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It was early 1989. Squadron Leader S.K.Karve takes a quick look down from the cockpit of the burning IAF aircraft that he was piloting. It was a usual check-up sortie. Karve was one of the ace pilots of the special squadron of IAF in charge of ensuring that fighter-bombers are in fighting fit. The aircraft had developed a snag and caught fire mid air. It flew across the sky awkwardly, leaving a trail of dark smoke. Down below, children were going to school along the road. Little boys were playing in the lake that Karve wanted to crash into. In a split second, he changed his mind. He was right above the village -- Paaroor-Kizkuppam -- in Dharmapuri district, Tamilnadu, Bharat. Now he decided to crash-land onto the fields outside the village. Before he did that, it was too late. Karve lost his life. His body was torn to pieces like the aircraft, which smashed onto the roadside tamarind trees. The entire village was witness to the whole drama. They realized that the pilot could have saved his life by bailing out from the burning aircraft without bothering about the consequences. But Karve was too humane for that and he paid the price with his life in order to save the lives of the villagers. The grateful villagers renamed a village near Krishnagiri dairy farm as ‘Karvepuram’ on June 13, 1989.
Based on a report by Shri.V.Yuvaraj in JUNIOR VIKATAN during 1989.
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Dr. Sharad Kumar Dixit of Wardha, Maharashtra, Bharat, is now 72. When he was 35, he lost his wife. At 39 he had a paralytic attack. When he was 47, he met with a road accident and his legs became immobile. At 50, his throat had to be operated upon because of cancer. He had three heart attacks at the age of 57, 63 and once afterwards. Now 85% of his heart has become inert. After all this, Dr.Dixit is seen at the operation theatre from 8 in the morning to 11 in the night performing Cosmetic and Plastic surgeries on deformities in lips, eyes and ears particularly of poor women in the marriageable age. He has so far secured, by surgical correction, normal complexion and look to over 35,000 persons. Marriage of daughters became possible in innumerable families because of his service. (According to an estimate, such a large number of surgeries in the USA would have cost 855 crores of rupees merely by way of doctor’s fees). Two plantain fruits and a cup of milk alone are his daily intake. Citing the life of Dr.Dixit, Shri.Krishna Shastri, all India organizing secretary of Samskrita Bharati exhorts Samskrita Bharati workers all over Bharat to work on diligently and perseveringly.
Based on a write up by Shri.Krishna Shastri in the Samskrit monthly SAMBHASHANA SANDESHAHA , April 2003.
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1. Twelve year old Arathi of Salem puts her Bharata Natyam skill to good use. Last year, she collected Rs.30,000 at her dance performance in Salem and donated it to the welfare of poor children, particularly for their treatment requiring surgery. For the past five years, this seventh standard student has been donating her collections likewise for the education of child labourers. Her happy parents are Dr.Loganathan and Shrimati.Parimala Devi. 2. R.Divyabharati of Karaikkudi, Tamilnadu, earns while she learns. This fifth standard student goes around the bazaar charmingly playing the role of salesperson for the seedai, murukku (South Indian namkeen) and banana chips prepared by her mother. For all her courteous behaviour, Divyabharati is honest. On an average, she visits 100 shops and establishments after her school and hands over Rs.100 to 150 to her mother who deposits it in Post Office savings bank account. When a customer makes a purchase of four rupees and gives a five-rupee note, she says she doesn’t have change for the balance. When the former says “it’s all right, keep it”, she fetches change and hands over the rupee coin to the customer. The purpose of her ‘business’? “To make progress in life”, pat comes the reply. Her father Raju is a watch repairer in an electronics shop and her mother Kaliammal prepares the eatables at home for sale.
Both news items courtesy: DINAMANI , January 31, 2004.
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Shri.Vidya Rajagopalan (52), a senior research person with the CECRI (Central Electro-Chemical Research Insititute ), Karaikkudi, Tamilnadu, renders a unique kind of service to students. Anyone can get his doubt in any technical subject cleared by seeking the website of Rajagopalan (csrividya@tripod.com). It is his library that Rajagopalan falls back upon. He has converted his house into a library in memory of his departed wife. It houses more than 8,000 books of rare kind, valued at Rs.10 lakhs,. An example: A Thirukkural volume with him is 190 years old and it says that it was in 1812 that Thirukkural was transcribed from palm leaves and printed for the first time. The paper on which the book has been printed is devoid of any acidic constituent and so remains undamaged and without graying. Most of his collections came from second-hand book sellers, procured by Rajagopalan over the years.
