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...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...
...VANDANA SHIVA Indian ecologist...
...most recent cause, in May, was railing against McDonald's for using cow fat in French fries. Shiva, 49, calls herself an eco-feminist. At one moment she scolds multinational corporations in street protests, and the next she advises their CEOs on how to be good global citizens. Born in a Himalayan village and trained as a physicist, Shiva has taken up issues like logging and pesticide use through her New Delhi-based Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology...
...beginning of Saturday's matinee, for example, Sharada Modur, a student at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, performed "Shiva Anjali and Alarripu," an invocation dance...
...beginning of Saturday's matinee, for example, Sharada Modur, a student at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, performed "Shiva Anjali and Alarripu," an invocation dance...