Indian Malaysians Worried About Low Birth Rate
GO TO SOURCE KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, September 17, 2001: Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu, the chief of Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), says he was worried about the declining Indian population as it could directly reduce the political voice of the community. He said the community’s population of 10.3 per cent of all Malaysians has now been cut to 9.4 per…
Crafts Mela to Coincide with Brahmotsavam
Source: The Hindu TIRUPATI, INDIA, September 16, 2001: Coinciding with the annual Brahmotsavam of Lord Venkateswara, the All-India Crafts Mela will be held at Tirupati from September 19 to October 3. The venue of the mela is the Urban Haat site, jointly promoted by the Central Government’s Ministry of Textiles and State’s Tourism Department at a cost of US$342,500 on…
Manavi Announces Legal Clinics For Battered Women
GO TO SOURCE NEW BURNSWICK, NEW JERSEY, September 17, 2001: Manavi, a South Asian organization dedicated to empowering women from the subcontinent who live in the US, has announced a legal clinic for women who have experienced violence in their lives in two new locations. Manavi’s legal clinics provide women with the option of meeting with an immigration and family…
Astrology of Terrorist Attack
GO TO SOURCE LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, September 19, 2001: Chakrapani Ullal, the foremost exponent of Hindu astrology in the United States, offers his analysis of the September 11 terrorist attack on America at “source” above.
VHP Makes Statement on Attacks
GO TO SOURCE UBLI, INDIA, September 16, 2001: The president of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Ashok Singhal, has declared that he is against the direct involvement of India in the predicted “war.” He said the Indian land should never become a battlefield when “Christians and Muslims are fighting it out”. Acknowledging that the fight between Christians and Muslims was continuing since…
University Building Dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi
GO TO SOURCE ALISO VIEJO, CALIFORNIA, Sept. 16, 2001: When the brand new campus of Soka University of America opened its doors here for admissions for this fall, it decided to dedicate one of its classroom buildings to the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi, naming it “Gandhi Hall.” Gandhi’s grandson, Dr. Arun Gandhi, who had flown here from Memphis, Tenn., especially…
Pesticide Kills 15 Wild Elephants
GO TO SOURCE GAUHATI, INDIA, September 15, 2001: A banned pesticide used by villagers in remote northeastern India was blamed Saturday for the death last month of 15 wild elephants. Investigator Kushal Konwar Sharma said forensic tests revealed the presence of the pesticide Dimecron in the elephants’ carcasses, which were discovered in and around Nameri National Park in Assam state.…
Children’s Rights Advocates Want Century-Old Law to be Abolished
Source: Canadian Press OTTAWA, CANADA, September 10, 2001: Canada may soon be coerced into joining the ranks with eleven other nations of the world where spanking of children is considered to be a criminal act. In the Ontario Court of Appeal, Paul Schabas, a lawyer representing the Canadian Foundation for Children, Youth and the Law, has advocated that Section 43…