Based on report in DINAMANI of April 19,2003.
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In the January 26 Gujarat earthquake four years back, village Dholavira was also hit badly. Shri.Pramod Mahajan, the erstwhile I&B minister, Government of India, visited the place. He offered to adopt a village for reconstruction. The next day, the erstwhile chief minister of Gujarat Shri.Keshubhai patel informed Mahajan over phone that the far-flung Dholavira needs adoption. Soon Mahajan sanctioned a sizeable amount form out of his MP’s development fund. Also, Mahajan saw to it that instant connectivity was provided by laying cables right up to the village. But, over phone, he had some bad news from the village: The money sent was being dissipated in alcohol by men in the village. Mahajan sought the help of ‘Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini Trust’ a Pune-based NGO. Dholavira women volunteered to cooperate with Prabodhini workers. Within weeks, with the help of HUDCO, 194 beautiful, quake-proof houses were built with power supply to every house. Wide and firm roads were laid. Drinking water distribution system was established. A hospital and a school were built. Six water tanks built around the village have done away with the long wait for the water tankers. Mahajan has spent Rs. 2.70 Crores for the reconstruction of Dholavira.
Based on a report in DINAMANI, December 14, 2003.
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A team led by Shri. N.D.Hari Dass of the Chennai-based Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc) has put together Bharat’s fastest academic computer KABRU (name of a Himalayan peak so far unclimbed). KABRU has a sustained computing speed of 951 gigaflops (that is, upto a peak of 1,382 billion calculations per second).In June 2004, it will vie for a ranking in the global “Top 500” list of the world’s fastest supercomputers. Says Prof. Hari Dass, “One of the greatest challenges in Theoretical Physics is to understand what constitutes particles like protons and neutrons.” KABRU is to probe this mystery. This supercomputer has been made at a cost of Rs. 2.5 crores – a mere fraction of what supercomputers of this pedigree would cost if one were to import it. If KABRU makes the climb to the “Top 500”, it will be the third India-based supercomputer in that list. The other two are, PARAM PADMA (speed: 594 gigaflops) by Pune’s C-DAC (Rank 258) and an IBM cluster (1,105 gigaflops) by Bangalore-based Intel (Rank 105).
Based on a report by Shri. Anand Parthasarathy in THE HINDU of April 28, 2004. (Idea : Shri. M. Jayaraman)
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1.An entire family of 100, all sons, daughters and grandchildren of one Rangammal, was engaged in brewing illicit liquor in village Thirumalaikkudi in Sivagangai district, Tamilnadu, for the past 50 years. The Additional DSP of the Prohibition Wing of the police department, Smt. Jayashree, had a talk with Rangammal within three months after taking charge. She promised the family that they will be given bank loans as well as help from voluntary agencies if they give up illicit brewing forthwith. It was agreed to by Rangammal and the family destroyed arrack barrels and the brew. Based on a report in the November 19, 2003 INDIA TODAY (Tamil). 2. Even experienced male Jailors hesitate to work in the Mumbai Central Jail because it houses a very large number of members of notorious mafia outfits. But a woman has dared to do that. The soft-spoken Smt. Swathi Sathe has become the first woman Jailor in the country. Soon after her assuming office, hardened criminals were stirpped of their cellphones and tiffin carriers. They were shut up in high security cells. They no more enjoy special benefits against rules inside the prison. The criminals tried to browbeat Swathi by masterminding assaults on her. Undeterred, Swathi refused to relax rules. She says, “I stick to rules. If someone is affected by this, I don’t care. I will show that women can face challenges”.
Based on a report in the Jullundhar Hindi monthly PATHIK SANDESH of July 2003.
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Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj has worshipped at the Shiva temple in Kattavoor near Ponneri in Chengalpattu district, Tamilnadu, 300 years back. Today, the temple is in a dilapidated condition. Huge stone pillars have collapsed. Lack of funds affects daily pooja too. This pathetic state saddened the 30 year-old Chennai youth Shri. Rajmohan. He has formed an organization, ‘Association for Renovation of Ancient Temples’. He collects information about ancient temples in need of renovation. He takes the members of his association to such temples on the third Sunday of every month. As per advance arrangement, special pooja is conducted; then follows the narration of the glorious highlights of the temple. The members recite devotional poems like Thevaaram and Thiruvaachakam. To begin with, they pay electricity bills of such temples so that the holy place is well lit.
