GO TO SOURCE NEW DELHI, INDIA, May 19, 2001: The Bhuj quake rekindled the theory that an earthquake was responsible for the disappearance of the Indus Valley civilization. Now the discovery of artifacts in the Gulf of Cambay in Gujarat dating to 4000 to 6000 bce has given a new dimension to archaeologists in understanding the Harappan civilization. Underwater images…
GO TO SOURCE NEW YORK, NEW YORK, May 18, 2001: A list of cultural traditions named “masterpieces of intangible heritage” by UNESCO, has included India’s Kuttiyattam Sanskrit theater. The theater shares the honors along with a diverse, internationally chosen group such as the Kunqu Opera of China and the Garifuna language, dance and music of Belize.
GO TO SOURCE NEW DELHI, INDIA, May 17, 2001: From this year, India’s Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is scrapping dissections of animals completely, coinciding with the 2,600th anniversary of the Mahavir the founder of Jainism who preached non-violence. “The idea is to develop a steady hand, and one can learn how to make a fine incision on a…
GO TO SOURCE KOLKOTA, INDIA, May 17, 2001: At least 14 people were injured, eight of them seriously, in an attack by separatist militants in Tripura on Thursday evening. D. Goutam, Superintendent of Police (Operations) said 15 militants of the National Liberation Front of Tripura stormed the Bholagiri Ashram, a Hindu religious place in the outskirts of Agartala at around…
GO TO SOURCE AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND, MAY 15, 2001: About 50 Hindu children washed their mother’s feet in traditional Hindu manner to express their appreciation on Mother’s Day. The Matru Puja (mother worship) began with an invocation to Ganesha followed by Sanskrit hymns sung in praise of mothers. The children prostrated to their mothers and washed their feet. They also…
GO TO SOURCE SINGAPORE, May 13, 2001: Children who experience abuse in the family often bear emotional scars. A US study shows they sometimes grow up to be abusive parents themselves. At a symposium held in Singapore, Professor Jeffrey Edleson, director of the Minnesota Centre Against Violence and Abuse, said that a study of 500 American families which experienced domestic…
GO TO SOURCE SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, May 15, 2001: Five hundred Hindu families have joined forces to raise money to build a cultural centre next door to the proposed Ganesha Temple in South Jordon, Utah. Governor Mike Leavitt was on hand at a recent fund-raising for the centre. Promoting Indian dance, music, and dinner, the attraction raised $110,000. The…
GO TO SOURCE A reader clarifies that in the article (source above), “Anglican Bishops in Canada Confront Government over Lawsuits,” the word “Indians” refers to the Aboriginals and Native tribesmen of North America who migrated from Asia more than 10,000 years ago and not “Indians” from South Asia.
GO TO SOURCE MOSCOW, RUSSIA, May 09, 2001: The Indian community and Russians alike gathered around a massive monument of noble laureate Rabindranath Tagore, the largest in Europe, here to celebrate the 140th birthday of one of India’s greatest literateurs of the 20th century. “Rabindranath Tagore is not only the best read and most revered Indian literary figure in Russia,…
GO TO SOURCE KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, May 15, 20011: The recent communal clashes outside the Malaysian capital involving ethnic Indians and indigenous Malays have thrown light on a neglected segment of the India diaspora that has possibly the largest Indian origin community outside the Indian subcontinent. In April, about a dozen people, most of them Indians, were killed in clashes.…