Source: Press Release KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, April 7, 2002: The National Hindu Advisory board will be drafting guidelines on proper religious practices during the annual Thaipusam festival, Malaysia Hindu Sangam president A Vaithilingam stated. He said the Malaysia Hindu Sangam had received numerous complaints that the festival, celebrated during the full moon in the month of Thai in the Hindu…
GO TO SOURCE DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA, April 7, 2002: Member of Parliament Ela Gandhi will walk in the footsteps of her famous grandfather when she becomes the ninth recipient of a prestigious international prize on Friday. Gandhi, a Hindu, was named as the recipient of the Community of Christ International Peace Award in December last year by the church group,…
GO TO SOURCE EDISON, NEW JERSEY, April 10, 2002: The Edison Balagokulam (children’s school) is celebrating second anniversary of monthly Ramayan paat by Ramayan Mahilaa Samiti, New Jersey, on April 20, according to this announcement by Ramachandra Kamath (“source” above). During this celebration there will be a Ramayan play by 33 children, aged between 10 months and 11 years, with…
GO TO SOURCE HOUSTON, TEXAS, April, 5, 2002: A Houston Clear Lake High School student from the South Asian community has been recognized for her “outstanding public service” and has won the Jefferson Award for Community Service for the year 2002. Shruti Iyer was nominated for this prestigious award, considered the Nobel Prize of Volunteering, by the Scoliosis Association Inc.…
Source: New Straits Times KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, April 4, 2002: Trained in the classical dance art forms of Manipuri, Bharatanatyam and Kathakali from a very young age, Dr. Ananya Chatterjea now uses the dance form of Odissi to express strong woman characters with integrity and high self-esteem. ” I think societies are generally afraid of women who are confident, intelligent…
GO TO SOURCE LONDON, ENGLAND, April 7, 2002: A section of nonresident Indians in the UK are up in arms against the use of the image of Lord Ganesha as a carrier and advertiser of beers. The objectionable photograph appeared under the title “Indian Summer Food and Drink” depicted in the Sunday Observer today shows Lord Ganesha carrying a glass…
GO TO SOURCE LONDON, UK, April 6, 2002: Scientists reacted with skepticism and shock to a report that a woman taking part in a controversial human cloning program for infertile couples was eight weeks pregnant. Italian fertility specialist Severino Antinori, who last year announced his intention to create the world’s first human clone, has been quoted as saying one woman…
GO TO SOURCE HYDERABAD, INDIA, April 2, 2002: The state government of Andhra Pradesh has recently issued a government order banning corporal punishment in schools. School education secretary I. V. Subba Rao said, “Imposition of corporal punishment was not in keeping with a child’s dignity, and it is cruel to subject a child to physical violence in school in the…
Source: The Hindu TIRUVANNAMALAI, INDIA, April 3, 2002: With the kumbabhishekam, or rededication blessing, of the Sri Arunachaleswara Temple scheduled for June 27, a major portion of the renovation of the sannadhis (structures housing the individual deities), the gopurams (entrance towers) and the Ayirankal Mandapam (1000-pillared hall) has been completed. The kumbabhishekam, to be performed after a gap of 26…