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Posted on 2001/1/11 22:49:02 ( 520 reads )
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Source: The Pioneer
BANARAS, INDIA, January 6, 2001: The Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)-led state
government surprised Hindus by curtailing the annual budget of the famous
Kashi Viswanath Temple. The curtailment may pose many difficulties to the
management as the charges of various prayers and rituals may have to be
hiked higher. According to sources against the proposal of US$434,782 for
the year 2001, the state government has sanctioned only $89,630. Whereas
the budget for the temple last year was $402,174. The temple pays more than
$2,174 in the form of salaries to it's 40-odd employees every month and
monthly expenditure on three officials posted at the temple was around
$1,304 per month. Suspicions of corruption may be behind the cuts.
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Posted on 2001/1/18 22:49:02 ( 468 reads )
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NEW DELHI, INDIA, January, 16, 2001: Four Shankaracharyas are planning to
announce their own sant sansad (meeting of saints) ahead of the Vishwa
Hindu Parishad's dharam sansad scheduled to start on January 19 at the
Kumbh Mela in Allahabad. Reports suggest that VHP leaders have become
frantic for if they were to take the Shankaracharyas head-on, their claim
to speak on behalf of the Hindus or their religious leaders will be
compromised. The credibility of the dharam sansad will be in grave danger.
At a meeting to be held January 17, a decision is expected to be taken to
call a sant sansad some time later this month, said Swami Govindanand,
information minister of the Akhara Parishad. Efforts were being made to
ensure the participation of all the four Shankaracharyas in the sant sansad
and the date is to be fixed to suit their convenience.
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Posted on 2001/1/18 22:48:02 ( 473 reads )
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Source: The Telegraph, Calcutta
MAIDAN, INDIA, January 9, 2001: Compared to the expected annual 50,000
sadhus that pilgrimage to Maiden for Ganga Sagar Mela, a mere 5,000 are
present. Small numbers are attributed to the Maha Kumbh Mela, a rare sacred
event coinciding with Ganga Mela this year.Volunteer organizations are
disappointed with the turnout at Maidan after preparation for a larger
attendance has resulted in food being wasted and accommodations being
sparsely filled. Government administration employees assigned to take care
of pilgrims are idle. However, each day orchestrators of the Ganga Mela
patiently await the arrival of more sadhus.
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Posted on 2001/1/18 22:47:02 ( 722 reads )
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Source: Madhya Pradesh Chronicle
AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT, January 8, 2001: Other major cities have reverted to
their pre-colonial names, Bombay to Mumbai and Madras to Chennai. Now major
Hindu organizations in Gujarat's city of Ahmedabad are pushing for a name
change from Ahmedabad to Karnavati. Karna Deva was the name of a Hindu
sovereign that defeated a tribal ruler in the 11th century and the city
became known as Karnavati. Subsequently in the 1400's, a Moslem ruler named
Ahmed Shah conquered the territory and the city was named after him.
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Posted on 2001/1/18 22:46:02 ( 501 reads )
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK, January 2001: Wicca, also known as the Goddess
movement, Goddess spirituality, or the Craft, appears to be the
fastest-growing religion in America, according to this article in The
Atlantic. It is estimated that there are now more than 200,000 adherents of
Wicca and related "neopagan" faiths in the United States. Wiccans
often call themselves Witches, using a capital W to distinguish themselves
from the word's negative associations of Satan worship and malicious magic,
or just plain pagans. They tend to be white, middle-class, and highly
educated. About a third of them are men. Wiccan services have been held on
at least fifteen U.S. military bases and ships.
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Posted on 2001/1/18 22:45:02 ( 461 reads )
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Source: Vishwa Hindu Parishad Press Release
HOUSTON, TEXAS, January 15, 2001: More than 2,500 of Houston's Hindu
children women, and men, a record number, turned out for the annual Makara
Sankranti Kite Flying Celebration sponsored by Vishwa Hindu Parishad of
America's Houston chapter members, Gujarati Samaj of Houston and Leuva
Patidar Samaj. The event correspondents to Pongal in South India and this
year coincided with Swami Vivekanada's birthday. A famous kite festival
occurs in India on this date.
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Posted on 2001/1/17 22:49:02 ( 493 reads )
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Source: Hinduism Today, Francois Gautier, Correspondent
PONDICHERRY, INDIA, January 17, 2001: The Kumbha Mela, which is taking
place at the moment in Allahabad, demonstrates once again to what extent
Western journalism, when it is applied to India, harps on the anecdotal,
the superfluous, the derogatory, deforms everything and transforms what is
beautiful and noble into a show of freaks and fanatics. And wasn't that the
headline of the Independent of London "A freak fair"? News
agencies in Europe and the US are only interested in the photos of Hollywood
stars (Madonna, Demi Moore, Richard Gere, Pierce Brosnan, etc.) who are
going to descend on the Kumbha Mela, even if they will be totally lost
amongst the millions of (real) devotees. Western newspapers and magazines
do not know by which end to take this gigantic mela and and are content to
talk about uninteresting angles: sadhus and mobile phones, luxury tents for
foreigners in search of spirituality, or the "Indian
nationalists" trying to capitalize on the mela. Isn't it strange that
at the time of globalization and standardization of the whole world, at a
time when the civilization of Coca-Cola and MTV reigns supreme from Rio de
Janeiro to Manila, from Paris to Shanghai, at a time when man's collective
consciousness is universally lowered to an idiotic level by American TV
Soaps -- Bold and Beautiful, or Friends -- nobody in the West finds it
extraordinary that eighty million souls converge by plane, by car, on
horseback, on foot towards a place which they consider sacred, to pray to
That which is beyond us, to this immanent Force towards which men have
aspired to since millenniums? But not at all! What does the Western press
do? It publishes photos of naked sadhus, or stretched out on beds of
thorns; it harps on the ban of Cox & Bains unethical marketing of the
mela, or speaks of the VHP's fundamentalism. Always these images which
denigrate India, always this colonial superior spirit which perpetuates
itself in the negative vision which Western journalists have of the Indian
subcontinent.
