SourceSURAT, INDIA, January 30, 2004: A day after the VHP and Bajrang Dal workers allegedly vandalized paintings of MF Hussain and others at an exhibition in Surat claiming that “they displayed utter dishonor towards Goddess Durga,” the renowned painter on Friday said the Durga painting was not done by him. “The painting was the work of a known painter of…
SourceUNITED KINGDOM, January 28, 2004: Scientists believe they have identified the main cause behind the catastrophic decline in the numbers of Asian vultures. In the past 10 years, population losses of more than 95% have been reported in three raptor species — Oriental white-backed vulture (Gyps bengalensis), the long-billed vulture (Gyps indicus) and the slender-billed vulture (Gyps tenuirostris) — across…
SourceSAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, January 31, 2004: Perhaps the use of the similar Hindu science of Vastu Shastra for home and building design can be similarly recommended… Here’s the report from the Associated Press: State Assemblyman Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, has introduced a resolution that urges public building officials to accommodate feng shui — the ancient Chinese art of designing structures…
SourceSRI LANKA, January 30, 2004: Sri Lanka’s National Integration Programme Unit (NIPU) launched a project to train community mediators from among the respected clergy of all faiths in selected seven districts in the country to provide voluntary services to promote peace and national integration. The first training program for selected Hindu priests, inaugurated in Trincomalee Sri Vigneswara Maha Vidiyalayam in…
SourceNETHERLANDS, January 30, 2003. According to a press release from “source” above, Agni Foundation’s annual symposium’s theme this year in February is Religious Cleansing For Centuries In The South Asian subcontinent. The press release read, in part, “In these modern and progressive times, freedom of religion and tolerance are unfortunately not self-evident everywhere on the globe. Speakers will deal with…
SourceSRI LANKA, January 30, 2004: Statistics compiled by major plantation trade unions reveal an alarming rate of unethical religious conversions of Hindus in the plantation sector of the Nuwara Eliya district. The city of Nuwara Eliya and its surroundings had only three major Christian churches for generations. Today there are 23 new Christian churches in Nuwara Eliya alone. The statistics…
SourceMYSORE, INDIA, January 30, 2004: The three-day triennial sixth “Kumbha Mela” of South India at Triveni Sangama of rivers Cauvery, Kapila and Guptagamini near Tirumakudalu Narsipura will begin on February 4 coinciding with the full moon day of Magha Masha. The holy dip will occur on February 6 on the full moon day. More than 500,000 devotees are expected to…
SourceGUJARAT, INDIA, January 30, 2004: Gujarat may still be a state deeply divided on communal lines but a small village in its Anand district is an example of communal harmony. After the post-Godhra riots broke out, 64-year-old Ismail Rehman from Petli, a Hindu-dominated village, had to flee. Now nearly two years later, Ismail has returned to Petli after the Hindus…
SourceNEW DELHI, INDIA, January 23, 2004: Five American dancers, including an Indian American, have come to Delhi for a kathak dance performance Saturday with the Chitresh Das dance company. Chritresh Das, a renowned master of kathak dance has performed internationally, featured in India’s celebrated festivals and tours as a solo artist. Das runs five kathak schools in California with 300…
SourceNEW YORK, NEW YORK, June 27, 2002: The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today issued the following statement (“source” above) in response to the federal appeals court ruling which deemed the phrase “one nation under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional. Glen A. Tobias, ADL National Chairman, and Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, said: “The decision is wrong. It goes…