GO TO SOURCE NEW YORK, USA, November 5, 2002: The name “Grandma” conjures up varied images for each of us, depending on the personal experience we may have had with this individual in our family. This long and informative article reveals that grandmas have been the objects of many studies around the world. Biologists, anthropologists, sociologists and demographers have focused…
GO TO SOURCE LONDON, ENGLAND, November 14, 2002: Gaming company Eidos has agreed to remove scenes from the video-game “Hitman 2: Silent Assassin” after Sikh youth complained it was racist and offensive. One of the game’s levels is set in a temple and players are asked to “shoot the men in turbans because they are terrorists.” Sikhs say the scene…
GO TO SOURCE LOUISVILLE, USA, November 18, 2002: Few U.S. employers list the Jewish High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur as employee holidays. The same goes for Ramadan, Deepavali or the thousands of other holy days celebrated by other religions. As the workplace has become more diverse, firms have tried to devise ways for their Hindu, Buddhist,…
Source: HPI UNITED KINGDOM, November 21, 2002: In the short summary given November 17 regarding the use of the word “Asian” for all people in UK from the subcontinent, HPI mentioned with regard to the Bradford riots in 2001 that the media’s use of “Asian” to describe the rioters implied that both Hindus and Muslims were involved, when only Muslim…
Source: Times of India THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, INDIA, November 7, 2002: Following Russia’s recognition of the Ayurvedic System of Medicine, India and Russia will sign a memorandum of understanding setting up Ayurveda’s Panchakarma treatment for victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. This cooperative agreement was announced at the World Ayurveda Congress, held recently in Kochi. Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala of Kerala will…
Source: Times of India MADURAI, INDIA, November 16, 2002: The thousand-pillar hall, a landmark and a tourist attraction which houses a museum at the famous Goddess Meenakshi temple, has been renovated at a cost of US$32,000, temple executive officer P. Baskaran said in a statement here on Saturday. He said the hall would be opened to the public on Sunday.…
GO TO SOURCE KOCHI, INDIA, November 11, 2002: Though the concept of organic farming has been catching on in Kerala for some time, absence of an effective market along with chances of corporatism of this sector is presenting a mixed scenario. “The concept is still evolving here,” says Dayal, a senior organic farmer and organizer of the Muhamma-based Jaiva Karshaka…
Source: By Raju Patel, Shakti Marg (a Hindu youth organization) UNITED KINGDOM, November 5, 2002: In the UK, the term “Asian” is used by the media to lump together all the people from the Indian subcontinent. Ideally, Asian should also refer to Chinese, Malaysians, Arabs, Japanese, Vietnamese and related groups. But that is not so in Britain. “Asian” newspapers, such…
GO TO SOURCE WASHINGTON D.C., USA, November 8, 2002: In an exhibit billed as “The Sensuous and the Sacred,” the Smithsonian Institution will introduce the American public to Chola bronzes. The show, opening Sunday at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, includes a 28-inch bronze statue of Manikkavachakar, a poet-saint of South India who lived 1,200 years ago. This is the…
GO TO SOURCE CHENNAI, INDIA, November 16, 2002: The Madras high court on November 13 stayed implementation of a notification by the Central Government of India, proposing to declare the just renovated Arunachaleswarar temple in Tiruvannamalai, one of the country’s largest, as a national heritage. Issuing the direction on a petition filed by Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments…