GO TO SOURCE MUMBAI, INDIA, September 21, 2002: Hundreds of thousands of devotees bid farewell to their favorite Lord Ganesha on Friday, immersing icons of the Deity amidst shouts of “Ganapati bappa morya, pudchya varshi lavkar yaa,” a ritual that marks the end of the 10-day festival. Huge icons of the lord smiled at the devotees as they were taken…
GO TO SOURCE USA, September 24, 2002: Space images taken by NASA reveal a mysterious ancient bridge in the Palk Strait between India and Sri Lanka. The recently discovered bridge, clearly visible in the NASA photos, is made of a chain of underwater shoals 18 miles long. This article claims the bridge appears “manmade,” but does not say how that…
GO TO SOURCE AHMEDABAD, INDIA, September 23, 2002: Reports of a miracle have people thronging to Siva temples across the state. People have sighted “Om” on Siva Lingams in temples and observed water was flowing out of the icon. Crowds thronged Siva temples at Hatkeshwar, Amraiwadi, Vatva, and Navrangpura in Ahmedabad, and Karelibaug, Makarpura and other places in Vadodara. In…
Source: Sify News WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND, September 20, 2002: New Zealand’s national museum, Te Papa, will launch a two-year long exhibition on Indian weddings as a way of honoring Indian migration to the country, a museum official said. “Aainaa — Reflections Through Indian Wedding” marks weddings here with photos, talks, dancing and music. Hindu, Sikh and Muslim weddings will all…
GO TO SOURCE AHMEDABAD, INDIA, September 20, 2002: Signs of religious revival are evident, especially with regard to Ganesha festivities. The trend is especially evident in areas affected by the riots earlier this year. Ahmedabad, the Panchmahals, Dahod, Vadodara and areas of North Gujarat, which saw large-scale disturbances earlier this year, have also witnessed a significant rise in the number…
Source: Hindustan Times SHIMLA, INDIA, September 17, 2002: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad yesterday criticized the remarks of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in New York that Gujarat riots were a “shame” for the country and said what had happened in the State after the Godhra killings was “not a matter of shame, but a matter of pride.” There were other…
GO TO SOURCE SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, September 19, 2002: Few U.S. employers list the Jewish High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur as employee holidays. The same goes for Ramadan, the most religiously significant time of year for the world’s 1 billion Muslims. But as the workplace has become more racially, ethnically and religiously diverse, firms have tried…
GO TO SOURCE New York, New York, September 15, 2002: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has hailed the verdict of the Supreme Court that the BJP-led NDA government was not “saffronising” education and said it was good the matter came up in the apex court. “Saffronizing” is a term used in a negative sense by the Indian press to mean…
GO TO SOURCE USA, September 18, 2002: IndiaCause issued a press release today which states in part, “Major plans of Anti-Hindu propaganda using PBS program defeated. The program projected the Gujarat riots as genocide and is to be aired tomorrow throughout USA. Last Thursday IndiaCause launched a campaign of protest with PBS. As a result, in two days PBS has…
GO TO SOURCE PUNE, INDIA, September 15, 2002: The 10-day long Ganesha celebrations in Maharashtra are known to affect industrial production in and around Pune due to lack of worker attendance. But, for small businessmen, Ganapati may be another form of Lakshmi (Goddess of Wealth) as they do more business during the ten days than the rest of the year.…