Source: Paras Ramoutar TRINIDAD, March 23, 2002: During the colonial days, thousands of Hindus were transported to various parts of the world by the British, as Indentured laborers or “Girmitia” or “Jahaji” people. The countries included Mauritius, South Africa, Fiji and Trinidad. The majority of the people who were taken to the other shores were from Utter Pradesh, Bihar, Bengal…
GO TO SOURCE PITTSBURGH, USA, March 21, 2002: From February 22 through 24, 2002, the University of Pittsburgh chapter of Hindu Students Council hosted the annual HSC Lower Midwest Regional Retreat. The Retreat was attended by 84 people representing seven regional schools: University of Pittsburgh, Penn State University, University of Michigan, Purdue University, Carnegie Mellon University, West Virginia University and…
GO TO SOURCE LONDON, March 22, 3003: In a press release, the Hindu Human rights group (HHR) announced its deep concern for the anti-Hindu bias recently displayed by the entire British media and in particular by the Independent Newspaper and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The Independent shamelessly declared, “The Myth of Ram’s Temple Gives A Licence to Kill” while…
Source: Prakash M. Swamy BRIDGEWATER, March 9, 2002: Over 100 devotees from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Maryland gathered on March 9 at Bridgewater Temple Community Center, New Jersey, braving morning cold, to take part in the 33rd Jayanti Celebrations of Sri Sankara Vijayendra Saraswati Swamiji, the junior seer of Kanchi Kamakoti Peeth in Tamil Nadu. Sri Shankara Vijayendra…
GO TO SOURCE UNITED KINGDOM, March 19, 2002: A row has broken out over public access to the complete DNA sequence of the rice plant. Scientists fear there will be restrictions over who can use the data when it is published in an academic journal. Leading geneticists, including two British Nobel Prize winners, have written to the journal Science to…
GO TO SOURCE MARICOPA, ARIZONA, March 16, 2002: Although the current building is a beige, modular structure, a 15-acre site in Maricopa will be the first place in Arizona where a traditional-looking Hindu temple will be built. The grand opening for the Maha Ganapati Temple of Arizona took place in February, and 500 devotees made the trip. Temple leaders have…
GO TO SOURCE KERALA, INDIA, March 19, 2002: Unqualified doctors are exploiting the boom in traditional Indian massage treatments, say some experts. Ayurvedic medicine has been practiced in India for thousands of years. But interest in the technique has been growing in other parts of the world with the general trend towards holistic medicines. It has become a big tourist…
GO TO SOURCE HYDERABAD, INDIA, March 18, 2002: In late January the Indian subsidiary of an American company, Catalytic Software, moved into New Oroville, Catalytic’s township of dome-shaped dwellings an hour’s drive south of the technology city of Hyderabad in southern India. Ashok Kumar Madugula, a software developer who is one of the township’s first residents, has quickly adapted to…
GO TO SOURCE AHMEDABAD, INDIA, March 19, 2002: In a fresh outbreak of violence in Bharuch and Modasa towns of Gujarat, four persons were killed and five injured on Tuesday when police opened fire to disperse a rioting mob. Trouble began when a mob gathered at Dandia Bazar and other old city area and indulged in rioting at around1.30 pm.…
GO TO SOURCE AHMEDABAD, INDIA, March 17, 2002: Recent riots in Ahmedabad have affected Hindus as well as Muslims. It is estimated that more then 10,000 people in the Hindu community have also become homeless. “There seems to be some confusion about the people affected in recent riots. You will not find them in government rolls because they never registered…