June to commemorate the royal coronation (Rajyabhishek) of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. To mark the occasion Shri Shivaji Raigad Smarak Mandal Shivshambu Vichar Darshan organized a talk by Historian Shri Gajanan Bhaskar Mehendale. The talk is in Marathi and we are reproducing it in English for the benefit of our readers.

While the Keezhadi excavations continue to be in news and due to pressure by Christian organizations, a huge amount of money and resources are funneled there, excavations at Dwarka are getting a step-motherly treatment by the govt. This also points to a lack of organization and persistence in Hindus regarding their civilizational heritage.

You must come across a lot of banal statements about how a crisis can be an opportunity. The Chinese character for crisis is popularly assumed to consist of two letters that represent danger + opportunity. Although the second part, the opportunity, is not exactly that. Do-gooders that write nice books on self-improvement want us to turn our crisis or danger into opportunity.

Pakistan is facing an economic crisis. The current value of the Pakistani Rupee against the US Dollar is over PKR 175. Everything in the country is expensive, and people are struggling to meet their daily needs. Amidst all the economic mess, Saudi Arabia, the top leader of the Islamic world, is getting hate from the Patriotic Pakistanis.

Indian international students are falling prey to sex pimps who are targeting girls at educational campuses, street corners, bus stands, workplaces, and even religious spots in Canada. While some are pushed to enter the sex trade to pay for their expenses, most become unsuspecting victims of pimps who take advantage of their vulnerability says a report by The Canadian Bazaar.

The Chinese authorities in the Sichuan province destroyed a 99 foot tall Buddha statue and 45 prayer wheels in the Draggo county, Kham, Tibet. They also forced the monks from the Gaden Namgyal Ling monastery and the local Tibetans to witness the demolition of the sacred statue, which began on December 12 and continued for the next nine days.