GO TO SOURCE CANDLER, NORTH CAROLINA, October 13, 2001: Inspiring us all to honor and cherish our ancestors is Maya Ma’s message. She offers simple and heart-warming ways that we can do so, such as “Making a conscious effort not to injure, pollute, or otherwise compromise the earth, her rivers, animals, plants, and environment.” When we give of ourselves, our…
GO TO SOURCE MUMBAI INDIA, October 19, 2001: Navaratri celebrations in Bombay will be without the heady festivities of the dandiya ras dancing clubs this year, thanks to environmental deadlines set by the Supreme Court that prohibits playing loud music after 10 pm. Organizers of the biggest dandiyas in the city have closed their venues after they failed to get…
GO TO SOURCE NEW DELHI, INDIA, October 20, 2001: If the VHP’s storming of the Ayodhya complex two days ago was a well-crafted political strategy to benefit the BJP, it has gone awry. The move to register a case against the erring leaders is being seen as an indication of the pressure building up on account of public opinion on…
GO TO SOURCE HOUSTON, TEXAS, October 21, 2001: Houston will be using the VHP-UK book “Explaining Hindu Dharma: A Guide to Teachers” for seminars starting Nov. 8, 2001, for teachers in the greater Houston area. The three-hour seminar will target mainly social studies which are World History and World Geography. Short lectures with PowerPoint presentations, along with PowerPoint presentations on…
GO TO SOURCE MUMBAI, INDIA, October 19, 2001: Dance organizers have decided not to challenge the state government’s orders prohibiting the use of loudspeakers after 10:00 pm. For the first time in 20 years, Mumbai’s famous garba dance was not held on the first night of Navratri as a mark of protest. Traditionally, garba celebrations go on till well past…
GO TO SOURCE HYDERABAD, INDIA, October 20, 2001: Two constables of Andhra Pradesh Special Police, posted on security duty at the NTR Museum, were arrested by the Hyderabad police on a charge of stealing six sandalwood idols from the museum. The police said the duo — B Anjaneyulu and Govind Singh — were among the platoon of the APSP tenth…
GO TO SOURCE NEW DELHI, INDIA, October 19, 2001: The Environmental Ministry yesterday burned a crop of Bt cotton grown by a farmer who bought the seed from a company in Hyderabad. Bt Cotton is genetically manipulated cotton that produces a protein which is toxic to the bollworm, the cotton crop’s primary pest. The toxin in Bt cotton exists in…
GO TO SOURCE BUCKINGHAM, VIRGINIA, October 17, 2001: Integral Yoga International and Satchidananda Ashram announce that Swami Sarvaanandaji Saraswati, Ph.D., a senior disciple of H.H. Sri Swami Satchidanandaji Maharaj, has been approved as a Hindu Board Certified Chaplain. Mataji will be officially certified during the March, 2002, annual meeting of the Association of Professional Chaplains. The APC certifies chaplains who…
GO TO SOURCE HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, October 19, 2001: A multidisciplinary forum will bring together selected Dartmouth faculty and scholars from other US and foreign institutions to pursue research related to the topic of “Conversion” at the Dartmouth Humanities Center Residential Research Institute. The Institute will be directed by Kevin Reinhart, Professor of Religion, and Dennis Washburn, Professor of Japanese.…
GO TO SOURCE UNITY, MAINE, September 23, 2001: When Dr. Vandana Shiva attended the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association and the Common Ground Country Fair in September, she brought with her a stirring message. Honored as an international leader in her promotion of organic farming, she flew from her home in Doon Valley, India, on a flight after the…