PETALING JAYA, MALAYSIA, November 27, 2018 (Business Insider): A violent riot at a Hindu temple in a suburb of Petaling Jaya left at least 12 people injured and 23 vehicles razed on Monday (Nov 26), local media has reported. According to The Straits Times, around 50 Malay men, allegedly armed with axes and knives, reportedly entered the Seafield Sri Maha Mariamman temple to attack those inside. According to The Star, around 200 Indian men rushed to the temple when several Indian caretakers realized the intrusion and contacted their friends. On Monday, it was reported that least a dozen people were injured in the 2am attack.
Subang Jaya district police said in a Facebook post that the fight between the two groups was sparked by a disagreement over the relocation of the century-old temple. According to ST, One City Development had reached a court settlement in March 2014 with temple representatives to relocate the temple in Subang Jaya to another location approx. 2 miles away. A temple devotee reportedly told ST that the group of armed men charged into the premise on Monday, and told the temple’s caretakers to leave the temple. ”They said the land is owned by One City,” temple committee member Yuvaraj Nagaraju was quoted by the Singapore daily as saying. The developer of One City has denied being involved. A report by the New Straits Times said that a total of 21 arrests had been made as of 1.26pm on Tuesday – and all of those arrested are local men.
BOGOTA, COLUMBIA, October 4, 2018 (BVS MTCI translated from Spanish): On October 4, 2018, in Bogota DC, during the visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of India, Mr. Vijay Kumar Singh, a memorandum of understanding was signed between the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy of the Republic of India and the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Colombia, with the aim of strengthening, promoting and developing cooperation in traditional medicine systems.
The Ministries agreed to cooperate with respect to the development of policies, plans, programs and projects; information on medicines, therapies without medication, official handbooks and materials and supplies used in traditional Indian medicine; the training, exercise and management of human resources; the development of training and research programs; and the safety, efficacy and quality of traditional medicine systems in India. This is one of the agreements that the AYUSH Ministry is carrying out, with several countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, to help articulate the MTCI in the region, with academic and scientific support. In 2016, agreements were signed with the University of Maimonides and the Ayurveda Prema Foundation of Argentina. In February 2018, agreements were signed with Cuba.
U. S. November 26, 2018 (QRIUS by Devdutt Pattnaik): Is caste a religious imperative, an essential requirement of Hinduism, as diagnosed by Euro-American Indologists who traced it to the ”books” – Vedas, Bhagavad Gita, Manusmriti? Is its persistence and spread simply an indicator of Hinduism’s power? Or Is it a regional phenomenon, a manifestation of South Asian culture, gradually emerging from a deeper socio-political-economic-ritual substratum, indifferent to religious mantles, reflected in literature that was composed here? Which mythology – religious or secular – shapes the South Asian mind?
Pakistan is an Islamic state, and Islam believes in equality of all human beings. Pakistan is also the land of the pure (from Persian pak), not the impure (from Persian paleed). Yet, caste discrimination thrives there. Bangladesh is an Islamic state, and Islam believes in the equality of all human beings. Bangladesh is also culturally more aligned to Bengal, than to Middle East. Yet, caste discrimination thrives there. Sri Lanka is a Buddhist state, and Buddhism believes in the equality of all human beings. Buddhism reached Sri Lanka in Mauryan times, long before Manu Smriti or Bhagavad Gita was written in India. Yet, caste discrimination thrives there. And, Christianity believes in equality. Yet, caste discrimination has been observed amongst Christians as well.
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The unchangeable can only be realized in silence. Once realised, it will deeply affect the changeable, itself remaining unaffected. This attitude of silent observation is the very foundation of yoga. You see the picture, but you are not the picture.
— Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897-1981), Hindu sage