Based on a report in Tamil weekly KALKI of March 30, 2003.
(Idea: Shri. Senthilkumar)
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PANCHAAMRITAM 34 contained this anecdote: “Shri. A. Janardan Reddy, a home guard on duty, forgot he didn’t know swimming, and dived into the Hussainsagar lake in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, to save a woman, one Anita, who had jumped into the lake to commit suicide, as reported by DECAN CHRONICLE”. Tamil daily DINAMANI of April 30, reported an identical incident: “Smt. Savithrri Vasu (43) of Nolambur off East Mugappeir near Chennai is a member of Civic Exnora, a social service organisation. She was busy discussing with women members of Exnora at her residence. Vignesh, a child accompanying one of them, accidentally fell into a water tank nearby. While others shrieked helplessly, the child started drowning. Savithrri, in a fit of involuntary urge, jumped into the tank filled with 6 feet of water, completely forgetting that she did not know swimming. All the same, she rescued Vignesh. She is now busy cleaning a playground in the neighbourhood with the help of other women of the locality”.
(Idea: Smt.Vasanta)
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On April 26, 2004, Shri. Pagalavan, a reporter of THE SUBURBAN VOICE, went to cover the inauguration of Informex-2004, an exhibition about educational institutions in the premises of University of Chennai. A small boy and his little sister were busy selling hot tea nearby. The boy served tea while the girl went round collecting Rs.2.50 per cup from the visitors. The poverty of the brisk little ones was writ large on their dress and the chappals they wore. Naturally, customers who gave Rs.3 and Rs.5 for a cup, did not insist on the balance amount. But, the little girl fetched 50 paise coins from somewhere and went round disbursing the balance to those customers, as though to make it clear that what she lacked was prosperity and not integrity.
Based on a report in the Madipakkam neighbourhood weekly, THE SUBURBAN VOICE of May 2, 2004.
(Idea : Shri. S. S. Narayanan)
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“The well-known jurist Gajendragadkar has recounted in his autobiography that he was once invited to a private dinner at a star hotel. He found that the bearers were very cordial and he was overwhelmed by their hospitality. The next day, he found to his dismay that several of the hotel employees were present in his court in a labour dispute with the management. He was embarrassed and took a decision never to attend such dinners in future. Such were the high standards of probity and conduct of judicial officers.” (From a letter to the editor of THE HINDU by Shri.P.S.R.K.Thimmaji Rao from Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, commenting on an incident in which 21 judges of the Punjab and Haryana High court went on mass casual leave in May 2004 over a controversy arising out of honorary membership of a club).
THE HINDU, May 11, 2004.
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Shri. Arumugam is the Tehsildar of Thottiyam taluk in Trichy district, Tamilnadu, Bharat. On May 12, 2004 he was on election duty on the polling date as the assistant returning officer for the Thottiyam Assembly constituency area in the 2004 Lok Sabha elections. He was busy disbursing poll material including electronic voting machines to all the divisions under his charge. Just then came the news of the demise of his mother-in-law in Thuraiyur. Arumugam did not leave the spot midway. He waited till the polling hour was over and ensured that all the poll materials were dispatched to the counting center. That took all night. In the morning, he was found working at the counting center. The word reached the district Collector Shri. Annamali, who reached the spot, congratulated Arumugam for his sense of duty. He also made it a point to brief the presspersons about this incident before relieving the dutiful Tehsildar.
DINAMANI, May 12, 2004.
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An Indian auction house of art works – Saffronart – has closed the first half with a sale of almost Rs.7.20 crore, doing better business than established western art houses like Christies or Sothebys. Over 80% of the art exhibits with Saffronart auction that sold out crossing the higher price estimate and just over a quarter of the lots that sold exceeded the higher price estimate by at least 50%. In comparison to the sales figures of Saffronart in May, the figure for Christies in March was Rs.5.01 crore and for Sothbeys Rs.3 crore.
