தாலிபான்கள் கட்ட விரும்பிய நாடு போல கிறிஸ்துவர்களும் ஆரம்பித்திருக்கிறார்கள்.
டோமினோ பிட்சா கடைகளின் அதிபதி தன் பணத்தை எடுத்து புளோரிடாவில் கத்தோலிக்க தாலிபான் நகரத்தை கட்ட இருக்கிறார்.
இங்கு மருந்து கடைகளில் கத்தோலிக்க மத அமைப்பு ஒப்புக்கொள்ளாத எந்த மருந்தும் கிடைககாதாம். ஆணுறைகள் கிடைக்காது. கருத்தடை செய்யமுடியாது. பெண்கள் உடையை கத்தோலிக்க நகரமே நிர்ணயிக்கும். பல பத்திரிக்கைகள் வீடியோக்கள் கிடைக்காது.
Conservative Businessman to Create New Community
Domino's Pizza Founder Converts Florida Wilderness to 'Ave Maria,' an 11,000-Home Community
Thomas Monaghan, founder of Domino's Pizza, talks about his vision for the new town of Ave Maria, about 20 miles outside of Naples, Fla. in July 2007. (J. Pat Carter/AP Photo)From Nightline By MARTIN BASHIR and DAN MORRIS
Aug. 7, 2007
A one-time wilderness in Florida is being transformed into the Promised Land. A buccaneering businessman with strong Catholic values wants to build a new community from scratch.
Tom Monaghan, founder of the worldwide Domino's Pizza chain, is sinking his billion-dollar fortune into a new town called Ave Maria, a joint venture with a local developer. It will number 11,000 new homes and, unsurprisingly for a man who opposes abortion, contraception and homosexuality, at the summit of this planned community is not a golf course but a church.
Across the road from the church is Monaghan's other singular contribution to the development, a new Catholic university that will house over 5,000 students.
"We need a new kind of Catholic school with an emphasis on combining excellence in spiritual aspect and also excellence in education," he said.
From Poverty to Priesthood
So what prompted this 70-year-old entrepreneur to pursue his dream of building a kind of Catholic heaven on 5,000 acres of earth?
It may be because Tom Monaghan has been searching for a community like Ave Maria for most of his life. He was born in March 1937 into a poor family of unskilled workers -- his mother a domestic servant, his father (and hero) a truck driver.
"I was so poor, and I was always conscious of what other kids had," he said. "I had to scrape the manure off my shoes when I went to school and I had to keep my feet on the floor so you couldn't see the soles of my shoes."
By 10th grade, Monaghan had decided to join the priesthood and was accepted into seminary, but he lasted less than a year.
"[The] rector said I didn't have a vocation… so he said, 'Tom, when you're packing your bags for Easter, pack them for good.' And I cried," Monaghan recalled. "I was crushed 'cause I thought I was more interested in being a priest than almost every kid in that seminary."
மேலும் படிக்க
Monday, August 27, 2007
Sunday, August 26, 2007
15 வயது பையனுடன் பாலுறவுக்கு ஒயினும் பணமும் கொடுத்த கத்தோலிக்க பாதிரியார் கைது
15 வயது பையனுடன் பாலுறவுக்காக அவனுக்கு ஒயினும் பணமும் கொடுத்த கத்தோலிக்க பாதிரியார் கைது.
Affidavit says Naugatuck priest gave 15-year-old boy wine, money for sex favors
BY PAUL SINGLEY REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
WATERBURY — A Roman Catholic priest at two Naugatuck churches allegedly coerced a teenage boy into giving him oral sex several times in exchange for wine and money, according to an arrest warrant affidavit released at Waterbury Superior Court on Wednesday.
A 16-year-old boy alleged in the affidavit that the Rev. Robert J. Grant, 63, of St. Mary's and St. Hedwig's churches, paid him between $100 and $150 each time the boy performed oral sex on Grant. The affidavit also says that the boy, who was 15 when the incidents began between July and August 2006, gave Grant several back massages at St. Mary's Church in exchange for $50 each time.
Grant, who has been placed on administrative leave by the Archdiocese of Hartford, has been charged with second-degree sexual assault and risk of injury/impairing the morals of children. He is free after posting a $200,000 bond and has not entered a plea. His next court date is Sept. 12.
Grant did not want to comment Wednesday, and his attorney, William St. John of Waterbury, did not return a message Wednesday.
Affidavit says Naugatuck priest gave 15-year-old boy wine, money for sex favors
BY PAUL SINGLEY REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
WATERBURY — A Roman Catholic priest at two Naugatuck churches allegedly coerced a teenage boy into giving him oral sex several times in exchange for wine and money, according to an arrest warrant affidavit released at Waterbury Superior Court on Wednesday.
A 16-year-old boy alleged in the affidavit that the Rev. Robert J. Grant, 63, of St. Mary's and St. Hedwig's churches, paid him between $100 and $150 each time the boy performed oral sex on Grant. The affidavit also says that the boy, who was 15 when the incidents began between July and August 2006, gave Grant several back massages at St. Mary's Church in exchange for $50 each time.
Grant, who has been placed on administrative leave by the Archdiocese of Hartford, has been charged with second-degree sexual assault and risk of injury/impairing the morals of children. He is free after posting a $200,000 bond and has not entered a plea. His next court date is Sept. 12.
Grant did not want to comment Wednesday, and his attorney, William St. John of Waterbury, did not return a message Wednesday.
பெரு பூகம்பம்: கருப்பின சந்ததியினருக்கு உதவுவதில் பாரபட்சம் குற்றச்சாட்டு
பெரு பூகம்பம்: கருப்பின சந்ததியினருக்கு உதவுவதில் பாரபட்சம் என்ற குற்றச்சாட்டு எழுந்துள்ளது
பெரும்பாலான சேவை நிறுவனங்கள் கிறிஸ்துவ சேவை நிறுவனங்கள், அல்லது அரசாங்க சேவை நிறுவனங்கள். இவைகள் பாதிக்கப்பட்ட வெள்ளையினத்தவரையே குறிவைத்து உதவுகிறார்கள். கருப்பினத்தவரை கண்டுகொள்வதில்லை என்ற குற்றச்சாட்டு எழுந்துள்ளது.
Afro-Peruvians angry at post-quake press
24 Aug 2007 13:50:00 GMT
Blogged by: Ruth Gidley
Earthquake survivors receive food rations at a shelter in Pisco.
REUTERS/Mariana Bazo. Afro-Peruvians - descended from African slaves brought to Peru by Spanish colonisers from the 16th century onwards - tend to get left out of most people's picture of the Andes.
But the coastal region most devastated by the August 15 earthquake has a large Afro-Peruvian population, which local rights organisations say is last in line for aid. They also claim that the group is unfairly vilified in the press.
"The government has not thought about these communities, although they are most in need. There has never been infrastructural investment in these areas," Jorge Ramirez of the Black Association for the Defence and Promotion of Human Rights (ASONODH) says in a statement issued through British advocacy organisation Minority Rights Group.
The history of African slaves forced to work on coastal plantations doesn't fit well with the national identity of a fusion between the Spanish and Inca empires, even though some local campaigners like ASONODH say that up to 10 percent of Peruvians, and maybe 40 percent of residents in the quake-hit zone, could be of African descent.
It's virtually impossible to track down official figures either to back them up or discount the claim.
"We are not even considered within national indices on poverty. As a result, we remain the invisible poorest of the poor," Ramirez goes on.
There were reports earlier in the week about Peruvians in the devastated area south of Lima halting and raiding aid deliveries. Britain's Observer newspaper quoted a 60-year-old woman, Reyna Macedo, as saying: "Supply trucks go by and the anguish of watching them pass without giving us anything forces us to stop them and take what we need."
An aid worker with SOS Children's Villages, Sainot Gallegos, said in a statement: "The situation makes it impossible for the trucks to reach the remote areas where people have not yet received any support."
According to the Observer, about 200 soldiers were sent to patrol the worst-affected towns of Pisco, Ica and Chincha to maintain order.
ASONODH's Ramirez was angry that Afro-Peruvians seemed to be getting the blame for the violence in some local press. "After the earthquake the Peruvian media portrayed blacks as looters and thieves, but they have lost everything and their suffering is being ignored," he said.
Lima's daily paper el Comercio quoted Peru's president as saying 95 percent of people in need had received aid, and that figure could have gone up by now. President Alan Garcia promised that Pisco would be clear of rubble in 10 days.
The aid worker for SOS villagers, Gallegos, said: "The city looks like a bomb was dropped on it." Pisco is still without water or electricity, while supplies have been restored in Ica, Canete and Chincha.
Authorities were dumping rubble on the edge of town on the grounds that it's a precaution against epidemics - a common myth after large-scale disasters like this. In any case, dozens have people were scavenging on the site for useful objects.
The health minister has warned people to watch out for poisonous spiders in the rubble.
The government has said it will give 800 soles (250 dollars) to help relatives of the quake-injured who had been evacuated to hospitals in Lima, so that they could afford to stay in the capital with their loved ones.
But the disruption is far-reaching. Aid agency CARE International pointed out that the quake came in the middle of the school year, which has its main break at the end of the calendar year. Most schools in Pisco have been destroyed or are now unsafe, and CARE said officials need to come up with plans for temporary safe places so that children won't lose the whole school year.
The agency said it was especially concerned about people living with HIV and AIDS in the area, and would work with local hospitals to make sure people with AIDS and tuberculosis didn't stop getting the medications they needed.
Right now, Peru's economy is booming, mostly thanks to mineral exports. Its GDP growth last year was 8.03 percent last year, and economists said the quake wasn't likely to cut more than 0.2 percent for 2007. Apoyo consultants said it estimated 7.7 percent growth for the year.
The coastal region hit by the quake is known for vineyards, asparagus and artichokes, as well as factories churning out fishmeal for feeding cattle. The area near Ica makes up about 5 percent of Peru's economy, with rapidly growing industries in agriculture, fishing and mining.
While the country as a whole may not suffer too much, individuals who have lost their homes or fishing boats may well find it harder to bounce back.
The U.N. World Food Programme said that the chaos in various areas was subsiding, but it still needed donors to come up with funding. The U.N. Central Emergency Response Fund will provide $2 million, just under one-third of what WFP officials said they would need.
""This crisis may quickly disappear from the front pages of the newspapers, but the tens of thousands of people affected by this catastrophe will live with the effects for many months to come," WFP Country Director Guy Gauvreau said in a statement.
Reuters AlertNet is not responsible for the content of external websites.
பெரும்பாலான சேவை நிறுவனங்கள் கிறிஸ்துவ சேவை நிறுவனங்கள், அல்லது அரசாங்க சேவை நிறுவனங்கள். இவைகள் பாதிக்கப்பட்ட வெள்ளையினத்தவரையே குறிவைத்து உதவுகிறார்கள். கருப்பினத்தவரை கண்டுகொள்வதில்லை என்ற குற்றச்சாட்டு எழுந்துள்ளது.
Afro-Peruvians angry at post-quake press
24 Aug 2007 13:50:00 GMT
Blogged by: Ruth Gidley
Earthquake survivors receive food rations at a shelter in Pisco.
REUTERS/Mariana Bazo. Afro-Peruvians - descended from African slaves brought to Peru by Spanish colonisers from the 16th century onwards - tend to get left out of most people's picture of the Andes.
But the coastal region most devastated by the August 15 earthquake has a large Afro-Peruvian population, which local rights organisations say is last in line for aid. They also claim that the group is unfairly vilified in the press.
"The government has not thought about these communities, although they are most in need. There has never been infrastructural investment in these areas," Jorge Ramirez of the Black Association for the Defence and Promotion of Human Rights (ASONODH) says in a statement issued through British advocacy organisation Minority Rights Group.
The history of African slaves forced to work on coastal plantations doesn't fit well with the national identity of a fusion between the Spanish and Inca empires, even though some local campaigners like ASONODH say that up to 10 percent of Peruvians, and maybe 40 percent of residents in the quake-hit zone, could be of African descent.
It's virtually impossible to track down official figures either to back them up or discount the claim.
"We are not even considered within national indices on poverty. As a result, we remain the invisible poorest of the poor," Ramirez goes on.
There were reports earlier in the week about Peruvians in the devastated area south of Lima halting and raiding aid deliveries. Britain's Observer newspaper quoted a 60-year-old woman, Reyna Macedo, as saying: "Supply trucks go by and the anguish of watching them pass without giving us anything forces us to stop them and take what we need."
An aid worker with SOS Children's Villages, Sainot Gallegos, said in a statement: "The situation makes it impossible for the trucks to reach the remote areas where people have not yet received any support."
According to the Observer, about 200 soldiers were sent to patrol the worst-affected towns of Pisco, Ica and Chincha to maintain order.
ASONODH's Ramirez was angry that Afro-Peruvians seemed to be getting the blame for the violence in some local press. "After the earthquake the Peruvian media portrayed blacks as looters and thieves, but they have lost everything and their suffering is being ignored," he said.
Lima's daily paper el Comercio quoted Peru's president as saying 95 percent of people in need had received aid, and that figure could have gone up by now. President Alan Garcia promised that Pisco would be clear of rubble in 10 days.
The aid worker for SOS villagers, Gallegos, said: "The city looks like a bomb was dropped on it." Pisco is still without water or electricity, while supplies have been restored in Ica, Canete and Chincha.
Authorities were dumping rubble on the edge of town on the grounds that it's a precaution against epidemics - a common myth after large-scale disasters like this. In any case, dozens have people were scavenging on the site for useful objects.
The health minister has warned people to watch out for poisonous spiders in the rubble.
The government has said it will give 800 soles (250 dollars) to help relatives of the quake-injured who had been evacuated to hospitals in Lima, so that they could afford to stay in the capital with their loved ones.
But the disruption is far-reaching. Aid agency CARE International pointed out that the quake came in the middle of the school year, which has its main break at the end of the calendar year. Most schools in Pisco have been destroyed or are now unsafe, and CARE said officials need to come up with plans for temporary safe places so that children won't lose the whole school year.
