www.trinidadexpress.com REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 29 September, 2005: For the first time in the history of Hinduism in Trinidad and Tobago the Shrawani Upakarma, a ceremony for the renewal of brahminical vows, was performed in public. For the past 160 years, this ceremony had been done in private. This year, on the day of the celebration of Raksha Bandhan,…
www.nytimes.com BRIGHTON, ENGLAND, September 28, 2005: In Britain’s schools, chocolate and chips will soon be history. The government announced plans Wednesday to ban school cafeterias from serving poor-quality hamburgers and hot dogs, and to outlaw vending machines selling soft drinks, chocolate bars and potato chips to students. Education Secretary Ruth Kelly told the annual conference of the governing Labor Party…
www.thehindubusinessline.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, 29 September, 2005: Infrastructure development has opened an unusual avenue for investors looking for long-term returns which could be around major pilgrim centres in the country. The first major pilgrim site slated for such development and environment management would be the Sabrimala Temple of Lord Shree Ayyappan, in Kerala. The total project cost, estimated at US$227…
in.rediff.com AUSTIN, TEXAS, September 29, 2005: Spiritual leader and founder of the Art of Living Foundation Sri Sri Ravi Shankar visited Hurricane Katrina survivors, volunteers and public officials carrying out relief operation in Texas on September 27. Sri Sri was invited by Austin Mayor Will Wynn to meet with survivors of Hurricane Katrina, where the Art of Living and its…
Hindu University of America FLORIDA, USA, September 29, 2005: Jan Williem V. Van Doorn, student of Hindu University of America, has raised an interesting question in his master thesis titled, Master Painters in the Dutch Golden Age: A Study on Astrological Factors of Creativity and Innovation. Mr. Van Doorn asks, “What is it that the master painters in the Dutch…
www.nynewsday.com NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, September 29, 2005: Despite opposition from the Bloomberg (Mayor of New York City) administration, a City Council committee recently voted unanimously to approve legislation adding Diwali to the list of holidays while the full council will vote later on whether to suspend the parking rules for street cleaning for the popular Hindu holiday. (HPI adds:…
sify.com SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, September 27, 2005: Increasing numbers of Australia’s famously macho men are showing surprising metrosexual tendencies, ditching competitive exercise for the meditative calm of yoga. “We are getting the rugby players, the body builders, the gym junkie guys,” says yoga teacher Duncan Peak, a former parachute officer and first-grade rugby player. “He now comes in here and gets…
news.webindia123.com UDUPI, KARNATAKA, INDIA, September 28, 2005: Sri Vishvesha Thirtha Swamiji of Udupi Pejavar Mutt today expressed surprise over the statement of Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister M. P. Prakash in the controversial Sri Krishna temple takeover issue. In a release here, he said both Mr. Prakash and Law Minister H. K. Patil, during their telephonic talks with the seer, had…
www.breitbart.com GANDHINAGAR, INDIA, September 29, 2005: Until last week, Madhavi Patel came to work each evening at a western India call center, put on her headset and American accent and spent the night taking calls from Americans about their credit cards. Then, Hurricane Rita happened. The call center, run by Effective Teleservices of Lufkin, Texas, set up a hot line…
www.sulekha.com NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS, September 29, 2005: Chandrakant Panse, Professor of Biotechnology, has published a useful summary of the evidence from DNA research with regard to the “Aryan Invasion” theory of India’s history. The summary reads: “The stark lack of similarities in the gene pools of India and Europe, vividly evident in mitochondrial DNA and the MHC complex, destroys any notions…