GO TO SOURCE CHENNAI, INDIA, December 20, 2001: Carnatic music in its pristine form should reach the masses, Mr. M. Karpagavinayagam, judge, Madras High Court told The Hindu newspaper. Lighting the traditional lamp to mark the inaugural of the Rasika Ranjani Sabha’s annual music festival 2001- 2002, he said flawless music gained prominence only when it reached the common man.…
Source: The Hindu GURUVAYUR, KERALA, December 23, 2001: A concerted effort by the state government, the Guruvayur municipality and the Guruvayur Devaswom is needed to develop the temple township and to make it clean, especially during the Sabarimala season when a heavy rush is experienced at the temple. The township lacks even basic facilities like sanitation, drinking water and parking…
GO TO SOURCE JAKARTA, INDONESIA, November 19, 2001: In a bid to sway tourists to come to Indonesia, national carrier Garuda Indonesia said it plans to turn Bali into its next hub for international flights. Bali is the country’s most popular beach resort, and the only Hindu majority state in this Muslim-majority country. Garuda director of operations Rudy A. Hardono…
GO TO SOURCE KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, December 15, 2001: Recently, complaints that Malaysian schools are practicing a form of racial segregation have been brought to the attention of the public, according to this article in Singapore’s Straits Times. The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) Youth Wing and the National Union of Teaching Profession (NUTP) alleged that schools tended to segregate students…
GO TO SOURCE NEW YORK, USA: December 19, 2001: Cows across America are receiving the latest in cattle comfort with a special bovine waterbed, a filled rubber mattress which can be used both in the field and in the stall, according to this BBC article. Sometimes they’ll stand there waiting for a cow to leave so they can get in…
GO TO SOURCE LONDON, ENGLAND, December 20, 2001: After months of serious study and much merriment, 100,000 people have voted on the world’s funniest joke. In an experiment named Laughlab, a joke about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr. Watson emerged a clear winner Thursday from 10,000 entries. The joke: Sherlock Holmes and…
GO TO SOURCE DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA, December 16, 2001: The eighth International Conference on Tamil Culture, held for the first time in South Africa, ends in Durban today. Topics at the two-day conference at the Coastlands Conference Centre include the history of Tamils in South Africa and the world, the role of women in Tamil society, the view of the…
GO TO SOURCE LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, December 8, 2001: Some American Hindus are upset with the portrayal of Hindu Gods in the film “Lara Croft – Tomb Raider,” based on a popular video game. The offending images of the film, parts of which were shot on location at the famous Angkor Wat temple complex in Cambodia, shows statues of the…
GO TO SOURCE KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, December 20, 2001: The Malaysia Hindu Sangam, in collaboration with several other Hindu organizations, will conduct a memorial service for the late Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami of the Saiva Siddhanta Church of Hawaii today at 7:30 pm at the Kalamandapam, Jalan Scott, Kuala Lumpur. He was publisher of Hinduism Today and Hindu Press International.
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