The agency said it was especially concerned about people living with HIV and AIDS in the area, and would work with local hospitals to make sure people with AIDS and tuberculosis didn't stop getting the medications they needed.
Right now, Peru's economy is booming, mostly thanks to mineral exports. Its GDP growth last year was 8.03 percent last year, and economists said the quake wasn't likely to cut more than 0.2 percent for 2007. Apoyo consultants said it estimated 7.7 percent growth for the year.
The coastal region hit by the quake is known for vineyards, asparagus and artichokes, as well as factories churning out fishmeal for feeding cattle. The area near Ica makes up about 5 percent of Peru's economy, with rapidly growing industries in agriculture, fishing and mining.
While the country as a whole may not suffer too much, individuals who have lost their homes or fishing boats may well find it harder to bounce back.
The U.N. World Food Programme said that the chaos in various areas was subsiding, but it still needed donors to come up with funding. The U.N. Central Emergency Response Fund will provide $2 million, just under one-third of what WFP officials said they would need.
""This crisis may quickly disappear from the front pages of the newspapers, but the tens of thousands of people affected by this catastrophe will live with the effects for many months to come," WFP Country Director Guy Gauvreau said in a statement.
Reuters AlertNet is not responsible for the content of external websites.
ஸ்ரீ ஸ்ரீ ரவிசங்கர் ஈராகிய இளைஞர்களுக்கு யோகா பயிற்சி
ஈராக் அரசாங்கத்தால் தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்ட 55 பேர்களுக்கு ஸ்ரீ ஸ்ரீ ரவிசங்கர் அமைதிமார்க்கத்தையும் யோகாவையும் சொல்லித்தருகிறார்.
ராஜாக் ரஹ்மான் என்ற வாழும் கலை அமைப்பின் சிறப்பு பேச்சாளர் இந்த ஈராக்கிய இளைஞர்கள் வன்முறையை அமைதி மார்க்கத்தின் மூலம் எதிர்கொள்வது எப்படி என்று கற்றுக்கொள்வார்கள் என்று கூறினார்.
இந்த முகாமில் பங்குபெறும் அஹ்மது ஹினூன் என்ற ஈராக் அரசாங்க அதிகாரி வாழ்வை பற்றிய புது அணுகுமுறையை இங்கு கற்றுக்கொள்கிறேன் என்று கூறினார்.
இவர்கள் அமைதி மார்க்கத்தை ஈராக்கில் பரப்ப வாழ்த்துவோம்.
வாழ்க வளமுடன்
Indian guru makes peace angels of Iraqi youths
Fri Aug 24, 2007 10:00AM BST
By Krittivas Mukherjee
MUMBAI (Reuters) - An Indian spiritual guru is teaching yoga and meditation to a group of war-weary Iraqis, whom he hopes will extend their new-found inner peace to their nation.
The 55 men and women -- chosen by the Iraqi government -- live on an expansive spiritual retreat in southern India and will follow an intensive meditation and rhythmic breathing regime for a month to learn about an alternative lifestyle.
Waking up at five every morning, they participate in yoga classes, meditate, help in the kitchen and take part in spiritual discussions, public speaking classes and spiritual singing as part of their physical, mental, emotional and social development.
Under the tutelage of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, one of the world's most popular spiritual leaders, the youngsters also learn about leadership qualities so that when they go back they can lead their local communities.
"They are here to learn the art of combating violence in non-violent ways," said M. Rajaque Rahman, spokesman of the Art of Living Foundation that the 51-year-old guru founded.
Sri Sri's foundation is already involved in humanitarian activities in Iraq, and in May he was invited by the Iraqi authorities to preach his prison rehabilitation programmes.
The participants say Sri Sri's breathing exercise training has been a life-altering experience.
"It was like breathing out all the stress of war and breathing in a new life," said Ahmed Hinoon, a 32-year-old government worker.
With so many problems of endless killings, bombs and war, life in Iraq is very stressful ... we have no hope. After coming here, we see a new ray of hope."
ARAB-ISRAELI BONHOMIE
Sri Sri has taken his courses to millions of people in 151 countries. His group raises hundreds of millions of dollars a year and spends almost all on running schools, drug rehabilitation centres and on charity.
Dressed in flowing white robes and with a long black beard and long hair, Sri Sri's teachings are based on ancient principles of yoga, but he has added elements of his own and aligned it with meditation techniques.
He has mediated in conflicts in Sri Lanka and Kosovo, taught the art of living to hardened criminals in jails across the world and propagated chemical-free farming and natural medicine.
"He is very wise and has a lot of knowledge," said Ramia Sagban, another participant from Baghdad.
"We go back and help people come out of depression by teaching them breathing exercise and other techniques we are learning here."
The reconciliatory power of his course is on ample display at Sri Sri's retreat where about 150 Arabs from Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Jordan and Lebanon mix easily with two dozen Israeli participants.
The Arabs and Israelis participate in the training together, helping each other with techniques and interacting on issues of life and spirituality.
"This can only happen when the mind is relieved of stress and emotions are softened and refined," Sri Sri told Reuters by email. "This state cannot be achieved by force or violence."
ராஜாக் ரஹ்மான் என்ற வாழும் கலை அமைப்பின் சிறப்பு பேச்சாளர் இந்த ஈராக்கிய இளைஞர்கள் வன்முறையை அமைதி மார்க்கத்தின் மூலம் எதிர்கொள்வது எப்படி என்று கற்றுக்கொள்வார்கள் என்று கூறினார்.
இந்த முகாமில் பங்குபெறும் அஹ்மது ஹினூன் என்ற ஈராக் அரசாங்க அதிகாரி வாழ்வை பற்றிய புது அணுகுமுறையை இங்கு கற்றுக்கொள்கிறேன் என்று கூறினார்.
இவர்கள் அமைதி மார்க்கத்தை ஈராக்கில் பரப்ப வாழ்த்துவோம்.
வாழ்க வளமுடன்
Indian guru makes peace angels of Iraqi youths
Fri Aug 24, 2007 10:00AM BST
By Krittivas Mukherjee
MUMBAI (Reuters) - An Indian spiritual guru is teaching yoga and meditation to a group of war-weary Iraqis, whom he hopes will extend their new-found inner peace to their nation.
The 55 men and women -- chosen by the Iraqi government -- live on an expansive spiritual retreat in southern India and will follow an intensive meditation and rhythmic breathing regime for a month to learn about an alternative lifestyle.
Waking up at five every morning, they participate in yoga classes, meditate, help in the kitchen and take part in spiritual discussions, public speaking classes and spiritual singing as part of their physical, mental, emotional and social development.
Under the tutelage of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, one of the world's most popular spiritual leaders, the youngsters also learn about leadership qualities so that when they go back they can lead their local communities.
"They are here to learn the art of combating violence in non-violent ways," said M. Rajaque Rahman, spokesman of the Art of Living Foundation that the 51-year-old guru founded.
Sri Sri's foundation is already involved in humanitarian activities in Iraq, and in May he was invited by the Iraqi authorities to preach his prison rehabilitation programmes.
The participants say Sri Sri's breathing exercise training has been a life-altering experience.
"It was like breathing out all the stress of war and breathing in a new life," said Ahmed Hinoon, a 32-year-old government worker.
With so many problems of endless killings, bombs and war, life in Iraq is very stressful ... we have no hope. After coming here, we see a new ray of hope."
ARAB-ISRAELI BONHOMIE
Sri Sri has taken his courses to millions of people in 151 countries. His group raises hundreds of millions of dollars a year and spends almost all on running schools, drug rehabilitation centres and on charity.
Dressed in flowing white robes and with a long black beard and long hair, Sri Sri's teachings are based on ancient principles of yoga, but he has added elements of his own and aligned it with meditation techniques.
He has mediated in conflicts in Sri Lanka and Kosovo, taught the art of living to hardened criminals in jails across the world and propagated chemical-free farming and natural medicine.
"He is very wise and has a lot of knowledge," said Ramia Sagban, another participant from Baghdad.
"We go back and help people come out of depression by teaching them breathing exercise and other techniques we are learning here."
The reconciliatory power of his course is on ample display at Sri Sri's retreat where about 150 Arabs from Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Jordan and Lebanon mix easily with two dozen Israeli participants.
The Arabs and Israelis participate in the training together, helping each other with techniques and interacting on issues of life and spirituality.
"This can only happen when the mind is relieved of stress and emotions are softened and refined," Sri Sri told Reuters by email. "This state cannot be achieved by force or violence."
அரிஜோனாவில் தென்னிந்திய முறைப்படி கட்டப்படும் மகாகணபதி கோவில்
அரிஜோனாவில் தென்னிந்திய முறைப்படி கட்டப்படும் மகாகணபதி கோவில் எழுகிறது..
அனைவரும் வருக,
விக்கினேஸ்வரனின் அருள் பெறுக!
South Indian Hindu temple near Maricopa to be 'true sanctuary'
Lynh Bui
The Arizona Republic
Aug. 24, 2007 07:00 PM
For more than five years, South Indian Hindus living in Arizona have been worshipping out of a doublewide trailer on 15 acres west of Maricopa. Come next September, they'll have a new home - a $1.5 million temple with an 8,000 square-foot hall housing shrines to deities.
The Mahan Ganapati Temple of Arizona is meaningful to the Hindu community that lives thousands of miles from its birthplace of India, said Mouli Subramanian, the vice president of fundraising and marketing chair for the temple. Ensuring the temple follows the spiritual and architectural traditions of South Indian Hindus will give devotees a place to feel closer to their culture.
"Every person can get satisfaction in praying to the Supreme Being in a place where he was taken during his childhood to worship," Subramanian said. "He feels closer to home and doesn't feel this place as a foreign country."
The new temple will pay homage to South Indian architectural styles, down to the height of the towers and carvings on concrete pillars.
The first phase of the project includes construction of the building, which will include four to six towers, the tallest reaching 55 feet. For the second phase, artisans from India are expected to work and live in Arizona for two to three years as they hand-carve and paint the concrete temple. Accenting, carving and adding metal work to the temple is estimated to cost an additional $400,000.
The carvings on the temple will show stories and values that are important to Hindu culture, such as the birth of a particular god or the importance of marital life.
"It is just a way of teaching by way of these carvings," Subramanian said. "It's a beautiful thing to see."
The temple will have more space to accommodate the large number of Hindus who are members of Mahan Ganapati Temple of Arizona, said Aravind Thayaparan, president of construction of the temple.
He said people from Goodyear, Anthem, Tucson and all over the Valley travel to the temple in unincorporated Pinal County to worship. On the weekends, the doublewide trailer sees about 50 to 60 people. But on special occasions and holidays, 1,500 to 1,600 could pass through.
The new temple will have an herb garden, a library and a place for priests to live.
"The Indians try to honor what their ancestors have done and realize the value of what our ancestors tried to build in the form of a temple," Subramanian said. "This will be a true sanctuary."
அனைவரும் வருக,
விக்கினேஸ்வரனின் அருள் பெறுக!
South Indian Hindu temple near Maricopa to be 'true sanctuary'
Lynh Bui
The Arizona Republic
Aug. 24, 2007 07:00 PM
For more than five years, South Indian Hindus living in Arizona have been worshipping out of a doublewide trailer on 15 acres west of Maricopa. Come next September, they'll have a new home - a $1.5 million temple with an 8,000 square-foot hall housing shrines to deities.
The Mahan Ganapati Temple of Arizona is meaningful to the Hindu community that lives thousands of miles from its birthplace of India, said Mouli Subramanian, the vice president of fundraising and marketing chair for the temple. Ensuring the temple follows the spiritual and architectural traditions of South Indian Hindus will give devotees a place to feel closer to their culture.
"Every person can get satisfaction in praying to the Supreme Being in a place where he was taken during his childhood to worship," Subramanian said. "He feels closer to home and doesn't feel this place as a foreign country."
The new temple will pay homage to South Indian architectural styles, down to the height of the towers and carvings on concrete pillars.
The first phase of the project includes construction of the building, which will include four to six towers, the tallest reaching 55 feet. For the second phase, artisans from India are expected to work and live in Arizona for two to three years as they hand-carve and paint the concrete temple. Accenting, carving and adding metal work to the temple is estimated to cost an additional $400,000.
The carvings on the temple will show stories and values that are important to Hindu culture, such as the birth of a particular god or the importance of marital life.
"It is just a way of teaching by way of these carvings," Subramanian said. "It's a beautiful thing to see."
The temple will have more space to accommodate the large number of Hindus who are members of Mahan Ganapati Temple of Arizona, said Aravind Thayaparan, president of construction of the temple.
He said people from Goodyear, Anthem, Tucson and all over the Valley travel to the temple in unincorporated Pinal County to worship. On the weekends, the doublewide trailer sees about 50 to 60 people. But on special occasions and holidays, 1,500 to 1,600 could pass through.
The new temple will have an herb garden, a library and a place for priests to live.
"The Indians try to honor what their ancestors have done and realize the value of what our ancestors tried to build in the form of a temple," Subramanian said. "This will be a true sanctuary."
டிராபிக்கில் மாட்டிக்கொண்டீர்களா? யோகா செய்யுங்கள்!
டிராபிக்கில் மாட்டிக்கொண்டீர்களா? யோகா செய்யுங்கள்!
அதன் வழிமுறைகள். செய்யக்கூடிய யோகாக்கள்..
தொடர்ந்து படியுங்கள்..
வாழ்க வளமுடன்
Stuck in traffic? Do your yoga
01:00 AM EDT on Saturday, August 25, 2007
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter
projo.com online producer
The Providence Journal / Illustration by Dave Weyermann
Almost every driving enthusiast has to put up with one part of the road that can spoil the ride: the traffic jam. Many drivers have thoughts about making better use of that time, trying everything from audio books to talking endlessly on their cell phones.
Now, a Rhode Island native who makes her home in Los Angeles has come up with a way for drivers to slow down as they’re stopped – think and breathe and maybe even improve their health.
