GO TO SOURCE SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, May 12, 2001: Seattle-based attorney Harish Bharti has filed a class-action lawsuit against McDonald’s, alleging that the fast-food giant misled its customers for over a decade by advertising its french fries were vegetarian while all the while they were flavored with beef extract. The ingredient list on McDonald’s web site states, “French Fries: potatoes, partially…
GO TO SOURCE NEW YORK, NEW YORK, April 11, 2001: Many office workers are inventive about recharging their batteries during their lunch hour. Andy Lerer, a cash analyst for a Manhattan publisher, delivers meals to house-bound AIDS patients. Merna Skinner, VP of a consulting firm, often turns off the lights, the computer and the cell phone in her office and…
GO TO SOURCE LANHAM, MARYLAND, May 12, 2001: The Sri Siva Vishnu Temple is conducting a three-day workshop on Vaastu Shastra, the ancient, traditional, Indian building architectural science, at the temple premises (6905 Cipriano Road, Lanham, Maryland) from June 15 to 17, 2001. This workshop will be conducted by the leading world authority on Vaastu Sastra, Dr. Ganapati Sthapati, former…
GO TO SOURCE GANGES, MICHIGAN, May 9, 2001: The public is invited to attend a conference, “Vedanta in the Third Millennium,” in western Michigan from June 22-24, 2001. Twelve senior swamis of the Ramakrishna Order will assemble at the Vivekananda Monastery and Retreat, in Ganges, Michigan, about a two-hour drive from Chicago. According to Dr. Shyam Bhatia, professor at the…
GO TO SOURCE NEW JERSEY, USA, May 11, 2001: On May 19, 2001, the Chinmaya Mission will be holding a gathering of all Indian and Hindu organizations in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania to announce the grand spiritual and cultural extravaganza planned for July 8-14, 2001. The year 2001 marks the Golden Jubilee of the Chinmaya Mission, founded by…
GO TO SOURCE MUMBAI, INDIA, May 7, 2001: Hiro Shroff’s project, “Sindhi Jottings,” covers the worldwide migration of Sindhis from Pakistan following the partition of India in 1947. He would appreciate input from HPI readers for his project. Contact him at “source” above. This email address has been corrected from yesterday’s HPI.
GO TO SOURCE BANGLADESH, May 8, 2001: Bangladesh police have increased security at cultural centers connected with Rabindranath Tagore, the revered author and poet. Authorities fear the centers may be subjected to bomb attacks. Tuesday is the 140th anniversary of the birth of Tagore, whose largely secular legacy of poems and song stir great emotion in Bangladesh. The government accuses…
GO TO SOURCE JAMMU, INDIA, May 10, 2001: Suspected Islamic guerrillas beheaded eight Hindu villagers and seriously injured three others Thursday after abducting them from a forest in Kashmir state, police said. Police said the militants came to the mountainous area as the 11 villagers were grazing cattle near the village of Sajan in the Doda district, about 150 miles…
GO TO SOURCE PANAJI, INDIA, April 17, 2001: It is estimated that, by the year 2025, India will have the largest number of diabetics in the world. Unable to afford the insulin used in the allopathic treatment of diabetes, Indians are turning toward yoga practices and related changes of lifestyle, according to this article, and achieving some success in the…
GO TO SOURCE KOLKOTA, INDIA, May 3, 2001: A more complete, though not necessarily unbiased, report on the attack and subsequent arrest of dozens of people at the ISKCON temple in Kolkota (Calcutta) is posted at “source” above. The report reads in part, “The high drama began on Friday afternoon as 100 ‘devotees’ from Mayapur burst into the Calcutta temple.…