GO TO SOURCE GANDHINAGAR, INDIA, May 27, 2002: The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) efforts to broker a peace deal between Hindus and Muslims in Gujarat have run into rough weather, according to this report in the Hindustan Times, with the minorities’ delegation refusing to hold talks with VHP and Bajrang Dal representatives. A meeting between representatives of the two…
GO TO SOURCE SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, May 27, 2002: Hindus in Australia have reacted angrily to the publishing of a cartoon of Lord Ganesha in the Financial Express. The cartoon shows a caricature of Lord Ganesha with four arms standing on a map of India. One hand juggles an atomic bomb, another sticks of dynamite, a third a chicken and the…
Source: Le Mauricien PORT LOUIS, MAURITIUS, May 27, 2002: Nine days of Ram Katha, sacred songs and discourses on the life of Lord Rama, by the famous Pujya Sant Morari Bapu was concluded on May 27 at the Hindu House in Port Louis. Veerendra Ramdhun, president of Hindu House, reported that an average of 3,000 devotees attended each of the…
GO TO SOURCE BHUTAN, May 27, 2002: This PBS report shows how television, introduced in 1998 to this remote country, has already changed many lives. “Here is an excerpt from the show, “In the capital city of Thimphu, Rinzy’s children sit home alone, glued to the set, neglecting their homework. And previously gentle boys from good Buddhist families are now…
GO TO SOURCE DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA, May 24, 2002: A Zulu song by a South African playwright Mbongeni Ngema allegedly inciting racism against the country’s 1.2 million people of Indian origin has caused consternation within members of the Indian community with the Human Rights Commission saying it will probe the matter. The song, released in February this year, was played…
Source: Houston Chronicle WASHINGTON, D.C., USA, March 25, 2002: With the benefits of a vegetarian diet you are less likely to have heart disease. In fact, according to this article, research published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in 1999 found that, “Folks who eat fish but no other animal flesh and those who eat eggs and diary products…
GO TO SOURCE MADURAI, INDIA, March 20, 2002: Since March of this year, information about the Madurai Meenakshi Temple, one of the most revered temples in India, can be found online at “source.” By clicking on any one of the 26 selections, information can be found about daily pujas, temple location, religious festivals, lodging, temple lore and more. The site,…
GO TO SOURCE RISHIKESH, INDIA, April 10, 2002: Believing that what you wear should reflect how you feel on the inside spiritually, fashion designer Sunil Mehra launched his spring-summer men’s wear collection in April of this year. At one time Sunil was wrapped up in a life of parties and hangovers. However, in 1996 he took a two-year break from…
GO TO SOURCE THIRUVANANTHAPPURAM, INDIA, May 26, 2002: According to this Times of India article, more than 200 people belonging to scheduled castes and tribes (or dalits, the lowest strata of Indian society) on Sunday embraced the Buddhist religion in a mass conversion program organized by the SC/ST All India Confederation, Kerala, and the Lord Buddha Universal Society. However, a…
GO TO SOURCE FRANCE, May 28, 2002: What could be the oldest lifelike drawings of human faces have been uncovered in a cave in southern France. The images were first recognized over 50 years ago, but were then lost after doubts were cast on their authenticity. The drawings were found on the floor of prehistoric painted caves. Over 1,500 slabs…