THE HINDU BUSINESS LINE Monday, May 10, 2004
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Munnar, in Idukki district, Kerala, Bharat, is a sensitive forest division, with 64 square kilometers of sandal tracts. Forest service officer Prakruti Srivastava is paying the price for taking the timber mafia here by its horns. In her six years in the Indian Forest Service, the young officer has been transferred five times. Recently Prakruti was transferred from the post of district forest officer in Munnar – evidently because the gutsy officer brought to light more than a dozen cases of land encroachment and cracked several sandalwood smuggling cases in the area. Politicians and the timber mafia were baying for her blood for a while. Sources said even though Chief Minister A.K Antony did not want to, he finally transferred her after two senior ministers insisted that she be moved out of Munnar. State forest minister K.Sudhakaran, however, denied any victimization. “She is an upright officer. But the transfer is a routine affair,” he said.
Based on a report by Shri. Ramesh Babu in
the HINDUSTAN TIMES, Bhopal, March 15, 2004.
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This is something unique. On April 28, 2004 a state government organized a farewell celebration for a retiring nurse. The nurse, Smt.Vishalakshi (58), has been working in the burns injury ward of Chennai Kilpauk Government Hospital for more than 25 years. Smt. Sheela Rani Chungat, Health Secretary, Government of Tamilnadu and Smt. B.Vijayalakshmi, Director, Medical Education, were among the officials who felicitated Vishaslakshi on the occasion. Nursing staff, generally, hesitate to work in burns injury ward in any hospital. But, thanks to Vishalakshi’s example, quite a few young nurses serve in the ward whole-heartedly. Says Vishalakshi, “Early in my career I assisted treatment of a 30 year old woman for her burn injuries. I was touched by her heart-rending story. In addition to nursing the wounds, I used to console her whenever she shrieked in pain. This continued all through my service. Though I’m retired now, I shall visit the ward and help those young nurses”.
Based on a report in DINAMANI, April 29, 2004.
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Once Dr.Ponni, daughter of the late Communist leader P.Ramamurti, went to have a darshan of Pujya Shri Chandrasekarendra Saraswati Swami, the Shankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam, venerated as “Mahaswamigal” by his numerous devotees. He asked how she charged her patients. She replied that she took money only from the rich people and charged the poor for the medicine. The Mahaswamigal suggested: Treat the poor absolutely free. That stunned her, as even her father, a socialist, did not think on those lines.
From a birthday tribute to the Mahaswamigal by Sridhar-Chaama
in THE HINDU of June 2, 2004.
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The Chennai schoolboy Kutraleeswaran was just 12 when he performed the Guinness Book of World Records feat of swimming six seaways in a calendar year, that is, 1994. Now, he is doing his MS at the University of Texas, United States. He was a recipient of Arjuna award in the sport. Once into the college (he studied Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Anna University, Chennai), he had to give up marathon swimming because there was no sponsorship for this costly-but-not-so-popular sport. All the same, Kutraleeswaran was patriotic enough. Here is what he says by way of reminiscing: “Marathon swimming is very popular in Australia, Italy and the States. In fact, when I was in Italy to compete, the government (of Italy) offered to adopt me if I would swim for Italy. I declined. For, pride and satisfaction lie in representing one’s own country. And let me tell you, the feeling is unparalleled.”
Based on a email interview of Kutraleeswaran
by Sanjay Ranjan published in THE HINDU on May 27, 2004.
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Good neighbourliness is what residents of Asiad Colony in Thirumangalam near Chennai, Tamilnadu, Bharat, have demonstrated. Seven years back, the Diabetes Research Centre of Gopalapuram (Chennai) conducted a survey in this colony and found out that 152 of the 474 residents examined were diabetics and 74 were prone to be affected by the disease. The Centre’s team of doctors led by Dr. V.Mohan tried to emphasize the efficacy of physical exercise and food regulation as antidote for diabetes. The response, initially, was not encouraging. But before long, the advice of the doctors caught the imagination of the residents. They pooled resources, and with the help of the local administration, laid out a park with footpath for walking, making four rounds of which equals 1 kilometre. By subscription and donations, they raise Rs. 52,000 needed every year for the maintenance of the park. Most of the residents are regular walkers by now and they have become sticklers to their diet. The result is, the incidence and intensity of diabetes among the residents of this colony could be brought down drastically.
Based on a report in DINAMANI of May 31, 2004.
