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Sikh Group Shows A True Mark Of Humanity. Sets Langar On Syrain Border To Feed Migrants…..

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Iraq and Syria have been in a major state of disarray right now. Every day thousands of people of try to flee the horror and every day more migrants lose their life to either man or nature.

Yazidis whose life is commonly at gunpoint of Islamic State Of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) lived in many parts of Syria and Iraq in an attempt to ‘purify’ the non-Islamic influences are counting their days of hunger and starvation.

While most of us sit back and worry about the condition that is worsening every day, a Sikh community has taken up a never before initiative to help them out. They have set up their traditional langar with the name Langar Aid about 10 km from the Syrian border in the Pesh Harbour area.

This group constitutes of many NRI Punjabi Sikhs as well as some European volunteers who have come forward to help the migrants. Instead of a traditional kitchen, they have set up a bakery and are providing fresh bread to nearly 14,000 refugees every day.

The IS were destroying any food that was coming in for the refugees, therefore a UK based NGO Langar Aid took from help from the local government to set this up.

They are also getting some help from Serbia and Greece which are the neighbouring European countries.

The CEO of Khalsa Aid, Ravi Singh told TOI, “Refugees often mistake us for IS because of our appearance. I was there about two months back and it was a very overwhelming experience. It was poignant to meet a family that had fled from their homes with their 10-month old child and they were pleasantly surprised to find aid in the middle of nowhere. Then there was an elderly lady who still wanted to return to her village she had built after years of hard work. The situation will get more challenging as winter sets in.”

A UK based volunteer of Indian origin Indy Hothi said, “We set up a bakery at a refugee camp for Yazidi people to provide a self-sustaining solution. We are also trying to set a school for 5,000 local children on the Lebanon-Syrian border.”

Now that’s a service to God in the true sense. We are so proud of you.

News Source: The Times Of India

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Mumbai Airport Recruits Trained Therapy Dogs To Bring A Smile On Passenger’s Face…

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Airports are exciting places of activity, but at times they also can be overwhelming for some fliers.

Recently, Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport brought in two legitimate, trained therapy dogs to help ease the stress of travelling.

Mumbai airport is possibly the first in the country to employ animals that would help ease travellers’ anxieties about returning to the skies. Earlier, therapy dogs were used to comfort special children and traumatised adults at US airports after the 9/11 attacks.

Goldie and Pepe, trained by the Animal Angels Therapy Centre in Pune, can sense a person’s mood by sniffing them.

Their mission is to put a smile on every passenger’s face they interact with.

This is what a Chicago-bound flier who came to bury his dead mother wrote in the feedback form:

“What an amazing and needed facet of airports. After a long painful day at the Mumbai airport, Goldie and Pepe brought ‘humanity’ into an otherwise dehumanising experience.”

Of course, not everyone is a dog lover. Some people would feel less stressed at an airport if they could cuddle with a cat.

But, let’s admit it, passengers will now have a PAWSitive experience at the Mumbai airport! 🐾

News Source: Hindustan Times

Source….Shuvro Ghoshal …www.storypick.com

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This tiny country just outlined a plan to completely stop using oil, coal, and gas….

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Recently, there seems to be an uptick in small nations or islands setting their sights on becoming increasingly, or completely, powered by non-fossil fuel energy sources, particularly renewables such as solar, wind and hydroelectric power.

This is welcomed news in a world that – despite recent advances in tackling climate change by the US and China – remains relatively paralyzed in its ability to make substantial changes to how it deals with climate change.

Earlier this year, Costa Rica met the entirety of its national power demand using renewable energy for 75 days straight.

Shortly afterwards, the US state of Hawaii passed legislature decreeing that, by 2045, the entire island will be powered by renewable, sustainable energy sources.

Denmark, one spectacularly windy day in July, generated 140% of the nation’s electricity demand through wind power alone, as reported by the Guardian. Remarkably, much of the excess was given to Germany, Norway and Sweden.

Sweden may have taken this to heart, because just last month they announced that they will be spending an extra $546 million (£360 million) on renewable energy and climate change action, beginning with their budget for 2016.

Stockholm

Sweden is on track for becoming a nation powered by sustainable, renewable energy sources alone by the next half-century.

The ultimate aim is as ambitious as it is honorable: They hope to become one of the world’s first nations to end its dependence on fossil fuels. Solar energy, in particular, has seen its budget increase by 800%.

