GO TO SOURCE ZIMBABWE, AFRICA, February 15, 2003: President Robert Mugabe’s “war veteran” militia is changing its land-grabbing campaign in Zimbabwe from white-owned farms to Asian-owned businesses. The move has echoes of the policy pursued by Idi Amin in Uganda 30 years ago, which saw 60,000 Asians expelled while their land, money and businesses were seized. Last week, the veterans…
Source: The Daily Post, Fiji SUVA, FIJI, February 18, 2003: The beach along Queen Elizabeth Drive, on the Suva foreshore, is designated to the Hindu community to be used to dispose of the ashes of their loved ones following cremation, Multi-Ethnic Affairs Minister George Raj said. Mr. Raj yesterday said he would make a detailed statement on the matter today…
GO TO SOURCE EUGENE, U.S.A., February 21, 2003: Arun N. Toke, executive editor of Skipping Stones Magazine, has been honored by The Writer magazine with the 2002 Writer Award. The Writer Awards celebrate and recognize writers who, through their work, contribute to the community of writers, bring about changes in the publishing field, or use their writing to make a…
GO TO SOURCE JAIPUR, INDIA, February 14, 2003: In a unique Valentine’s Day celebration, eleven couples married for more than 50 years renewed their marriage vows in front of the holy fire, reaffirming their love for each other. Brain child of Mitroday Gandhi, President Rashtriya Yuva Chetna Parishad, the decision to celebrate these couples was taken to motivate the younger…
GO TO SOURCE UNITED STATES, February 21, 2003: This very extensive website offers insight into India’s secular constitution and what it means to be a secular nation as compared to a nation where religion and government power reside in the same hand. The authors comment that “the word Secular has not been defined or explained under the Constitution in 1950…
GO TO SOURCE LAUTOKA, FIJI, January 29, 2003: It has been one-hundred years since South Indians first arrived in Fiji and the community is celebrating the centenary anniversary by holding a Sangam convention. The event will be held from April 11 – 17 beginning with a grand inauguration on the 11th. Two full days of Centenary Sports, a children’s festival,…
GO TO SOURCE PUNTA DEL ESTE, URUGUAY, February 20, 2003: The Indian Embassy, joined by businesses and educational institutions, are organizing the Week of India 2003 in the Republic of Uruguay. A welcoming speech by the Indian Ambassador, His Excellency Mr. Rinzing Wangdi, will open the week celebration. Several films, musical performances, a lecture on Ayurveda and a festival of…
GO TO SOURCE NEW DELHI, INDIA, February 20, 2003: From all parts of India holy men and women and grihastha devotees come to worship the divine during the world’s largest spiritual festival and confluence of humanity, the Kumbha Mela. Hosted every 12 years in a succession of four venues, the central Indian city of Ujjain is the home of the…
GO TO SOURCE WASHINGTON D.C., January 13, 2003: The url for yesterday’s HPI story describing internet meditation sites was incorrect. For the correct address click “source” above.
GO TO SOURCE NEW DELHI, INDIA, January 30, 2003: An historical meeting of the mind and heart took place between His Excellency Abdul Kalam, President of the Republic of India, and His Holiness, Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda. The President welcomed Swamiji by reciting the Peace Mantra from the Vedas and commending Swamiji’s worldwide service to humanity in order to bring…