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The eight International Holy Books Conference will be held in Kualalumpur, Malaysia in April, 2019. This event in the intertextuality series was founded in 2005 by a group of eminent scholars from Melbourne University and India. It is held once in two years. The previous one was in Bangkok, Thailand in January, 2017 . This year the theme is "Holy Books and World Literature." Scholars from different countries will present papers. This program is jointly organised by Dr. Alexander Mar Thoma Centre for Dialogue, Kottarakkara and Cosmic Community Centre, Karickam. Previous Conferences: 2005- Kottarakkara, Kerala, India: Intertextuality of the Holy Books 2007- Kottarakkara, Kerala, India: One Word, Many Versions: a Rereading of the Holy Books 2009- Alwaye, Kerala, India: Holy Books and Violence 2011- KIPS, Karickam, Kerala: Holy Books and Life after Life 2013- Kerala, India: Holy Books and People of Living Faiths 2015- Sri Lanka: Holy Books and Eco Spirituality 2017--...

women initiative

Helping People Upakaropiniichanaam Apakaraya vartatee Paya: paanam bhujangasya Kevalam   Vishavardhanam This Sanskrit sloka postulates a big lesson for every one: If you do good to an evil minded person, it can become dangerous for you, because we don't know when they react. Even if you feed a serpent with milk, it will help only in increasing its poison. So we have to be judicious even in helping people. 

The Parliament of World's Religions Meets Again!                      Abraham Karickam ( Secretary General, URI Asia Region) on I st  of November, 2018 the Parliament of World’s  Religions transpired at Toronto, Canada.  Ten thousand religious leaders from all parts of the world participated at the week long encounters. It was in 1893 that the World Parliament was organized for the first time. Swami Vivekananda was the centre of attraction there. His participation unraveled a fascinating story, which has to be dealt with separately.  ​The occasion for celebration in 1893 was the fourth centenary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the American continent. Four thousand delegates attended at that time, mostly from America. It took one hundred years again to convene a similar conference in Chicago agai...

Lakshmir Lakshana heene Kulaheenee saraswathee Apathre Labhathe naari Megha Varshanthu Parvathe. Neethisaram is the best example of "condensed wisdom". Three things are like rain falling on the mountains; it is of no use. If the goddess of wealth blesses a person without any quality it is useless. Best education given to an undignified person and a best woman given as wife to an undeserving being are similar- like clouds showering on the mountain. It goes without any use. Blessings on deserving human beings will grow multifold.