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Posted on 2001/1/17 22:48:02 ( 566 reads )
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Source: Indian Express
NEW DELHI, INDIA, January 9, 2001: Students of the Indian Institute of
Technology, Delhi, will soon have the option of studying Sanskrit texts and
the precise science of Sanskrit grammar. Following a directive from the
Ministry for Human Resources and Development sent to over 40 institutes in
the country, IIT Delhi was the first to draft a curriculum. While the HRD
Ministry wanted a full-fledged center, IIT plans to "integrate
Sanskrit studies into the IIT system of education." "The idea is
to remove the impression that Sanskrit is just a language. Sanskrit is on
the lines of mathematics and linguistics," said Wagesh Shukla of IIT's
math department, who is also a Sanskrit scholar and has spearheaded the
effort. The Sanskrit program will be an elective course and has drawn mixed
reaction from faculty and students, with some concerned about the utility
of the course.
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Posted on 2001/1/17 22:47:02 ( 451 reads )
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK, January 7, 2001: In this recent article in the New York
Times, Ilene Rosenzweig notes the rapid changes taking place in yoga
classes. Once associated with hippies and granola, yoga classes are now
packed with students and are held in state-of-the art yoga centers. A new
yoga generation has come up over the last few years as yoga studios pop up
everywhere. Even fitness clubs are offering an increasingly sophisticated
variety of classes as yoga outpaces the previous mainstays like spinning
and step aerobics. The average New York yoga student has achieved a high
level of proficiency in the physical practices and the spiritual teachings,
claims Rosenzweig, creating a super breed of yogis with a command of
Sanskrit lingo and expert pretzel poses. Classes often begin with ancient
Hindu chants and you may even see an altar to Siva set up in the corner.
Some teachers put in long hours studying yoga philosophy and Hindu texts to
keep up with the level of their students knowledge. Clad in the latest yoga
fashions and sporting trendy equipment they give a new image to an ancient
Indian discipline. Madonna and other stars claiming yoga as their primary
fitness regimen are living billboards of the sinewy, muscled "yoga
body" that has become a new ideal.
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Posted on 2001/1/17 22:46:02 ( 517 reads )
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KAPAA, HAWAII, January 10, 2001: Hinduism Today felt HPI readers would be
interested in the long letter on our article on Guyana/Suriname which
appeared in the January/February, 2001, issue.
Dear Editor, Articles on the Indian Diaspora are certainly welcome,
especially those that document the continuation of our Indian Culture and
the efforts to propagate it. That is why the feature article by Anil
Mahabir, titled "Hindus of South America," in the
January/February 2001 issue of your esteem magazine is crucially important
-- not for its ostentatious portrayal of the tribulations of our ancient
culture, but because it does that culture an injustice. This flagrant
misrepresentation aside, Mr. Mahabir's article is also a flagrant violation
of part of the raison d'etre of Hinduism Today as it contravenes purposes
[3] and [5]. The former, for example, states that one of the functions of
your magazine is "To dispel myths, illusions and misinformation about
Hinduism." This is why I feel compelled to respond to Mr. Mahabir's
article. First, the article is riddled with factual errors. Here are some
glaring examples:
* "I traveled 45 miles by speedboat from one bank of the Essequibo
River to the next " (p. 18). As far as I know, the normal route that
speedboats ply, from Parika to Supernaam, takes about 45 minutes and is no
more that 10 miles. The routes plied less often, from Parika to Wakenaam
and Parika to Leguan, take less time because the distances involved are
shorter.
* "The Ramayana is the main text" (p. 18). This is essentially a
regurgitation of historical studies that document the indenture experience.
Today, at least in my native Essequibo, it is Bhagavad Gita that is the
main text of Sanatana Dharma, not the Ramayana.
* I fail to understand how the similarities between Guyanese and
Trinidadian Hindus have been "shaped by a shared Caribbean
experience." Our Shastras and nothing else have shaped Indian culture,
which has remained basically unchanged for the last 6,000 and more years,
despite the prolonged shocks imparted to it by Islam and Christianity. I
maintain that the core of Caribbean Hindu culture survived the indenture
experience intact.
* "Pundit Reepu Persaud pointed out that these [the Indians who
arrived in Guyana on May 5, 1838] were the first to bring Hinduism to the
Americas, not Swami Vivekananda." This is a silly statement that lacks
any deep thinking, something that is sorely absent among Caribbean Hindus.
The first Indians who came to Guyana (and thus the Americas) merely relocated
geographically; they did not transmit Hinduism to the people they found
there. On the other hand, it was no other than Swami Vivekananda who opened
the Western mind to Hinduism; it was Swamiji who sanitized Hinduism of the
heathen aspects that various European and others arbitrarily pasted upon
it.
* "Perhaps about 10 percent [of the Indians who came] returned to
Indian from Guyana." For the record, about 240,000 Indians came to
Guyana and about 76,000 returned (among other sources, see Dwarka Nath,
1970. A History of Indians in Guyana. London: Butler and Tanner). That is,
about 32 per cent of those Indians who came to Guyana returned to their
native Bharat.
* "It is believed the ratio of migrants was 100 men to 20 women "
(p. 21). This is a downright fabrication. Indeed, the sex gap was too large
for a self-sustaining Indian population, but, once again, Mr. Mahabir did
not do his research. The evidence shows that,
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Posted on 2001/1/14 22:49:02 ( 575 reads )
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ALLAHABAD, INDIA: Periodical fairs or Melas are held by Hindus to honor of Gods
or Goddesses. The most important of these is the Kumbha Mela which may have
originated as a meeting place for the main religious heads who could lay
down canons for the whole community as Hinduism has no supreme hierarchical
head. A large number of saints and sages attend and it is the prospect of
their blessing that draws the crowds. The material on this web site offers
a comprehensive overview of the history and mythology of the Mela.
