GO TO SOURCE BHUBANESHWAR, INDIA, August 27, 2001: Entering a temple to partake of the darshan exuding from the deity in the inner sanctum, is what makes Hindu temple worship so uplifting and special. The famous Jagannath temple in the state of Orissa has denied this privilege to non-Hindus. Priests (pandas) have been adamant about upholding this rule. According to…
GO TO SOURCE PURI, INDIA, September 4, 2001: The Jagannath Temple administration is peeved at the depiction of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Suvadra on a range of saris by a designer house of Kolkata. Himanshu Sekhar Samantaray, administrator of Sri Jagannath temple has asked the company for the immediate withdrawal of the saris from the market or else…
GO TO SOURCE THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, INDIA, August 29, 2001: Collapsing wells and colored rain in many parts of the State of Kerala has led to speculation as to the cause by layman and scientist alike. Dr. Rajasekharam has taken a different and more traditional approach to the phenomena. After studying an ancient Sanskrit text called Charaka Samhita on Ayurveda, dated over…
Source: Morning India Business News NEW DELHI, INDIA, Aug. 31, 2001: The Indian government said today it has not approved the commercial release of genetically engineered seeds in the country. All genetically modified seeds require authorization under the Environment Protection Act 1989 before they can be introduced into the Indian environment, Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers S B…
GO TO SOURCE UNITED KINGDOM, Aug. 31, 2001: Britain has been targeted by determined foreigners with shocking intentions. They want to convert the British, who embraced Christianity 1,500 years ago, to Christianity. These 21st-century evangelists aren’t called reverse-missionaries, but that is what they are. Solomon Joseph, a Christian priest from south India, has been working in Bradford for the past…
GO TO SOURCE NEW DELHI, INDIA, Sept. 1, 2001: A 12th-century stone inscription recovered from the debris of the disputed structure at Ayodhya could hold the key to the resolution of the temple-mosque imbroglio. The 20-line inscription comprising 30 verses in Sanskrit was found embedded in the lower portion of a wall of the structure that was demolished on December…
Source: Anil Mahabir, Trinidad NEW YORK, NEW YORK, September 5, 2001: Ismail Merchant’s latest film, THE MYSTIC MASSEUR, based on one of VS Naipaul’s novels, is scheduled to be released next week in cinemas in New York. Shot in Naipaul’s birthplace, Trinidad, and set among the Indo-Trinidadian community, the film traces the story of rural born Ganesh Ramsumair- from writer,…
GO TO SOURCE MUMBAI, INDIA, August 31, 2001: Ganapati was again being crafted in plaster of paris this year, despite the efforts of NGOs and the police to encourage the return to traditional clay. As a result, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is readying its hammers and crowbars to break the Ganesha idols to pieces as plaster of paris creates…
GO TO SOURCE BERLIN, GERMANY, September 1, 2001: Famed British physicist Stephen Hawking says if humans hope to compete with the rising tide of artificial intelligence, they’ll have to improve through genetic engineering. Hawking said science could increase the complexity of DNA and “improve” human beings. He conceded that it would be a long process, “but we should follow this…
GO TO SOURCE DODA, KASHMIR, INDIA: Violence unleashed by militants in the mountainous Doda district has claimed the lives of over 300 Hindus during the last seven years, defense sources said. Most of these massacres were the handiwork of Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), who wanted to create terror among minorities and force their migration, sector commander of Kishtwar brigade,…