SourceCOLOMBUS, OHIO, March 1, 2005: Rinzai Zen Buddhist Priest, Kobutsu Malone, writes very candidly in this article about punishment in any form, corporal or psychological. Reverend Malone says, “The deliberate infliction of pain on an individual in response to an action after it has occurred can in no way change the effect of the original action nor can it serve…
SourceCOLOMBO, SRI LANKA, February 28, 2005: Britain’s Prince Charles arrived in Colombo on Monday morning on a six-hour brief visit. Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar, Power and Energy Minister Susil Premajayanth and Deputy Foreign Minister Prof. Viswa Warnapala received the Prince at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) amidst tight security. From the international airport, Charles flew to the Eastern Batticaloa district…
SourceMADRAS, INDIA, February 9, 2005: A good birth in a female body is rarer than it should be in the Salem District of Tamil Nadu. A mixture of attitudes and social customs has made it very difficult for families to raise a female child. Some are either aborted before birth or poisoned soon after birth. The article explains, “A daughter…
SourceINDIA, February 27, 205: Indian divers have found more evidence of an ancient port city, apparently revealed by December’s tsunami. Stone structures that are “clearly man-made” were seen on the seabed off the south coast, archaeologists say. They could be part of the ancient city of Mahabalipuram, about which legend says a flood engulfed six of its seven temples. Other…
SourceMALAYSIA, February 27, 2005: The Hindu Women Renaissance Towards 2010 Conference in Malaysia will take place March 5-6, 2005, at Kalamandapam, Scott Road, Brickfields. The objective of the conference is to implement the policies agreed upon by the council to enable Hindu women to realize their potential and their rights in leading a meaningful life for themselves, their family and…
SourceUNITED KINGDOM, February 25, 2005: Mr. Sudarshan Bhatia in a BBC Asian Network interview on Thursday told the listeners about the shortage of qualified priests to carry out order of worship in the Hindu Temples throughout the UK. He said, “This situation has emerged due to implementing a new legislation making proficiency in English compulsory for Entry Clearance for the…
Rajiv Malik, HPI CorrespondentDELHI, INDIA, February 26, 2005: From February 23 to 25, up to one million people participated in “Bhagwati Jagran,” an all-night singing of devotional songs to the Goddess. The stage alone was 875 feet long and 200 feet deep in the middle. The event was very popular with residents. A large number of well known, internationally acclaimed…
SourceUSA, February 26, 2005: “Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, Where there a’n’t no Ten Commandments an’ a man can raise a thirst;” written by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) in “Mandalay.” A federal judge quoted Kipling’s verse in his 2002 decision supporting a 41-year-old monument of the Ten Commandments near the Texas capitol. The…
SourceKOTA, INDIA, February 25, 2005: In Rajasthan, Kota continued to remain tense a day after Bajrang Dal workers attacked a Bible graduation ceremony at the Emmanuel Mission. They have alleged that forced religious conversions were taking place at the mission. The protests turned violent after the police stopped the workers from attacking the gathering. For now, the mission has been…
SourceBERKSHIRE, UK, February 26, 2005: The World Council of the Elders is a non-political, non-religious, non-profit, socio-culture forum, which intends to provide a platform for the elders of the ancient traditions and cultures of the world. There are over 750 members of the World Council representing more than 75 different cultures of the world from over 60 different countries. A…