GO TO SOURCE KOLKATA, INDIA, September 14, 2001: Sick and tired of the garbage piling up during the puja and the stench, the Calcutta Municipal Corporation has come with a novel competition scheme for cleanliness among puja pandals where the cleanest puja pandal will be awarded a prize. A “pandal” is a temporary temple set up beside (or in) a…
GO TO SOURCE PUNE, INDIA, August 28, 2001: Sadhu Vaswani Mission announced today its annual “Meatless Day,” also called “Meat-Out Day,” on November 25. The popular observance falls on the birthday of the Mission’s founder, Sadhu Vaswani, a revered saint of the Sindhi community. The present leader of the Mission, J.P. (Dada) Vaswani said, “Buddha asked 25 centuries ago, ‘how…
GO TO SOURCE SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, September 14, 2001: No changes have yet appeared in plans for Diwali celebration on October 13 as a result of the recent attacks upon America. Indians here in years past have set up celebrations at popular entertainment places, including the casinos of Atlantic City and the Great America amusement park in San Jose, California.…
GO TO SOURCE KAUAI, HAWAII, September 13, 2001: In response to many inquiries he has received about yesterday’s calamity, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, publisher of Hinduism Today and Hindu Press International, has asked his monks to share this view from the Hindu heart and perspective: “Every high-minded and good soul on Earth has been hurt and shocked by the appalling images…
GO TO SOURCE UDUPI, INDIA, Sept. 13, 3001: “Everyone must do duty, honestly, sincerely and diligently and this is the highest offer to God. This is Lord Krishna’s message to the mankind,” according to Vishweshatheertha Swamiji of Pejawar Adokshaja Math, Udupi Krishna Temple. Krishanashtami was being celebrated in Udupi on September 10. He said the Krishna Jayanti was celebrated in…
GO TO SOURCE PATNA, INDIA, Sept. 13, 2001: Though the Government Ayurvedic College, Patna, located in Kadamkuan, would celebrate its Platinum Jubilee in December 2001, since the last three years no medicines have been purchased for the college pharmacy despite allotments. This reports blames local politics and stonewalling amongst appointees who run the college. The college which was established with…
GO TO SOURCE LUCKNOW, INDIA, Sept. 9, 2001: Thousands of Dalits, often segregated as “untouchables” in India’s Hindu caste hierarchy, converted to Buddhism at in a northern Indian city. Leaders of the late-Saturday ritual by some 6,000 Dalits said they were protesting discrimination by upper caste people and India’s failure to raise caste issues at the racism conference in Durban,…
Source: The Hindu HYDERABAD, INDIA, SEPT. 6, 2001: The city Police Commissioner, Mr. P. Ramulu, has announced a reward of $1,063 for anyone who designs or uses eco-friendly material like hay pulp for preparing Ganesh icons. The Commissioner observed that it would be of great help to Ganesh icon makers if such an eco-friendly model of Ganesh icon was designed…
GO TO SOURCE PRINCETON, USA, Sept, 08, 2001: What exactly do Americans believe in when it comes to the paranormal, the occult and “out-of-this-world” experiences? The Gallup Poll recently updated its audit of American belief in a variety of these types of phenomena. Only one of the experiences tested has seen a drop in belief since 1990: devil possession. Overall,…
GO TO SOURCE THANE, INDIA, Sept. 8, 2001: A 17-year-old student, Avishkar Dangat, of Thane’s Dnyansadhana College was hospitalized with a cerebral concussion after being brutally beaten by his physics teacher. An incensed Professor P Albange held the Standard XII student by his hair, kicked him in the groin and legs and banged his head against a wall during a…