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 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 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…
GO TO SOURCE OXFORD, ENGLAND, March 1, 2002: Professor Andrew Linzey of the Faculty of Theology, University of Oxford, writes that he is “looking for a scholarly writer who could contribute an article (around 800 words) on Hindu Attitudes to Animals for the Animal World Encyclopedia which I am editing for Kingsley Publishing.” Persons interested may e-mail him at “source”…