GO TO SOURCE LONDON, ENGLAND, March 04, 2002: Hindu leaders in Britain are strongly protesting a new portrait that depicts football (soccer) captain David Beckham, his pop singer wife Victoria Spice and their son as Hindu Gods. Two Sikh sisters from north England drew the portrait as part of celebrations to mark the Commonwealth Games here to commemorate 50 years…
GO TO SOURCE LUCKNOW, INDIA, March 2, 2002: Monks and corporate head honchos shared the same podium at a meeting where talks centered around value-based leadership in boardrooms and workshops. “The meet is trying to find a common ground where the sages are reaching out to boardrooms and companies are looking at the inner self to evolve as a value-based…
GO TO SOURCE PENNSYLVANIA, USA, March 1, 2002: Scientists investigating the effect of the meditative state on Buddhist monk’s brains have found that portions of the organ previously active become quiet, while pacified areas become stimulated. Dr Andrew Newberg, a radiologist at the University of Pennsylvania, told BBC world Service’s Discovery program: “I think we are poised at a wonderful…
GO TO SOURCE SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, February 25, 2002: At a school in the heart of a San Francisco housing project, children and teachers take time from math and reading to breathe and balance. Children inhaled through their noses and exhaled through their mouths. They balanced on one leg, concentrating on poses. When they finished, they lay on the classroom…
Source: Press Release DELHI, INDIA, March 02, 2002: Shri Mohan Bhagwat. Sarkaryavah, RSS, issued a call for peace. It reads, in part, “I appeal to all Sangh swayamsevaks, sympathizers and friends who have faith in Hindutva to do the utmost in preventing any activity that would disrupt peace, like, sloganeering, stone-pelting, keeping in view the disturbed situation in the country…
GO TO SOURCE LUCKNOW, INDIA, February 24, 2002: Known as sciences that cure diseases in human beings, homeopathy and naturopathy research has revealed that the drugs used to treat humans could be useful in preserving ancient and precious artifacts. At the National Research Laboratory for Conservation of Cultural Property at Lucknow, research is being conducted that will hopefully eliminate the…
Source: Telegraph India KOLKATA, INDIA, February 24, 2002: Around 300 parents of prospective brides and grooms gathered together at a South Kolkata hotel to arrange marriages for their offspring. With brilliant careers already in place, most seeking a lifetime mate were in the age group 30-35. 100 men and 150 women were presented as candidates for an arranged marriage. During…
Source: Hindustan Times GODHRA, INDIA, March 2, 2002: India’s Defence Minister George Fernandes on Saturday endorsed the BJP’s contention that the unprecedented attack on the Sabarmati Express passengers, mostly Ram Sevaks, at Godhra railway station on February 27 looked “pre-meditated.” “It looks like so,” Fernandes told reporters here when asked whether he agreed with the views of BJP leaders including…
Source: The Hindu NEW DELHI, INDIA, March 2, 2002: The communal frenzy in Gujarat that has left around 400 people dead this week had an innocuous but apparently deliberate beginning. According to eyewitnesses, quoted by India Today, the worst communal orgy in the country in a decade was sparked when a Muslim youth “deliberately shouldered” one of the passengers who…