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…
GO TO SOURCE NEW YORK, NEW YORK, October 10, 2001: To pay homage to the heroes and the victims of the World Trade Center attack, Battery Dance Company dancer Tadej Brdnik performed a hauntingly beautiful dance piece for the passers-by at the busy Franklin Street Triangle subway stop. From 8:00 a.m. to 8:15 a.m., the tall, striking Slovenian with cropped…
GO TO SOURCE MALLESWARAM, INDIA, October 15, 2001: The ancient Nandeeshwara Temple at Malleswaram 17th cross was discovered only three years ago, but it has stood for 7,000 years. According to residents nearby, the temple was completely buried under a flat parcel of land. Three years ago when a politician tried to sell the plot, people requested that the land…
GO TO SOURCE LUCKNOW, INDIA, October 18, 2001: Around 200 Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) activists, led by president Ashok Singhal, entered illegally into the sanctum sanctorum of Ram Janambhoomi in Ayodhya on Wednesday. They worshiped the small Rama icon place there, distributed blessed food and hoisted a saffron flag while the security personnel watched. Police later downplayed the symbolic incident.…
GO TO SOURCE DHAKA, PAKISTAN, October 17, 2001: Prime Minister Khaleda Zia of Bangladesh has said that personnel of the Bangladesh Rifles will be deployed if necessary to ensure that the Hindu community’s biggest festival, Durga Puja, which begins next week, passes off peacefully. Khaleda’s instruction came in the wake of the reported vandalism of Durga Puja venues and attacks…