GO TO SOURCE DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA, June 2, 2002: A group of Durban Tamil teachers left for Chennai, India, yesterday to take part in an intensive cultural and linguistic program being hosted by the Tamil University in Thanjavur. The 10-day course is being funded by the South African Tamil Federation, which has embarked on a drive to promote and preserve…
GO TO SOURCE JAMMU, INDIA, June 2, 2002: Ever since their forced exodus from the Kashmir Valley as a result of terrorism, Kashmiri Pandits have been subjected to psychological and metabolic stress, leading to rises in diseases and deaths as well as low birth rates in the refugee camps at Jammu, Kathua and Udhampur. Diabetes and hypertension have almost assumed…
GO TO SOURCE DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA, June 2, 2002: Concerned members of the Indian community have banded together to consider issues raised in Mbongeni Ngema’s controversial song, “Amandiya,” and look at ways of improving Indo-African relations. The committee was formed at a closed-doors meeting in Durban this week facilitated by the 1860 Heritage Foundation. The committee said there are problems…
Source: Malaysian Hindu Sangam MALAYSIA, May 26, 2002: Over 600 Malaysian youth leaders from different states in Malaysia congregated at the Sri Sithi Vinayagar Temple Hall on May 26, 2002 to discuss the future of Hindu youth in Malaysia. Organized by the Malaysia Hindu Sangam’s Youth Services Committee, the conference centered around the effect globalization has on today’s youth. Opening…
Source: The Hindu MYSORE, INDIA, May 18, 2002: Farming in Mysore has changed in the last 30 years. Favoring the use of chemical fertilizers, monoculture farming and hybrid varieties, the younger generation has lost sight of many of the benefits of traditional farming. As a result, many varieties of crops have either become extinct or they have changed in their…
GO TO SOURCE WASHINGTON, D.C., May 30, 2002: Colin Powell, the US Secretary of State, was interviewed on the Public Broadcasting System on the subject on India and Pakistan. An excerpt of this very informative statement of US position: “Moderator Jim Lehrer asks, ‘How close are India and Pakistan to a war?’ Powell replies, ‘I am afraid that it is…
GO TO SOURCE June 1, 2002: Researcher Stuart Sovatsky requests HPI readers to e-mail him at “source” with their list of the ten most important events related to Yoga or Hinduism in the US over the past 10-15 years. They are for his article on Hinduism in the US which will appear in the Columbia University Desk Reference on Eastern…
GO TO SOURCE June 1, 2002: On Saturday and Sunday, June 8 and 9, 2002, Sri Swamiji will visit Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada–not Toronto, as previously reported in HPI of May 30. Swamiji will be at the Yoga in Daily Life Center, 2245 West Broadway, Vancouver, 604-608-8734. Reservations required.
GO TO SOURCE AHMADABAD, INDIA, May 30, 2002: A Muslim bus driver was dragged out of his bus and burned alive, and a Hindu man was killed in a bomb blast, police said Thursday, as violence resumed in western India, where nearly 1,000 people have died in three months of Hindu-Muslim clashes. Both men were killed Wednesday night in Kadi,…