Although this nationwide goal has not got its own timetable yet, the Swedish government has announced that its capital of Stockholm aims to be powered only by sustainable energy sources by 2050.

This announcement couldn’t come soon enough: The United Nations Climate Change Conference, which will be held this year in Paris, is beginning at the end of November. Sweden’s – and Denmark’s – climate change initiatives will hopefully influence the less keen attendees of the conference to begin to adapt their own countries’ energy grids.

The Ecologist reports that Sweden is also closing its nuclear power plants, although this is mainly due to their aging infrastructure. Nevertheless, no replacements are planned, with the government preparing to use only renewable energy sources. It should be pointed out that nuclear power plants are often lumped together with fossil fuel power plants as being just as harmful to the environment. However, in terms of climate change, nuclear power plants have a negligible carbon footprint more in line with renewables, as reported in Nature.

Governments often stop using nuclear power plants in response to political pressure, demonstrated by Germany’s recent move. In this case, the Fukushima crisis in Japan – caused by a once-in-a-lifetime natural disaster – prompted the German government to phase out its nuclear power plants by 2022, according to BBC News.

Germany, of course, is a country that does not suffer from tsunamis or dangerous earthquakes; there is a near-zero risk for any such crisis occurring to any nuclear power plants there.

Despite also eschewing nuclear power, Sweden is on track for becoming a nation powered by sustainable, renewable energy sources alone by the next half-century, which is a remarkable feat. Two-thirds of the country’s electricity is generated from non-fossil fuel energy sources already, mainly through hydroelectric and nuclear power generation.

It will be interesting to see how replacing their nuclear power plants with renewables will hamper or assist them on their path to becoming a fossil fuel-free nation.

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Robin Andrews …www.businessinsider.com.au

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How do the Astronauts Sleep in Space….

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After months of intense training and a white-knuckled trip through the ozone layer at nine times the speed of a rifle bullet, you can bet that NASA astronauts need to bank some rest.

Space sailors log really long hours throughout their days on tasks that require intense concentration, which is why NASA schedules precisely 8.5 hours of sleep per 24 on deck.

How exactly does ‘nighttime’ play out in space?

Astronauts Pam Melroy, George Zamka, and European Space Agency’s Paolo Nespoli, sleep in their sleeping bags, which are secured on the middeck of the Space Shuttle Discovery while docked with the International Space Station.

The International Space Station (ISS) orbits the Earth at 17,150 miles per hour, clocking one lap around our planet every hour and a half. Doing the math, this means 16 sunsets every 24 hours — a new day every 90 minutes.

Fascinating, yes, but this unrelenting motion can create colossal jet lag and wreak havoc on an astronaut’s internal body clock.

Hence, Mission Control’s strict bedtime schedule and windows-shut policy.

(Though according to one report, snoozing astronauts still see streaks and bursts of bright color caused by high-energy cosmic rays bursting harmlessly onto their retinas.)

What time zone do they use?

To establish to a regular schedule in zero gravity, Mission Control keeps our diurnal astronauts on Greenwich Mean Time.

I’m guessing no cushy mattresses?

The crew members are provided sleep pods that look like padded broom closets. They have custom sleeping sacks fastened to a wall or the ceiling, lest they float about the cabin.

According to retired astronaut Marsha Ivins, who spent 42 days in space on five different missions, their sleeping bag has armholes that allow you to reach outside the bag to zip it up. You then settle yourself in by tightening the attached Velcro straps. If you don’t tuck your appendages into the bag, they’ll drift out in front of you.

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield offers this video tour of his very own sleep sack aboard the ISS. After showing off his astro-PJs you can watch him zip up and close the doors to his pod.

Pillows?

That’s a whole other issue. Though not everyone wants or needs one, Ivins says she did, to help her neck relax. She actually attached her head to a block of foam.

“You put the back of your head on [the ‘pillow’],” she says, “and then you Velcro the front of your head to it.”

What about parasomnias? Any chance of sleepwalking?

Actually there was one reported case of … drifting.

According to a British reporter, one Russian crew member apparently preferred to do without a sleep pod or sleeping bag. His fellow crewmembers, still awake after he turned in, saw him float by — presumably in the midst of sweet dreams. They watched him “bouncing off the walls, his course set by the air currents that gently pushed and pulled him.”

