'Miracle' tree draws hundreds in Kolkata

The Hindustan Times;  September 3, 2007 ;     246 words ...Kolkata, Sept. 3 -- A peepal tree oozing water for the past five...Behala Flying Club, adjacent to the peepal tree in Gopalpur, started chopping off...trees, including the century-old peepal tree, adjacent to a Shiva Linga, a symbol...

When a banyan tree married the peepal tree in Uttarakhand Village

The Hindustan Times;  May 13, 2007 ;     210 words ......branches got entwined with that of a peepal tree, many superstitious villagers read a...likely ills. "The tradition of marrying a peepal tree with the banyan tree is very old. I...verses and carrying out the rituals. The peepal tree, was made as the groom, and the banyan...

Pray to 'passport baba' ; Devotees pin up copies of passports at the...

India Today;  June 9, 2008 ;     422 words ......copy of his or her passport on the old peepal tree inside the shrine as an offering, he...their passport which they pin on to the peepal tree at his shrine. They believe that rest...tickets, and love letters festooned to the peepal tree. They believe Baba will take care of...

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Southern Quarterly;  July 1, 2008 ;     483 words ......the world. Her forthcoming poetry and prose collection, I Name Me Name (Peepal Tree Press, 2008) follows in this vein. Other titles are Until Judgment Comes (Peepal Tree Press, 2007), and Eros Muse (Africa World Press, 2006). Visit her website...

Ego sum

Afro - Hispanic Review;  October 1, 2003 ;     381 words ......original verse: Bigistong (Darengo: London 1996) and Heron's canoe (Peepal Tree: Leeds 2003). He is currently preparing an anthology of his translations...African diaspora, with introduction, commentary and bibliography (Peepal Tree: forthcoming 2004).

Tying the knot to save trees

The Hindustan Times;  April 20, 2006 ;     325 words ......groom for the ceremony. Most of the women represented the peepal tree, the bride, whereas the men represented the banyan tree, the...blessed if they arrange a marriage between a banyan and a peepal tree. "In the past, many childless people used to arrange such...

Villagers perform tree 'wedding' to send green message

The Hindustan Times;  June 15, 2008 ;     258 words ......into two groups with women representing the bride, or the peepal tree, and the men, the banyan tree. The wedding was performed at...According to Oriya folklore, the 'marriage' of a banyan and peepal tree is one way of pleasing the gods. Nabin Rout, a 54-year-old...

Disappearance of 'Buddha Boy' alarms his Nepali followers ; WORLD

The Independent - London;  March 12, 2007 ;     498 words ......himself," he said. The teenager first took up position in the shade of a peepal tree in the dense jungle of south-eastern Nepal in March 2005. Later that...have attained enlightenment in eastern India while meditating beneath a peepal tree.

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY CREATIVE WRITING SYMPOSIUM TO FOCUS ON CULTURAL...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Dawes has published eight collections of poetry, Progeny of Air (Peepal Tree 1994), Resisting the Anomie (Goose Lane 1995), Prophets (Peepal Tree 1996), and Shook Foil (Peepal Tree 1998). His most recent collection, Midland, was recently awarded...

Ram Bahadur Bamjan, 16, meditates under a peepal tree

Getty Images;  March 8, 2006 ;     142 words ...Ami Vitale Getty Images 03-08-2006 RRATANAPURI, NEPAL - MARCH 8, 2006: Ram Bahadur Bamjan, 16, meditates under a peepal tree in the remote village of Ratanapuri village in Bara district, Nepal on March 8, 2006. Pilgrims and followers have been...

Corn-Bread

Black Renaissance;  January 1, 2008 ;     119 words ......Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, Germany, England, and in Prague. An award-winning poet and prose writer, Adisa has eleven titles to her credit...1997). Her most recent titles include Until Judgment Comes (Peepal Tree Press, 2007) and a collection of poems and essays, Eros...

Coconut Bread

Black Renaissance;  January 1, 2008 ;     114 words ......Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, Germany, England, and in Prague. An award-winning poet and prose writer, Adisa has eleven titles to her credit...1997). Her most recent titles include Until Judgment Comes (Peepal Tree Press, 2007) and a collection of poems and essays, Eros...

`Encouraged my writing'.(Features)

Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);  September 30, 2004 ;     144 words ......more and my children were grown up and I found a leaflet from CIDA, she explained. Jeanne's poetry book is being published by Peepal Tree Press at pounds 8.99 and is available through Amazon and can be ordered from bookshops. She will be having a book signing...

Moses Nagamootoo: Hendree's Cure.(Brief Article)

World Literature Today;  January 1, 2002 ;     270 words ...Leeds, England. Peepal Tree. 2000. 149 pages 7.99 [pounds sterling]/$13.60. ISBN 1-900715-45-7 HENDREE'S CURE IMAGINATIVELY chronicles and celebrates the lives...

Banyan tree marries the peepal to spread green awareness!

The Hindustan Times;  March 10, 2007 ;     134 words ...Kendrapada (Orissa), March 10 -- Residents of an Orissa village have 'married' off a banyan tree to a peepal tree in a unique way to spread awareness about greater green cover. The event took place Wednesday in Patachela village, some 80 km...