Source: Sify.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, April 3, 2003: The Iraq war has greatly reduced India’s mango exports to the Gulf, but has created a bonanza for the domestic market where top brands of the “king of fruits” are now easy picking. India accounts for almost 65 percent of the world’s mango production, but it exports less than one percent of…
GO TO SOURCE VADODARA, INDIA, April 4, 2003: When members of the Basu family gather on April 10 at their house in Makarpura, they will not be attending just a family puja (home worship service). They all will be witness to an historic occasion — the completion of 100 years of a family puja that began in far away Bengal…
Source: The Age (Melbourne) JAKARTA, INDONESIA, April 2, 2003: His trial has yet to begin, but a giant effigy of alleged Bali bomber, Amrozi, was facing ritual execution by fire last night on the eve of the Hindu festival of Nyepi. Normally the giant bamboo and papier-mache monster dolls burnt across the Hindu island of Bali represent figures from Balinese…
Source: Leicester Mercury LEICESTER, ENGLAND, March 28, 2003: Utsav radio has been granted a license and will be on the air for four weeks from March 31. It will be broadcast on 97.5FM, 18 hours a day from 6 a.m. until 12 a.m. The station, supported by Leicester Hindu temples organization, will celebrate Ram Navami, Shree Swaminarayan Jayanti, Shree Mahavir…
GO TO SOURCE CAMP LEJEUNE, U.S.A., April 4, 2003: Nishkam Gupta, 21, is not like others of his age, his parents will tell you. He is currently at Camp Lejeune, serving in the Marines, and in a few days he will leave to serve in Iraq. Nishkam attended a Marine boot “summer” camp while in high school and later made…
GO TO SOURCE SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, April 3, 2003: Yesterday’s story on coconut’s healing powers had the link incorrect. HPI apologizes for any inconvenience. For correct link, use “source” above.
GO TO SOURCE NEW DELHI, INDIA, March 31, 2003: Khadi is haute and happening. At the Singapore Fashion Week Giorgio Armani himself sang paeans to the stuff of which Indian nationalism is made. “The khadi made in India is among the most skin-friendly fabrics we know. In fact the day isn’t far when khadi-based designs will rule the world,” he…
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…