Do they end up getting their hard eight?

No. As hard as they try to get comfy, most astronauts don’t get enough rest. Many are routinely sleep deficient, logging just six hours of sleep every 24 hours.

However, some astronauts speculate that these short sleep sessions may be the result of the body’s feeling less fatigued in a microgravity environment. Less fatigue may equal less sleep need.

Do they report any weird dreams?

According to dream studies conducted aboard the Russian space shuttle Mir, astronauts experience significantly diminished REM sleep in space compared to us Earthlings. They are therefore continually monitored for any and all ill effects.

“Efforts are planned to understand more fully the spaceflight environment and the role that other factors may play in reducing or promoting sleep,” said Lauren Leveton, PhD, senior research scientist in NASA’s Behavioral Health and Performance Division.

Who wakes them up when it’s ‘morning’?

During the 30-year space shuttle program, which ended in 2011, it was a NASA tradition to have wake-up calls during the shuttle missions. Each “morning” at the scheduled wake-up time, ground operations broadcast a song into the space shuttle cabin. A wide range of musical styles were played, including rock, pop, western and classical.

Each song was selected for a particular astronaut. Sometimes the astronauts requested the tune; other times their families selected a song with special meaning.

Unfortunately, the wake-up service is not available on the ISS. There, the crew must use a regular alarm clock.

Source….www.businessinsider.com.au

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Two accidents, a wheelchair and a National award….

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At 22, I had so many dreams — disability was definitely not part of the plan.

“In the Indian society, disability almost always invites sympathy and charity.

“Heck, once a woman gave me 25 paise — just because I was sitting outside a temple and was disabled, she thought I was a beggar!

“This stigmatisation is unshakeable from our mindsets.”

Years ago, a fateful accident overturned Shivani Gupta’s life for the worse. How she bounced back and emerged a winner is an inspiring tale in itself.

Shivani Gupta was a young and independent girl from Delhi.

Having spent most of her life studying in different parts of the country and living by herself, she was one of those buoyant and self-assured individuals with a solid plan and all the commitment needed to see it through.

And sure enough, good things were happening to her.

Graduating from the Institute of Hotel Management, living in the capital, landing a job as a guest relations officer at a five star hotel — for the twenty-something, her life’s best decade seemed to be playing out like clockwork.

Until one night, when she had invited some friends over for a little soiree.

The bunch partied into the night, until it started getting late and was time for everyone to go home.

Shivani volunteered to drop a female friend back to her hotel; but that car ride changed everything.

They met with a massive accident, inflicting a spinal cord injury on the 22-year-old that rendered her quadriplegic.

To say that she bounced back and immediately got her life back together would be a lie, but how grandly she did when she managed to, is a story worth telling.

Identity crisis

An identity crisis was washed ashore with her brand new circumstances.

She knew her life was going to undergo a whirlwind of changes, but she could not foresee just how it would unfold.

“I had no idea what this disability meant, and was absolutely clueless how to deal with it. I did not know what to expect any more.

“At 22, I had so many dreams — disability was definitely not part of the plan.

“Back then, there was zero awareness about dealing with it — so this situation had a disheartening sense of finality. It was a long journey until I felt I could face the world.”

Post the accident, Shivani lost her ideal job back at the hotel.

“Corporates weren’t open to employing people with disability. I was told that there is recession, so they couldn’t continue to employ me.

“I didn’t even know that I had the right to fight for it, that it was even possible. I accepted thinking there really was no alternative.”

Getting back into the game

Soon Shivani saw that she could channelise her need to still be part of the world, into a different hobby.

“I started painting. My hands were paralysed, so by moving them in this light manoeuvers, it proved to be therapeutic.

“I started selling my hand painted art. Wherever I would hear of exhibitions, melas and events, I would show up with my table and collection,” she said.

“I knew for a fact that I wasn’t the best painter — so I always had this dilemma.

“Were people purchasing my stuff because it was good, or merely because I was disabled?

“I couldn’t have lived with the answer if it was the latter, so even before I could find out, I decided to try my hand at something else.”

Around that time, she had the opportunity to join a rehabilitation centre in the UK for two months — to explore the idea of accessibility.

That programme was her first tryst with the concept, and she learnt that she was also entitled to some rights in spite of her physical condition.