Yoga in the Car with Jen Swain: Bumper to Bumper a 13-track CD consisting of basic breathing and movement exercises designed to reduce stress, increase energy and awareness, hopes to provide a sense of calm to millions of drivers battling traffic every day, according to North Kingstown native Jen Swain.
Swain notes that a 2002 Urban Mobility Report from the Texas Transportation Institute stated that in data gathered from 75 U.S. cities, the average motorist spent 62 hours per year sitting in rush-hour traffic. Census figures from 2000 show that the average Rhode Islander clocks about 22 minutes commuting each way, with riders from Jamestown to Providence experiencing the longest workday travel, 40 to 50 minutes one way.
“When I moved out here to L.A, I found out that just about everyone here spends an hour and a half in the car –and that’s just for a 14-mile commute,” Swain says.
“In most cities, that means the most creative and intelligent minds in the world stuck on the freeway — where claustrophobia and frustration is at its height,” says Swain.
But doing yoga in a car? Swain’s method makes it possible, largely because it consists of “awareness meditation,” keeping eyes on the road and one hand on the wheel at all times. The movements start with breathing, and work down along the body at the neck, torso, hips, legs and feet. The exercises are small, which means anyone can do them, in addition to keeping them confined to the driver’s seat.
Swain, who holds an MFA in acting and directing from Trinity Repertory Theatre in Providence, and worked for many years as an actress both in Rhode Island and New York City, says she first got the idea for doing yoga in the car while on a road trip to an antiwar protest in Washington, D.C. During that trip, Swain and her friends got stuck in their cars behind military barricades. “We were so angry. We were in Washington, D.C. to protest the war and there we were, going nowhere. It occurred to me that [yoga], and being at peace was the one thing that we should do rather than being [angry at] the military.”
That was the seed of the idea, but it wasn’t until later, after a 2004 diagnosis of Hodgkin’s lymphoma and her recovery from that, that Swain was brought back to the idea that yoga could do a world of good.
“I had cancer, I had no health insurance, I was going through a family lawsuit and the war was happening,” all at the same time, Swain recalls. “Yoga was the one thing I kept coming back to: breathing and meditating all the time. Even when I had to talk to social services, or about my insurance – I kept coming back to it. During a difficult phone call, the radiation or IV treatments, yoga was there. And, I made sure I laughed every day.”
Swain is the daughter of David Swain, a former Jamestown councilman whom a civil jury last year found liable in the death of his second wife while on a 1999 diving vacation in the Caribbean. “Yoga helped me through that too,” Jen Swain says of the difficult trial years, adding her father is still appealing that decision.
Laughing comes easy to Swain, who has worked in about all the major theater companies in Rhode Island, including Trinity Rep. Her laughter also makes its way into her yoga-in-the-car CD. “She is a warm and personable individual,” says P. William Hutchinson, professor emeritus of theatre at Rhode Island College. “[Swain] is more interested in assisting others in their growth and development than in her own aggrandizement.”
When she found out that she had a 2-inch tumor “wedged between my right lung and my heart, right where I bring my palms together for blessings, prayers and yoga dozens of times a day,” friends at the Gamm Theatre in Pawtucket and local producer and director Ricardo Pitts-Wiley held benefits for her. “They knew it could be them” faced with no insurance — as actors — during a health crisis. “I was a vegetarian and a yoga teacher, if it could happen to me, it could happen to anyone.”
Swain credits the support of her friends in the “very tight-knit” Rhode Island theatre community for helping her through, and of course, her yoga practice. “Yoga brought me back to recovery in about six months,” she says. “Yoga always works.”
When she was certified as a yoga teacher, Swain says she spent many years “preaching to the choir,” teaching yoga to enthusiasts who didn’t have much to learn. “American yoga seems to be very focused on flexibility,” she says. “Some of the poses on magazine the average person just can’t do, and yoga magazines always show someone Zen’d out.”
But it was while also teaching at Rhode Island Hospital that she noticed that people “of all ages, sizes and speeds respond to yoga.”
“I was teaching amazing athletes [at Synergy power yoga studio in Barrington], and at the very same time some very sick people at the hospital,” she explains. “Then I got sick.” Swain says.
She decided it was important to make the most of time. “That problem can be solved in the car. We’re fighting a sedentary lifestyle: we sit in the car; sit on the couch.”
According to Swain, many people who haven’t tried it yet still talk about doing yoga. “In one study, 39 percent say they’d like to try it this year,” says the North Kingstown High School graduate. “They can’t use [the excuse that they don’t have enough time] when you can do yoga in the car.
“Most people feel very safe in the car,” she adds. “I love the car. I love driving cross-country. The car is your own space, and you can make it what you want to. It’s small, everything’s within your reach — right around you. We women, we park, get out our planners and start our day there.”
Swain points out that yoga is “the union of two opposites,” much like driving in a car. “[Inside a car] it’s a controlled environment, even if what’s happening outside the car is not.”
“It’s an interesting way of dealing with time/space, these tin boxes we drive around in. In that space we change, going from the spaces between work and home — it’s living a transition, and in yoga our bodies can change if we put our minds to that change, too.”
Swain says she has high hopes for further spin-offs of her product. Her company, which includes boyfriend Eric Bloom on the CD soundtrack, is planning three more yoga-in-the-car releases, including one for busy mothers and their children. “I think I can offer something for everyone, especially those who like to laugh,” she says, adding that a partnership with Apple is in the works to develop software products for yogis.
“People are stressed in life. This can help.”
pcotter@projo.com
அதன் வழிமுறைகள். செய்யக்கூடிய யோகாக்கள்..
தொடர்ந்து படியுங்கள்..
வாழ்க வளமுடன்
Stuck in traffic? Do your yoga
01:00 AM EDT on Saturday, August 25, 2007
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter
projo.com online producer
The Providence Journal / Illustration by Dave Weyermann
Almost every driving enthusiast has to put up with one part of the road that can spoil the ride: the traffic jam. Many drivers have thoughts about making better use of that time, trying everything from audio books to talking endlessly on their cell phones.
Now, a Rhode Island native who makes her home in Los Angeles has come up with a way for drivers to slow down as they’re stopped – think and breathe and maybe even improve their health.
Yoga in the Car with Jen Swain: Bumper to Bumper a 13-track CD consisting of basic breathing and movement exercises designed to reduce stress, increase energy and awareness, hopes to provide a sense of calm to millions of drivers battling traffic every day, according to North Kingstown native Jen Swain.
Swain notes that a 2002 Urban Mobility Report from the Texas Transportation Institute stated that in data gathered from 75 U.S. cities, the average motorist spent 62 hours per year sitting in rush-hour traffic. Census figures from 2000 show that the average Rhode Islander clocks about 22 minutes commuting each way, with riders from Jamestown to Providence experiencing the longest workday travel, 40 to 50 minutes one way.
“When I moved out here to L.A, I found out that just about everyone here spends an hour and a half in the car –and that’s just for a 14-mile commute,” Swain says.
“In most cities, that means the most creative and intelligent minds in the world stuck on the freeway — where claustrophobia and frustration is at its height,” says Swain.
But doing yoga in a car? Swain’s method makes it possible, largely because it consists of “awareness meditation,” keeping eyes on the road and one hand on the wheel at all times. The movements start with breathing, and work down along the body at the neck, torso, hips, legs and feet. The exercises are small, which means anyone can do them, in addition to keeping them confined to the driver’s seat.
Swain, who holds an MFA in acting and directing from Trinity Repertory Theatre in Providence, and worked for many years as an actress both in Rhode Island and New York City, says she first got the idea for doing yoga in the car while on a road trip to an antiwar protest in Washington, D.C. During that trip, Swain and her friends got stuck in their cars behind military barricades. “We were so angry. We were in Washington, D.C. to protest the war and there we were, going nowhere. It occurred to me that [yoga], and being at peace was the one thing that we should do rather than being [angry at] the military.”
That was the seed of the idea, but it wasn’t until later, after a 2004 diagnosis of Hodgkin’s lymphoma and her recovery from that, that Swain was brought back to the idea that yoga could do a world of good.
“I had cancer, I had no health insurance, I was going through a family lawsuit and the war was happening,” all at the same time, Swain recalls. “Yoga was the one thing I kept coming back to: breathing and meditating all the time. Even when I had to talk to social services, or about my insurance – I kept coming back to it. During a difficult phone call, the radiation or IV treatments, yoga was there. And, I made sure I laughed every day.”
Swain is the daughter of David Swain, a former Jamestown councilman whom a civil jury last year found liable in the death of his second wife while on a 1999 diving vacation in the Caribbean. “Yoga helped me through that too,” Jen Swain says of the difficult trial years, adding her father is still appealing that decision.
Laughing comes easy to Swain, who has worked in about all the major theater companies in Rhode Island, including Trinity Rep. Her laughter also makes its way into her yoga-in-the-car CD. “She is a warm and personable individual,” says P. William Hutchinson, professor emeritus of theatre at Rhode Island College. “[Swain] is more interested in assisting others in their growth and development than in her own aggrandizement.”
When she found out that she had a 2-inch tumor “wedged between my right lung and my heart, right where I bring my palms together for blessings, prayers and yoga dozens of times a day,” friends at the Gamm Theatre in Pawtucket and local producer and director Ricardo Pitts-Wiley held benefits for her. “They knew it could be them” faced with no insurance — as actors — during a health crisis. “I was a vegetarian and a yoga teacher, if it could happen to me, it could happen to anyone.”
Swain credits the support of her friends in the “very tight-knit” Rhode Island theatre community for helping her through, and of course, her yoga practice. “Yoga brought me back to recovery in about six months,” she says. “Yoga always works.”
When she was certified as a yoga teacher, Swain says she spent many years “preaching to the choir,” teaching yoga to enthusiasts who didn’t have much to learn. “American yoga seems to be very focused on flexibility,” she says. “Some of the poses on magazine the average person just can’t do, and yoga magazines always show someone Zen’d out.”
But it was while also teaching at Rhode Island Hospital that she noticed that people “of all ages, sizes and speeds respond to yoga.”
“I was teaching amazing athletes [at Synergy power yoga studio in Barrington], and at the very same time some very sick people at the hospital,” she explains. “Then I got sick.” Swain says.
She decided it was important to make the most of time. “That problem can be solved in the car. We’re fighting a sedentary lifestyle: we sit in the car; sit on the couch.”
According to Swain, many people who haven’t tried it yet still talk about doing yoga. “In one study, 39 percent say they’d like to try it this year,” says the North Kingstown High School graduate. “They can’t use [the excuse that they don’t have enough time] when you can do yoga in the car.
“Most people feel very safe in the car,” she adds. “I love the car. I love driving cross-country. The car is your own space, and you can make it what you want to. It’s small, everything’s within your reach — right around you. We women, we park, get out our planners and start our day there.”
Swain points out that yoga is “the union of two opposites,” much like driving in a car. “[Inside a car] it’s a controlled environment, even if what’s happening outside the car is not.”
“It’s an interesting way of dealing with time/space, these tin boxes we drive around in. In that space we change, going from the spaces between work and home — it’s living a transition, and in yoga our bodies can change if we put our minds to that change, too.”
Swain says she has high hopes for further spin-offs of her product. Her company, which includes boyfriend Eric Bloom on the CD soundtrack, is planning three more yoga-in-the-car releases, including one for busy mothers and their children. “I think I can offer something for everyone, especially those who like to laugh,” she says, adding that a partnership with Apple is in the works to develop software products for yogis.
“People are stressed in life. This can help.”
pcotter@projo.com
அட்லாண்டா இந்துக்கோவிலுக்கு பொங்கும் பக்தர் வெள்ளம்
அட்லாண்டாவில் கட்டப்பட்டுள்ள புது இந்துக்கோவிலுக்கு தூர தூரங்களிலிருந்து இந்துக்களும் இந்துக்களாக விரும்புபவர்களும் இந்துக்களாக ஆனவர்களும் வந்துகொண்டே இருக்கிறார்கள்.
வாழ்க வளமுடன்
Hindu temple to draw crowd
By MARY LOU PICKEL
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 08/24/07
Religious chanting wafts through the sparse line of trees that separates the Dickens Trail neighborhood in Lilburn from one of the largest Hindu temples in the United States.
The seven-story wedding cake of a structure, with its lace-carved spires and arches of shimmering white limestone, dwarfs the neighborhood's modest frame houses.
NICK ARROYO/AJC
(ENLARGE)
The new Hindu temple in Liburn is designed to last the ages.
A SNAPSHOT OF HINDUISM
Hinduism is a diverse and complex religion with roots in India dating to 3,000 BCE. It is harder to categorize than Christianity, Islam or Judaism because it does not espouse a single doctrine.
It is the world's third largest religion, after Christianity and Islam. There are about 900 million Hindu adherents world wide.
An estimated 1.2 million live in the U.S.
According to a 2005 Census estimate, more than 66,000 Indians live in metro Atlanta.
If 80 percent are Hindu, which is the average percentage of the population in India, then about 53,000 Hindus live in the region.
Founder: There is no founder. Hinduism evolved through centuries and owes its beliefs to many teachers.
Belief in a higher power: Hindus may believe in one god who has many earthly incarcations in human and animal form or in many gods. So homes and temples may contain various images of the incarnations. A devotee may decide to worship one incarnation exclusively.
Hindus believe many paths can lead to God and salvation, including those of other religions and so are typically tolerant and do not evangelize.
Salvation: Hindus believe in reincarnation, that one dies and is reborn continuously until one finds salvation. To escape the cycle, one must let go of attachments to this world by right thinking and actions.
Actions produce karma, positive or negative results, that can keep one tied to earthly life and determine what being one will be reborn as.
Salvation, or a final release from this world, can be understood as being in God's presence or can be seen as the soul merging with God as a raindrop merges into the sea.
Hindus believe all living things have a spark of the divine within and many are vegetarian because of this belief.
Scriptures: Vedas are hymns, discourses and prayers and are considered authoritative and divinely inspired. Upanishads are discourses by the students of great gurus.