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River water has been polluted and to what extent? 6.6 crore people in the Indo-Gangetic belt and 5.5 crore people in neighbouring Bangladesh are exposed to the threat of arsenic poisoning as the water sources are contaminated. Those who drink arsenic contaminated water for long periods are hit by skin cancer, bronchitis, conjunctivitis (eye disease) and cirrhosis of the liver. A stainless steel filter device has been found effective in the removal of arsenic from contaminated drinking water and in making it safe for human consumption. The device is easy to operate and affordable even for use in households, say researchers at the Naval Materials Research Laboratory (NMRL), Ambernath, Maharashtra. The main investment (one-time) in the novel device is about Rs. 650. The cost of removing arsenic from contaminated waters works out to Rs. 27.30 for 1,000 litres of water. The life of the filter is 5 years and it requires little maintenance – just the normal washing and replacement of active ingredients. It does not require power (electricity or battery) and is easy to operate. Dr. Narayan Das, Director and Smt. Kshipra Mishra, Scientist, NMRL, say the filter works on the principle of co-precipitation and absorption followed by filtration through treated sand.
Based on a report by Shri. M.Somasekhar
in THE HINDU BUSINESS LINE of June 2, 2004.
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Damini is the name of a 72-year old elephant in the Prince of Wales Zoo in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, Bharat. She did not die on account of her advanced age. She sacrificed food and water and, in a sense, it was her voluntary invitation to death. It happened like this: Champakali is another elephant in the Zoo, a thick friend of Damini. When 55-year old Champakali conceived, Damini, in all earnestness, took it upon herself to tend the pregnant friend. But Champakali died on April 11 (year 1999) after delivering of a stillborn cub. Damini was visibly saddened. She might have been hit by deep remorse as she could not save the life of Champakali who was under her care. She stood there, in that very spot, for 9 days without taking a single morsel of food, tears rolling down her eyes. When her legs swelled because of constant standing, she fell down and lay there motionless, tears flowing unabated. Any amount of her mahout’s entreaties did not have any response from her. In the sweltering Lucknow heat of 44 degree celsius, the starving Damini’s skin developed blisters. Simply looking on and weeping, she lay there and on the 24th day, she gave up her life.
Based on an editorial in NAVBHARAT TIMES of May 7, 1999.
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A clause in the Education Reform Act of 1988 and the new education Bill stipulate that all state schools (in Britain) should provide religious education and a “daily act of collective worship, wholly or mainly of a broadly Christian character” (Most of the 7,390 voluntary schools in Britain are run by the Church of England, Roman Catholics, Jews and Methodists). Alarmed that their children would be taught only about Christianity, some Sikh families decided to take matters into their own hands. Funded by Sikhs in Britain, Europe and the United States and run by the Punjab-based Namaskar Organization, Guru Nanak Sikh College in Hayes, west London, aims to take Sikh Children back to their roots. The children begin their day at 8.30 a.m. with prayers from the Guru Granth Sahib and kirtans. The key word in the school is discipline. “I have been teaching for more than 30 years. This is the first time I have seen children aged 12 or less leading an assembly of 400 students. It’s truly amazing”, says George Hamilton who teaches the primary sections. Another feature that sets it apart is that there is no fixed fee. “Everybody pays according to his ability”, says Principal Rajinder Singh Sandhu. For instance, Satwinder Singh Dhillon, whose children attend the school, is paying for their fees in kind by paving the premises and helping in the kitchen.
Based on a report by Sushri. Nirupama Subramaian
in the INDIA TODAY (English) of April 30, 1991.
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This is about a boy who is a school topper. Rajini, a Class X student in the Government Higher Secondary school, Kaniyambadi (off Vellore), Tamilnadu, Bharat, scored the highest marks (470) in the school in the March 2004 public exam. Quite a few celebrities are making a beeline to the school to fund Rajini’s higher studies. Film star Sivakumar gave Rs. 5,000. Vijay, another Tamil film star, has volunteered to bear the entire cost for Rajini, in case he (Rajini) chooses to study medicine. Donations in cash continue to pour in. At this juncture, Rajini’s school got up a gal function on June 10, 2004 to felicitate the hard working Rajini. At the function, Shri. R. Chandrasekar (president of ‘Udhavum Ullangal’, a voluntary group), who had earlier took the initiative to arrange electricity supply to Rajini’s hut when he found the boy doing his home work under a street light, announced that Rajini wishes to share the excess amount of donations with other needy students of his school. Accordingly, Murgesan, a Class XII student belonging to a poor Scheduled Tribe family studying in the same school, was given school uniforms and text books from out of the cash donations totting up to Rs. 7,751 collected at the funtion. A separate bank account has been opened in the name of ‘Help Rajini Fund’. It is to be noted that Rajini belongs to a Narikkorava (a nomadic tribe) family. He lost his mother at a tender age and his father had forsaken the child, who was reared by his aunt Amudha.
