Chittur Thekkegramam: Maharudra Yagnam 11-13 Jan 2009

Om Shri Ganeshaya Namaha
Om Nama Sivaya

Chittur Thekkegramam: Maharudra Yagnam
A Maharudra Yganam is proposed to be conducted in the village
11Jan to 13th Jan 2009.

Venue
VISALAKSHI VISWESWARAR AND AYYAPPA TEMPLES
It has been decided by the learned pundits to conduct the Maharudra Yajna, at Thekkegramam, Chittur, for the benefit and  welfare of all mankind, creatures [...]

ANGLO-INDIANS IN BANGALORE :With Diginity

THEY CARE: Kyle Ian Fleming and Leroy Ashley Tills
Giving dignity to a community
Here’s an organization that works for the uplift of Anglo-Indians in Bangalore
Yamini Nair | TNN

They are a distinct yet minority community originating in India, consisting of people of British, French, Portuguese or Dutch ancestry whose native language is English. The Anglo-Indians, though [...]

Sister Alphonsa: Our Own Saint Alphonsa

OCTOBER WILL be a good month to be a Christian in India. On the 12th, Anna Muttathupandathu of Kottayam will become Saint Alphonsa.
Anna was beatified by the Vatican in 1986 as the Blessed Alphonsa and on March 1, 2008, Pope Benedict XVI decided that she deserved sainthood. Two Sundays from now, she will [...]

Indian Heenal Raichura is UK’s youngest doc, at 22 years

At 22 years, Indian is UK’s youngest doc

London: At the age of 22, India-origin Heenal Raichura has qualified to become Britain’s youngest doctor and is all set to practise medicine.

Daughter of Nalin and Shobhna Raichura, Heenal was accepted into university to study medicine in 2002 when she was 16.

Six years later she [...]

Parsis: Hope at last to increase numbers

UN project gives Parsis hope of swelling numbers
Ketan Tanna | TNN

Mumbai: It was a casual request from Bombay Parsi Punchayat chief Minoo Shroff that resulted in gynaecologist Anahita Pandole taking on the assignment of helping Parsi couples battling infertility.

Three years down the line, she has handled 200 cases of whom 80 women [...]

Creating Windmills with local resources for sustainable local energy

I came across this video on TED.com: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/153

Good Samaritans from Mumbai & Bangaluru:Lata Mani Das

Thanks to Ketan and TOI for this information
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She equips these special ‘kids’ with vocational skills

Ketan Tanna I TNN

Mumbai: The incident happened last week. Fifty-one-year-old Bhandup housewife Lata Das was travelling with 27-yearold Chetna and her mother in an autorickshaw on a pothole-riddled suburban road. It was raining and the insides of the vehicle [...]

Have a wonderful life…………….!!!!!!!

Mr Watwani says:
Have a wonderful life…………….!!!!!!!
“Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment.
As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it. And if you let them, they’ll dump it on you.
When someone [...]

Sikh devotees leave for Pak

     AMRITSAR: Sikh devotees led by Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee and Nankana Sahib Sikh Teerath Yatri Jatha (NSSTYJ) left for Pakistan to observe the martyrdom day of Guru Arjan Dev at Gurdwara Dehra Sahib, Lahore, on Sunday morning from Attari railway station on board pilgrim special trains.
     Swaran Singh Gill, president of NSSYTJ, instructed members [...]

Kolkata student Tops: Offers galore from US ‘Varsities

KOLKATA: From prestigious Princeton to MIT, city boy Rik Sengupta can pick and choose where he wants to study — for free. The South Pointer has bagged full scholarship seats at seven top universities in the US.
Princeton, the top ranking university in the US, has offered him a scholarship of $52,990 a year. His [...]