Helping others like her find meaning

When she returned from the programme in 1996, she was determined to go all out in spreading the word — for there finally seemed to be some hope.

The Indian Spinal Injuries Centre back then, was still skeletal and in the process of being constructed.

It was an alien concept after all, trying to console a person impaired by injuries.

Shivani joined there as a counsellor to interact with patients in the same situation as her, and continued to do her bit in building hundreds of morales for six years.

“Back then, raising awareness was the need of the hour, for no one was really willing to offer hope to us,” says Shivani.

Her pursuit of normalcy led her to a UNESCAP training programme in Bangkok, at their headquarters.

‘Training in non-handicapping environment’ was the purpose of this seminar, and Shivani learnt how it is not only her right, but the government’s responsibility to grant her the means to compete with the world at an equal footing.

She returned to India and immediately laid the framework to spearhead a series of five workshops for NGOs and governmental representatives from all states of the country.

Even though she laid an elaborate enough plan for the representatives to adopt, nothing from the seminar even found place in discourse for a long, long time.

“This mostly fell apart, because they couldn’t see live examples. Nothing was accessible at all.

“Thus, our attendees didn’t integrate it in their work. There was a much longer training programme and much more commitment required,” explains Shivani.

She co-authored one of the first pieces of literature on the subject, but felt a dearth in her own knowledge as well.

AccessAbility

“I felt like I needed to study further, so I pursued a Masters in Architecture Design in UK from EDEXCEL, and went on to procure a post graduate degree in MSc in Inclusive Environments at the University of Reading, UK.”

With a whole list of tangible solutions, now, Shivani could offer not only a first person’s perspective on disability and the needs that the disabled have — she also helped an organisation with well-researched and expert ideas to implement accessibility mechanisms.

Under the name AccessAbility, she kicked off in 2006.

“Our concentrated work on accessibility engaged in all kinds of things.

“Be it the private sector, hospitality, retail, people wanting to employ disable people, educational institutes — we gave them the entire plan of how they could make their infrastructure and practices disabled-friendly.”

Shivani’s initiative even became a name to reckon with internationally, as she associated with the office of the High Commissioner in Human Rights in Geneva.

Things were starting to look up, and she was finally starting to discover her place in the world again.

Faced with loss yet again

But in 2009 an unexpected turn of events threatened to disrupt, once again, everything she had rebuilt.

Shivani met with another accident, and this one claimed the life of her soul-mate and pillar of strength — her husband.

Her father-in-law was also a victim in the accident.

Deeply disturbed by the loss of her companion, Shivani knew she had to heal herself and keep going.

After all, she wouldn’t have survived two such colossal calamities if she didn’t have a purpose to fulfil in the world.

How she decided to heal, was by writing her first book, No Looking Back — an autobiography.

“Writing about myself had me thinking deeply about so many things, and made me realise that all the answers I was looking for could be found in my own story.

“I learned to make my peace with things I couldn’t control when I wrote about them.”

Winning the National Award for being a role model

Her unwavering resolve resonated with many greats of the country, as she was presented with various honours and awards for never letting go of her spirit — The NCEPRD — Shell Helen Keller Award awarded for her work in increasing employment opportunities for persons with disabilities; the CavinKare Ability Mastery Award for being a role model; the Snowdon Award for Disabled Students, and the Neerja Bhanot Award given yearly to a woman subjected to social injustice, who faces the situation with grit and determination.

In fact, she was also an illustrious recipient of the National Award instituted by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment presented to her by none other than the former President of India — Late Dr APJ Abdul Kalam.

“The most special one to me, amongst these, is the Neerja Bhanot award.

“The entire organising team, upon learning of my condition, arranged for ramps to be put up on their staircases so I could go up to the arena myself.

“Although the ramps turned out to be very steep, I was deeply moved. It was the thought that mattered.”

‘Once a woman gave me 25 paise’

It is not everyday though, that Shivani meets people with such empathy and maturity.

“In the Indian society, disability almost always invites sympathy and charity.

“Heck, once a woman gave me 25 paise — just because I was sitting outside a temple and was disabled, she thought I was a beggar!

“This stigmatisation is unshakeable from our mindsets.

“No one understands that the disability is just one of our many characteristics. Say, if you were to go to Russia and don’t speak the language, you would be disabled in that regard too. But that doesn’t mean you are completely useless. Similarly, we have many abilities too.”