Based on a report published on June 11, 2004 in the Tamil daily DINAMANI.
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India has consolidated its position as the world's fourth largest economy in Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) at $2,778 billion behind US, China and Japan. The Purchasing Power Parity is arrived at by pricing all goods and services at US prices and treating America as standard, instead of converting Rupees into dollars at foreign exchange rates. According to the World Bank's World Development Indicators 2004, released on April 23 and based on 2002 figures, the PPP of United States is put at $10,414 billion, followed by China at $5,792 billion and Japan at $3,481 billion. Germany is placed fifth at $2,226 billion, according to the report. In the G-7, only two -- US and Japan -- are ahead of India. The PPP figures for the other five members of the G-7 are: Germany $2226 billion; France $1,609 billion; the United Kingdom $1,574 billion; Italy $1,510 billion and $Canada 907 billion. The PPP of Russia (which makes it G-8) has improved to $1,165 billion, reflecting the rapid improvement in the Russian economy.
Source: INDIAN EXPRESS, April 24, 2004. (Idea: Shri. S. Kalyanaraman)
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1. Out of the seven lucky gods that the Japanese worship, three have Indian origins. Daikokuten the Japanese god of wealth and prosperity, originated from the Indian god of death, Mahakala. Benzaiten (benten), the only woman among the seven gods, originated from saraswati, the goddess of music, fine arts, eloquence and literature. And Bishamonten, the Japanese god for doctors, soldiers and priests, has its origins in India where he was known as Viasravana, a Buddhist missionary (Information obtained by the staff reporter of THE HINDU (June 11, 2004) at the Numismatics Exhibition of Japanese Coins and Currency held in Chennai). The coins were the collection of Shri. Sathish Kumar, a young software marketing executive based in Osaka, Japan. 2. “I was having a cup of coffee here in my university cafeteria, Ben Gurion University. Beer Sheva, Israel. I was appraoched by a local Jew in mid-twenties. The first word he uttered was Namaste. He told me he has been spreading the message of peace and love through ISKCON movement. He himself has changed his name borrowed from Sanskrit literature. It was a pleasant and amazing surprise to find someone in this remote place selling the literature of Bhakthi Vedanta. He said he is spreading vegetarian food habits through this movement among the locals. The pamphlet is in Hebrew. He was also selling a book on Indian food styles based on vegetables and spices alone, this again in Hebrew. It contains an article on how the food habit helps to cultivate good habits linking it to the Vedantic philosophy.” Anecdote courtesy: Shri. T. Rajagopalan. (vishwa_samvad yahoogroup). 3. Shravya, a Class VIII girl of Indian origin studying in Bishop Middle School in Florida, USA, recently bagged the coveted first prize in a contest organized for junior scientists at Florida. Her discovery was a gene which when fed into fruits like orange or lemon, will help them successfully withstand the heavy winter snowfall. This news caused so much of a thrill that one media outfit named its satellite KEREMANE, after a village near Sringeri in Karnataka, Bharat, that the girl hails from.
Idea: Dr.Seetharam (VSK, Karnataka).
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On the night of December 2-3, 1984, S.L.Kushwaha (45), a teacher living in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, Bharat, woke up at 1.30 on hearing his wife Triveni (36) vomiting. Soon he and his children also began coughing, feeling chest pain, burning in the eyes and suffocation. Looking out of their home they saw peolple fleeing in panic. One of them told Kushwaha of the gas leak in the Union Carbide factory about a mile away. They decided to join the crowd and run, when Triveni suggested, “Why not start doing Agnihotra?” They did and within 20 miniutes the symptoms of MIC gas poisoning were gone. Agnihotra is the smallest form of Vedic Homa (sacrifice). This sacrificial fire is based on the biorhythms of Nature. American psychologist Barry Rathner conducting research in Agnihotra at Pune University says, “Agnihotra has made many conquests so far. Today, there is not a language spoken on earth that doesn’t number practitioners of Agnihotra.” People in several countries began experiencing increases of harvest up to 800 percent with Agnihotra.
Based on a report with headline ‘Vedic Way To Beat Pollution’ by Shri. K.P.Narayanan
in THE HINDU of April 7, 1985.
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