There are also law codes and epic stories from which truths can be drawn, such as the Bhagavad Gita. It is the story of a prince preparing for battle and being tutored by his charioteer Krishna, who is revealed as a divine being.
--Christopher Quinn
"They've been singing since Friday [a week ago]," said Cathy McCollister.
"I think it's pretty cool," said McCollister, who has lived in the neighborhood 28 years.
At the corner of Rockbridge Road and Lawrenceville Highway among Lilburn's strip malls, the 30,535 square foot temple evokes India's iconic treasure, the Taj Mahal.
"I'd rather there be a temple over there than a shopping center or a filling station," McCollister said.
The Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha sect of Hindusim will consecrate the temple this weekend. The sect is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its establishment in 1907 by guru Shastriji Maharaj.
Tens of thousands of Hindus from all over the U.S. are expected Sunday to hear the sect's guru, His Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj, bless the $19 million structure. The guru arrived from New Jersey last week by chartered plane and Rolls Royce.
Thousands of visitors have arrived in recent days. Women in brilliant pink, yellow and orange saris climbed the broad white steps of Turkish limestone to the temple. Children ran around the reflecting pool.
Building a temple requires attention to a million details. Laborers were brought from India. Volunteers gave an estimated 1.3 million construction hours.
In the last three weeks, more than 900 volunteers have worked virtually around the clock tending to last minute details. Carved swans appeared in the reflecting pool this week. Mexican workers were still busy with the air conditioning.
Throughout, temple builders have not neglected the neighborhood.
At Christmas, during construction, people from the temple distributed candy door to door.
"I thought it was awfully nice," said Joyce Russell, 57. "Very forthcoming."
A 14-year resident whose house abuts temple property, she's welcomes the temple for what it isn't.
"At least it's not a strip club," said Russell, who was worried that adult establishments on Jimmy Carter Boulevard would spread down Rockbridge Road into Lilburn.
"The temple has prevented that," she said. "I have no problem with places of worship."
But it's also not, at least not yet, a yoga center, which is a disappointment to some neighbors.
They saw yoga classes mentioned on the BAPS Web site and want to sign up. Some temples offer it, others don't, a temple spokesman said.
The Lilburn temple will focus on youth programs, including lessons on traditional Indian drums and Gujarati (the language of Gandhi, spoken by 46 million people), said spokesman Mitesh Patel. If there's demand, the temple may add yoga classes, he said.
"I've practiced yoga for four years," said Russell. "It's helped a lot with my blood pressure."
Another neighbor wonders when the noise will die down.
"Me, personally, I have no problem with anyone's religion," said Linda King, who has been house-sitting for a friend in the Dickens Trail neighborhood.
"But do you have to be so loud?" she said, nodding her head in the direction of a loud speaker, the source of a continuously droning voice speaking Gujarati.
King said it has been broadcasting 8:30 a.m. until after dark for three weekends in a row.
The new temple is the largest BAPS temple in the United States, ahead of structures in Houston and Chicago. It's larger than the traditional Hindu temple in Clayton County.
The Lilburn temple is 74 feet high and boasts 34,671 stones. Red and white flags signifying the triumph of good over evil will fly from its pinnacles.
Fifteen elephant heads with trunks of black fiberglass look out from the reflecting pool at the base of the temple, seeming to pause to sip from the pool. The elephant represents strength, worshipers say, and is a welcoming symbol.
The Turkish sandstone facade features small figurines with folded hands offering the traditional Hindu greeting 'Namaste' and bearing garlands and welcome lamps.
Inside, eight columns support a 7.3-ton keystone and dome; 16 figures represent the cardinal directions. Goddesses, including those embodying wealth and health, look down.
Kashyap Patel, a cardiologist from Flowery Branch, points to one column made of seven different pieces of stone fitted together with no fasteners or mortar. It took 1,725 work days to complete, said Patel, who has been a member of BAPS since he was a child.
"The symmetry is what absolutely blows my mind," he said.
The design of the temple and its carvings are based on the ancient Vedas, or Hindu scriptures.
Brahma, the creator of the universe, looks out from one gleaming white marble column, while Vishnu, the sustainer of the universe, stands on the next. Shiv, the destroyer of the universe, is nearby. The stone is the same favored by Michelangelo for his sculptures.
There's Hanumant, the monkey-god of total devotion, and Ganesh, the god who is half elephant. One figure stands in yoga's tree position.
The smell of sweet coconut, flowers, and rice burns in a container on the floor. Electric light shines from the columns, changing colors every few minutes, reflecting off the shiny stone.
"The temple encompasses all that is Hinduism," said Patel. "Tolerance, peace, love, and peaceful coexistence."
Since the swami arrived last week on his chartered plane at Peachtree DeKalb Airport, the temple complex has drawn thousands of visitors from all over the United States. Temple members estimate visitors have booked 1,000 hotel nights in the area.
The holy man arrived Thursday in a Rolls Royce covered with flowers. Lilburn Mayor Jack Bolton presented him the key to the city and received a blessing for the city.
Police, hired by the temple, have directed traffic on and off on Rockbridge Road, at the temple entrance, as pedestrians cross the street.
The Patel family drove five hours from Albemarle, N.C. to see the new temple Monday. They could only stay one day and planned to attend morning prayer services in a large white tent set up next to the temple.
"Since it's a new mandir [temple], everyone from all over the world is coming," said Ankita Patel, 15, dressed in a bright sari.
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வாழ்க வளமுடன்
Hindu temple to draw crowd
By MARY LOU PICKEL
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 08/24/07
Religious chanting wafts through the sparse line of trees that separates the Dickens Trail neighborhood in Lilburn from one of the largest Hindu temples in the United States.
The seven-story wedding cake of a structure, with its lace-carved spires and arches of shimmering white limestone, dwarfs the neighborhood's modest frame houses.
NICK ARROYO/AJC
(ENLARGE)
The new Hindu temple in Liburn is designed to last the ages.
A SNAPSHOT OF HINDUISM
Hinduism is a diverse and complex religion with roots in India dating to 3,000 BCE. It is harder to categorize than Christianity, Islam or Judaism because it does not espouse a single doctrine.
It is the world's third largest religion, after Christianity and Islam. There are about 900 million Hindu adherents world wide.
An estimated 1.2 million live in the U.S.
According to a 2005 Census estimate, more than 66,000 Indians live in metro Atlanta.
If 80 percent are Hindu, which is the average percentage of the population in India, then about 53,000 Hindus live in the region.
Founder: There is no founder. Hinduism evolved through centuries and owes its beliefs to many teachers.
Belief in a higher power: Hindus may believe in one god who has many earthly incarcations in human and animal form or in many gods. So homes and temples may contain various images of the incarnations. A devotee may decide to worship one incarnation exclusively.
Hindus believe many paths can lead to God and salvation, including those of other religions and so are typically tolerant and do not evangelize.
Salvation: Hindus believe in reincarnation, that one dies and is reborn continuously until one finds salvation. To escape the cycle, one must let go of attachments to this world by right thinking and actions.
Actions produce karma, positive or negative results, that can keep one tied to earthly life and determine what being one will be reborn as.
Salvation, or a final release from this world, can be understood as being in God's presence or can be seen as the soul merging with God as a raindrop merges into the sea.
Hindus believe all living things have a spark of the divine within and many are vegetarian because of this belief.
Scriptures: Vedas are hymns, discourses and prayers and are considered authoritative and divinely inspired. Upanishads are discourses by the students of great gurus.
There are also law codes and epic stories from which truths can be drawn, such as the Bhagavad Gita. It is the story of a prince preparing for battle and being tutored by his charioteer Krishna, who is revealed as a divine being.
--Christopher Quinn
"They've been singing since Friday [a week ago]," said Cathy McCollister.
"I think it's pretty cool," said McCollister, who has lived in the neighborhood 28 years.
At the corner of Rockbridge Road and Lawrenceville Highway among Lilburn's strip malls, the 30,535 square foot temple evokes India's iconic treasure, the Taj Mahal.
"I'd rather there be a temple over there than a shopping center or a filling station," McCollister said.
The Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha sect of Hindusim will consecrate the temple this weekend. The sect is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its establishment in 1907 by guru Shastriji Maharaj.
Tens of thousands of Hindus from all over the U.S. are expected Sunday to hear the sect's guru, His Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj, bless the $19 million structure. The guru arrived from New Jersey last week by chartered plane and Rolls Royce.
Thousands of visitors have arrived in recent days. Women in brilliant pink, yellow and orange saris climbed the broad white steps of Turkish limestone to the temple. Children ran around the reflecting pool.
Building a temple requires attention to a million details. Laborers were brought from India. Volunteers gave an estimated 1.3 million construction hours.
In the last three weeks, more than 900 volunteers have worked virtually around the clock tending to last minute details. Carved swans appeared in the reflecting pool this week. Mexican workers were still busy with the air conditioning.
Throughout, temple builders have not neglected the neighborhood.
At Christmas, during construction, people from the temple distributed candy door to door.
"I thought it was awfully nice," said Joyce Russell, 57. "Very forthcoming."
A 14-year resident whose house abuts temple property, she's welcomes the temple for what it isn't.
"At least it's not a strip club," said Russell, who was worried that adult establishments on Jimmy Carter Boulevard would spread down Rockbridge Road into Lilburn.
"The temple has prevented that," she said. "I have no problem with places of worship."
But it's also not, at least not yet, a yoga center, which is a disappointment to some neighbors.
They saw yoga classes mentioned on the BAPS Web site and want to sign up. Some temples offer it, others don't, a temple spokesman said.
The Lilburn temple will focus on youth programs, including lessons on traditional Indian drums and Gujarati (the language of Gandhi, spoken by 46 million people), said spokesman Mitesh Patel. If there's demand, the temple may add yoga classes, he said.
"I've practiced yoga for four years," said Russell. "It's helped a lot with my blood pressure."
Another neighbor wonders when the noise will die down.
"Me, personally, I have no problem with anyone's religion," said Linda King, who has been house-sitting for a friend in the Dickens Trail neighborhood.
"But do you have to be so loud?" she said, nodding her head in the direction of a loud speaker, the source of a continuously droning voice speaking Gujarati.
King said it has been broadcasting 8:30 a.m. until after dark for three weekends in a row.
The new temple is the largest BAPS temple in the United States, ahead of structures in Houston and Chicago. It's larger than the traditional Hindu temple in Clayton County.
The Lilburn temple is 74 feet high and boasts 34,671 stones. Red and white flags signifying the triumph of good over evil will fly from its pinnacles.
Fifteen elephant heads with trunks of black fiberglass look out from the reflecting pool at the base of the temple, seeming to pause to sip from the pool. The elephant represents strength, worshipers say, and is a welcoming symbol.
The Turkish sandstone facade features small figurines with folded hands offering the traditional Hindu greeting 'Namaste' and bearing garlands and welcome lamps.
Inside, eight columns support a 7.3-ton keystone and dome; 16 figures represent the cardinal directions. Goddesses, including those embodying wealth and health, look down.
Kashyap Patel, a cardiologist from Flowery Branch, points to one column made of seven different pieces of stone fitted together with no fasteners or mortar. It took 1,725 work days to complete, said Patel, who has been a member of BAPS since he was a child.
"The symmetry is what absolutely blows my mind," he said.
The design of the temple and its carvings are based on the ancient Vedas, or Hindu scriptures.
Brahma, the creator of the universe, looks out from one gleaming white marble column, while Vishnu, the sustainer of the universe, stands on the next. Shiv, the destroyer of the universe, is nearby. The stone is the same favored by Michelangelo for his sculptures.
There's Hanumant, the monkey-god of total devotion, and Ganesh, the god who is half elephant. One figure stands in yoga's tree position.
The smell of sweet coconut, flowers, and rice burns in a container on the floor. Electric light shines from the columns, changing colors every few minutes, reflecting off the shiny stone.
"The temple encompasses all that is Hinduism," said Patel. "Tolerance, peace, love, and peaceful coexistence."
Since the swami arrived last week on his chartered plane at Peachtree DeKalb Airport, the temple complex has drawn thousands of visitors from all over the United States. Temple members estimate visitors have booked 1,000 hotel nights in the area.
The holy man arrived Thursday in a Rolls Royce covered with flowers. Lilburn Mayor Jack Bolton presented him the key to the city and received a blessing for the city.
Police, hired by the temple, have directed traffic on and off on Rockbridge Road, at the temple entrance, as pedestrians cross the street.
The Patel family drove five hours from Albemarle, N.C. to see the new temple Monday. They could only stay one day and planned to attend morning prayer services in a large white tent set up next to the temple.
"Since it's a new mandir [temple], everyone from all over the world is coming," said Ankita Patel, 15, dressed in a bright sari.
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புதுக்கோட்டை: புதுக்கோட்டை எம்.பி. தொகுதியை ரத்து செய்த தேரத்ல் ஆணையத்தக் கண்டித்து இன்று முன்னாள் மத்திய அமைச்சர் எஸ்.திருநாவுக்கரசர் தலைமையில் பாஜக சார்பில் உண்ணாவிரதப் போராட்டம் நடைபெற்றது.
புதுக்கோட்டையில் இன்று காலை தொடங்கிய உண்ணாவிரதப் போராட்டத்தை மாநில பாஜக தலைவர் இல.கணேசன் தொடங்கி வைத்தார். திருநாவுக்கரசர் உள்ளிட்ட நூற்றுக்கணக்கான பாஜக தொண்டர்கள் உண்ணாவிரதப் போராட்டத்தில் கலந்து கொண்டனர்.
நிகழ்ச்சியில் இல.கணேசன் பேசுகையில், தேர்தல் ஆணையத்தின் நடவடிக்கை ஜனநாயக விரோதமானது. மக்களிடையேயும், அரசியல் கட்சிகளிடையேயும் தேர்தல் ஆணையத்தின் நடவடிக்கை பெரும் குழப்பத்ைத ஏற்படுத்தியுள்ளது.
