GO TO SOURCE AHMEDABAD, INDIA, March 2, 2002: Riot-hit Ahmedabad took a relative respite after four days of mindless violence on Saturday but fresh areas, including far-flung villages in the state, were the target of massive reprisal killings arising out of the Sabarmati Express killings on Wednesday. With the police in urban areas now bolstered by the presence of the…
GO TO SOURCE KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN, February 28, 2002: Kandahar’s Hindu community has dwindled from 500 families to just five. But now, with the city at peace and the Taliban of Mullah Mohammad Omar gone, Hindus say their plight has eased. “Now we are very happy,” said 43 year-old Roop Chand Batija, head of Kandahar’s Hindu and Sikh communities. “We hope…
GO TO SOURCE LONDON, U. K., February 26, 2002: Celebrity couple and Manchester United football (“soccer” to the Americans) star David Beckham and his wife Victoria, have been depicted as gods for a major exhibition of Indian-influenced art. Beckham is shown sitting four-armed on a throne in a crown and robes as the Hindu Deity Siva and on his lap…
GO TO SOURCE BANGALAORE, INDIA, February 25, 2002: Attukal Pongala occurs in the Malayalam month of Kumbham corresponding to February-March. Pongala is celebrated on the ninth day with star Pooram and Full Moon day (falling this year on February 27). The 10-day festival of women only in Attukal Bhagavathy temple, considered the Sabarimala of women, in Thiruvananthapuram, attracts hundreds of…
GO TO SOURCE CALIFORNIA, February 25, 2002: Old computers are being dumped in Asia where they are releasing toxic materials into the environment says a new report. Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition A report, called “Exporting Harm: The Hi-Tech Trashing Of Asia,” details a group of villages in southeastern China where computers from America are picked apart and strewn along rivers…
GO TO SOURCE PERTH, AUSTRALIA, February 24, 2002: A Christian group is outraged at a Geraldton pilot project in which lawbreakers are avoiding jail and hefty fines by instead taking Transcendental Meditation courses. Concerned Christians Growth Ministries say the meditative technique is based on the Hindu religion — an accusation Transcendental Meditation groups deny. The meditation instead of jail trial…
Source: Jarkata Post BALI, INDONESIA, February 22, 2002: A new book on Bali entitled “Bali Living in Two Worlds,” was launched on February 21. The book was written by a group of aspiring Balinese writers, an architect, activists and others who are directly witnessing the rapid changes in Bali. Although 13 people contributed to the book, it would not have…
GO TO SOURCE KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, February 25, 2002: Speaking to about 350 people at the Lakshimi Narayan Temple at Jalan Ipoh yesterday, Swami Parthasarathy said, “All actions by the individual are their own creation. It’s you who impose duties and responsibilities upon yourself and you are the ultimate master of yourself.” In his talk titled “We Live By choice,…
GO TO SOURCE LOS ANGELES, USA, February 27, 2002: Legendary Indian sitar player and composer Ravi Shankar won one of music’s highest awards, a Grammy, for his achievements in world music. Shankar was honored for his album “Full Circle/Carnegie Hall 2000” in the category in which he competed against artists such as Brazil’s Gilberto Gil and Milton Nascimento and Britain’s…
GO TO SOURCE BANGALORE, INDIA, February 12, 2002: Following protests from various quarters against the education department’s decision to allow setting up of about 300 English medium schools in the state, chief minister S M Krishna postponed the move announced recently because it was contrary to the state’s three-language formula — Kannada, Hindi and, most commonly, English.