Request for Toshio Yamanouchi’s Books
GO TO SOURCE USA, April 25, 2002: If anyone knows where to acquire the books by Toshio Yamanouchi and Hindu Gods in Japan, mentioned in HPI on April 22, kindly contact us at “source” above.
Singapore Recycles Its Cemeteries
GO TO SOURCE SINGAPORE, April 20, 2002: L. F. Yong starts digging bodies just after dawn. On an average day, Yong and his team of 20 workers will have cracked open 40 graves and emptied them of their bones by noon. Yong is responsible for the hands-on work behind a government project to clear the Bidadari Cemetery, one of the…
Ganges Priests Bless Foundation Stone for UK Temple
GO TO SOURCE BRADFORD, ENGLAND, April 20, 2002: More than 1,000 people congregated in Bradford for ceremonial prayers at the construction site where a US$4.4 million Hindu temple is to be built. Among the number were priests of the Ganges shrine of Haridwar, who flew to Britain to bless the foundation stone of one of Britain’s biggest and most unique…
Christians Target Sikkim Hindus for Conversion
Source: Francois Gautier GANGTOK, SIKKIM, April 23, 2002: A special program is being organized in Gangtok, in Northeast India, which is called “Gangtok Prayer Festival 2002.” This is being conducted by Dr. Paul Dhinakaran (famous for his “miracle” prayer meetings all over India) and a team from Chennai at Gaurds Ground, Gangtok, from April 26 to 28, 2002. Christians from…
Hindu Support Group Forms on Okinawa Base
Source: Stars and Stripes Magazine CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, JAPAN, April 13, 2002: Okinawa’s small American Hindu population meets twice a week on US military bases to get in touch with their spirituality. Chaturbhuj N. Gidwani helped establish a Hindu study group at Kadena Air Base and Camp Foster after moving to Okinawa, Japan, six months ago. “There are many people…
Hindu-Muslim Violence Continues in Gujarat
GO TO SOURCE AHMADABAD, INDIA, April 22, 2002: Two people were killed Monday in religious strife between Hindus and Muslims in western India, bring to 20 the number of dead in two days of clashes. At least 105 have been injured since Sunday. Several neighborhoods in Ahmadabad, the commercial hub of the state of Gujarat, were under siege Monday as…
A Link Between Hindu Gods and Japan
Source: Japan Times TOKYO, JAPAN, April 10, 2002: An exhibition called “Gods Derived From India to Japan” is showing at the Okura Shukokan Museum of Fine Arts until May 26. The story behind the showing is a fascinating one. It all started 51 years ago when Toshio Yamanouchi’s job took him to India as general manager for an iron importer…
Hindu Society’s Plans Thwarted
GO TO SOURCE HALIFAX, CANADA, April 14, 2002: The Hindu Temple-Vedanta Ashram Society in Halifax is disheartened. Working in conjunction with the Interfaith Council of Halifax, the society had started a program to feed and clothe needy children in Halifax. After purchasing a van in June of 2000 and stocking it with toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap and clothes, the program called…
Study Promotes Sanskrit Revival in India
GO TO SOURCE PUNE, INDIA, April 5, 2002: According to this article, Sanskrit, the language of the Vedas, is being neglected in its own motherland. Hema Kshirsagar who has been studying the problems in teaching Sanskrit in schools for the last nine years says, “There is hardly any emphasis on Sanskrit, either from the state education department or the boards.”…
Gujarat Students Boycott Exams
GO TO SOURCE GUJARAT, INDIA, April 19, 2002: Thousands of Muslim students in the western Indian state of Gujarat did not attend school-leaving exams which began on Thursday, Muslim leaders said. They said parents refused to let their children travel to exam centers located in Hindu-dominated areas of the state’s largest city Ahmedabad and a number of other cities. Authorities…