புதுக்கோட்டை எம்.பி. தொகுதியை மீண்டும் கொண்டு வர தேர்தல் ஆணையம் நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க வேண்டும் என்றார் கணேசன்.
திருநாவுக்கரசர்-பாஜகவினர் உண்ணாவிரதம்
ஆகஸ்ட் 25, 2007
புதுக்கோட்டை: புதுக்கோட்டை எம்.பி. தொகுதியை ரத்து செய்த தேரத்ல் ஆணையத்தக் கண்டித்து இன்று முன்னாள் மத்திய அமைச்சர் எஸ்.திருநாவுக்கரசர் தலைமையில் பாஜக சார்பில் உண்ணாவிரதப் போராட்டம் நடைபெற்றது.
புதுக்கோட்டையில் இன்று காலை தொடங்கிய உண்ணாவிரதப் போராட்டத்தை மாநில பாஜக தலைவர் இல.கணேசன் தொடங்கி வைத்தார். திருநாவுக்கரசர் உள்ளிட்ட நூற்றுக்கணக்கான பாஜக தொண்டர்கள் உண்ணாவிரதப் போராட்டத்தில் கலந்து கொண்டனர்.
நிகழ்ச்சியில் இல.கணேசன் பேசுகையில், தேர்தல் ஆணையத்தின் நடவடிக்கை ஜனநாயக விரோதமானது. மக்களிடையேயும், அரசியல் கட்சிகளிடையேயும் தேர்தல் ஆணையத்தின் நடவடிக்கை பெரும் குழப்பத்ைத ஏற்படுத்தியுள்ளது.
புதுக்கோட்டை எம்.பி. தொகுதியை மீண்டும் கொண்டு வர தேர்தல் ஆணையம் நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க வேண்டும் என்றார் கணேசன்.
சபரிமலையில் பெண்களை அனுமதிக்க மாதா அமிர்தானந்தமயி ஆதரவு
அமிர்தபுரி :"சபரிமலையில் பெண்களை அனுமதிப்பதில் தவறில்லை' என்று மாதா அமிர்தானந்தமயி கூறினார்.
அவர் கூறியதாவது:சபரிமலையில் பெண்களை அனுமதிப்பதால் என்ன குழப்பம் ஏற்படப் போகிறது. ஆண்களை பெற்றெடுத்தது பெண்களல்லவா. அப்படி இருக்கும் போது, ஆண்கள் சபரிமலைக்கு செல்லலாம்; அவர்களை ஈன்றெடுத்த பெண் செல்லக்கூடாது என்று சொல்வதில் என்ன தர்மம் இருக்கிறது. இறைவன் ஆண், பெண் வேறுபாடு உள்ளவர் அல்ல. பண்டைய காலத்தில் மலையில் பெண்கள் நடக்க முடியாது என்பதாலும், விலங்குகள் உலவும் என்பதாலும் பெண்கள் சபரிமலை செல்ல வேண்டாம் என்று கூறியிருக்கலாம்.காலம் மாறிய நிலையில் இதில் மாற்றம் வருவது நல்லது தான்.கோவில்களில் எல்லா நம்பிக்கையாளர்களையும் அனுமதிக்க வேண்டும் என்பது தான் எனது விருப்பம். கோவில், இறை நம்பிக்கை உள்ளவர்கள் மட்டுமே கோவில் வளாகத்தை சுத்தமாக வைத்திருப்பார்கள்.
இவ்வாறு அமிர்தானந்தமயி கூறினார்.
அவர் கூறியதாவது:சபரிமலையில் பெண்களை அனுமதிப்பதால் என்ன குழப்பம் ஏற்படப் போகிறது. ஆண்களை பெற்றெடுத்தது பெண்களல்லவா. அப்படி இருக்கும் போது, ஆண்கள் சபரிமலைக்கு செல்லலாம்; அவர்களை ஈன்றெடுத்த பெண் செல்லக்கூடாது என்று சொல்வதில் என்ன தர்மம் இருக்கிறது. இறைவன் ஆண், பெண் வேறுபாடு உள்ளவர் அல்ல. பண்டைய காலத்தில் மலையில் பெண்கள் நடக்க முடியாது என்பதாலும், விலங்குகள் உலவும் என்பதாலும் பெண்கள் சபரிமலை செல்ல வேண்டாம் என்று கூறியிருக்கலாம்.காலம் மாறிய நிலையில் இதில் மாற்றம் வருவது நல்லது தான்.கோவில்களில் எல்லா நம்பிக்கையாளர்களையும் அனுமதிக்க வேண்டும் என்பது தான் எனது விருப்பம். கோவில், இறை நம்பிக்கை உள்ளவர்கள் மட்டுமே கோவில் வளாகத்தை சுத்தமாக வைத்திருப்பார்கள்.
இவ்வாறு அமிர்தானந்தமயி கூறினார்.
ஹைதராபாத் இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாதத்தில் இறந்த இந்தியர்களின் பெயர்கள்
ஐதராபாத் குண்டுவெடிப்பில் பலியானோர் பெயர்கள் அறிவிப்பு
ஐதராபாத் : ஐதராபாத் நகரில் நடைபெற்ற இரட்டை குண்டுவெடிப்பில் பலியான 15 பேரின் பெயர்கள் அறிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன. விபரம் வருமாறு :
1. ஸ்ரவன்தி
2. டோனி
3. சுசீலா
4. யாக்யா
5. விக்னன்
6. வினய் பாபு
7. அக்ரம்
8. பிரதியுஷா
9. சைதன்ய பிரசாத்
10. சதாசிவ ரெட்டி
11. சைதன்ய பிரசாத்
12. பாபி
13. ஷ்ரீலேகா
14. சுரேகா
15. சாம் ராவ்
ஐதராபாத் : ஐதராபாத் நகரில் நடைபெற்ற இரட்டை குண்டுவெடிப்பில் பலியான 15 பேரின் பெயர்கள் அறிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன. விபரம் வருமாறு :
1. ஸ்ரவன்தி
2. டோனி
3. சுசீலா
4. யாக்யா
5. விக்னன்
6. வினய் பாபு
7. அக்ரம்
8. பிரதியுஷா
9. சைதன்ய பிரசாத்
10. சதாசிவ ரெட்டி
11. சைதன்ய பிரசாத்
12. பாபி
13. ஷ்ரீலேகா
14. சுரேகா
15. சாம் ராவ்
ஹைதராபாத் குண்டுவெடிப்பின் பின்னே ஹர்கத் உல் ஜிகாதி
ஐதராபாத் இரட்டை குண்டுவெடிப்பின் பின்னணியில் ஹர்கத்-உல்-ஜிகாதி-இஸ்லாமி
புதுடில்லி : ஐதராபாத் இரட்டை குண்டுவெடிப்பின் பின்னணியில் ஹர்கத்-உல்-ஜிகாதி-இஸ்லாமி அமைப்பைச் சேர்ந்த முகமது அப்துல் சாகத் என்ற பிலால் இருப்பதாக சந்தேகிக்கப்படுகிறது. பிலால் ஏற்கனவே கடந்த மே மாதம் ஐதராபாத் மெக்கா மசூதியில் நிகழ்ந்த குண்டு வெடிப்பிலும், சம்ஜோதா எக்ஸ்பிரஸ் குண்டுவெடிப்பிலும் சம்பந்தப்பட்டவர் என்பது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது. ஐதராபாத் நகரில் நடைபெற்ற இரு குண்டுவெடிப்புகளும் மொபைல் போன் மூலமாக இயக்கி நிகழ்த்தப்பட்டவை என சந்தேகிக்கப்படுகிறது. மெக்கா மசூதியில் கடந்த மே மாதம் நிகழ்த்தப்பட்ட குண்டுவெடிப்பும் இதே போன்று மொபைல் போன் மூலம் நடத்தப்பட்டது என்பது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.
ஐதராபாத்தில் பயங்கரம் * அடுத்தடுத்த குண்டு வெடிப்பில் 35 பேர் உடல் சிதறி பலி * பூங்கா, ஓட்டலில் பயங்கரவாதிகள் கொடூர தாக்குதல்
ஐதராபாத்: ஐதராபாத்தில் நேற்று இரவு அடுத்தடுத்து நடந்த இரண்டு குண்டு வெடிப்பு சம்பவங்களில் பெண்கள், குழந்தைகள் உட்பட 35 பேர் உடல் சிதறி பலியாயினர். 50க்கும் மேற்பட்டோர் படுகாயம் அடைந்தனர்.
இந்த சம்பவத்தால் நாடு முழுவதும் பதட்டம் உருவாகியுள்ளது. முக்கியத்துவம் வாய்ந்த பகுதிகளில் பாதுகாப்பு அதிகரிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. ஐதராபாத் நகரில் உள்ள மெக்கா மசூதியில் மே 18ம் தேதி குண்டு வெடித்ததில் பலர் கொல்லப்பட்டனர். இந்த சம்பவத்தை தொடர்ந்து ஐதராபாத் நகரில் கடும் பாதுகாப்பு போடப்பட்டுள்ளது. ஐதராபாத்தில் நெக்லேஸ் ரோட்டில் நகர்ப்புற வளர்ச்சித் துறைக்கு சொந்தமான `லும்பினி பார்க்' என்ற கேளிக்கை பூங்கா உள்ளது. இதன் அருகேதான் தலைமை செயலகமும் உள்ளது. விடுமுறை தினம் என்பதால், நேற்று பூங்காவில் மக்கள் கூட்டம் அதிகமாக இருந்தது. இரவு 8 மணிக்கு இங்கு உள்ள திறந்தவெளி அரங்கத்தில் `லேசர் ஷோ' நடந்து கொண்டு இருந்தது. அப்போது திடீரென பயங்கர சத்தத்துடன் குண்டு வெடித்தது. இதனால், அதிர்ச்சி அடைந்த மக்கள் அலறி அடித்து ஓடத் துவங்கினர். குண்டு வெடிப்பில் பலர் உடல் சிதறி இறந்தனர். இங்கு வெடித்த குண்டு மிகவும் சக்தி வாய்ந்தது என்பதால் பலரும் துாக்கி எறியப்பட்டனர். குண்டு வெடித்த சில விநாடிகளில் அந்த இடமே ஒரு போர்களம் போல காட்சி அளித்தது.
இந்த பயங்கர குண்டு வெடிப்பு சம்பவம் நடந்த அடுத்த 15வது நிமிடத்தில் கோட்டி என்ற இடத்தில் உள்ள `கோகுல் சாட்' உணவகத்தில் மற்றொரு குண்டு வெடித்தது. குண்டு வெடிப்பு நிகழ்ந்த போது உணவகத்தின் உள்ளே ஏராளமான மக்கள் உணவருந்திக் கொண்டிருந்தனர். இந்த இரண்டு குண்டு வெடிப்பு சம்பவங்களிலும் பெண்கள், குழந்தைகள் 35 பேர் கொல்லப்பட்டனர். 50க்கும் மேற்பட்டவர்கள் படுகாயம் அடைந்தனர் என்று முதலில் கிடைத்த தகவல்கள் தெரிவிக்கின்றன. காயம் அடைந்தவர்கள் மெடி சிட்டி, காந்தி, ஓஸ்மேனியா மருத்துவமனைகளில் அனுமதிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளனர். குண்டு வெடிப்பு குறித்து தகவல் கிடைத்ததும் போலீசாரும், உயர் அதிகாரிகளும் சம்பவ இடத்திற்கு விரைந்து மீட்புப் பணியில் ஈடுபட்டனர். குண்டு வெடிப்பு நடந்த பகுதிகளை போலீசார் சுற்றி வளைத்தனர். அத்துடன் நகரில் உள்ள மற்ற சில முக்கியத்துவம் வாய்ந்த பகுதிகளிலும் போலீஸ் பாதுகாப்பு அதிகரிக்கப்பட்டது.
டில்லியில் மத்திய உளவுத் துறை அமைச்சகம் இந்த சம்பவத்தால் அதிர்ச்சி அடைந்தது. உள்துறை அமைச்சக அதிகாரிகள் ஆந்திர உயர் அதிகாரிகளை தொடர்பு கொண்டு பேசி வருகின்றனர். இந்த குண்டு வெடிப்பு சம்பவத்தை தொடர்ந்து நாடு முழுவதும் பலத்த பாதுகாப்பு ஏற்பாடு செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது. இந்த இரட்டை குண்டு வெடிப்பு சம்பவத்திற்கு பிரதமர் மன்மோகன் சிங், ஆந்திர முதல்வர் ராஜசேகர ரெட்டி உட்பட பலரும் கண்டனம் தெரிவித்துள்ளனர். உடனடியாக உயர் மட்டக் குழு கூட்டத்தை கூட்டி மாநிலத்தின் பாதுகாப்பு ஏற்பாடுகள் குறித்து முதல்வர் ரெட்டி ஆலோசனை நடத்தி, தகுந்த நடவடிக்கைகளை மேற்கொள்ளும்படி அதிகாரிகளுக்கு உத்தரவிட்டார். முதல் குண்டு வெடிப்பு நிகழ்ந்த `லும்பினி பார்க்' கேளிக்கை பூங்காவில் மட்டும் 20க்கும் மேற்பட்டோர் பலியாகியுள்ளதாக முதல் கட்ட தகவல்கள் தெரிவிக்கின்றன. சந்தோஷமாக பொழுதைக் கழிக்க பூங்காவிற்கு வந்தவர் குண்டு வெடிப்பு மரணம் அடைந்ததைப் பார்த்து உயிர் பிழைத்த அவர்களின் உறவினர்கள் கதறி அழுதனர். குண்டு வெடிப்பு சம்பவத்திற்கு பயங்கரவாதிகளே காரணம் என உயர் போலீஸ் அதிகாரிகள் தெரிவித்துள்ளனர். ஆர்.டி.எக்ஸ்., ரக குண்டுகள் வெடித்து இருக்கலாம் என்றும் அவர்கள் சந்தேகப்படுகின்றனர்.
