GO TO SOURCE FIJI, May 2, 2002: Suicide, mainly by ethnic Indian women, has become Fiji’s biggest killer, a mental health expert here said. The principal medical officer at the Saint Giles Psychiatric Hospital here, Dr Odille Chan, presented the latest official statistics to a youth conference and a statement was issued by the government outlining her findings. Indians make…
GO TO SOURCE NEW DELHI, INDIA, April 29, 2002: Sri Jayendra Saraswathi, the Kanchi Shankaracharya, says that by imposing President’s rule in Gujarat, peace could be restored to the disturbed state. He spoke to Narayani Ganesh of the Times of India in New Delhi, fresh from a trip to Ayodhya. Here are excerpts from the interview: “I went to Ayodhya…
GO TO SOURCE KAUAI, HAWAII, May 2, 2002: Hinduism Today is seeking the Tamil alphabet in elegant hand-drawn calligraphy for use as a display font for book titles and like applications. We are familiar with all the computer fonts on the market, but are looking for something with a more graceful, organic and traditional sense to it. If you are…
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…