Far from being inept, this woman is iconic — in her optimism, her courage, her unshackled spirit, she is a stalwart for everyone who has had trouble seeing the light.

“Be patient, take life as it comes, and always be thankful,” she concludes.

Source….Binjal Singh….www.rediff.com

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Message for the Day…” Love, Equanimity,Rectitude and Nonviolence are the Virtues Expected of a True Devotee …”

October 6, 2015NatarajanLeave a comment

Sathya Sai Baba

Some clever people might have this doubt and raise a question: “Can we kill and injure in the name of the Lord, dedicating the act to Him?” Well, how can a person get the attitude of dedicating all activities to the Lord without at the same time being pure in thought, word, and deed? Love, equanimity, rectitude, nonviolence — these are the attendant virtues of the servant of the Lord. How can cruelty and callousness coexist with these virtues? To have selflessness, the spirit of self-sacrifice, and the spiritual eminence required for the dedicatory outlook, one must have first won the four characteristics of truth, peace, love and nonviolence (sathya, santhi, prema, ahimsa). Devoid of these four virtues no one can make any deed a worthy offering at His Feet.

This Couple Found a Surprisingly Simple Way to Tame 120 Aggressive Stray Dogs – Just Feed Them!!!!

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Their day starts with cooking. Proceeds to their full-time jobs in multinational companies. And ends after midnight. What’s special? Well, it’s after midnight that they go out to feed the 120 street dogs for whom they cooked in the morning. Meet Anil Prasad and Bismi Anil, a couple whose love for dogs is not just inspiring, it is even helping people in the Whitefield area of Bangalore live in harmony with strays.

It’s after midnight in Whitefield. About 120 dogs are up and alert. They are looking forward to two very special visitors. They know it’s time. Like every night, their guests will soon arrive. A man and a woman, who come with an exciting treat for each one of them. Every single day!

And here they are. Anil Prasad and Bismi Anil – an amazing couple, out on an exceptional mission. They reach at around the same time each day, driving a car that is stacked with lots of food, enough to feed many stray dogs in Whitefield, in and around their apartment complex.

With hearts full of compassion and vessels full of food, they are greeted by the stray dogs like pets greet their owners.

All the dogs have names: Cathy, Stripe, Socksy, Padmini, Cimba, Runner, Tommy, Bolt, Charlie, Signal, Pointer, Butterscotch, Chotti, Rani, Tiger, and more –

Anil and Bismi, both 40-years-old, have taken up the responsibility of creating a unique environment for dogs and the residents of Whitefield so they can co-exist in peace. They do this in various ways, the most important of which is a feeding program for dogs. And they do it along with managing their full-time day jobs in multinational companies.

“It all started with one dog. Around six years back, there came a stray dog with a dislocated hip to the lane where we live. It was very lean and used to drag itself on the road. We felt that it wouldn’t survive. At that time, our pet dog had a habit of wasting a lot of food. So we started giving some food to this dog as well,” remembers Anil.

With proper food, and the required medical care, the dog started to gain strength. Today, it is hale and hearty and continues to enjoy lovely meals provided by this couple.

Pinky enjoying a meal

But Anil and Bismi did not just stop there. When others dogs from the locality began to join the first one, knowing that food is being provided, they began feeding them too.

“We slowly realised that this was making a lot of difference; both to the health of these dogs and the environment in the community as well. We saw that the welfare of the community animals benefits the community as a whole. So we continued,” says Anil.

Ask him what are these benefits that motivated them to continue, and he explains – “Basically, the biggest issue with stray dogs in a community is their aggression towards pedestrians, small children, people on vehicles, etc. If that is controlled, the residents and the dogs can coexist without any disturbances. And to control it we need to do three things — sterilise them to control the population, make sure they are all vaccinated, and try to educate the residents of the community about how to live with the dogs in harmony.”

Hence, what started as a casual feeding activity for one dog turned into an overall welfare program for 120 dogs.

And it started with just one dog

Over the last three years, the couple has ensured that most stray dogs living in various societies, apartment complexes and communities in Whitefield are neutered, vaccinated and well-fed.

Since feeding and medication were now taken care of, they started talking to people to make them more aware about how well-fed and sterilised dogs won’t be a menace for the society if the residents give them a chance to live without fear.

