Source: www.abendblatt.de HAMBURG, GERMANY, February 7, 2010: Hamburg’s Museum fur Volkerkunde (Museum of Ethnology) has been home to an authentic Balinese temple since November 2009. Carved out of volcanic stone, the temple was shipped from Bali to Germany and assembled according to tradition by the Balinese architect Artana and two assistants. Construction was funded by Juli Biesterfeld, a Balinese woman…
Source: www.scribd.com KAPAA, HI, USA, February 8, 2010: Kindle, Nook, Apple iPad — it seems that digital editions of books and magazines are destined to seize the spotlight from venerable paper, which has been the choice of readers for centuries. Or maybe not: how can you reproduce the ease and comfort of having a printed edition in your hands, one…
Source: news.bbc.co.uk ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA, February 4, 2010: The last speaker of an ancient language in India’s Andaman Islands has died at the age of about 85, a leading linguist has told the BBC. Professor Anvita Abbi said that the death of Boa Sr was highly significant because one of the world’s oldest languages – Bo – had come to…
Source: www.poten.com INDIA, February 2010: The revelation that the Ganga could disappear in the Gangotri valley if a series of hydropower projects are completed should prompt a rethink on what is clearly a case of mindless development, according to this article. Twelve hydro power projects, some functioning and others proposed, are located in a fragile ecological zone. Environmentalists have warned…
Source: news.bbc.co.uk ORISSA, INDIA, February, 7, 2010: A delegation of the European Union is due to visit a region which was hit by religious riots in the eastern Indian state of Orissa last year. Kandhamal district witnessed weeks of anti-Christian violence after a Hindu leader was shot dead. The clashes erupted after hard line Hindu groups blamed Christians for the…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt. Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Source: www.mumbaimirror.com MUMBAI, INDIA, January 28, 2010: The Shri Sai Baba Sansthan Trust, that manages the shrine, has decided to ban VIP darshan during week days. The decision was taken at a meeting of the trust held at Mantralaya. VIP darshans at the popular shrine has been a contentious issue because devotees regularly faced inconvenience when their queues were stopped…
Source: www.expressindia.com JAMMU, INDIA, February 3, 2010: The cave shrine of Vaishnodevi, one of the most revered places of worship visited by about eight million pilgrims each year, faced a fresh terror threat and security has been upgraded. Central Reserve Police Force’s (CRPF) Special Director General N. K. Tripathi on Tuesday warned of the threat to the hill shrine, about…
Source: http://pib.nic.in/release/rel_print_page1.asp?relid=57507 INDIA, February 1, 2010: Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, Minister of State for Commerce & Industry, inaugurated the 10th World Spice Congress here on 3rd February, 2010. India occupies a prominent position in the world spice trade with a share of 44%. Annual production of spices in recent years has gone well above four million tons. Share of spices…
Source: www.nytimes.com ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND, January 2, 2010: Researchers at the University of Aberdeen found that when people were asked to recall the past, their bodies leaned slightly backward. While fantasizing about the future, people made a two or three millimeter shift forward. Lynden K. Miles, one of the study’s conductors, said: “It was pleasing that we could take an abstract…