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Today's Stories:
1. Houston Hindu Student Council Celebrates
2. Large Format Book Released on Tirupati Temple
3. East Meets West: Cosmology Then And Now

1. Houston Hindu Student Council Celebrates
Kalyani Giri
HOUSTON, TEXAS, June 4, 2005: The Hindu Students Council (HSC, click http://hscnet.org for web site) hosted an occasion in celebration of the unifying force of Hinduism at the Shri Radha Krishna Temple Hall on June 3, 2005. The event, a HSC Awareness Dinner and Fundraiser, was held to create more awareness in the community of HSC's vision to give the world enlightened Hindu leaders in all walks of life. A first of its kind event in HSC history, it brought in a much-needed sum of $52,000 to financially aid HSC to realize goals and further its cause. Over 220 youth invested time and support to the event. Coordinated by the student body with guidance of their elders, the event drew nearly 600 gatherees, and enjoyed strong representation from over 30 temples and prominent organizations such as Art of Living Foundation, Arya Samaj of Greater Houston, Chinmaya Mission Houston, BAPS Shree Swaminarayan Mandir, Shri Meenakshi Temple Society, India Culture Center and Gujarathi Samaj of Houston, to name but a few. Also attending were guests from the Jewish, Christian, Sikh, and Muslim communities.
"I believe that having HSC in my school is like having a mandir at home," said Hitesh Divecha, Pres. of HSC at the University of Houston, whose comment drew cheers of support from young attendees. Divecha's sister Payal told of her understanding of the concept of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam. "HSC made me realize that there exists a greater family than you're born with, the whole world is one family," she said reflectively. Delivering the keynote address was National President of HSC, all chapters, Sameer Rawal. An MBA student at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Rawal deemed Texas the ideal state for Hindus in the USA. "Hindus in other states look to Houston Hindus to set precedents. And they follow your example. This awareness dinner is taking place at the right state," he said.
He eloquently gave an overview of the vision of HSC. Founded in 1990, it is the largest student-run organization outside of India, with 77 chapters spanning North America and Canada. HSC has garnered the attention of over 105,000 students worldwide who benefit from activities such as holy scripture study sessions, Diwali poojas, seva projects, seminars, retreats, and global conferences such as the 2003 Global Dharma Conference held in New Jersey. Based on Vedic philosophy that encourages goodwill to all, and truth at all times, HSC provides a support system among Hindu students. HSC also spearheaded fundraising campaigns for the tsunami survivors. Through the Network of Hindu Minds (NetOHM), support from HSC continues even after a graduate joins the workforce. An affiliate of HSC, Community Action Network (CAN) works to prevent the defamation of Hinduism. 

2. Large Format Book Released on Tirupati Temple
http://www.vqindia.com/tirumala/news.htm
HYDERABAD, INDIA, June 6, 2005: An art book on Lord Venkateshwara was released by the Governor, Sushil Kumar Shinde, here on Sunday. Titled "Tirumala Tirupati the legends and beyond," the book attempts at tracing the legends behind the popularity of the shrine through a beautiful compilation of 250 photographs, illustrations and architectural drawings woven together with historic facts. "It is an attempt to create an object of memorabilia that is both engaging in content and vivid in portrayal," say T. Sarita Reddy and Birad Yagnik. The book is priced at US$82 and available from Visual Quest India (P) Limited at [EMAIL PROTECTED] 

3. East Meets West: Cosmology Then And Now
http://www.stnews.org/articles.php?article_id=608&category=commentary
QUINCY, FRANCE, June 6, 2005: Eastern religious traditions can provide us with new cosmological insights, read this interesting article at "source." Some ancient astronomers seemed to have arrived at the conclusion that the creation of the universe, its growth, its eventual decay and regeneration are eternal processes without a beginning and without an end, repeating in endless cycles. The Hindus named each half cycle a night or day of Brahma in symbolic terms. There is also the mention of a transition or a twilight zone referred to as Yugasandhi between these half cycles. The point of interest to us here is that the metaphor extends to some amazing mathematical details. According to the Hindu scriptures, each half cycle is said to last for 4.32 billion years. The Sun, too, revolves around the center of our galaxy once in 325.5 million years. Modern science pegs this in the range of 225 to 270 million years. The point of departure between ancient Hindu cosmology and modern cosmology is that unlike modern cosmology, ancient Hindu cosmology relates the rotational speed of our own galaxy to the period of oscillation of the endless cycles of creation, growth and eventual decay. Our known galaxy is known as Parameshti Mandala, and it is said to rotate around Svayambhu Mandala, the center of all galaxies with a time period of 4.32 billion years, also.
Pursuing this chronology further in detail, it can be shown that the present day of Brahma began exactly 5 Brahma hours, 28 minutes and 40 seconds ago as of April 1, 1986. Going a step further, they calculate the age of our present universe is 19.252 billion years, amazingly close to the modern-day estimate. Modern historians have also documented that according to some ancient Hindu scriptures, the Sun is 108 Sun-diameters from the earth and the moon 108 Moon-diameters away. The modern values for these figures are 107.6 and 110.6 respectively. 

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