அமைதி காக்க வேண்டுகோள் ஐதராபாத் இரட்டை குண்டு வெடிப்பு சம்பவம் நாடு முழுவதும் அதிர்ச்சியை ஏற்படுத்தியுள்ளது. ஆந்திர முதல்வர் ராஜசேகர ரெட்டி கூறுகையில்,"குண்டு வெடிப்பு சம்பவத்தால் மக்கள் பீதி அடைய வேண்டாம். மாநிலம் முழுவதும் பாதுகாப்பு பலப்படுத்தப்பட்டுள்ளது.முக்கிய இடங்களில் போலீசார் ரோந்திற்கும் ஏற்பாடு செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது. சம்பவ இடங்களுக்கு உயர் அதிகாரிகள் விரைந்துள்ளனர். இதுபோன்ற பதட்டமான நேரங்களில் மக்கள் அமைதி காக்க வேண்டும். தேவையற்ற வதந்திகளை நம்ப வேண்டாம்,"என்றார்.
முக்கிய நகரங்களில் `ரெட் அலர்ட்': குண்டு வெடிப்பைத் தொடர்ந்து ஐதராபாத் நகரம் போலீசாரால் `சீல்' வைக்கப்பட்டது. கண்காணிப்பு பலப்படுத்தப்பட்டுள்ளது. நாட்டில் முக்கிய நகரங்களில் `ரெட்-அலர்ட்' செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது. மீட்பு பணி ஒரு புறம் நடந்து வரும் நிலையில் போலீசார் தேடுதல் வேட்டையிலும் ஈடுபட்டுள்ளனர். உளவுப் பிரிவினர் துப்புத் துலக்குவதில் ஈடுபட்டுள்ளனர். சந்தேகத்துக்கு இடமானோரின் நடவடிக்கைகளை போலீசார் கண்காணித்து வருகின்றனர். எங்கும் பரபரப்பு நிலவியது. இந்த பயங்கர சம்பவம், நாடு முழுவதும் அதிர்ச்சியை ஏற்படுத்தியுள்ளது. மத்திய புலனாய்வு பிரிவினர் தீவிரமாக கண்காணிக்கின்றனர். சம்பவத்துக்கு எந்த அமைப்பும் பொறுப்பேற்கவில்லை. டில்லி, மும்பை, கோல்கட்டா, சென்னை, பெங்களூர் போன்ற முக்கிய நகரங்களிலும் கண்காணிப்பு தீவிரப்படுத்தப்பட்டுள்ளது. மக்கள் நடமாட்டம் அதிகம் உள்ள பகுதிகளை போலீசார் தீவிரமாக கண்காணிக்கின்றனர். தமிழகத்திலும் பாதுகாப்பு பலப்படுத்தப்பட்டுள்ளது. குண்டு வெடிப்பைத் தொடர்ந்து தமிழக போலீஸ் உயர் அதிகாரிகள் உடனடியாக ஆலோசனை நடத்தினர். பாதுகாப்பை பலப்படுத்தவும் கண்காணிப்பை தீவிரப்படுத்தவும் முடிவு செய்தனர்.
உணவகத்தில் மட்டும் 24 பேர் பலி முதல்வர் ரெட்டி அதிர்ச்சி தகவல்: ஐதராபாத்தில் குண்டு வெடிப்பு சம்பவங்கள் நடந்த லும்பினி பார்க் மற்றும் கோகுல் சாட் உணவகம் இரண்டும் ஐந்து கி.மீ., இடைவெளியில் உள்ளன. இதில், உணவகத்தில் நடந்த குண்டு வெடிப்பில் மட்டும் 24 பேர் கொல்லப்பட்டதாக ஆந்திர முதல்வர் ரெட்டி தெரிவித்தார். லேசர் ஷோ நடந்த அரங்கில் குண்டு வெடிப்பு சம்பவம் நடந்த போது 500 பார்வையாளர்கள் இருந்துள்ளனர். லேசர் ஷோ துவங்கிய சில நிமிடங்களில் குண்டு வெடித்து விட்டது. அரங்கின் நடுப்பகுதியில் உள்ள இருக்கைகள் அருகே குண்டு வெடித்துள்ளது. இந்த சம்பவத்துக்கு பயங்கரவாதிகள் தான் காரணம் என்றும் முதல்வர் ரெட்டி தெரிவித்துள்ளார். மெக்கா மசூதியில் குண்டு வெடிப்பு சம்பவத்தில் பயன்படுத்தப்பட்ட அதே ரக குண்டுகள் தான் நேற்றைய சம்பவத்திலும் பயன்படுத்தப்பட்டுள்ளன என்பது ஆந்திர போலீசாரின் கணிப்பு.
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ஹைதராபாதில் பயங்கரவாதம் - தியேட்டரில் குண்டுவெடித்து 41 பேர் பலி 60 பேர் படுகாயம்
லும்பினி தியேட்டரிலும், கோகுல் சாட் பண்டார் என்ற உணவகத்திலும் வெடித்த குண்டுகளால் 40க்கும் மேற்பட்டவர் கொலையுண்டார்கள். 60க்கும் மேற்பட்டவர்கள் படுகாயமடைந்தனர்.
Death toll in Hyderabad serial blasts rises to 41
Published on Saturday , August 25, 2007 at 20:16 in Nation section
Hyderabad/ New Delhi: At least 41 people were killed and 60 injured when two bombs exploded almost simultaneously at an amusement park and a popular eatery in Hyderabad on Saturday evening.
The first blast occurred at around 1945 hrs IST at Lumbini Amusement Park on Necklace Road near the state Secretariat. The second explosion ripped through Gokul Chat Bhandar, a popular eating joint in Koti, some five minutes later.
The government-run amusement park was packed with at least 500 people for a laser show off the Hussain Sagar Lake. As many as nine people were killed here.
Another explosion ripped through Gokul Chat Bhandar, a popular eatery about five km away, five minutes later and killed 32 people.
State Home Minister K Jana Reddy said the blast at the amusement park ripped through the middle row of seats. Reddy alleged the state government had got intelligence inputs that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence planned terror attacks in the state.
Chief Minister YSR Reddy after visiting Lumbini Park said the blasts were an act of terror. “I request everyone to maintain calm. This is definitely an act of terror,” he said.
The blasts “appear to be the handy work of anti-national elements. Our police is fully alert and the culprits shall be brought to book at the earliest," he said.
A PTI report said after the blasts police recovered two live bombs in the city: one underneath a bridge in Dilsukhnagar and another at Venkataramana Theatre in Kachigudu.
Police officials refused to comment on the explosives used in the blasts but suspect that RDX was used.
The police have cordoned off the two blast sites and are searching railway stations and bus depots in the city. The injured have been taken to Mediciti Hospital and Osmania Hospital.
An IANS report said the Rapid Action Force has been deployed in Koti. Police used force to disperse a mob that gathered in the area and shouted slogans against the government. The angry mob also threw stones at buses.
Death toll in Hyderabad serial blasts rises to 41
Published on Saturday , August 25, 2007 at 20:16 in Nation section
Hyderabad/ New Delhi: At least 41 people were killed and 60 injured when two bombs exploded almost simultaneously at an amusement park and a popular eatery in Hyderabad on Saturday evening.
The first blast occurred at around 1945 hrs IST at Lumbini Amusement Park on Necklace Road near the state Secretariat. The second explosion ripped through Gokul Chat Bhandar, a popular eating joint in Koti, some five minutes later.
The government-run amusement park was packed with at least 500 people for a laser show off the Hussain Sagar Lake. As many as nine people were killed here.
Another explosion ripped through Gokul Chat Bhandar, a popular eatery about five km away, five minutes later and killed 32 people.
State Home Minister K Jana Reddy said the blast at the amusement park ripped through the middle row of seats. Reddy alleged the state government had got intelligence inputs that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence planned terror attacks in the state.
Chief Minister YSR Reddy after visiting Lumbini Park said the blasts were an act of terror. “I request everyone to maintain calm. This is definitely an act of terror,” he said.
The blasts “appear to be the handy work of anti-national elements. Our police is fully alert and the culprits shall be brought to book at the earliest," he said.
A PTI report said after the blasts police recovered two live bombs in the city: one underneath a bridge in Dilsukhnagar and another at Venkataramana Theatre in Kachigudu.
Police officials refused to comment on the explosives used in the blasts but suspect that RDX was used.
The police have cordoned off the two blast sites and are searching railway stations and bus depots in the city. The injured have been taken to Mediciti Hospital and Osmania Hospital.
An IANS report said the Rapid Action Force has been deployed in Koti. Police used force to disperse a mob that gathered in the area and shouted slogans against the government. The angry mob also threw stones at buses.
Saturday, August 25, 2007
கேரள பள்ளிகளிடமிருந்து திருடி நியூட்டன் எழுதிய கால்குலஸ்
கேரள பள்ளிகளிடமிருந்து ஜெஸ்யூட் கிறிஸ்துவ பாதிரியார்கள் திருடி நியூட்டனிடம் கொடுத்த ஆவணங்களிலிருந்துதான் நியூட்டன் இன்ஃபினிட் கால்குலஸை எழுதினார் என்று வரலாற்று ஆராய்ச்சியாளர்கள் தெரிவிக்கிறார்கள்..
காலனியாதிக்கத்தின் கீழ் நடந்த அறிவுத்திருட்டுகளில் ஒரு சாம்பிள் இது.
இதனால், பெரியார் போன்றவர்கள், "அவன் விமானம் ஓட்டுறான்.. இவன் மாட்டுவண்டி ஓட்டுறான்" என்று கேலி செய்யவும், நம்மை வீட்டுக்குள்ளேயே ஆங்கிலம் பேசவும் சொல்லும் அளவுக்கு அவர்களை வெள்ளைக்காரர்களின் அடிமைகளாக ஆக்கி வைத்திருக்கிறது.
நமது தொழில்வளர்ச்சியை தடுத்து, முதலாளித்துவ பாதையில் வளர்ந்திருக்கவேண்டிய நமது நாட்டை தடுத்து விவசாய நாடாக ஆக்கி, நம்மை நாமே கேவலப்படுத்தும் அளவுக்கு ஆக்கிய வெள்ளையர்கள் நம்மிடமிருந்து திருடிய விஷயங்களை வைத்தே நம்மை கேவலப்படுத்தினார்கள் என்பது இன்னும் பலருக்கு உறைப்பதில்லை.
நம்மை நாமே கேவலப்படுத்த வெள்ளைக்காரர்கள் சொன்னதை இன்னும் உளறிக்கொண்டிருப்பவர்களை என்ன சொல்வது?
MATHEMATICS
Newton inspired by Indian scientists?
NOUVELOBS.COM | 13.08.2007 | 14:58
Researchers ensure that Indian scientists of the Middle Ages had discovered the bases infinitesimal calculus 250 years before Leibniz and Newton. This last could have had wind of these calculations via the Jesuits established well in these areas.
As of second half of the XVII E century, the mathematical field of the numerical analysis knew an extraordinary projection thanks to work of Newton and Leibniz as regards differential and integral calculus, which one gathers under the name of infinitesimal calculus. Researchers of the university of Manchester think of having found the proof that Indian mathematicians had developed the bases of this calculation since 1350.
Their assertion rests on the discovery of very old documents concerning “the school of Kerala”. This state of the south of India is populated since high antiquity and made already trade with the Romans. According to Dr. George Gheverghese Joseph, author of a work on the non-European roots of mathematics, the Indians would have identified the concept of infinite series, one of the bases of differential calculus. While using this concept and the handling of certain goniometrical functions, they would have managed to estimate number pi at 9,10 and later seventeen decimals. These concepts are at the base of differential calculus, that Newton will call “method of the fluxions” and the analysis.
Always according to authors', the Jesuits well established at the time in the area could have been used as driving belt of this knowledge towards Europe. The latter were indeed at the time of brilliances mathematicians and maitrisaient the local language, singularly difficult. They also had a particular interest towards the school of Kerala bus under the aegis of the pope Gregoire XIII they worked with the reform of the calendar Julien and the Indian calendar was famous. They would have also profited from other transfers of knowing in the fields of astronomy and navigation.
Joel IGNASSE
Sciences and Avenir.com
13/08/07
நன்றி எடுத்துக்கொடுத்த தோழர் மாசிலா
காலனியாதிக்கத்தின் கீழ் நடந்த அறிவுத்திருட்டுகளில் ஒரு சாம்பிள் இது.
இதனால், பெரியார் போன்றவர்கள், "அவன் விமானம் ஓட்டுறான்.. இவன் மாட்டுவண்டி ஓட்டுறான்" என்று கேலி செய்யவும், நம்மை வீட்டுக்குள்ளேயே ஆங்கிலம் பேசவும் சொல்லும் அளவுக்கு அவர்களை வெள்ளைக்காரர்களின் அடிமைகளாக ஆக்கி வைத்திருக்கிறது.
நமது தொழில்வளர்ச்சியை தடுத்து, முதலாளித்துவ பாதையில் வளர்ந்திருக்கவேண்டிய நமது நாட்டை தடுத்து விவசாய நாடாக ஆக்கி, நம்மை நாமே கேவலப்படுத்தும் அளவுக்கு ஆக்கிய வெள்ளையர்கள் நம்மிடமிருந்து திருடிய விஷயங்களை வைத்தே நம்மை கேவலப்படுத்தினார்கள் என்பது இன்னும் பலருக்கு உறைப்பதில்லை.
நம்மை நாமே கேவலப்படுத்த வெள்ளைக்காரர்கள் சொன்னதை இன்னும் உளறிக்கொண்டிருப்பவர்களை என்ன சொல்வது?
MATHEMATICS
Newton inspired by Indian scientists?
NOUVELOBS.COM | 13.08.2007 | 14:58
Researchers ensure that Indian scientists of the Middle Ages had discovered the bases infinitesimal calculus 250 years before Leibniz and Newton. This last could have had wind of these calculations via the Jesuits established well in these areas.
