Source: Francois Gautier ATLANTA, GEORGIA, April 29, 2002: On a whirlwind tour of the United States, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the world renowned founder of the Art of Living Movement, represented in 140 countries, has just been given the Phoenix award, one of the highest honors to be bestowed by the State of Georgia. The President of the Georgia Senate,…
GO TO SOURCE BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, April 30, 2002: Indra Devi, the daughter of European nobility who introduced the ancient discipline of yoga to the Kremlin leadership and Hollywood stars, passed away on Thursday in Buenos Aires. She was 102. Known to her followers as Mataji, she was a student of Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, the legendary guru who gained worldwide…
Source: Hindustan Times UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA, April 27, 2002: If the uncommonness of Pandit Syed Husain Shastri’s name is not enough to surprise you, his activities certainly will. For a devout Muslim, he has an unusual routine. Every morning as the bell chimes 8 at the RSS-run Saraswati Shishu Mandir, Husain begins the day with his soulful Vedic chants. It…
GO TO SOURCE MOSCOW, RUSSIA, April 25, 2002: Russia is facing a demographic crisis so dire that its population could shrink by half within 50 years. The obvious solution, to encourage young immigrants from overpopulated Asian neighbors such as China or India, is so politically sensitive that Russian leaders refuse to even discuss it, reported The Christian Science Monitor recently.…
GO TO SOURCE KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, April 26, 2002: Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday denounced terrorism, reiterating that Malaysia would remain a moderate Muslim nation, during the installation of the country’s new king. The Malaysian authorities have jailed 62 people in the past year alleged to have belonged to an extremist group that plotted to overthrow the government. Some of…
GO TO SOURCE USA, April 26, 2002: Two scientists from the USA and UK, Paul Steinhardt and Neil Turok, have put forward a new model to explain how the cosmos is and where it might be going. They say it is necessary to take account of startling new discoveries — in particular, the observation that everything in the universe is…
GO TO SOURCE TRINIDAD, May 1, 2002: Anantanand Rambachan, professor of religion at St. Olaf College in Minnesota, USA, and a native of Trinidad, wrote in the Trinidad Express recently, “The current violence between Hindus and Muslims in India must stir pain, sadness and outrage among the followers of Hinduism everywhere and be unequivocally denounced.” Another part of his article…
GO TO SOURCE BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, May 1, 2002: For anyone who loves Ayurveda, the California Association of Ayurvedic Medicine presents a symposium of Ayurvedic teachers and practioners this weekend at the Pauley Ballroom of the University of California at Berkeley, California. A truly impressive line up of speakers from India, UK, Australia and USA will be presenting panel discussions, research…
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,…