GO TO SOURCE DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA, March 27, 2001: The name of Mahatma Gandhi, whose campaign of passive resistance was born in South Africa, is expected to be one of 20 to be immortalized in marble here. Special marble tiles, each engraved with the still closely guarded names, and in some cases, the palm prints of those to be honored,…
GO TO SOURCE USA, March 28, 2001: Thousands of foreign workers in America’s slumping high technology sector are set to lose their jobs and their right to stay in the US. In the past few years, the US government has given hundreds of thousands of foreigners with high-tech skills H1-B temporary work permits. If they are laid off, they are…
GO TO SOURCE DALLAS, USA, March 24, 2001: According to Hindu tradition, the saint Shri Dnyaneshwar — while still a child, in response to a challenge — made a buffalo recite the Vedas, proving that all creatures are united by the soul. Later he wrote Dnyaneshwari, a religious work still popular today. Maharashtrians here are staging a play on his…
GO TO SOURCE LONDON, ENGLAND, March 24, 2001: Everybody is doing it, or everybody wants to do it. From ashtanga to hatha, yoga classes are popping up to accommodate modern successful people. In the past 18 months, the yoga craze has evolved and melted into the life of a Londoner. Quoting Cat de Rham who teaches Iyengar-based classes in Chelsea,…
Source: The Guardian UNITED KINGDOM, March 7, 2001: Ruling that the advertisement caused a personal offense to their culture and religion, the Independent Television Commission has banned a recent advertsements promoting Chicken Tonight. It showed a Hindu woman meditating and chanting in front of a chicken. She became upset with the chicken for not joining her. Hindus were offended by…
GO TO SOURCE LEICESTER, U.K., March 18, 2001: The focal point of the Leicester’s Asian community is Belgrave Road known as the Golden Mile because more gold jewellery is sold here than anywhere else in Europe. The road’s display of 6,000 lights during Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights is said to be the biggest outside India. The city’s major…
GO TO SOURCE CAMBODIA, JANUARY 13 2001: In the jungled retreat of Kobal Spien, former Khmer Rouge guerrillas act as tourist guides to point out intricate Hindu and Buddhist carvings such as the River of 1,000 Lingas; the riverbed is dotted with sculpted stone carvings, including Siva Lingas, stone frogs, Buddhas and the many-headed Naga snake, all of which are…
GO TO SOURCE AMRITSAR, INDIA, March 23, 2001: Police commandos were posted in a northern Indian city to prevent religious clashes March 22 after Hindu nationalists desecrated a mosque and burned copies of the Koran. Members of the All-India Hindu Protection Committee entered the 200-year-old Kheruddin Mosque in Amritsar late Wednesday, burned copies of the Islamic holy book, and threw…
GO TO SOURCE HAWAII, OAHU, March 25, 2001: Scientists are having second thoughts about cloning. Since 1997 when the first mammal, Dolly the sheep, was produced by scientists in Scotland, cloning techniques have been perfected by researchers. However even with the utmost diligence only 2 or 3 percent of attempts to clone are successful. Those that do survive often suffer…
Source: Hinduism Today, Ramesh Zawar MUMBAI, INDIA, March 26, 2001: For the first time a long march was organized to mark the beginning of Hindu New Year in Dombiwali, a fast growing northeast suburb of Mumbai area. About 40,000 men and women joined in. Normally, the first day of new year is marked with raising the flag at the top…