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...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, whose epic series The Lymond Chronicles and The House of Niccolo depicting medieval Europe inspired conventions and fan magazines; in Edinburgh. Dunnett, honored with an Order of the British Empire in 1992, wrote more than 20 novels and was a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts...
Director Chris Columbus’ latest child-centered opus brings the first installment of Scottish author J.K. Rowlings’ multiple part book series to vivid and fantastic life. The series tells the story of Harry Potter, a young wizard who spends the first 11 years of his life trapped under a cupboard by his muggle, or non-wizard, relatives before discovering that he is actually a wizard, and has been invited to study witchcraft at Hogwart’s School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. With his trusted pals Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, he discovers a new world...
Robbie Coltrane is anxious. "I've had visions of being chased by millions of children who thought I got it wrong," says Coltrane, the Scottish comic who plays the giant groundskeeper, Hagrid, in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. "They're chasing me up Fifth Avenue. 'There's the guy who ruined Hagrid...
...columnist in Canada's Toronto Star said the prolonged intense bombing with little result risked turning Osama bin Laden into "the Middle East's equivalent of Bonnie Prince Charlie." Like the legendary Scottish rebel, sooner or later he'll be killed through betrayal or a stroke of luck on the part of his enemies. "Bin Laden will win, though, provided that he evades death or capture long enough to become a myth. The kind of iconic figure, that's to say, whom immense numbers of ordinary Arabs and Muslims, entirely aside from actual fellow terrorists and extremists, will come...
There are a lot of great things coming out of Scotland now, which is very exciting. There's a Chemikal Underground record label that has great acts. Travis, the Delgados and Idlewild--they're all Scottish bands. It goes in waves. It becomes fashionable for the record companies to come north of the border. And at the moment, I think Scotland's enjoying a sort of renaissance in that sense. For a long time in London, they believed that the Irish, Welsh and Scots were heathens and had nothing of value to contribute to the music scene, and then...