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…
GO TO SOURCE LONDON, UK, May 25, 2002: Spiralling violence between gangs in London’s Sri Lankan Tamil community has led to four violent deaths and up to 200 other incidents in the last two years. Commander Richard Bryan, whose patch in north west London has witnessed much of the violence, has set up a cross-London co-ordinating group in an attempt…
GO TO SOURCE MALAYSIA, May 28, 2002: Shri Shivarudra Balayogi Maharaj will be visiting Malaysia June 1-14, 2002. His itinerary will take him to several states and diverse segments of the Indian population in Malaysia ranging from the privileged to the mentally handicapped. The Venerable Yogi requested that he be brought to the poor and the forgotten members of this…
GO TO SOURCE NEW YORK, NEW YORK, May 24, 2002: Investigators arrested the first Roman Catholic priest yesterday to be charged in New York based on the old case files that the church recently turned over to sex-abuse prosecutors, according to this article in the New York Times. The priest, the Rev. Francis X. Nelson, 38, was handcuffed near his…
GO TO SOURCE GREAT BRITAIN, May 23, 2002: Highgatehill Murugan Temple is to become the first Hindu temple in Britain to be visited by the queen in her 50-year reign. The temple was picked to welcome the Queen as part of her wish to recognize each of Britain’s many faiths during her Golden Jubilee tour of the country. The Queen…