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 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 AHMADABAD, INDIA, March 1, 2002: Chaos spread through this western Indian city Friday and the death toll over three days of Hindu-Muslim violence climbed to 251, despite patrols by hundreds of soldiers and orders for police to shoot rioters and arsonists on sight. In the worst attack, hundreds of Hindus set fire to huts in a Muslim…
GO TO SOURCE KOLKATA, INDIA, FEBRUARY 18, 2002: From Tuesday onwards one can buy a khadi shirt or a dress that has been tailor-made by an international designers such as Rohit Bal and Malini Romani, at the Khadi Gramodyog Bhavan in Kolkata. Khadi is the traditional hand-spun and hand-woven cotton fabric promoted by Mahatma Gandhi. This is Khadi Village Industries…
GO TO SOURCE UDUPI, INDIA, February 19, 2002: Ayurveda is the best medicine system for mental health and this will be proved beyond doubt in the twenty-first century, argued Dr. Ben Hatai, Chairman of Japanese Society for Ayurveda. He was addressing a press meet at Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Ayurveda College, Kuthpady, near here on Monday. He is here with a delegation…