By Vyenkata Bhatta dasaPreliminary reports are placing the number of homes demolished today at twelve (added to the demolitions last November, that would bring the total to twenty-six homes destroyed)
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- 15 Jun 2007
By Vyenkata Bhatta dasaThis is a call for photographs from the Hindu Collective Initiative of North America, a forum for different sampradayas and organizations to come together on issues of shared concern. HCINA is very appreciative and supportive of ISKCON.
...- 24 Mar 2007
By Vineet ChanderMEDIA RELEASE - ISKCON COMMUNICATIONS on the latest developments in the persecution of a Hindu minority in Kazakhstan. Notably, the government's actions fly in the face of statements made by the U.S. Embassy, the OSCE, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, and the U.K. Parliament.
...- 5 Feb 2007
By Vyenkata Bhatta dasaThe devotees in Kazakhstan have been painstakingly following the proper procedures and have been careful to act with integrity and honesty. Likewise, members of the campaign team – under the direction of His Holiness B.B. Govinda Swami – have been diligent and conscientious in their approach, maintaining dignity, accuracy, balance, and fairness in all that we do.
...- 17 Jan 2007
By Vyenkata Bhatta DasaA team of devotees, coordinated by His Holiness B.B. Govinda Swami, is working diligently on a campaign to help our brothers and sisters in Kazakhstan. Today's Early Day Motion in British Parliament was part of that campaign; similar efforts are underway elsewhere in the world.
...- 23 Nov 2006
By Rachel SauerThe movement, said Vineet Chander, an ISKCON spokesman, has grown up. Like the devotees themselves. Now, Chander said, the children of the original devotees are raising their own children in “Krishna consciousness.” They’re integrating their beliefs, he says, with daily life.
...- 23 Oct 2006
By Vineet Chander
A simultaneous protest took place in New York City. Both demonstrations were timed to intentionally coincide with the “Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions,” held in Kazakhstan. Many human rights groups and international governments, including the United Kingdom and India, are pressuring the Kazakh government to go beyond sponsoring conferences on religious freedom, and instead work to stop bigotry and harassment of religious minorities in their own county.
...- 14 Sep 2006
By Vineet Chander I realize that the ISKCON I joined--the ISKCON that I choose to live and work in today--is, in some ways, dramatically different from the one which commanded headlines three or four decades ago. My ISKCON is one which celebrates families and communities, values tolerance and compassion, helps its devotees balance fidelity tradition with the reality of life in contemporary America.
...- 18 Jul 2006
By Iskcon Communica-tionsTuesday, July 18, 2006, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) will observe the 40th Anniversary of Hare Krishna coming west. Eastern Tradition Grows Up to Find Many of Its Ideals Have Gone Mainstream, Announces ISKCON Communications
...- 13 Jul 2006