SourceCHENNAI, INDIA, September 24, 2003: The Hindu community has been looking at the way Hinduism is presented in Microsoft Corporation’s free on-line Encarta Encyclopedia. The original Encarta article is here. Sanskrant Sanu outlines the different approach that Encarta takes when explaining Hinduism as opposed to the approach taken when explaining Islam and Christianity. Sanu explains, “Encarta is widely used as…
SourceCALGARY, ALBERTA, December 2, 2003: The Centre for Faith and the Media (“source”) will be formally launched at 10:00 am, December 10, 2003, Room T107, Mount Royal College, Calgary. Mr. Pablo Sobrino, Regional Executive Director for the Department of Canadian Heritage is expected to attend to give remarks. The Centre for Faith and the Media is an independent, non-profit organization…
SourceKAUAI, HAWAII, December 2, 2003: The January/February/March 2004 issue of Hinduism Today just off the press. The feature article is on the Kumbha Mela in Nashik, attended by hundreds of thousands of sadhus and six million Hindus. The issue is full of personal testimonies, pictures, interviews with sadhus on the current issues of today, history of the Kumbha mela and…
SourceBANGALORE, INDIA, November 28, 2003: Thousands of people in the southern Indian city of Bangalore have staged a march and rally against the system of dowry. The women protesters were joined by many men. Female and male students from across the city marched through the streets, yelling “Down, Down, Dowry,” and holding starkly worded banners — “Brides are not for…
SourceNEW DELHI, INDIA, November 2003: The Ministry of Tribal Affairs was created with the objective of placing more focused attention on integrated socioeconomic development of the most underprivileged section of Indian society, the Scheduled Tribes (STs) in a coordinated and planned manner. India has the largest concentration of tribal people anywhere in the world except perhaps in Africa. The tribals…
SourceAHMEDABAD, INDIA, November 27, 2003: With apparent ease, Prahalad Jani — who claims he’s neither had food and water nor passed urine or stools for over 60 years — submitted to and passed the test doctors set him. But the doctors who declared this 76-year-old devotee of Goddess Ambaji a “medical miracle” after observing him eagle-eyed for 10 days are…
SourceASHLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, November 27, 2003: An Ashland teenager is free on bail Wednesday evening after he was arraigned for allegedly defacing a Hindu temple. NewsCenter 5’s Amalia Barreda reported that Anthony Piccioli was arrested after the state police crime lab linked him to spray-painted epithets on temple property. Piccioli’s father denied the civil rights charges against his son as the…
SourceINDIA, November 28, 2003: The website at “source” announces the Kumbha Mela dates as: The next Maha Kumbh Mela will be held April to May 2004 at Ujjain. The next Ardh (half) Mela (festival) will be held Feb to May 2004 at Haridwar. In 2007 Maha Kumbh Mela will be held at Nashik in Maharastra. In 2010 Maha Kumbh Mela…
SourceAHMEDABAD, INDIA, November 2003: Doctors and experts are baffled by an Indian hermit who claims not to have eaten or drunk anything for several decades–but is still in perfect health. Prahlad Jani, a holy man, who is over 70 years old, has just spent 10 days under constant observation in Sterling Hospital, in the city of Ahmedabad. During that time,…
SourceDELHI, INDIA, November 27, 2003: For all those living in Delhi and working late, getting back home tonight may be a bit of a problem. With 14,000 weddings taking place in the capital, the traffic situation is likely to be a nightmare. Today is a special day for all those planning to tie the knot. Being the only auspicious day…