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…
Source: Punjab Kesari (Hindi), December 3, 2000 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN: The Pakistani Hindu community has decided to boycott the local elections. These residents of the southern sector of Sindh province are opposing the electoral system that deprives the minorities of its voting rights. The decision to boycott the election was taken at a meeting held at Jakokabad in which more than…
GO TO SOURCE CALIFORNIA, USA: A decade after California initiated the nation’s most comprehensive and aggressive anti-smoking program, the incidence of deadly lung and bronchial cancer has dropped far more dramatically there than it has nationwide. California lung cancer rates were found to have dropped 14 percent between 1988 and 1997, while the estimated drop nationwide was 2.7 percent, according…
Source: The Hindu, November 28, 2000 NEW DELHI,INDIA: The populace of New Delhi lacks proper facilities for the honorable disposal of our mortal encasement after the soul continues its journey. Of the 271 crematoria available in the city, only three well-maintained ones, Nigambodh Ghat, Punjabi Bagh and Lodi Road, are primarily used. Most of the other crematoria lack adequate lighting,…
GO TO SOURCE KATHMANDU,NEPAL, December 1, 2000: Advocating a peaceful resolution for the refugee problem in Kathmandu Nepal, is a top U.S. envoy for Asia, Karl Inderfurth, assistant secretary of state for South Asian affairs. Since the early 1990’s, Hindu refugees numbering over 98,000 have lived in UN-supervised camps in Nepal after fleeing Buddhist Bhutan. After several rounds of ministerial…