Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel PEWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, June 30, 2002: When Prem Sharma came to the United States in the 1960s to study at Marquette University’s dental school, the Burma native and a handful of Hindu families would hold prayer meetings in their houses for lack of a space to worship. Having long outgrown gathering in basements, a burgeoning Wisconsin Hindu…
Source: Toronto Star ONTARIO, CANADA, June 30, 2002: When an astrologer warned Anasuya Dhanrajgir that bad luck was on her horizon, she took the road increasingly travelled by modern Hindus. In the old days, the astrologer’s advice might have suggested the 39-year-old Anasuya to take a 900-mile journey to a temple on the southern tip of India. Instead, the stage…
Source: Omaha World-Herald OMAHA, NEBRASKA, July 10, 2002: From sunup to sundown, 11 Indian workers commit themselves to the meticulous duty of crafting a Hindu temple. The visiting temple carvers work in a building tucked away in a corner of southwest Omaha. Slowly, the unique temple architecture is distinguishing itself from the area’s common strip malls. The renovation is one…
GO TO SOURCE AYODHYA, INDIA, August 3, 2002: Ram Janambhoomi Trust president Mahant Ramchandra Paramhans on Saturday opposed the Allahabad high court’s suggestion for excavation at the disputed temple site in Ayodhya. “The makeshift temple cannot be shifted to facilitate excavation as it has been existing there for long and no court or government will be allowed to effect shifting…
GO TO SOURCE VIJAYAWADA, INDIA, July 28, 2002: The Endowments Minister, D. Sivarama Raju, on Sunday said that the Government would soon set up an autonomous State level advisory council for ensuring proper conduct of puja, worship, and other rituals in temples as ordained in the scriptures. The proposed advisory council would be filled with Vedic pundits, archakas (priests) and…
Source: MSN BERKLEY, CALIFORNIA, July 28, 2002: Asian-Indians are at a greater risk of contracting heart disease, more so than others of any descent with high cholesterol and even smokers. Researchers from the University of California-Berkley Center for Family and Community Health have concluded that, “Indians around the globe have the highest rate of heart disease, usually two to three…
Source: Reuters LONDON, ENGLAND, June 29, 2002: A study done in the U.K. at the Royal Free and University College Medical School in London, indicates that people who practise religion recover more quickly and heal faster when a relative or close friend dies. Dr. Michael King and his colleagues studied 129 relatives and close friends of patients who had a…
GO TO SOURCE AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND, March 6, 2002: Ethnic Indians have been admitted to the officer ranks of Fiji’s battered military force, 60 years after their grandfathers raised a controversy for not signing up to fight the Japanese during World War II. “It’s been my childhood ambition to become a soldier and to serve the nation,” Shalesh Kumar, 20,…
GO TO SOURCE GWALIOR, INDIA, July 10, 2002: The initiative of Swami Agnivesh freed 89 bonded labors and their families of almost ten years. The contractors subjected them to exploitation, molestation, rape and all sorts of inhuman treatment. “We had a sound sleep last night and the bright sun this morning is making us realize the end of the slavery…
GO TO SOURCE PRESTON, ENGLAND, 26 July, 2002: Three thousand youth, volunteers, dignitaries and families gathered in the first of three ground-breaking national events branded Get Connected and developed by Hindu Youth UK. Prime Minister Tony Blair commented, “This event provides young British Hindus with an important opportunity to explore their culture and their faith.” The event was opened with…