“All the 120 dogs that we are feeding today are more like pet dogs. When they have medical issues and we take them to the vet, even the doctors are unable to believe that they are street dogs. They are so well behaved and tame now – they don’t bite and only know how to love. Such awareness among animals can be created by making sure that all their needs are met,” narrates the proud dog lover.

The feeding of the dogs takes place at a few fixed locations that the couple has identified within a distance of 10 km from their apartment.

“Dogs don’t travel long distances. They have a 200-300m radius and they are mostly found there. That is their territory. So all those places have the same dogs each day,” says Anil. They have even trained the dogs to respond to a special whistle — they come running when they hear it.

Every morning, at around 6:30 am, they cook a biryani like dish for their street friends. For this, they use about 15 kg rice and 6-7 kg meat waste, which is obtained from the local meat vendors (it includes chicken waste, mutton fat, leftover bones, etc.). Then the two leave for their respective day jobs. In the evening, they put the food in service vessels and go out at around 12:30 at night to feed the dogs. “Dogs can be aggressive when they are being fed. So if pedestrians are watching them while they eat, it can be dangerous. If someone approaches them they can attack. That is why we chose this time when it is peaceful and they won’t be interrupted,” says Anil.

The food is served in biodegradable plates. By the time the dogs finish their meal, the plates are soaked and ready to dissolve.

The table is set

Another benefit of feeding the dogs is that the couple gets a chance to go close to them and observe if any of them is facing any medical issues. According to Anil, dogs get very aggressive when they are injured or suffering. A skin or ear infection, or any injury somewhere, can make them aggressive and they can bite people.

“We know them so well that it is easy for us to notice if a dog is not well. It is also very easy for us to recognize if a dog is not eating properly. If some dog is eating less that it usually does, we understand that it has a problem. Then we give the required medical attention.”

Anil and Bismi sponsor the whole program themselves. The amount needed to take care of the dogs comes to around Rs. 30,000 per month.

Half of this goes for the food, and the other half for medical treatment of the dogs. Some of their friends contribute with a few kilograms of rice sometimes. They also get a lot of emotional support from friends and animal lovers across the city.

But their journey has not been a very easy one. Whenever they start working in a new community or society, they face a lot of opposition from the residents who don’t want the dogs to get accustomed to getting food inside their locality. The couple has even been threatened at times. But the two are determined to continue, no matter what.

And the results are visible now. “There is a society near our place. When we went there to begin the program the residents said that they want to get rid of all the dogs, even kill them if required. We sat with them and tried to understand their point of view and realised that they were concerned because the dogs were creating a lot of disturbance in the area. They were biting people, throwing them off their bikes, stealing shoes, etc. Then we took over. Today, the people of the same community want to adopt strays as pets,” says a beaming Anil, who wants to set up a shelter for injured dogs in the future.

Anil and Bismi have shown that it takes no more than a lot of love and some grains of rice to win over the affection of man’s best friend. And that people who are afraid of dogs can learn, with patience and education, how to co-exist with them in harmony.

Man’s best friend

You can contact the couple by writing to them at bismia@gmail.com.

Source….Tanaya Singh …www.the betterindia.com

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Message for the Day…” Time to shed your ego and greed …”

October 5, 2015Natarajan1 Comment

Sathya Sai Baba

Egoism and greed are still rampant; hatred has not abated and envy eats into the vitals of society. There is no dearth of scriptural books telling you how to be free from grief. All sacred and holy books including Gita, Bhagavata and Ramayana are available in all languages at a very low cost and most books are sold in more than thousands of copies per day; but there is nothing to indicate that they have been read and assimilated. The breath of the mouth must give an inkling of the food partaken, is it not? But the habits, the conduct, the character of the readers of these books have not undergone any change for the better. Hence each of you must examine your own mental make-up and evaluate whether you have used your discrimination and worldly knowledge to clothe yourself in detachment (vairagya),so that you do not suffer from attachment to things that will fade away.

Top Ten Positive Words and Expressions…

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Positivity is perhaps the most desired of feelings. We feel unhappy because of all sorts of matters, but little do we realize that we’re missing out on something very minor, but extremely profound. It is not only important to be aware of the words we speak, but all the more the ones we don’t. Add the following positive words to your vocabualry and you will see how they are actually the simplest words you will ever need to remember.