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Pop Culture’s appropriation of Hindu deities sparks controversy.

November 29, 2000
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Krishna Culture KRON-TV(San Francisco): 1/22/01 KNBC-TV (Los Angeles): 11/29/00 Pop Culture’s appropriation of Hindu deities sparks controversy. Take a walk down Haight Street in San Francisco and you’ll notice that colorful and exotic Hindu imagery is ...

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Toilet Seat Company Flushed Offline?

November 8, 2000
by admin AHADAHAD ActionsAHADInfoPress Coverage

Published in: Rediff.com Published: 11/18/2000 Author: NIRSHAN PERERA The owner of Sittin’ Pretty won’t talk, but her Web site may be talking for her. Lamar Van Dyke’s mom-and-pop e-commerce operation, which sells designer toilet seats decorated with i ...

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Hinduism Today: Scandalous Sandals

November 2, 2000
by admin AHADAHAD ActionsAHADInfoPress Coverage

Original URL: http://www.hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection/makepdf.php?itemid=4133   STYLE Scandalous Sandals A merican Hindus against defamation has just launched a new campaign ( www.hindunet.org/ahad/shoes/) expressing their outrage an ...

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Varsha Bhosle’s Article on Rediff: Shittin’ Gritty

November 1, 2000
by admin AHADInfoArticles About AHAD

Original URL: Varsha Bhosle Column on Rediff Shittin' Gritty by Varsha Bhosle By now you've all read about Sittin' Pretty Designs' toilet seats bearing images of Ganpati Bappa and Kali Ma, who are the only two deities featured in the company's "Sacred S ...

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NYT: NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT – JACKSON HEIGHTS; Of Gods and Soles: Hindu Images on Shoes Lead to Protest

August 6, 2000
by admin AHADInfoArticles About AHADPress Coverage

By TARA BAHRAMPOURAUG. 6, 2000 Original URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/06/nyregion/neighborhood-report-jackson-heights-gods-soles-hindu-images-shoes-lead-protest.html Forget Miami's Cubans. The New York City Hindu lobby is a force to be reckoned with ...

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Protests Over Sandals With Deities

July 28, 2000
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NEWS INDIA-TIMES  PAGE ONE STORY 28 JULY 2000 ISSUE Protests Over Sandals With Deities By RAVI ADHIKARI Hindus, who passed by the display window of a shoestore in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City, July 17, exclaimed He Bhagwan! (Oh My God), in shoc ...

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High court’s decision won’t end debate over student-led prayers

June 19, 2000
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AHAD on Supreme Court Ruling about School Sports Prayers: Originally Published in: Dallas Morning News By: Jeff Weiss Published On: 06/19/2000 High court's decision won't end debate over student-led prayers DALLAS, Texas _ The girl who took the microphone ...

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AHAD Gives Voice to Hindu Sentiments Against Eyes Wide Shut

November 12, 1999
by admin AHADAHAD ActionsAHAD Press ReleasesAHADInfoEntertainment

The following statement was issued by Ajay Shah, Convenor, American Hindus Against Defamation, in response to the decision by Executive Producer of Eyes Wide Shut to edit out the Bhagwad Gita shloka from the UK and other foreign distribution of the movie. ...

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UnHindu Hindus Apolitical Intolerance Has Now Struck the Community

September 14, 1999
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Tunku Varadarajan believes that we are UnHindu, because we stand up for Hindu dharma!  Maybe, he missed the Dotbusters era... India Today (North American edition) Sep. 14, 1999 ALTERNATE ACCENT | Tunku Varadarajan   UNHINDU HINDUS - Apolitical Int ...

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Shloka In Orgy Scene To Go, But Hundreds of Prints of Eyes Wide Shut Will Still Retain It

September 1, 1999
by admin AHADAHAD ActionsAHADInfoEntertainmentOnline ProtestsPress Coverage

  Publication: Rediff URL: http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/sep/01us1.htm Date of Publication: 09/1999 Author: R S Shankar Bowing to pressure by the American Hindus Against Defamation and its allies, Warner Bros agreed on Monday to delete from th ...

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