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December 21, 1998
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 At Publisher's Desk meeting today, when Gurudeva and the Acharyas meet with the Hinduism Today editorial staff, Gurudeva said, "We want to emphasize that Hinduism Today will continue to work to meet the needs of Hindu leaders and educators. When you work on article development, ask yourselves: How will this benefit leaders and educators who promote Sanatana Dharma?"  Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Bharat and Varsha Makadia who have come to Kauai for their 25th wedding anniversary, bringing along all their children for a pilgrimage, holiday, quality family time in a religious environment. What a great thing to do for your family! They are from Beaverton, Oregon, not far from Portland. Mr. Makadia (left) is consulting engineer, designs paper mills, heaving industrial plants. There's no temple in Beaverton but they attend a satsang group and discourses by swamis who come through Oregon. Bharat says there is a growing population now of young Indian software engineers who work for INTEL in that area. Varsha, (center) is mother of the family, is a fine soul who keeps the spiritual power in her family. She wouldn't say much about herself, but her husband praised her, "I want to tell you that my wife fasts every Monday and has done so since she was a small child. She really believes in Sankar, Lord Shiva, and she was born on Maha Shivaratri. She sings beautifully." The whole family is vegetarian. Bharat came to the US in 1966 and is one of the early "pioneers" of the first wave of Indian immigrants that came after the new opening in quotas from India in 1965. He returned later to Gujarat and married Varsha and brought her back to the US. He and Varsha have done a good job keeping their Hindu culture alive in their hearts and home here in the US these past 25 years!
Nisha Makadia, is a bio-chemistry student at University of Oregon, Eugene. Her family says she is a good artist and Acharya Palaniswami recruited her to do an AUM for the Sacred Aum collection. She is thinking of becoming a chemical engineer or going into pharmacy.
Amit is just thirteen, but going on 6 foot plus! He loves sports and is headed for basketball when he enters highschool next year. Interested in Hinduism, Amit wants to learn more about Hinduism and also to learn his native language, Gujarati. One of his monastic hosts gave him a good window on competitive sports world he is about to enter, with a boost to stay clear of the winners, losers consciousness.
Gurudeva departing Publisher's desk meeting, pondering the campaign of ending corporal punishment in Mauritius with one of the monks.
Gurudeva asks Sivakatirswami to get some of the paragraphs from the Child Protection laws in Mauritius to put on the Satellite News email list to members and students of Saiva Siddhanta Church. |
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