GO TO SOURCE STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, April 29, 2002: Swedish furniture maker Ikea has apologized for an advertisement showing a glittering toilet seat adorned with a meditating Buddha. The figure, incorrectly identified as the Hindu God Siva, appeared in a section with decoration tips in the latest issue of Ikea Family Magazine, sent to 700,000 households in Sweden. The article, headlined…
GO TO SOURCE BUENOS AIRES, April 26, 2002: Russian-born Indra Devi, known to followers as the ”first lady of yoga” who taught Hollywood how to stretch its limbs in the 1940s, died at 102 yesterday in Argentina, her home for the past 17 years. Born in 1899, Ms. Devi went to India in 1927, drawn by its spirituality, and 10…
GO TO SOURCE HONOLULU, April 25, 2002: Two ancient sculptures stolen from a temple in Cambodia during the civil unrest of the 1970s and donated to the Honolulu Academy of Arts are back in their homeland. The 9th century, 15-inch stone head of Lord Siva and a 12th century, 19-inch head of a deva were flown from Honolulu on Tuesday…
GO TO SOURCE LONDON, ENGLAND, April 19, 2002: Thousands of senior resident Indian doctors in Britain could benefit from an initiative launched by the UK government to induct medical specialists directly from India into top, permanent posts in British hospitals. The initiative to recruit doctors working in India directly to UK consultant posts in psychiatry, radiology, cancer and cardiology, will…
GO TO SOURCE BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, April 25, 2002: The latest report from the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC) said that racism was on the increase across the continent. With the surprisingly strong showing of far-right politicians like France’s Jean-Marie Le Pen, who will face off in the May 5 presidential polls with incumbent Jacques Chirac, ethnic minorities…
GO TO SOURCE ATLANTA, GEORGIA, April 25, 2002: A study being released at a meeting of the American Heart Association found that men who decide to become househusbands and take care of children at home may be putting their health and hearts in danger. In fact, researchers conducting the study in Framingham, Massachusetts, for the National Institutes for Health found…
GO TO SOURCE USA, April 25, 2002: If anyone knows where to acquire the books by Toshio Yamanouchi and Hindu Gods in Japan, mentioned in HPI on April 22, kindly contact us at “source” above.
GO TO SOURCE BRADFORD, ENGLAND, April 20, 2002: More than 1,000 people congregated in Bradford for ceremonial prayers at the construction site where a US$4.4 million Hindu temple is to be built. Among the number were priests of the Ganges shrine of Haridwar, who flew to Britain to bless the foundation stone of one of Britain’s biggest and most unique…
Source: Francois Gautier GANGTOK, SIKKIM, April 23, 2002: A special program is being organized in Gangtok, in Northeast India, which is called “Gangtok Prayer Festival 2002.” This is being conducted by Dr. Paul Dhinakaran (famous for his “miracle” prayer meetings all over India) and a team from Chennai at Gaurds Ground, Gangtok, from April 26 to 28, 2002. Christians from…
Source: Stars and Stripes Magazine CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, JAPAN, April 13, 2002: Okinawa’s small American Hindu population meets twice a week on US military bases to get in touch with their spirituality. Chaturbhuj N. Gidwani helped establish a Hindu study group at Kadena Air Base and Camp Foster after moving to Okinawa, Japan, six months ago. “There are many people…