Though the happy news is that Osama Bin Laden is dead, killed yesterday near Islamabad, Pakistan, in a U.S. raid involving naval commandos and CIA paramilitary forces, the unhappy news is that his death has likely upped the ante in the civilizational clash between the West and Islam. The West, led by America, has shown that it can still accomplish any military expedition it may so wish. It has the finances, technology, expertise, and determination still to protect, uphold, and promote its values.

Shri Shri Sita-Rama Ki Jaya! Shri Laxmana and Shri Hanuman Ki Jaya!

Namaste,

On behalf of the Samprajña Institute, I would like to wish you and your family a wonderful and auspicious Diwali.

Jaya Shri Rama,

Krishna Kirti Das
President
Samprajña Institute

p.s. To those who received our recent newsletter, we apologize for the formatting errors that made the text difficult to read and links even more difficult to find. A clean version of the newsletter is available to read on our website at this link: http://samprajna.org/node/74.

HMEC Conference

The Samprajña Institute was represented at the Hindu Mandir Executives Conference, 2010, by president Krishna Kirti Das. The conference was held on a weekend from October 22 – 24 in Houston, Texas at the Sheraton Hotel near the George Bush International Airport. Krishna Kirti along with Divya Selvakumar of the American World Hindu Services co-chaired a panel discussion titled Hindu Public Policy.

Dear Friends and Supporters, Namaste and Hare Krishna.

All of us at the Samprajña Institute wish you and your family a happy and auspicious Diwali. Please read and enjoy the Samprajña Institute’s latest newsletter, as published below.

Daso ‘smi,

Krishna Kirti Das
President

Dear Friends,

Namaskara and Hare Krishna.

This is the debut of the Samprajña Institute’s first newsletter. In this issue, we report some of the important milestones passed in the Institute’s first year. Just a few days ago, the Samprajña Institute has made its first major press release, which was very successful in reporting our review and analysis of a book that has been very important to the Hindu community in the U.S. The details of our press release are reported below.

In September of this year, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service granted the Samprajña Institute its 501(c)(3) non-profit tax-exempt status. Special thanks and appreciation is given to one of the Samprajña Institute’s supporters, and coming projects and our business model is also described.

Getting to where we are now has been hard but enjoyable, and we hope to share with you our future successes throughout the coming years.

With warm regards,

Krishna Kirti Das
President
The Samprajña Institute