SourceBHUBANESWAR, INDIA, September 22, 2003: An Indian court sentenced one man to death by hanging and 12 others to life in prison Monday for killing a Christian missionary from Australia and his two young sons in a mob attack, according to this report by the Associated Press. Graham Staines and his sons Philip, 10, and Timothy, 8, were killed in…
India TribuneNEW YORK, NEW YORK, September 16, 2003: On September 26, East Indian Americans and most especially Gujaratis, are preparing for a nine-day religious Navaratri festival featuring Garbha dancing, singing and praying. Dressed in their best traditional attire, Gujaratis in Chicago, Miami, New York and Los Angeles are gathering in locations across mainland U.S.A. In the Tri-state area alone there…
SourceJAMMU, INDIA, September 21, 2003: A grand satsang (religious gathering) was organized today by Sant Ashram Ranjdi, at Satwari in which head of Sant Ashram Swami Madhu Paramhans Ji Maharaj delivered holy sermons. The Swami threw light on the rising rate of corruption in India which has even forced the World Bank to stop its help for various projects in…
SourceUSA, September 9, 2003: M. P. Bhattathiry notified HPI of this item and asks, “Could it be possible that the universe being created in the black hole is akin to one from the sound of Omkar as told in Vedas? Can anyone through some light with references in Vedas or Upanishadas regarding the theory of creation?” The report reads, in…
SourceWASHINGTON, USA, September 20, 2003: Can praying be good for your health? A decade ago, most doctors and scientists would have dismissed any connection between prayer and medicine. However, new studies drawing a positive connection between faith and healing have sparked new debate in the United States over the issue. A recent Gallup poll shows that 95 percent of the…
SourceUSA, September 17, 2003: This year, for the first time ever, Hallmark will sell cards for the Hindu celebration of Deepavali or Diwali, as well as for the Muslim holiday of Eid ul-Fitr. “With the increase in the number of Hindus and Muslims, we realized there was an ongoing need that we were not satisfying,” said Deidre Parkes, spokeswoman for…
SourceNORFOLK, NEBRASKA, September 14, 2003: When Reena Patel, daughter of Dr. N.P. and Sudha Patel, recently got married in Norfolk, the family had to bring in a priest from Chicago to perform the traditional Hindu wedding ceremony. The three-day wedding celebration attracted the attention of the local press who wrote this respectful, concise and clear article about the wedding. Traditionally,…
SourceSAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, July 8, 2003: An exhibition of about 120 vintage photographs of India in the 19th century is on display at the San Francisco Legion of Honor from September 14, 2003 to February 15, 2004. The “Reverie and Reality, Nineteenth-Century Photographs of India from the Ehrenfeld Collection,” includes the works of Linnaeus Tripe, Samuel Bourne, John Murray, and…
SourceDURBIN, SOUTH AFRICA, September 6, 2003: The President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, spoke at the opening of the Hindu convention in Durban. In his address he said, “The process we are beginning today constitutes a significant development in the evolution of our society. There was a time when it was unthinkable that a religion which, according to the Apartheid…
SourceISRAEL, September 14, 2003: This report, thought apparently five years old, from “We Hold These Truths,” a Christian evangelical website, is especially informative in light of reactions to India’s adopted and proposed laws regulating Christian conversion. The report reads, in part: “Some leaders of the Christian evangelical movement here have agreed to give up spreading the Gospel of Christ in…