GO TO SOURCE SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK, JULY 26, 2002: Mayor Albert P. Jurczynski’s (pronounced jur-ZIN-ski) involvement with the Hindu community began after he received a telephone call last year from Deryck Singh, a Guyanese immigrant who settled here 15 years earlier and was looking for a place to build a Hindu temple. There were only 200 Guyanese immigrants living here,…
GO TO SOURCE KOLKATA, INDIA, July 29, 2002: On the auspicious occasion of Guru Purnima (July 24, 2002), Loknath Divine Life Mission celebrated the Mahakumbhabhishekam (dedication) of Lokenath Prem Mandir (temple) and Prana Paratisthapana of Mahayogi Baba Lokenath’s (1730-1890) Divya Murthi at 99/5/15 Ballygunj Place, Kolkata. Parampujya Swami Shuddhananda Brahmachari, Founder President of the Mission, inaugurated the newly constructed temple…
Source: Times of India LONDON, ENGLAND, July 26, 2002: New research on acrylamide levels in cooked food has confirmed fears that french fries and potato chips may not just be clogging arteries and padding guts, they may be the main causes of cancer too. The findings reported in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, a peer-reviewed journal of the American…
GO TO SOURCE CHENNAI, INDIA, July 14, 2002: For some families in Tamil Nadu the expense of sponsoring a wedding for their daughters has become so high that many young ladies are unable to get married. Stepping in to assist these families, the state government under the direction of Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa recently sponsored 1,008 marriages. Jayalalithaa said, “The…
GO TO SOURCE COLUMBIA, USA, July 17, 2002: Three researchers from Columbia University have co-authored a report that indicates children whose mothers return to full-time work, exceeding 30 hours per week, have lower cognitive and verbal development scores by the time they reach three years of age. This was in comparison to children whose mothers were stay-at-home mothers. Two factors…
Source: Associated Press LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, July 29, 2002: M. Night Shyamalan says he wanted to include more emotion in his new film than there was in his hit “The Sixth Sense” and its less successful followup, “Unbreakable.” The 31-year-old director says he moved away from the detached tone of those movies with “Signs.” “What I realized with ‘Unbreakable’ is…
GO TO SOURCE PURI, ORISSA, INDIA, July 29, 2002: The JagannathTemple Managing Committee announced their new website, “source” above, providing information on the temple, its history, legends, management, festivals, on-line ordering of pujas and various charitable activities.
GO TO SOURCE CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA, July 29, 2002: Kimberley Langford-Fluet is writing a series of books about faith and looking for contributors from all religious backgrounds. The first in the series, “Faith… A Work in Progress” was recently published. The second book is to be, “Faith… A Work In Progress… Motivation and Inspiration.” She said, “I would like contributors…
GO TO SOURCE LONDON, ENGLAND, JULY 21, 2002: As an indication of their intense and continuing interest in the aftermath of the Gujarat violence, eight MPs of Britain’s governing Labour Party have said they will visit the state to get “a clearer picture of the situation on the ground.” MPs, who include some from Muslim constituencies, such as Terry Rooney…
GO TO SOURCE DELHI, INDIA, July 28, 2002: Noted writer Sita Ram Goel’s important book, “In Defence of the Hindu Society,” is now available on-line at “source.” An excerpt: “But my heart bleeds when I see this great society being attacked by sheer barbarians whose only weapon is either a criminal theology masquerading as religion, or a materialist dogma sustained…