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…
GO TO SOURCE NEW DELHI, March 4, 2002: As part of efforts to end the Ayodhya impasse, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Monday night held consultations with Shankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam, Sri Jayendra Saraswathi. The pontiff met the Prime Minister after holding wide-ranging discussions with VHP top brass and other Hindu religious leaders, who have vowed to go…
GO TO SOURCE AHMEDABAD, INDIA, March 5, 2002: Stray incidents of violence continued in Gujarat on the sixth day even though the scale of violence came down considerably. The toll in the last six days of violence in this riot-torn states now stands at 572, including the 58 persons killed in the attack on Sabarmati Express in Godhra last Wednesday.…
GO TO SOURCE SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA, February 27, 2002: After the Khmer Rouge laid down their arms in Cambodia, the ancient Angkor complex that was built between the 9th and 14th century by the Khmer Kings became available for exploration by tourists and religious seekers. This article written by news correspondent David Richie delves into the wonders of some 30…
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…
Source: Press Trust of India GODHRA, INDIA, March 3, 2002: The prime suspect in the Godhra train violence case, Mohammad Hussain Kolota, local Congress leader and President of Godhra Municipality, was on Sunday arrested bringing the total number of arrests in connection with the attack to 27. Kolota, 45, has been evading arrest since the attack on the Sabarmati Express…
GO TO SOURCE PATNA, INDIA, March 2, 2002: During Friday’s bandh in Muzzaffarpur, called by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad to protest the Godhra carnage, a group of hooligans tried to enter the Company Bagh mosque and vandalize it. A senior police official, who was present on the spot when the incident occurred, said that when the word spread about the…