GO TO SOURCE NEW MARKET, VIRGINIA, April 2, 2003: National Garden Month, observed in April, has taken “Celebrate the power of gardening” as this year’s theme. Aside from providing sustenance and beauty, gardens are restorative — they can transform lives, says Valerie Kelsey, president of the National Gardening Association. “You see it the most with inner-city kids. They can experience…
GO TO SOURCE LUCKNOW, INDIA, April 1, 2003: Archaeologists have uncovered a broken pillar with a carving of a lotus flower at the site of the destroyed 16th century Babri Masjid, a government official said Tuesday. “The finding of a pillar and multilayered flooring suggests there exists a permanent structure beneath the soil,” said R.M. Srivastava, the senior government administrator…
GO TO SOURCE SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, March 26, 2003: Coconut milk and cream are full of healthy values. In Ayurvedic medicine and traditional Thai medicine, the coconut is considered a healing food. Western medicine is beginning to understand that the fats in coconut milk, although saturated, contain at least 50 percent lauric acid, which carries antimicrobial and antiviral properties. In…
Source: HPI TOWER HAMLETS COUNCIL, ENGLAND, April 2, 2003: The following correction was received from Mr. Donald Neam, Head of Communications, Tower Hamlets, regarding the Sunday Telegraph article on “Hot Cross Buns” summarized in the March 21 HPI: “The basis of your news report is an article on page 11 of the March 16, 2003 edition of British newspaper, the…
GO TO SOURCE AHMEDABAD, INDIA, April 2, 2003: The Straits Times link was incorrect on an earlier story of Gujarat police surveying Christians. For correct link use “source” above.
GO TO SOURCE MUMBAI, INDIA, April 2, 2003: The Maharashtra Nature Park, in collaboration with the Neem Foundation, is celebrating April, 2 2003, (Gudi Padwa day) as Neem Day. The program was held at Kalapradarshini Udyan in Mumbai. The program included a workshop on using Neem for health and happiness and Free Healing session of Cosmopathy. In addition to this,…
GO TO SOURCE PURI, INDIA, March 29, 2003: Gold ornaments, including rings, coins and decorative pieces and expensive clothes were among the gifts the King of Nepal, Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, and Queen Komal Rajalaxmi Devi offered to the Deities of the Sri Jagannath temple here on Saturday. A gold coin, a gold thread, three golden eyes, a small…
GO TO SOURCE AHMEDABAD, INDIA, March 29, 2003: A group of Christian organizations has petitioned the Gujarat state High Court to halt a government survey of Christians on the grounds that it “unlawfully targets” the minority group. The All-India Christian Council said the Christians are being “victimized in the name of collecting census information.” For the past two weeks, police…
GO TO SOURCE NEW DELHI, INDIA, March 29, 2003: Many people opt for traditional medicines because they are affordable and believed to be less harmful. As a result, the market is flooded with scores of Ayurvedic, Unani and Siddha cures, but there is no official machinery to give them accreditation. Experts have voiced concerns about their safety, quality, licensing of…
GO TO SOURCE AYODHYA, INDIA, March 28, 2003: At least 150 small conches, a stucco stone, a sandstone structure, pieces of bangles, a mud-stove (chulha) and some articles of glazed terra cotta were found during the 13th day of excavation at Ayodhya today. Sources here said five articles were found in the J5 trench, and one each in J3, K6…