Source: Express & Star News Paper, November 30, 2000 SMETHWICK, ENGLAND: Vandals have smashed down the walls of a US$1.6 million temple and community centre being built in Smethwick, causing damage put at $16,000. Community leaders have condemned the “misguided, weak minded” thugs and say they are very much hurt by the attack on the Durga Bhawan site in Spon…
GO TO SOURCE BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND, October 26, 2000: Epics are everywhere. Theatre critic Micheal Billington was captivated by a new version of the legendary Sanskrit saga, the “Ramayana,” adapted by Peter Oswald and produced by Indhu Rubasingham, hailing it “witty and inventive” delighting the large, multiracial audience. He wrote, “What struck me was its blend of the spiritual and the…
GO TO SOURCE DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA: The first two in a series of books on Hinduism in indigenous languages were released at a conference focusing on commonalities in Indian and African culture. The books written in Zulu and several pamphlets in Xhosa were launched as part of the 75th anniversary celebrations of Africa’s Arya Pratinidhi Sabha (APS). For the first…
Source: Reuters, December 4, 2000 NEW YORK, NEW YORK: PepsiCo’s current chief, Roger Enrico, announced that Indra Nooyi will expand her duties as PepsiCo’s chief financial officer and assume the additional post of president. The change is connected with PepsiCo’s US$13.4 billion acquisition of Quaker Oats Co. next year. This will make her the highest-ranking Indian-born woman in corporate America.…
Source: Free Press Journal, November 30, 2000 ALLAHABAD, INDIA: Once every 12 years, a pilgrimage takes place on a grand scale at the confluence, “Sangam,” of the Rivers Ganga, Yamuna, and celestial Saraswati in Allahabad. The months-long Maha Kumbha Mela will bring 70 million devotees from all over India and many other countries to bathe in the Sangam for purification.…
Source: http//:article archives0,4273,4095631,00html TANJUNG, BALI (November 24, 2000): Tanjung Benoa is a fishing village on the idyllic south-east coast of Bali with fishermen tending their ageing boats and small Hindu temples on the shoreline. But underneath this veneer of normality, Tanjung is the centre of a deadly illegal trade in tortoise shell and meat that is threatening to exterminate one…
GO TO SOURCE A college-level online course on vegetarianism is now available, according to Vegetarian Resource Group. It is taught by Chef Nancy Berkoff, RD. Originally designed as an advanced nutrition class for culinary students, the course has been expanded to include topics of interest for everyone interested in food, health, small business and vegetarianism. Consumers can learn more about…
Source: Nai Duniya [Hindi], November 28, 2000 INDORE, MADHYA PRADESH: From November 13 to 23, massive ceremonies were heldd in Tarana area to alleviate a drought. Eleven brahmins brought from Ujjain did 121 ceremonial bathings of Lord Siva at the local Shri Tilbhandeshwar Mahadev Temple. They also did 121 rudrabhishekas in praise of Lord Siva, as well as chanted the…
GO TO SOURCE SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA: It’s not a question at the heart of human existence. But if Krishna and Arjuna could resume their Bhagavad Gita dialogue, perhaps they’d take up a query that rumbled through the Hindu community this week: Can a sacred text be called a work of fiction? And, if so, is it worth any less? The…
GO TO SOURCE EAST ELMHURST, NEW YORK (July 13, 2000): A select few are born in every century to light the spark of love, devotion, and selfless service among their communities. Young Kavindra Jaganan, age 16, is doing that very thing at the recently completed Hindu Sanatan temple in East Elmhurst, New York. Following in the steps of his priestly…