GO TO SOURCE NEW YORK, NEW YORK, April 30, 2002: A New York-based human rights group has launched a strong attack on the government of India’s western state of Gujarat, alleging that state officials were directly involved in the killings of hundreds of Muslims, according to this report on the BBC. What happened in Gujarat was not a spontaneous uprising,…
GO TO SOURCE KHAGRACHHARI, BANGLADESH, April 30, 2002: Two persons, one of them a Hindu priest, were killed and another person was injured in separate incidents in the Khagrachhari hill district in last two days. Madan Gopal, 45, priest of Radha Madan Ashram in Manikchhari Upazila was stabbed to death by a gang of criminals at the temple Sunday night,…
Source: Deccan Chronicle HYDERABAD, INDIA, April 29, 2002: Recent studies suggests a link between Indus Valley and Mayans of Central America. The studies focused on the calendars of the two advanced civilizations. The Indus Valley inhabitants followed a calender based on the movements of Jupiter, and the Mayans followed one based on the Venus. In the Puranas, a secondary Hindu…
GO TO SOURCE WASHINGTON, U.S.A., April 15, 2002: With an increase of 30% in participation from 1998 to 2000, 7.4 million people now do yoga in America. Along with its increased popularity, is a reported increase of injuries. Tyler Cymet, an osteopathic physician and assistant professor of medicine at the John Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore says, “We’re…
GO TO SOURCE NEPAL, April 27, 2002: The bodies of the Maoist rebels were still scattered across parched lentil fields almost a week after thousands of their comrades swarmed a police garrison here. “When one Maoist was killed, another came forward,” said Deepak Hamal, a young policeman who survived the battle in mid-April. “They were there to kill or to…
GO TO SOURCE KOLHAPUR, INDIA, April 14, 2002: Due to lack of funding by the state government, five ancient temples in the city are in dire need of attention. The Vitthal Mandir that was constructed around the 5th century ce is a fine example of Jain art. With an intricate carved door frame, carvings on the outer walls, and ornate…
Source: INDIA WEST SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, April 29, 2002: An exhibit celebrating East Indian-Mexican heritage will open in Sacramento this summer, reports India-West. In the early 1900s, many laborers and farmers from Punjab settled in the United States and, in the absence of Indian women, married women from Mexico. Approximately 50 Mexican-Hindu families remain in Yuba City, all apparently Catholics. “Once…
GO TO SOURCE STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, April 29, 2002: Swedish furniture maker Ikea has apologized for an advertisement showing a glittering toilet seat adorned with a meditating Buddha. The figure, incorrectly identified as the Hindu God Siva, appeared in a section with decoration tips in the latest issue of Ikea Family Magazine, sent to 700,000 households in Sweden. The article, headlined…
GO TO SOURCE BUENOS AIRES, April 26, 2002: Russian-born Indra Devi, known to followers as the ”first lady of yoga” who taught Hollywood how to stretch its limbs in the 1940s, died at 102 yesterday in Argentina, her home for the past 17 years. Born in 1899, Ms. Devi went to India in 1927, drawn by its spirituality, and 10…
GO TO SOURCE HONOLULU, April 25, 2002: Two ancient sculptures stolen from a temple in Cambodia during the civil unrest of the 1970s and donated to the Honolulu Academy of Arts are back in their homeland. The 9th century, 15-inch stone head of Lord Siva and a 12th century, 19-inch head of a deva were flown from Honolulu on Tuesday…