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Posted on 2001/1/14 22:48:02 ( 434 reads )
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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, January 14, 2001: A school-based program that
discourages television and video game use makes grade-school children less
aggressive, a Stanford University study suggests. While previous research
has linked exposure to media violence with increased aggression, few
potential solutions have been evaluated, the authors said. Their findings
indicate "that the effects of televised violence in kids are really
reversible," said Dr. Thomas Robinson, the lead author and an assistant
professor of pediatrics.
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Posted on 2001/1/14 22:47:02 ( 471 reads )
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CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS, January 9, 2001: Churchgoers are donating an
increasingly smaller share of their incomes. The percentage of income
Protestant Christians give fell from 3.1% in 1968 to 2.5% in 1998,
according to Empty Tomb, a research group in Champaign, Illinois. That
means church members gave $4 billion less in 1998 than they would have if
they were giving at the same rate they did in 1968. Total annual
contributions rose by an average of $202 to $570 per church member, after
inflation was taken into account, because incomes also rose. Most of the
money is being spent on salaries, in-church programs, and
building-maintenance rather than on outreach efforts such as missions and
services for the poor. The report said that if U.S. church members had
tithed, or given 10 percent of after-tax income in 1998, churches would
have had an additional $131 billion.
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Posted on 2001/1/13 22:49:02 ( 475 reads )
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NEW DELHI, INDIA, January 14, 2001: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee is
apparently keen, along with tens of millions of Hindu pilgrims at the Maha
Kumbh Mela now on in Allahabad, to immerse himself in purificatory waters.
Official sources say the Special Protection Group responsible for
Vajpayee's security is less than enthusiastic given the enormous logistical
problems. The PM reportedly wants to participate in the most auspicious day
-- January 24 -- when as many as 30 million people are expected to take a
purificatory dip at the spot where the holy Ganges and Yamuna rivers
converge near the town of Allahabad.
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Posted on 2001/1/13 22:48:02 ( 508 reads )
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Source: Reuters
DHARMASALA, INDIA, January 11, 2001: The Dalai Lama is considering a
request from the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, to attend a Hindu religious
festival in India, an official of the Tibetan leader's government-in-exile
announced. The Dalai Lama has accepted "in principle" the invitation,
according to both a member of his office in New Delhi and a high-ranking
member of the Hindu Council. But he still must obtain permission from
Indian officials before he can attend, the Tibetan Authority has said.
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Posted on 2001/1/13 22:47:02 ( 488 reads )
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BOMBAY, INDIA, January 8, 2001: Traditionalists of the Oriya community in
Bombay who worship Lord Jagannath at the Puri temple, have vocalized their
disapproval of recent ISKCON activities. Deities from the temple were
paraded in chariots amidst cheering and dancing for the second time in the
year 2000. Protesting that ISKCON devotees lack respect for the culture
that dictates a rath yatra can only take place once a year, the community
has also objected that deviation from tradition looks bad to the outside
world.
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Posted on 2001/1/24 22:44:02 ( 429 reads )
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BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, January 25, 2001: This website maintained by the
Vegetarian Resource Group is an amazing summary of ingredients in many fast
food restaurants, which are aggressively researched by the group. For
example, in 1997, McDonalds confirmed to the group that the natural flavor
in their french fries came "from an animal source." This
information comes after the company stopped frying the fries in animal fat,
leading many vegetarians to think the fries were now vegie. There are more
revelations too, such as the beef base in Pizza Hut pizza sauce. But
despair not, at least the Taco Bell bean burrito is pure vegie.
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Posted on 2001/1/24 22:43:02 ( 612 reads )
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Source: The Hindu
MADURAI, INDIA, January 20, 2001: A digital version of an English-Tamil
dictionary is making waves in the fast expanding sphere of Tamil computing.
With meaning and related information for 22,000 main words and 35,000
derived words, the Pals e-Dictionary CD-Rom packs all that's available in a
conventional version 1,160 page dictionary.
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Posted on 2001/1/21 22:49:02 ( 482 reads )
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ALLAHABAD, INDIA, January 19, 2001: The Allahabad High Court has directed
the Kumbha Mela authorities to strictly follow the United Province Mela
Rules which specifically state that no one can take photographs of the
bathing ghats of the mela. The ruling was in response to a public interest
petition seeking ban on photos and telecasts of the bathing area after
several Indian and foreign TV channels were freely telecasting shots of
nude women and naga sadhus taking holy dip in the Sangam. Festival official
Journalists and amateur photographers rushed in when a horde of naked,
ash-smeared holy men charged into the Ganges on Sunday. While some pilgrims
enjoyed the attention, others complained. Photographers will now have to
stay at least 500 meters from the waters edge. See also www.hindustantimes.com/
nonfram/ 200101/ detNAT01.asp
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Posted on 2001/1/21 22:48:02 ( 457 reads )
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INDRAPRASTH, INDIA, January 21, 2001: Can anyone have exclusive right to
use the name of a Hindu God as trade mark? The issue has been brought
before the Delhi High Court in a writ by a software company challenging
Maruti Udyog Ltd's (MUL) claim over the trade mark "Maruti",
another name of God "Hanuman." Maruti Software Pvt Ltd (MSPL) has
challenged a recent decision of Switzerland-based international arbitrator
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) quashing the registration
of domain name "marutionline.com" by it with US Network Solution
Inc on the grounds that "Maruti" is a trade mark of MUL. WIPO had
ruled that the domain "marutionline.Com" was identical or similar
to the service mark of the automobile company.