As of second half of the XVII E century, the mathematical field of the numerical analysis knew an extraordinary projection thanks to work of Newton and Leibniz as regards differential and integral calculus, which one gathers under the name of infinitesimal calculus. Researchers of the university of Manchester think of having found the proof that Indian mathematicians had developed the bases of this calculation since 1350.
Their assertion rests on the discovery of very old documents concerning “the school of Kerala”. This state of the south of India is populated since high antiquity and made already trade with the Romans. According to Dr. George Gheverghese Joseph, author of a work on the non-European roots of mathematics, the Indians would have identified the concept of infinite series, one of the bases of differential calculus. While using this concept and the handling of certain goniometrical functions, they would have managed to estimate number pi at 9,10 and later seventeen decimals. These concepts are at the base of differential calculus, that Newton will call “method of the fluxions” and the analysis.
Always according to authors', the Jesuits well established at the time in the area could have been used as driving belt of this knowledge towards Europe. The latter were indeed at the time of brilliances mathematicians and maitrisaient the local language, singularly difficult. They also had a particular interest towards the school of Kerala bus under the aegis of the pope Gregoire XIII they worked with the reform of the calendar Julien and the Indian calendar was famous. They would have also profited from other transfers of knowing in the fields of astronomy and navigation.
Joel IGNASSE
Sciences and Avenir.com
13/08/07
நன்றி எடுத்துக்கொடுத்த தோழர் மாசிலா
தண்ணியடித்த ஈரானியருக்கு 80 கசையடி... அதுவும் எப்படி?
ஈரானின் ஒழுக்க விதிகளை மீறியதற்காக 23 வயது சையது கன்பாரி என்பவருக்கு நடுத்தெருவில் படுக்கவைத்து 80 கசையடிகள் கொடுக்கப்பட்டன.
இவர் மது அருந்தியதாகவும், திருமணத்துக்கு வெளியே உறவு வைத்திருந்ததற்காகவும் இந்த தண்டனைகள் வழங்கப்பட்டதாக ஈரானிய இஸ்லாமிய ஷாரியா நீதிமன்றம் கூறியதாக கூறப்படுகிறது.
கசையடியால் உடல் கிழிந்து ரத்தம் பீரிட்டதாக செய்தி கூறுகிறது.
Rough justice: 80 lashes for 'immoral' Iranian who abused alcohol and had sex
by DAVID WILLIAMS
Last updated at 18:53pm on 22nd August 2007
His face covered by a balaclava, an official brandishing a cane repeatedly lashes the back of a man found guilty of breaking Iran's morality laws.
Two police officers hold the legs of 25-year-old Saeed Ghanbari and another his arms to ensure there is no escape from the punishment of 80 lashes handed down by a religious court.
Traffic was brought to a halt in Qazvin, 90 miles west of the capital Tehran, as more than 1,000 men gathered behind barricades to watch the public flogging.
Some took pictures on mobile telephones, others climbed traffic lights for a better vantage point as Ghanbari was marched to the centre of the square under the watch of blue-uniformed guards carrying machine guns.
A four foot long metal bench was taken from a police van and the convicted man was made to lie on it on his stomach, his fawn checked shirt pulled-up to his shoulders to expose his back and waist.
One police officer held his hands together beneath the bench, two others gripped his legs to ensure there was little movement.
Two police officers stood-by, their faces covered with balaclavas - each to administer 40 lashes.
Both men then lashed Ghanbari, taking the cane back behind their heads to guarantee maximum impact, each stroke leaving a distinctive red mark and bruising on his back.
Several wounds began to bleed.
It was unclear exactly what his offence had been as the country's strict morality laws cover many areas, but it was reported he had been convicted of abusing alcohol and having sex outside of marriage.
The public lashings have been endorsed by the judiciary as a way of deterring alcohol abuse at a time when it is on the increase among young men but some religious leaders are said to be questioning their validity, fearing they have an adverse impact on the country's image abroad.
Although men and women convicted of flouting public morals are routinely flogged in detention centres, public floggings are considered rare.
Human Rights groups say there have been a marked rise in recent months in the number of people sentenced to executions and floggings in Iran.
Amnesty International, which said it is "greatly concerned by continuing human rights abuses in Iran", has highlighted figures revealing 117 people were executed in 2006 with thousands facing floggings.
They included a woman, who had been forced into prostitution as an eight-year-old, receiving 99 lashes because of "acts contrary to chasity."
Earlier this year, a man was flogged after a copy of the Bible was found in his car.
At least 120 executions have been recorded so far this year, according to Amnesty, with two youths under the age of 18 when they committed their crimes among those killed
The latest gruesome pictures have emerged three weeks after there was an outcry over a video of a flogging in a Malaysian jail was posted on the Internet.
The sickening images showed a man being lashed repeatedly on the buttocks until he bled from several wounds.
இவர் மது அருந்தியதாகவும், திருமணத்துக்கு வெளியே உறவு வைத்திருந்ததற்காகவும் இந்த தண்டனைகள் வழங்கப்பட்டதாக ஈரானிய இஸ்லாமிய ஷாரியா நீதிமன்றம் கூறியதாக கூறப்படுகிறது.
கசையடியால் உடல் கிழிந்து ரத்தம் பீரிட்டதாக செய்தி கூறுகிறது.
Rough justice: 80 lashes for 'immoral' Iranian who abused alcohol and had sex
by DAVID WILLIAMS
Last updated at 18:53pm on 22nd August 2007
His face covered by a balaclava, an official brandishing a cane repeatedly lashes the back of a man found guilty of breaking Iran's morality laws.
Two police officers hold the legs of 25-year-old Saeed Ghanbari and another his arms to ensure there is no escape from the punishment of 80 lashes handed down by a religious court.
Traffic was brought to a halt in Qazvin, 90 miles west of the capital Tehran, as more than 1,000 men gathered behind barricades to watch the public flogging.
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Saeed Ghanbari receives 80 lashes for abusing alcohol and having sex outside marriage
Some took pictures on mobile telephones, others climbed traffic lights for a better vantage point as Ghanbari was marched to the centre of the square under the watch of blue-uniformed guards carrying machine guns.
A four foot long metal bench was taken from a police van and the convicted man was made to lie on it on his stomach, his fawn checked shirt pulled-up to his shoulders to expose his back and waist.
One police officer held his hands together beneath the bench, two others gripped his legs to ensure there was little movement.
Two police officers stood-by, their faces covered with balaclavas - each to administer 40 lashes.
Crowds gather to watch the spectacle
Both men then lashed Ghanbari, taking the cane back behind their heads to guarantee maximum impact, each stroke leaving a distinctive red mark and bruising on his back.
Several wounds began to bleed.
It was unclear exactly what his offence had been as the country's strict morality laws cover many areas, but it was reported he had been convicted of abusing alcohol and having sex outside of marriage.
The public lashings have been endorsed by the judiciary as a way of deterring alcohol abuse at a time when it is on the increase among young men but some religious leaders are said to be questioning their validity, fearing they have an adverse impact on the country's image abroad.
Although men and women convicted of flouting public morals are routinely flogged in detention centres, public floggings are considered rare.
Human Rights groups say there have been a marked rise in recent months in the number of people sentenced to executions and floggings in Iran.
Amnesty International, which said it is "greatly concerned by continuing human rights abuses in Iran", has highlighted figures revealing 117 people were executed in 2006 with thousands facing floggings.
They included a woman, who had been forced into prostitution as an eight-year-old, receiving 99 lashes because of "acts contrary to chasity."
Earlier this year, a man was flogged after a copy of the Bible was found in his car.
At least 120 executions have been recorded so far this year, according to Amnesty, with two youths under the age of 18 when they committed their crimes among those killed
The latest gruesome pictures have emerged three weeks after there was an outcry over a video of a flogging in a Malaysian jail was posted on the Internet.
The sickening images showed a man being lashed repeatedly on the buttocks until he bled from several wounds.
கள்ளக்கடத்தல், பணம் கடத்தலுக்காக கிறிஸ்துவ பாதிரியார்களுக்கு சிறை தண்டனை
பிரேசில் கிறிஸ்துவ பாதிரியார்கள் பணம் கடத்தியதற்காகவும் கள்ளக்கடத்தலுக்காகவும், 5 மாத சிறைதண்டனை விதிக்கப்பட்டார்கள்.
எவாஞ்சலிக்கல் கிறித்துவ பாதிரியார்களான எஸ்டேவாமும், அவரது மனைவி சோனியாவும் கைது செய்யப்பட்டனர்.
Brazilian church leaders get U.S. jail time for cash smuggling
Posted on Fri, Aug. 17, 2007Digg del.icio.us AIM print email
By CURT ANDERSON
Associated Press Writer
MIAMI -- A husband and wife who lead one of Brazil's largest evangelical churches were sentenced to nearly five months in prison Friday after pleading guilty to smuggling more than $56,000 into the United States hidden in luggage, a child's backpack and a Bible case.
Estevam Hernandes Filho and his wife, Sonia Haddad Moraes Hernandes, must serve an additional five months of house arrest in the U.S. and pay $60,000 in fines under a sentence imposed by U.S. District Judge Federico Moreno.
Hernandes, 53, is to surrender Monday to begin serving his prison term. His 48-year-old wife will serve her house arrest term first at their home in Boca Raton and then report to prison Jan. 21. Both must also serve a probation period after their 10-month combined sentences are up.
Both were given credit for 10 days they spent in custody after their initial Jan. 8 arrests at Miami International Airport. Their lawyers had asked for probation, and Moreno could have gone as high as 16 months in jail for each of them.
The couple - known as Apostle Estevam and Bishop Sonia to their followers - lead Brazil's Reborn in Christ Church, which they founded in 1986 and which now claims hundreds of thousands of followers. Brazilian authorities are seeking the couple's extradition on charges of looting parishioners' donations for their own use.
Moreno said he did not base his sentence on the possible Brazilian prosecution and accepted the couple's explanation that the $56,467 they illegally brought into the U.S. was not taken from church donations. That money will be forfeited to the U.S. government.
"I'm not considering the alleged fraud in Brazil. I leave that up to the Brazilian authorities," Moreno said.
The lengthy hearing took place in a courtroom packed with about 60 family members and supporters, many of whom wept loudly when Moreno delivered his sentence. Dozens of followers also wrote letters to Moreno asking for a lenient sentence.
"They've done a lot of good," the judge said. "Sometimes, you've got to do penance."
Mrs. Hernandes cried as well when she gave a statement to the court. Speaking in Portuguese that was translated into English, Mrs. Hernandes asked Moreno for mercy and said she was sorry for what happened.
"I would just like to declare right here in front of everybody that I am deeply remorseful in my life," she said.
Hernandes also addressed the court, saying that "for millions of people that believe in us, we have made them suffer."
"I would like to ask you for your forgiveness, your pity," Hernandes told the judge, according to the court translation.
Albert Krieger, one of the couple's lawyers, said they brought the money to the United States as part of a plan to gradually move their permanent residence from Brazil to Boca Raton out of fear they and their families might be targeted by kidnappers. He said the money was hidden in various belongings because the couple worried about thieves at airports.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Armando Rosquete, however, said it was "bizarre" for the church leaders to hide money in a Bible case. "What I see in this case is an element of greed," he said.
The couple pleaded guilty in June to failing to declare on a customs form that they were carrying more than $10,000 into the United States. They have been under house arrest at their Boca Raton home since Jan. 19.
In a statement released shortly after learning of the sentence, the Reborn in Christ Church said: "In view of the court's final decision, we reaffirm our belief that "better days will come."
"We shall continue praying for our Apostle and our Bishop, knowing that once they complete their sentence they will return to guide us. They know that until they return ... their flock will continue walking down the path they have pointed out," the statement said.
Reborn in Christ spokesman Marcio Foffu said the Church had no further comment.
எவாஞ்சலிக்கல் கிறித்துவ பாதிரியார்களான எஸ்டேவாமும், அவரது மனைவி சோனியாவும் கைது செய்யப்பட்டனர்.
Brazilian church leaders get U.S. jail time for cash smuggling
Posted on Fri, Aug. 17, 2007Digg del.icio.us AIM print email
By CURT ANDERSON
Associated Press Writer
MIAMI -- A husband and wife who lead one of Brazil's largest evangelical churches were sentenced to nearly five months in prison Friday after pleading guilty to smuggling more than $56,000 into the United States hidden in luggage, a child's backpack and a Bible case.
Estevam Hernandes Filho and his wife, Sonia Haddad Moraes Hernandes, must serve an additional five months of house arrest in the U.S. and pay $60,000 in fines under a sentence imposed by U.S. District Judge Federico Moreno.
Hernandes, 53, is to surrender Monday to begin serving his prison term. His 48-year-old wife will serve her house arrest term first at their home in Boca Raton and then report to prison Jan. 21. Both must also serve a probation period after their 10-month combined sentences are up.
Both were given credit for 10 days they spent in custody after their initial Jan. 8 arrests at Miami International Airport. Their lawyers had asked for probation, and Moreno could have gone as high as 16 months in jail for each of them.
The couple - known as Apostle Estevam and Bishop Sonia to their followers - lead Brazil's Reborn in Christ Church, which they founded in 1986 and which now claims hundreds of thousands of followers. Brazilian authorities are seeking the couple's extradition on charges of looting parishioners' donations for their own use.
Moreno said he did not base his sentence on the possible Brazilian prosecution and accepted the couple's explanation that the $56,467 they illegally brought into the U.S. was not taken from church donations. That money will be forfeited to the U.S. government.
"I'm not considering the alleged fraud in Brazil. I leave that up to the Brazilian authorities," Moreno said.
The lengthy hearing took place in a courtroom packed with about 60 family members and supporters, many of whom wept loudly when Moreno delivered his sentence. Dozens of followers also wrote letters to Moreno asking for a lenient sentence.
"They've done a lot of good," the judge said. "Sometimes, you've got to do penance."
Mrs. Hernandes cried as well when she gave a statement to the court. Speaking in Portuguese that was translated into English, Mrs. Hernandes asked Moreno for mercy and said she was sorry for what happened.
"I would just like to declare right here in front of everybody that I am deeply remorseful in my life," she said.
