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Rath Yatra to be held in Nevada desert |
Traditional Indian Rath Yatra, a Hindu wedding and a life size temple of Lord Jagannath are among the major highlights of this year’s annual Burning Man festival in Nevada desert.
A Krishna camp will also be organised at the seven-day festival beginning on August 27, where an American couple will get married in the traditional Hindu style. A temporary full-fledged Lord Jagannath temple with life-size deities has been set up.
About 40,000 participants gather annually for the festival and create Black Rock City in Nevada desert, about 205 km from Reno. The festival, dedicated to self-expression, self-reliance and art, takes its name from the ritual of burning a large wooden sculpture of a man on the sixth day.
The chariot for Lord Jagannath has been transported specially from Vancouver in Canada to Nevada, travelling over 1,600 km and costing over $2,000 in transportation, according to organisers of the festival.
Annabelle Younger, one of the coordinators of the Krishna Camp, said that devotees of Lord Krishna from around the world have helped set up the camp, costing about $20,000.
About 1,000 people are expected to participate in the procession every day.
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Bollywood films at the doorstep of US homes |
South Asians living in the US need not trudge any longer to the neighbourhood video library or put up with poor prints. Now DVDs of even the latest Indian movies can be delivered at their doorstep at a reasonable cost.
Film buffs can rent the films from iTalkies.com, which is modelled on Netflix. After returning the movies by mail, they can order more online. The postage both ways is paid by the company. iTalkies, started in 2004, has so far been serving the Seattle area. The company recently expanded operations to the tri-state area, opening a shipping office in New Jersey.
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| Lord Swraj Paul gifts school to home city of Jalandhar |
NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul has gifted a school of excellence in manufacturing and materials technology to his hometown Jalandhar.
The school is funded by the Ambika Paul Foundation, a charitable trust set up in memory of Paul’s daughter Ambika, and is his initial initiative towards fostering entrepreneurship in India by supporting the growth of manufacturing and materials technology.
The Caparo School of Excellence will collaborate with select UK and US based universities to create what he calls a ‘Dream Team of Engineers’. Three degree courses will be offered, a B-Tech Electronics, a B-Tech Mechanical and a B-Tech Information Technology. Each course will start with an intake of 30 students as facilities are under construction to cater for 200 students in ’08 and 300 students by ’09.
Paul, who is British Ambassador for overseas business, stated that the courses will equip young engineers with the skills required to be absorbed into industry, including Caparo India and overseas.
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