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Posted on 2001/1/21 22:47:02 ( 417 reads )
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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, January 19, 2001: Fueled by a growing and increasingly
affluent Indian population, construction at Chicago area Hindu temples is
booming, with two established temples expanding and new structures in the
works. The Hindu temple in Lemont is building a $4.5 million community
center, in Aurora workers have renovated the towers atop the Balaji Temple,
and Bartlett recently finished a 100,000 square-foot Indian community
center, the first phase of a plan to build one of the largest Hindu facilities
in the country. The structures, elaborate and expensive, are the most
visible sign of the Indian-Americans' growing influence in the Chicago
area. According to recent census figures, the number of Indians living in
the area has increased from 58,000 in 1990 to 150,000. All of the projects
are funded by contributions from area Hindus, a combination of established
families and newcomers often lured to the area by high-paying jobs in
information technology. A fundraiser has been scheduled for construction of
another Hindu temple in DuPage county and as many as six other groups are
looking for funding.
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Posted on 2001/1/20 22:49:02 ( 483 reads )
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Source: Religious New Service
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA, January 18, 2001: After 18 years of civil war,
Norwegian diplomats have attempted to bring peace to the island nation of
19 million by initiating talks between the Sri Lankan government and the
separatist Liberation Tigers of the Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Unlikely
adversaries to stopping the conflict, Buddhist conservative monks are
vocally promoting the war. Fearful of loosing their place as the most
"Prominent country in the world for Orthodox Buddhism," they view
the war as necessary to protect their 2,300-year-old faith historically and
culturally. Rather than granting the Hindu Tamils autonomy over affairs in
their northern homeland, the monks are pushing for a complete military
victory.
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Posted on 2001/1/20 22:48:02 ( 525 reads )
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ALLAHABAD, INDIA, January 20, 2001: Members of the press from India and
other countries of the world suffered abuse at the hands of the police
force present at the grand Kumbh Mela in Allahabad. Protesting the press
facilities available at the sacred event, the journalists sit-down
according to a police inspector provoked the police. Several were injured,
some critically.
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Posted on 2001/1/20 22:47:02 ( 491 reads )
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ALLAHABAD, INDIA, January 18, 2001: Kumbh Nagari has become the focus of
intense politicking over the Vishwa Hindu Parishad sponsored Dharam Sansad.
The VHP is attempting to use the Maha Kumbh Mela to advance its Ram Temple
agenda. By setting up a camp that towers over the camps set up by the
akharas (traditional monastic orders, several with tens of thousands of
monks), Shankaracharyas and assorted savants, the VHP is attracting lines
of pilgrims to view the Ram temple model as 24-hour pujas and non-stop
bhajanas are led by VHP-supporting sadhus. The VHP is attempting to use the
association of the Kumbh to sanctify the project and win support of
religious leaders at the gathering, and this is where the controversy lies.
The Akhara Parishad, an apex body of the traditional orders, had decided to
boycott the Dharam Sansad. The VHP has been suspected of funding several
akharas to gain their support. Earlier this month three senior
Shankaracharyas blasted the VHP for politicizing the issue of temple
construction and dissociated themselves from the Dharam Sansad. However,
the VHP's diplomatic politicking has since weakened their united stance.
(see next, more recent HPI item)
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Posted on 2001/1/20 22:46:02 ( 449 reads )
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ALLAHABAD, INDIA, January 20, 2001: After attempting to organize an event
where the next Sansad would be inaugurated, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad was
left with a no-show by the established dharmacharyas. Thirteen major
akharas refused to attend the Dharam Sansad, meeting of saints, aimed at
discussing issues facing the Hindu world. Relenting somewhat in the final
moments, the Akhara Parishad did allow 3 or 4 members to attend, but no
Shankaracharyas were present. In the background, heads of the various
monastic orders and ashrams met on their own to bring about a workable
solution or strategy.
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Posted on 2001/1/20 22:45:02 ( 476 reads )
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KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, January 19, 2001: By introducing the consequence of
caning for delinquent acts of gambling, swearing or carrying cigarettes,
Malaysia's Penang state hopes to deter the bad habits in students. Under
the demerit system where 10 points brings one stroke of the cane, even
dyeing hair or wearing costume jewelry can earn a student 5 points. An
accumulated 50 demerits results in a one-week suspension. Education
Minister Musa Mohamed told the media, "Even as a last resort,
punishment should be aimed at educating." The action is contrary to
numerous studies which show corporal punishment does far more harm than
good to children.
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Posted on 2001/1/20 22:44:02 ( 412 reads )
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND, January 21, 2001: The New Zealand Hindu Temple
Society will conduct Thai Pusam festival on February 6. Special rituals and
pujas to Lord Subramaniya are scheduled at Leichester Hall, 20 Findlay
Street, Ellersile, Auckland, New Zealand beginning at 6.00pm. All
contributions go towards the temple building fund. For more details email
"Source" or write to PO Box 5180, Wellesley Street, Auckland, New
Zealand.
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Posted on 2001/1/19 22:49:02 ( 510 reads )
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Source: Associated Press
LUCKNOW, INDIA, January 18: The BBC and an independent TV station were
accused by state authorities of being insensitive to Hindus when they
focused their filming on scantily dressed women bathers and naked holy men
at the Kumbha Mela in Allahabad, northern India. Sadakant, the festival
commissioner alleged that the two networks misused their access to the
festival by ignoring the religious significance. Sadakant said the Uttar
Pradesh government has received complaints from Indians living in Britain
protesting the televised coverage of the Kumbha Mela. Festival authorities
have asked all the TV networks to submit footage for inspection before
airing them and plan to restrict photographers and TV crews to spots at
least 200 meters away from the bathing area.
