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...long as the House Committees provide equal funding for all traditions, religious symbols in the dining halls can provide an unique opportunity for mutual acceptance and celebration. What could be a better expression of what’s right about Harvard, and about America, than symbols of Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism and other religions peacefully sharing space in our dining halls...
...competed with primitive bamboo poles, was the first to clear 15 feet, in 1940, holding the record for 11 years. He won the James A. Sullivan Award in 1942 as America's outstanding amateur athlete. DIED. SATGURU SIVAYA SUBRAMUNIYASWAMI, 74, an American-born international Hindu leader, publisher of Hinduism Today and spiritual guru for 2.5 million Tamil people; in Kauai, Hawaii. Known as Gurudeva, he founded America's first Hindu temple in 1957 in San Francisco and oversaw more than 50 independent temples worldwide. He won the 2000 U Thant Peace Award. DIED. DOROTHY DUNNETT, 78, a Scottish historical novelist...
...Frank Silva Roque drove by in a black Chevy pickup and pumped three bullets into Sodhi, killing him almost instantly, mocking innocence and sweetness. Sodhi appears to have died because he looked Muslim. He was not. He was a Sikh, and his religion was born as a reform of Hinduism. But to some, the turban and beard that most Sikhs wear look like Osama bin Laden's. When the police caught Roque, they claim he explained his actions by saying, "I'm an American...
...face of an obscure stone tablet is one of the few places in Sri Lanka where Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam can be found side by side. On it, inscriptions in Chinese, Tamil and Persian praise Buddha, Shiva and Allah in equal measure. According to the tributes, alms to each deity - 1,000 pieces of gold, 5,000 of silver, rolls of embroidered silk and taffeta, gold vases and scented oil - were offered in scrupulously identical lots. The offerings and the stela, erected by Zheng He on his third trip to the island, were failed bids at diplomacy. When his efforts...
Nepal is defiantly individualistic, to the point of setting its clocks 15 minutes ahead of neighboring India's and practicing a syncretic, resolutely devout brand of Hinduism. But it has always been a bit of an international afterthought. Sandwiched between subcontinental superpower India and Chinese-occupied media-darling Tibet, Nepal has developed such a muddled identity that it now comes across as merely a staging ground for Everest expeditions and a destination where stoned Western hippies can score killer brownies...