GO TO SOURCE USA, August 29, 2002: The Saudi government is censoring public Internet access to a degree that goes significantly but haphazardly beyond its stated central goal of blocking sexually explicit content that violates the values of Islam, according to a recent study by Harvard Law School researchers. The study’s detailed list of blocked sites offers a glimpse into…
GO TO SOURCE MADURAI, INDIA, August 25, 2002: Some 250 Scheduled Caste (the dalits or “untouchables,” who number 160 million in India) youths from the southern districts of Tamil Nadu were converted into Christianity at a function here on Saturday night, Seventh Day Adventist Church sources said. The Church had shot into the limelight in 2001 when it converted more…
GO TO SOURCE THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, INDIA, August 23, 2002: Sree Narayana Guru Jayanthi (birthday) was celebrated all over Kerala with religious prayer meetings and communal harmony congregations. Hundreds of people from various parts of the state took part in the all-religious meeting at the Shivagiri math, founded by the Guru at Varkela and Guru’s birth-place Gurukulam at Chembashanthi near here. Special…
GO TO SOURCE AUSTIN, TEXAS, August, 24, 2002: Hindu creation theory, astronomical time spans, binary system of number representation, modern languages, the invention of zero and algorithms are but some of the scholarly subjects detailing Hindu scientific accomplishments on this University of Texas website. One small example: “Astronomical time spans: Apart from the peoples of the Mayan civilization, the ancient…
GO TO SOURCE PUERTO RICO, August 28, 2002: Pravrayilka Satchiprana and Pravrayika Prabuddhaprana, the two nuns from Order of Sri Sarada Math, Kolkata, India are travelling in the United States, visiting Vedanta societies and Sarada maths (nunneries) for the last two months. They both will be visiting the Vedanta Society of Puerto Rico on August 29 and will be staying…
GO TO SOURCE KENDALL PARK, NEW JERSEY, August 24, 2002: Poojaneeya Sadhwi Ritambara addressed a gathering of about five hundred Hindus at Durga Mandir, Kendall Park, New Jersey on August 24. A report forwarded by one of her devotees (“source” above) states that Ritambara gave investment tips to the audience. She advised Hindus to invest in the most undervalued stock…
GO TO SOURCE BRADFORD, ENGLAND, August 26, 2002: The 6,000-strong local Hindu population is seeking permission from Bradford City Council to turn the River Aire into a “symbolic” Ganges — India’s holiest river, which is believed to wash away sin and release the soul from the body for its heavenward journey. “Many families cannot afford the journey to India,” said…
GO TO SOURCE LONDON, UK, August 19, 2002: The 5th International Saiva Conference will be held in London on October 26 and 27, 2002. The conference is being organized by The Federation of Saiva (Hindu) Temples, UK. Prospective authors are invited to submit papers on Saivism on such subjects areas as: Saints of Saivism, History of Saivism, The Holy Scriptures…
GO TO SOURCE MUMBAI, INDIA, August 26, 2002: While the money-market may be tight, it’s not dampening the spirit of Ganesh Chaturthi. Ganesha Mandals are gearing up for the festival beginning September 10. “No Mandal (temporary festival temple) has opted out or scaled down its celebrations,” says Jayant Salgaonkar, President of All Maharashtra Ganeshotsav Mahamandal. “No doubt the economy is…
GO TO SOURCE BANGALORE, INDIA, August 25, 2002: Come September 10 and most households will celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi. And even as they wait to buy Ganesha idols which have already hit the market shelves, the next step is to immerse them in water bodies in and around the city. However, according to Dr. Venkatesh, director of National Referral Centre for…