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Posted on 2001/1/19 22:48:02 ( 500 reads )
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FARIDABAD, INDIA, January 13: In protest of the demolition of the Sidhdata
Ashram, a crowd of over 1,000 devotees marched in angry protest, raising
anti-government slogans and snarling traffic on major highways. On January
9, the Faridabad Administration demolished Sidhdata Ashram, a huge temple
complex. While the ashram people assert that they had applied for allotment
of the disputed land and the application was pending, the HUDA claimed that
the application for the land's allotment had already been rejected. An HUDA
official stated the ashram was issued a statutory notice to vacate the
encroached land, before carrying out the demolition. They stated the ashram
illegally encroached on around 6 acres of prime land and it was on this
land that the administration demolished the illegal construction.
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Posted on 2001/1/19 22:47:02 ( 496 reads )
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Source: Hinduism Today, Paras Ramoutar
SAN JUAN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: With Gandhian spirit Pundit Rambachan,
spiritual leader of the El Socorro Hindu Temple in San Juan, uplifts the
Hindu community. At 43 years of age he serves the Hindu faith tirelessly by
conducting regular visits to homes, leading satsangs, offering personal
guidance, and hosting a radio program. Instilling religious pride in the
youth, his humanitarian approach opens the doors for a safe and peaceful
nation where Pundit Rambachan's simple philosophy "Love all, serve
all" and "Loving God is the quest of life" will be nurtured.
His outreach ministry with the personal touch affected at least 100,000
members of the community in 1999.
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Posted on 2001/1/19 22:46:02 ( 408 reads )
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WASHINGTON, D.C., January 17, 2001: Biotech companies that produce
genetically modified foods will now have to operate under more stringent
guidelines, albeit those endorsed by the companies themselves. New government
rules proposed by the Food and Drug Administration require companies to
give four months advance notice before marketing new products. Description
of the genetic modification used and any potential reactions would be
posted on the internet during the FDA review. Biotech businesses are also
being asked to label products as "promote biotech ingredients."
Openly inviting the regulations, the industry hopes to instill confidence
in the public about their products and to defer the recent negative publicity
when taco shells were recalled because the gene-altered corn had not been
approved for human use. By comparison, in Europe, governments have
completely banned human consumption of any genetically modified foods.
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BARODA, INDIA, January 26, 2001: HDH Pramukh Swami Maharaj announced today:
"Everyone is aware that the earthquake has wrought unimaginable
destruction throughout Gujarat and other states in India. Thousands have
died and thousands more have been made homeless. As citizens of Ahmedabad
it is our duty to work together to do everything we can to help those
affected. Many institutions have come forward and contributed to help the
victims. But there is still a need for much more aid. A call for help has
been raised from all. In addition to Ahmedabad, Bhuj and Jamnagar, and
their surrounding areas, have suffered extensive damage. At present the
sadhus and volunteers of the Bochasanwasi Shree Akshar Purushottam
Swaminarayan Sanstha are fully engaged in helping the victims. The Sanstha
is providing food and other emergency aid on a large scale. It is our
sincere request to all to contribute in whatever way they can in this time
of need and support us in this humanitarian work. Let us all work together
patiently to face these unfortunate circumstances and recover from its
consequences. We pray at the sacred feet of Bhagwan Swaminarayan, all the
avatars and holy sadhus that the souls of thousands who have died are
blessed with peace, that the families and relatives of the victims gain
inner strength to bear this calamity and that all who have suffered are
able to quickly recover from their injuries and regain full health."
As HPI goes to press, this item has appeared: "Considering the
situation in the old city areas in the region, still inaccessible with
nearly 150,000 people trapped there, official sources did not rule out the
possibility of the casualties crossing the 100,000 mark."
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AHMEDABAD, INDIA, January 26, 2001: Bochasanwasi Shree Akshar Purushottam
Swaminarayan Sanstha, BAPS, has its international headquarters in
Ahmedabad. It has established massive earthquake relief work using scores
of other BAPS centers in Gujarat, BAPS has outstanding experience in
disaster relief, and is recommended by HPI as an excellent channel for
donations to the relief effort, especially considering their huge presence
in this area. USA: "BAPS Earthquake Relief Fund," P.O. Box
891449, Dallas, TX 75389-1449. India: "BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha"
Swaminarayan Mandir, A/C Department Shahibaug Ahmedabad, 380004 Gujarat,
INDIA. UK: "The SHM-Gujarat Earthquake Relief A/c" Shree
Swaminarayan Mandir, 105 -119 Brentfield Road, Neasden, London NW10 8JP.
Money can also be reliably contributed through the Prime Minister's
National Relief Fund. USA: Embassy of India Attn: Head of Chancery, 2107
Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20008. India: Prime Minister's
National Relief Fund, Prime Minister's Office South Block, New Delhi 110011
India. Hindus should be aware that Christians regard such disasters as
opportunities for getting new converts. This message just arrived from
"Gospel of Asia," a Christian missionary-sending organization
based in Texas: "Please do remember our leaders and native
missionaries as they seek to meet the physical and spiritual needs of these
earthquake victims. We are particularly asking the Lord to use this tragedy
for His glory, to soften hearts and open doors for the Gospel." See http://www.gfa.org/
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ALLAHABAD, INDIA, January 25, 2001: Here, amid noisy crowds and cold winds
laden with the sand of the Ganges, you can hear the sound of weeping from a
cowshed-like structure. These are the unheeded cries of elderly women,
abandoned by their families. This is the uglier side of the Maha kumbha
Mela, where millions go to wash their sins, some to abandon their elderly
mothers and female relatives. "This happens at every Kumbh festival.
