GO TO SOURCE BANGKOK, THAILAND, April 20, 2002: Bangkok authorities will distribute 100,000 vials of 100-year-old holy water from a Hindu temple to celebrate the city’s 220th anniversary this weekend, a religious leader said Saturday. The distribution of the holy water at a ceremony Sunday is intended to recreate a ritual performed at the city’s founding, when religious figures spread…
GO TO SOURCE GUJARAT, INDIA, April 19, 2002: Thousands of Muslim students in the western Indian state of Gujarat did not attend school-leaving exams which began on Thursday, Muslim leaders said. They said parents refused to let their children travel to exam centers located in Hindu-dominated areas of the state’s largest city Ahmedabad and a number of other cities. Authorities…
GO TO SOURCE UK, April 16, 2002: White male journalists rule the BBC’s World Service with a “colonial mentality” that embarrassed and demeaned ethnic minority colleagues, an employment tribunal was told yesterday. An Asian journalist, Sharan Sandhu, 51, claimed that she was repeatedly passed over for promotion between 1994 and 1999 because of her race and sex. The tribunal in…
GO TO SOURCE MUMBAI, DELHI, INDIA, April 14, 2002: Children are becoming increasingly hooked on soap operas, adult family dramas, in particular. They are also keen on horror and crime shows and this fascination has intensified since September 11. So says a recent study on “Media Violence and Its Impact on Children,” conducted by the Center for Advocacy and Research…
GO TO SOURCE NEW YORK, NEW YORK, April 16, 2002: The eighth annual TV-Turnoff Week will be observed from April 22nd through the 28th. The whole family is invited to make a clean break from the tube, where the average viewing time is 28 hours per week for adults and 21 hours for children. “TV-watching is the default setting for…
GO TO SOURCE SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, April 15, 2002: Sunnyvale police officer Russell Howard has witnessed many careless driving moves by teenagers in his 20-year career. In his dual role as an emergency medic, he has also seen the fatal consequences that can result. Now Howard runs a small sideline business that, for a $50 annual fee, supplies bumper stickers…
GO TO SOURCE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, April 18, 2002: Everyone in publishing is familiar with the Chicago Manual of Style, the bible of the industry with its comprehensive rules for the English language into print. Now they’ve established a web site, “source” above, where you can find out the latest developments, or even ask questions. For example, web url addresses often…
GO TO SOURCE LONDON, ENGLAND, April 16, 2002: The UK Yearbook published by the Office of National Statistics offers these statements on the country’s Hindu community. “The Hindu community in the UK originates largely from India, although others have come from countries to which earlier generations had previously migrated, such as Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Malawi. The number of…
GO TO SOURCE ATLANTA, GEORGIA, April 11, 2002: Lighting up a cigarette, according to a study recently completed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is costing the country US$3,391 a year per smoker, or $157.7 billion annually for the whole nation. Breaking the cost down, the CDC study estimates that the habit costs $3.45 per pack for…
GO TO SOURCE SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, April 13, 2002: Combining traditional and alternative medicine, Memorial Health University Medical Center has joined with Dr Chopra, the best-selling author and holistic health exponent, to create a center where patients and Savannah residents can come for yoga, meditation or a treatment called Shirodhara in which herb-infused sesame oil is dripped onto their foreheads. Nearby,…