GO TO SOURCE AHMEDABAD, INDIA, April 4, 2002: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Thursday told Muslims of Gujarat that they were not alone at this time of crisis and the entire country was behind them. “You are not alone at this time of crisis. We all are with you. The entire country is with you,” he told the riot…
GO TO SOURCE ABASANA, GUJARAT, INDIA, April 3, 2002: “You are welcome to Hindu nation’s village…..” — such “welcome” boards can be seen lined all along the road as one drives down to this village in Gujarat State. But Abasana is an exception as no such proclamation of Hindutva greets you to it, states this report in the Hindustan Times.…
GO TO SOURCE DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA, March 31, 2002: Feathers have been ruffled in the Hindu community in this country because some temples used a symbol of a peacock rather than a rooster on their flags for Kavadi festivals. The rooster symbol has been widely used for more than a century, but some temples have upset devotees by replacing it…
GO TO SOURCE MONTREAL, CANADA, April 4, 2002: A Sikh family here will soon test the boundaries of religious tolerance with a court battle to win permission for their 12-year-old son to wear his spiritually significant dagger to school. Quebec’s Superior Court will take up the issue next week and its decision will set a legal precedent for the province.…
GO TO SOURCE NEW YORK, NEW YORK, In what must surely be the most comprehensive (and grueling) tour of the USA by a Hindu leader in recent times, Sri Karunamayi will give darshan for four months to devotees in 30 cities across North America starting in New York on April 5th. Included in the itinerary are some places seldom visited…
GO TO SOURCE LENASIA, JOHANNESBURG, April 5, 2002: He used to be a devout Christian until curiosity took him to a Hindu temple in Lenasia town, 25 miles south of this South African city. Four years later, Meshack Jantjies, 35, is South Africa’s first black African Hindu priest. Not only does the deputy resident priest at the Siva Gnana Sabay…
GO TO SOURCE BANGALORE, INDIA, March 31, 2002: With 925 software firms and 80,000 software engineers, Bangalore has become the Silicon Valley of India, accounting for one quarter of the country’s $6.2 billion in software exports. Bay Area notables Cisco, Apple and Hewlett-Packard all have sites here. When the original Silicon Valley sank into recession, Indians were optimistic. With 60…
Source: Hinduism Today KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, March 17, 2002: Members of Saiva Siddhanta Church (SSC) organized a Hindu Youth Seminar held in Panniru Thirumurai Center last Sunday. The one-day seminar aimed at introducing Sivaya Subramuniyaswami’s Trilogy (Dancing, Living, and Merging With Siva) and how Hinduism can be practiced in our day-to-day living. Attended by members and students, the seminar turned…
GO TO SOURCE LONDON, ENGLAND, April 4, 2002: A British government grant of US$90 million to fund farming development in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh (AP) will throw millions of farmers out of work, MPs in London have been told. The massive grant is being given to the state government to consolidate small farms into large ones, buy huge…
GO TO SOURCE AHMEDABAD, INDIA, April 4, 2002: In an emotionally charged speech, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee gave a categorical assurance to the riot victims of Ahmedabad that they will be taken care of by the government and that refugee camps will go on as long as needed. He said he was “ashamed” at what had happened in Gujarat…