For families, Kumbha is a convenient way of getting rid of their old women who
require care and attention," says Ramesh Mishra, in charge of the
shelter for "lost women and children." The shelter in Kumbhnagar
has been jointly set up by the Ranjit Pandit Shiksha Samiti and Hemvati
Nandan Bahuguna Smriti Samiti. "We have nearly 10,000 women in our
shelter, all of them over 50. About 3,000 of them, who are genuinely
separated from their families, will return home. It is just lack of love
and sensitivity for women who have lived past their utility." It is
clear from the vast difference in retrieval rate for children and for the
old people that old people are being deliberately abandoned.
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INTERNET, EARTH, January 23, 2001: Jharkhandstate.com has started a Hindi
section. It is totally based on the Dynamic Font Mechanism that eliminates
the need to download a font. Those interested in creating their own webpage
are invited to go to the address given above where a set of complete tools,
backgrounds, lines, icons are available. The mother institution KITS has
just finished its dynamic font technology project that provides a 100%
display of desired fonts in any website, in IE4+ and NN4+. This will aid
regional languages Hindi, Bangla, Oriya as well as South Indian languages
in virtually any language or script/font. They are planning to provide free
solutions to dynamic fonts to non-profit regional websites.
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EAST JAVA, BALI, INDONESIA, January 22, 2001: An organization in East Java
called the Santana Dharm Trama Foundation is appealing for funds to start a
priest training program. They say training for suitable candidates is
needed in the country and the community feels that trained priests are
vital to uphold the tradition. HPI recommends that contributors research
the foundation before sending funds.
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WASHINGTON, MARYLAND, January 24, 2001: Temple construction may come to a
standstill unless an additional US$1.8 million is collected. The North
Indian style complex in Metropolitan Washington will include a 25,000
square foot temple, library, multipurpose hall, classrooms, and kitchens.
Temple trustee, Shusheal Gupta, is confident that the affluent Hindu
community will proceed as they have already raised one million dollars.
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ALLAHABAD, INDIA, January 24, 2001: The pilgrims had come to share in the
spiritual experience of a lifetime: a mass ritual bath on the peak holy day
of perhaps the largest religious gathering in history -- the Maha Kumbh
Mela, a 41-day festival. This one is considered the most sacred in 144
years because of a unique planetary alignment. More than 25 million Hindu
devotees were reported to have gathered here today, and by the time the
festival ends on Feb. 21, a total of 70 million pilgrims - of the 850
million or so Hindus in India are expected to have taken the plunge, which
they believe cleanses their souls of sin. "What I feel right now is
just bliss," said Vivek Ananda Shastri, 28, a teacher from Bombay, as
he emerged from the frigid waters. "Daily life tires the soul as well
as the body. This one bath is like a new birth for my soul." The
festival has been a major logistical feat for police and civilian authorities.
More than 25,000 police have been stationed here to control the crowds with
security tightened to avoid any untoward incident. See also www.deccanherald.com/
deccanherald/jan25/ mel.htm
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KERALA, INDIA, January 14, 2001: A division bench of the Kerala High Court
declined to order an inquiry into the secrecy of makara jyoti (celestial
light) appearing at Ponnambalamedu on the makara sankranti day during the
Sabarimal pilgrimage. The bench stated, "To find out whether
makaravilakku is natural or artificial is not the duty of this court to
enquire. These are all matters of faith and belief from time immemorial.
The court is not empowered to go into the correctness of such a
belief." Two petitions were filed after a stampede claimed 52 lives
while watching the light on January 14, 1999. The petitioners maintained
that the light was nothing but the lighting of camphor by employees of the
state electricity board under instruction from the management of the
Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala.
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Source: Hinduism Today, Paras Ramoutar
TRINIDAD, January 26, 2001: Members of the Satya Kabir Nidhi Organization
hosted the 6th Centenary International Conference at the Rudranath Capildeo
Learning Resource Centre, Couva in January 2001. The conference lasted for
three days. Countries represented at this annual event included India, USA,
United Kingdom, Canada, France, Czech Republic, Belgium, Suriname and
Romania. The Satya Kabir Nidhi Organization which was founded in 1988 has
been instrumental in the propagation of the teachings of the India born
saint, Sadguru Kabir Saheb (1398-1518).
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LONDON, ENGLAND, January 15, 2001: Natural therapies are hugely popular in
Britain and an estimated 20 million people use them every year. An
increasing body of evidence shows these therapies can help the battle
against stress. A 15-minute massage session can reduce tension and improve
mood and relaxation while yoga breathing techniques (pranayama) can affect
a wide range of bodily responses, from cardiovascular activity to hormone
balances and shifts in the nervous system, all of which influence our ability
to deal with stress. The above site offers a look at seven effective ways
of beating stress; meditation, aromatherapy, yoga and pranayama, head
massage, shiatsu, sound therapy and floating. Each method carries a brief
explanation and often a simple technique you can follow.
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DENVER, COLORADO, January 24, 2001: Space Imaging's IKONOS satellite has
taken a detailed, one-meter resolution color photograph of the largest
human gathering in the history of the world, the Maha Kumbh Mela. The
IKONOS image, which was collected the day before the most sacred and
busiest bathing day on Jan. 24, is available for free to the media.
However, anyone can visit the above web site and download the 2.5 MB jpeg
files of before and after images. While they didn't capture the main day,
the shot on the 23rd is spectacular! The Indian satellite IRS-ID has also
taken a photo, but at five meter resolution.
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KUMBH NAGAR, INDIA, January, 2001: Protesting the availability of passes
given out by the police to cover the Kumba Mela, journalists called a
meeting at the national media centre. After a no-show by Mela officials
orchestrating the event who were invited to discuss the police badgering,
the journalists blocked traffic outside the center. With a show of force,
the police assaulted the members of the media. Last report has it that 12
persons were injured, six of them seriously. Attempting to receive justice,
journalists locally and in Varanasi have refused to cover the sacred event.
