Source: Agence France Presse GUWAHATI, INDIA, December 31, 2002: Hindu villagers in India’s restive northeastern state of Tripura have pledged to fight alleged extortion demands by a Christian separatist group, community leaders said. Militants of the outlawed National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) have served extortion notices to hundreds of Hindu tribals and threatened them with death if they do…
GO TO SOURCE LONDON, ENGLAND, January 11, 2003: For the first time in the history of London’s Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), its Hindu officers have come together to form the Metropolitan Police Hindu Association (MPHA). The MPS has over 200 Hindu staff members. The chairman of MPHA, Mahesh Nandha, told Hindustan Times that there are already 40 people interested and…
GO TO SOURCE NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA, January 5, 2003: History will be made in 2006, if everything goes as planned, with the completion of a 3300 foot tall solar tower in the Australian Outback. Conceived in Germany by structural engineers Schlaich Bergerman, the tower has the financial backing of the Australian and New South Wales governments to the tune…
GO TO SOURCE NEW DELHI, INDIA, December 6, 2002: Fashion designer Lorain Chopra is amazing her clients with garments which evoke spiritual ecstasy and enhance sensual elegance. Since spirituality dressing is fast becoming a trend among youth in most European countries, Lorain’s latest collection uses symbols like the Siva Lingam, chakras, angels, yantras and the naga. Priced between US$18 to…
GO TO SOURCE CHENNAI, INDIA, May 15, 2002: While western cultures on the planet watch the stock market and various indexes to decide when to invest; East Indian culture turns to astrology and the stars. Investing in gold has been a time-honored tradition in India and last May 15th jewelery stores in Chennai were swamped with people wanting to buy…
GO TO SOURCE SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA, January 1, 2003: Forty years ago, a team of French archaeologists decided the best way to save Baphuon temple, part of the huge Angkor Hindu temple complex, was to destroy it. They began to take apart the fragile temple, block by block, keeping meticulous records of their work, planning to put it back together…
GO TO SOURCE INDIA, November 27, 2002: An array of practices is being employed by Christian faiths when converting Hindus to Christianity, which are designed for Indians to be more comfortable with Christian worship practices. A letter written from Vatican City to an Archbishop in India in 1969 which was in response to a set of proposals from the Catholic…
Source: News Reports KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, January 10, 2003: A high priest is convinced that Hindu temples have a role in tackling criminal-related problems of Indian youths. Unorthodox and determined, Muthu Kumara Gurukal, 56, gets dejected when he reads the newspapers or hears news about Indian youths getting involved in street fights, crimes and drugs, wants the temples to share…
GO TO SOURCE UNITED STATES, January 12, 2003: “Hindu Temples In North America: A Celebration of Life” by Mahalingum Kolapen is more than compendium of North American Temples. Apart from being informative, the tome also preserves the Hindu legacy and informs the reader about the ancient Indian culture and art form. And more than that, the book showcases the changing…
GO TO SOURCE KANCHEEPURAM, INDIA, January 8, 2003 : In response to the Kancheepuram ashram’s call to start bhajana programs in villages, over 5,000 applications have come in to the ashram. H.H. Sri Jayendra Saraswathi said that bhajana singing was an ancient practice, but has been on the decline over the last few years. So far representatives from 2,000 villages…