See also www.kashmirtimes.com
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ALLAHABAD, INDIA, January 20, 2001: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) today gave
an ultimatum to all parties involved in the Ram Janmabhumi-Babri Masjid
dispute and the Vajpayee government to clear all obstacles to the
construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya by March 12, 2002, for VHP to move in
to start temple construction on any given day after that. The Sansad today
was presided over by Swami Jayendra Saraswati of Kanchi Kamkoti and
attended by around 300 Hindu religious leaders.
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LUCKNOW, INDIA, January 20, 2001: Reacting strongly to VHP Dharma Sansad's
decision to start construction of the Ram temple at Ayodhya after one year,
All-India Babri Masjid Action, Committee has threatened to storm Ayodhya on
that day. The BMAC Convener Zafaryab Jilani said they would mobilize
Muslims from all over the country to converge in Ayodhya in March 2002 to
stop the construction of temple.
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ALLAHABAD, INDIA, January 21, 2001: Environmentalists are monitoring the
Ganga's source, the Gangotri glacier. Receding at a rate of 6 to 12 meters
every year and thinning in depth, the glacier is the primary source of
water feeding the Ganga River. Information for a UN-sponsored study on snow
and ice collected by satellite imagery predicts that, "If the present
scenario does not change, most of the Himalayan glaciers will disappear by
2035." The reduction of the glaciers has been attributed to global
warming, increased pilgrim and tourist traffic, use of generators in towns
located on the river, deforestation and the release of green house gases
such as carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and fluro carbons.
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BERLIN, GERMANY, January 31, 2001: In an attempt to eradicate mad cow
disease, technically known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, the German
government announced that it will be slaughtering 400,000 cattle. This
drastic reaction is the result of falling exports to 34 other countries who
have banned German meat. Also German citizens have reduced their
consumption of beef by 50 percent after more than 20 cases of the disease
in cows have been discovered since last November. No cases of humans
infected with the disease have been detected in Germany. Elsewhere in
Europe the beef industry is suffering because of the scare.
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MONTREAL, CANADA, February 3, 2001: An International conference on the
Mahabharata will be held at Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada,
from May 18 to 20, 2001. Contact Dr Shrinivas Tilak, Department of Religion,
Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, for details at "source"
above. Day one topic on the foremost epic of Indian history is
"Methodological Problems of Teaching the Mahabharata." Day two is
"Character Analysis Based on Ethical Issues." Day three is
"Challenge and Response in the Context of Philosophical, Social, and
Other Issues."
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LUCKNOW, INDIA, Jan. 27, 2001: At the biggest ever bath during Mauni
Amavishya in Allahabad Kumbh festival, police and state paramilitary forces
on January 19 went berserk and attacked journalists on duty inside the
media centre of the State Government in the Kumbh area. Four journalists
are still in a local hospital in Allahabad, with multiple injuries. The
government is slow to proceed against the guilty men and could not announce
the stipulated compensation to those injured and hospitalized even after
the lapse of a week or make good the damage of cameras and equipment of
lensmen.
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AGARTALA, INDIA, January 28, 2001: The Baptist Church authorities in
Khumlung have allegedly made it incumbent upon Hindu tribal students in a
school near the headquarters of the autonomous district council to attend
regular prayer sessions in a nearby church. Now the growing religious
conflict between the National Liberation Front of Tripura and the Hindu
resistance groups over the issue of a forced conversion drive by militants
has taken a new turn. The NLFT is backed by the Church. The guardian of a
student of the residential school said on condition of anonymity that his
son and other students of the school were being "virtually
forced" to attend prayer sessions. He said, "We tribals have our
traditional religious faiths and practices akin to Hinduism and it is
unfair on the part of school authorities to force underaged children to
attend church." Sources at Khumlung, described the allegation as
"completely false and malicious."
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ATLANTA, GEORGIA, January 28, 2001: Power yoga is about learning to
breathe, relax and acquire an awareness of your body. In the process you
work up a sweat, push your muscles to their limit and stretch like silly
putty. According to this recent article in the Atlanta Journal, the
popularity of power yoga is on the rise in Atlanta. Three years ago, only
four to eight people showed up for classes at Atlanta Yoga, which
specializes in astanga yoga. Now, each session averages 15 to 20 students.
Excercisers who once thought yoga as too sedate are filling classes for
astanga, also called power yoga, a new variation on a centuries-old
exercise. Power yoga combines traditional yoga poses into continuous
movements that require not only great flexibility but considerable
strength. Power yoga is very challenging. It brings on a sweat, so it's
appealing to the workout crowd.
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GURUVAYOOR, KERALA, January 26, 2001: The managing committee of the Sree
Krishna temple at Guruvayoor in Kerala has decided to initiate legal action
against four firms for accepting sanctified offerings from devotees through
their Web sites. K.M. Satheesan, administrator of the temple, told India
Abroad on Jan. 15 that the four firms had sought permission from the
authorities to accept such offerings, which was denied.
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AHMEDABAD, INDIA, January 29, 2001: An article in the Washington Times by
Janaki Kremmer reports that a Catholic priest, Father Cedric Prakash,
director of the Saint Xavier's Social Service Society, came to help at a
hospital here. Prakash claimed he was shouted at by Hindu volunteers and
pushed around until he left. He said, "Hindu hotheads are trying to
dominate the rescue effort." The most massive volunteer presence in
the earthquake area is the RSS, or National Volunteer Corps, India's single
largest social service organization. Prakash did not explicitly attribute
his treatment at the hospital to the RSS. Tensions over the presence of
Christian relief organizations are bound to surface as such organizations
generally regard disasters as an opportunity to preach their gospel and
make converts.
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Source: The Times of India
RAIGARH, INDIA, January, 26, 2001: An estimated 360 Christian tribals
reconverted to Hinduism under the banner of Vanwasi Kalyan Ashram on
Wednesday. The function proceeded peacefully as BJP Rajya Sabha member
Dilip Singh Judev washed the feet of the tribals before declaring their
reconversion to Hinduism. Judev later claimed that 1,500 persons belonging
to 315 tribal families were brought back to Hinduism under "Operation
Ghar Wapai" on Wednesday.
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Source: Religion News Service
KATARAGAMA, SRI LANKA, January 27, 2001: "It is very, very peaceful
here," said Hirono Hideki a 51-year-old Buddhist monk from Tokyo,
referring to the Kataragama Temple in southern Sri Lanka. Declared a
"Peace Area" by both Hindu and Buddhist leaders, the temple is a
major pilgrimage spot for devotees of either faith. Temple elephants inside
the compound offer homage with lotus flowers to Hindu dieties every day
three times a day as pilgrims kneel and pray to Lord Skanda. Buddhist monks
are a visible presence during this ritual. The temple complex as a whole
has multiple Hindu Shrines with a white Buddhist temple about one half mile
away.
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NEW YORK, January 25, 2001: Early efforts to escape government regulation
have backfired on the biotech industry in America, according to this very
long article in the New York Times. Opposition to labeling, lobbying in
Washington to set their own rules and general ignoring of consumer concerns
have all caught up with the industry the report says. Now Americas are
getting as edgy as the Europeans, who have completely banned genetically
modified food from human consumption. The Times report is unusual in its
bleak evaluation of the industry's future.
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Source: Reuters
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, January 27, 2001: An international group of reproductive
experts plans to start a serious effort to clone humans to provide children
to infertile couples, a U.S. scientist said. A viable embryo, probably
using stem cells or other cells taken from the man, could be available for
implantation in the woman's uterus within 18 months, said Dr. Panayiotis
Zavos of the Andrology Institute of America and the Kentucky Center for
Reproductive Medicine and Invitro Fertilization in Lexington, Kentucky.
Zavos noted, "This is going to be the first serious effort. As
revolutionary as it may sound, as fictional as it may sound, it will be
done. It's a genie that is out of the bottle and will be controlled."
To create animal clones, scientists frequently made hundreds of failed attempts
to develop viable embryos. Medical ethicists have posed the possibility of
cruel failures in human cloning, where genetic abnormalities result in
grotesque fetuses unable to survive outside the womb.
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KUMBHNAGAR, INDIA, January 23: One man is given the responsibility of
ensuring that the millions attending the Kumbh Mela have a satisfactory
bath. Rising 30 feet above the Sangam confluence, stands a three-story
control tower. Special Superintendent of Police, Alok Sharma, is constantly
monitoring for danger signs that could bring a crushing stampede. Starting
this evening an estimated 30 million pilgrims will converge toward three
bathing ghats. At any point in time there will be 60,000 persons at each ghat
with 10 million people moving in and out so that the concentration of
people does not get too much to handle. Sharma uses one rule of thumb,
"At every point, one must be able to see a bit of ground from the
watchtower. Not just a sea of heads. The moment the ground disappears, it
means danger." There are complications of a winter Kumbh. In the
summer pilgrims leave the ghat wearing wet clothes, but in the winter they
stay back, dry their clothes and then proceed. The water is uncomfortably
choppy and extremely deep in some places. Bathers spend an average of 15 to
16 minutes to finish. Some pilgrims try and return the way they entered,
instead of taking the marked exit routes.
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ALLAHABAD, INDIA, January 27, 2001: Stepping into one of the hottest
religious controversies in South Asia, the Dalai Lama has joined Hindu
leaders in condemning the Muslim and Christian practice of actively seeking
converts. "Whether Hindu or Muslim or Christian, whoever tries to
convert, it's wrong, not good," the Dalai Lama said Thursday after a
meeting with leaders of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad. "I always believe
it's safer and better and reasonable to keep one's own tradition or
belief," the Dalai Lama, a winner of the Nobel peace prize, said. He
spoke after the Hindu Council's general secretary, Ashok Singhal, had said,
"Buddhism, Hinduism and other non-aggressive religions have to unite
to douse Islam ... an aggressive religion." The Dalai Lama and others
signed a statement saying: "We oppose conversions by any religious
tradition using various methods of enticement." At dusk, he joined the
Shankaracharya of Kanchi, one of India's four top Hindu religious leaders,
in a special prayer on the river banks. The two stood on an elevated
platform and worshipped the Ganges with 108 lighted lamps. Then he scooped
up water from the river and sprinkled it on his head in a mark of respect.
The Dalai Lama planned to stay through Friday, to meet and bless Buddhists
and give a public speech on world peace at the festival grounds.
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BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, January 26, 2001: European Union farm ministers will
meet next week amid calls for tougher measures to combat the mad cow
disease crisis affecting the continent. As consumers lose their confidence
in beef, governments will debate whether they should extend compulsory
testing of cattle for the brain-wasting disorder to younger animals and ban
potentially dangerous meat cuts such as T-bone steak. EU executives will
report on how member states have coped with the compulsory testing of older
cattle for mad cow disease if destined for the food chain and the disposal
of meat-based animal feed, banned for six months, but there will be no
specific proposals. Germany has detected 20 cases of the disease since
November.
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LONDON, ENGLAND, January 25, 2001: Immigrating from Northern India in 1975,
Perween Warsi started her own business over 20 years ago by making and
selling samosas from her home in Derby. From this humble beginning her
multi-million dollar business now employs 1,300 people in 4 factories. Such
a success story confirms Britain Immigration Minister Barbara Roche's
statement, "Immigration is good for us. Self-selection by migrants is
likely to mean they are more resourceful, entrepreneurial and ambitious
than the norm." Statistics confirm that Britain's population is
declining and aging. By encouraging immigration new resources enter the
country, productivity increases and inflation declines.
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