Hernandes also addressed the court, saying that "for millions of people that believe in us, we have made them suffer."
"I would like to ask you for your forgiveness, your pity," Hernandes told the judge, according to the court translation.
Albert Krieger, one of the couple's lawyers, said they brought the money to the United States as part of a plan to gradually move their permanent residence from Brazil to Boca Raton out of fear they and their families might be targeted by kidnappers. He said the money was hidden in various belongings because the couple worried about thieves at airports.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Armando Rosquete, however, said it was "bizarre" for the church leaders to hide money in a Bible case. "What I see in this case is an element of greed," he said.
The couple pleaded guilty in June to failing to declare on a customs form that they were carrying more than $10,000 into the United States. They have been under house arrest at their Boca Raton home since Jan. 19.
In a statement released shortly after learning of the sentence, the Reborn in Christ Church said: "In view of the court's final decision, we reaffirm our belief that "better days will come."
"We shall continue praying for our Apostle and our Bishop, knowing that once they complete their sentence they will return to guide us. They know that until they return ... their flock will continue walking down the path they have pointed out," the statement said.
Reborn in Christ spokesman Marcio Foffu said the Church had no further comment.
பெரு நாட்டில் கிறிஸ்துவ சர்ச் இடிந்து விழுந்ததில் ஏராளமான கிறிஸ்த்துவர்கள் சாவு
தினந்தோறும் பிரார்த்தனை செய்யும் கிறிஸ்த்துவ சர்ச் இடிந்து விழுந்து பிரார்த்தனை செய்த்கொண்டிருந்த கிறிஸ்துவர்கள் இறந்தனர்.
Faith unshaken after mourners killed in Peru church collapseStory Highlights
Church collapsed during quake while mourners gathered for a funeral Mass
Nuns gather, await word on two of their sisters
Bodies placed in Pisco's town center as residents try to identify loved ones
By Harris Whitbeck
CNN
Editor's note: In our Behind the Scenes series, CNN correspondents share their experiences in covering news and analyze the stories behind the events. Here, CNN's Harris Whitbeck describes the destruction from Wednesday's earthquake in Peru.
Local residents bury earthquake victims Friday in Pisco, Peru.
1 of 2 more photos » PISCO, Peru (CNN) -- Five elderly nuns huddled early Friday outside the ruins of a church that had stood for centuries, their dark shawls tightly wrapped around their shoulders.
The nuns were standing at the edge of the ruins of the San Clemente church in downtown Pisco, waiting for word on two of their sisters who were buried in the rubble.
The parish priest, a robust Spaniard in his 60s, accompanied the nuns. The group quietly observed rescue workers dig through mounds of stones and upturned tiles.
The priest said the church was more than 300 years old. He still couldn't understand how the entire roof collapsed on hundreds of worshippers who were attending a funeral Mass when Wednesday's 8.0-magnitude quake struck.
I couldn't understand how this man and these women of the cloth could remain so calm, their faith so apparently unshaken while they contemplated the ruins of the church and the loss of people so dear to them. I asked them about that faith.
"It's difficult times like this that it exists," the priest said.
The group spent hours waiting in the dark, cold night and into the morning never questioning -- simply accepting what was and never doubting that their church would some day be rebuilt.
The parish church says there could be 60 people buried under the rubble, including the entire church choir and 15 members of the immediate family of the person whose life was being celebrated during the funeral mass. Watch how the quake ruined lives »
Many are buried amid the rubble at the church's entrance. When the quake struck, those inside the church rushed to get out. That's when the roof came smashing down on top of them.
Rescue workers are now digging around the entrance of the church. On Thursday night, family members stood outside the church, watching and waiting. Every time a body would be pulled out, they would rush toward it to see if they could identify the remains.
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About 100 bodies -- some from the church, others from elsewhere in the town -- were taken to the city square and laid there. The bodies were covered with shrouds. People walked among the bodies trying to identify loved ones, an eerie feeling amid the destruction.
Throughout the Peru town, people are living in the streets outside the rubble of what used to be their homes. Many use wood from their destroyed homes to try to stay warm at night; temperatures are in the 50s at night here. They're most fearful of aftershocks, and at least two jolted the region Friday morning. See photos of quake-ravaged Peru »
One man I came across was in mourning outside his home. He lives across the street from a cemetery and owns a flower stall. He typically sells flowers to those going into the cemetery to place at gravestones. But not on this day.
The man wept on a coffin. His house had collapsed during the quake, and his mother was killed. There in the street, in front of what was left of his house, he held a wake for his mother. Two little candles were lit. He didn't have flowers, even for his own mother. He was devastated.
At the foot of the coffin, children slept. They were neighborhood kids, wrapped in blankets, trying to get some sleep amid the chaos.
Faith unshaken after mourners killed in Peru church collapseStory Highlights
Church collapsed during quake while mourners gathered for a funeral Mass
Nuns gather, await word on two of their sisters
Bodies placed in Pisco's town center as residents try to identify loved ones
By Harris Whitbeck
CNN
Editor's note: In our Behind the Scenes series, CNN correspondents share their experiences in covering news and analyze the stories behind the events. Here, CNN's Harris Whitbeck describes the destruction from Wednesday's earthquake in Peru.
Local residents bury earthquake victims Friday in Pisco, Peru.
1 of 2 more photos » PISCO, Peru (CNN) -- Five elderly nuns huddled early Friday outside the ruins of a church that had stood for centuries, their dark shawls tightly wrapped around their shoulders.
The nuns were standing at the edge of the ruins of the San Clemente church in downtown Pisco, waiting for word on two of their sisters who were buried in the rubble.
The parish priest, a robust Spaniard in his 60s, accompanied the nuns. The group quietly observed rescue workers dig through mounds of stones and upturned tiles.
The priest said the church was more than 300 years old. He still couldn't understand how the entire roof collapsed on hundreds of worshippers who were attending a funeral Mass when Wednesday's 8.0-magnitude quake struck.
I couldn't understand how this man and these women of the cloth could remain so calm, their faith so apparently unshaken while they contemplated the ruins of the church and the loss of people so dear to them. I asked them about that faith.
"It's difficult times like this that it exists," the priest said.
The group spent hours waiting in the dark, cold night and into the morning never questioning -- simply accepting what was and never doubting that their church would some day be rebuilt.
The parish church says there could be 60 people buried under the rubble, including the entire church choir and 15 members of the immediate family of the person whose life was being celebrated during the funeral mass. Watch how the quake ruined lives »
Many are buried amid the rubble at the church's entrance. When the quake struck, those inside the church rushed to get out. That's when the roof came smashing down on top of them.
Rescue workers are now digging around the entrance of the church. On Thursday night, family members stood outside the church, watching and waiting. Every time a body would be pulled out, they would rush toward it to see if they could identify the remains.
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Coffins rushed to region
Dead scattered in the streets of Peru
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About 100 bodies -- some from the church, others from elsewhere in the town -- were taken to the city square and laid there. The bodies were covered with shrouds. People walked among the bodies trying to identify loved ones, an eerie feeling amid the destruction.
Throughout the Peru town, people are living in the streets outside the rubble of what used to be their homes. Many use wood from their destroyed homes to try to stay warm at night; temperatures are in the 50s at night here. They're most fearful of aftershocks, and at least two jolted the region Friday morning. See photos of quake-ravaged Peru »
One man I came across was in mourning outside his home. He lives across the street from a cemetery and owns a flower stall. He typically sells flowers to those going into the cemetery to place at gravestones. But not on this day.
The man wept on a coffin. His house had collapsed during the quake, and his mother was killed. There in the street, in front of what was left of his house, he held a wake for his mother. Two little candles were lit. He didn't have flowers, even for his own mother. He was devastated.
At the foot of the coffin, children slept. They were neighborhood kids, wrapped in blankets, trying to get some sleep amid the chaos.
பென்னி ஹின் என்ற ஏமாற்றுப்பேர்வழி - சிபிசி ஆவணப்படம்
ஜஸ்டின் பீட்டர்ஸ் என்ற பாப்டிஸ்டு கிறிஸ்துவ பாதிரியார் பென்னி ஹின்னுடன் நெருங்கி பழகி அவரைப்பற்றிய டாக்குமெண்டரி எடுத்து, அவர் ஒரு டுபாக்கூர் பேர்வழி என்பதை காட்டியிருக்கிறார்.
இவர் இயேசு குணமாக்குகிறார் என்று பிரச்சார கூட்டங்கள் நடத்துவதில் யாரும் குணமடையவில்லை. ஆனால் டொனேஷன் என்று 250 மில்லியன் டாலரை கறந்திருக்கிறார். இவர் அந்த பணத்தை கணக்கு வழக்கில்லாமல் சொந்த செலவு செய்கிறார் என்பதையும் காட்டுகிறார்.
இப்படிப்பட்ட ஏமாற்றுப்பேர்வழிகளிடம் பொதுமக்கள் ஏமாந்து போகாமல் இருக்க இறையை இறைஞ்சுவோம்.
பொதுமக்களுக்கு அறிவுறுத்துவோம்.
Evangelist Hinn lands under a cloud
It's always somebody that has some kind of illness that can't be readily seen. Justin Peters , Baptist minister, in cbc expose Benny Hinn readies for crusade and defends lavish healing ministry
Aug 17, 2007 04:30 AM
Stuart Laidlaw
Faith and Ethics reporter
Pastor Benny Hinn, in Toronto this weekend for two days of miracle cures and old-time gospel, makes no apologies for all the money his far-flung ministries take in each year.
"The gospels are free, but the means of delivering the gospels is really expensive," Hinn, who got his start in Toronto 30 years ago, told the Star.
Tonight and tomorrow, Hinn brings his Texas-based Miracle Crusade to the Air Canada Centre, attracting up to 20,000 to each of his three shows.
The shows are free but, as at all his crusades, donations will be sought and many buckets will be passed as the audience sings rousing hymns along with a mass choir amid a light show worthy of a rock concert. While Hinn acknowledges people come mainly to see and take part in the healing miracles, that is left to the feverish end – they will first hear him preach, pray and sing in his trademark white suit.
But Hinn arrives under a cloud after the CBC's The Fifth Estate this week challenged his claims of miracle cures and described a lavish lifestyle of fancy cars, a 7,000-square-foot ocean-side mansion and luxury travel to five-star hotels on a private jet.
In the show, reporter Bob McKeown estimates Benny Hinn Ministries takes in as much as $250 million a year in donations and proceeds from sales of such items as autographed bibles.
Hinn, who keeps his finances private, doubts the show will hurt turnout at the ACC.
"They will never stop people from coming to meetings such as ours."
Followers donate money, he says, to ensure his work, including curing the sick, continues.
"They believe that God heals and they want to see something like this go on. They also understand it takes money to rent stadiums."
Hinn's sessions have gained a reputation for sudden miracle cures for cancer, blindness, diabetes and even AIDS over the past 30 years since his humble beginnings in a church hall at Bloor and Yonge. People dramatically fall to the floor proclaiming their health after a touch from Hinn's hand.
Hinn, however, professes to having nothing to do with making anybody healthy. "The Lord has not called me to heal people," he says. "He heals the people."
After the prayers, songs and preaching from the charismatic minister, Hinn tells the crowd he is getting a message from God that people in the audience are being cured, and he asks them to come to the stage. The Fifth Estate used hidden cameras to show staff screening audience members coming forward, ensuring none with obvious physical ailment get near Hinn.
"It's always somebody that has some kind of illness that can't be readily seen" that makes it to the stage, Justin Peters, a Baptist minister in Mississippi who studied Hinn, tells the CBC.
Hinn says the cures take place in the audience, not on stage, so no one still in a wheelchair is allowed on stage. God, he says, has obviously not cured these people.
"I won't let them up, because they haven't been healed," he says.
The CBC tracked down some of the people claimed to have been cured, only to find that they were either still sick, never had the condition they were supposedly cured of, or had died.
Speaking to the Star, Hinn says he is forced to rely on the word of those coming to his crusades to tell him they are cured.
"It's not my job to claim that they are healed. I have never done that," he says. "I'm not a doctor."
Hinn defends his use of luxury hotels and a private Gulfstream jet detailed by the CBC, saying they offer greater efficiency and security.
"People in my position will have threats," he told the Star. "If you ask for a secure (hotel) floor, you're going to pay more money."
Hinn also criticized the CBC for using hidden cameras and old footage he says depicts his wife just before she had a nervous breakdown.
இவர் இயேசு குணமாக்குகிறார் என்று பிரச்சார கூட்டங்கள் நடத்துவதில் யாரும் குணமடையவில்லை. ஆனால் டொனேஷன் என்று 250 மில்லியன் டாலரை கறந்திருக்கிறார். இவர் அந்த பணத்தை கணக்கு வழக்கில்லாமல் சொந்த செலவு செய்கிறார் என்பதையும் காட்டுகிறார்.
இப்படிப்பட்ட ஏமாற்றுப்பேர்வழிகளிடம் பொதுமக்கள் ஏமாந்து போகாமல் இருக்க இறையை இறைஞ்சுவோம்.
பொதுமக்களுக்கு அறிவுறுத்துவோம்.
Evangelist Hinn lands under a cloud
It's always somebody that has some kind of illness that can't be readily seen. Justin Peters , Baptist minister, in cbc expose Benny Hinn readies for crusade and defends lavish healing ministry
Aug 17, 2007 04:30 AM
Stuart Laidlaw
Faith and Ethics reporter
Pastor Benny Hinn, in Toronto this weekend for two days of miracle cures and old-time gospel, makes no apologies for all the money his far-flung ministries take in each year.
"The gospels are free, but the means of delivering the gospels is really expensive," Hinn, who got his start in Toronto 30 years ago, told the Star.
Tonight and tomorrow, Hinn brings his Texas-based Miracle Crusade to the Air Canada Centre, attracting up to 20,000 to each of his three shows.
The shows are free but, as at all his crusades, donations will be sought and many buckets will be passed as the audience sings rousing hymns along with a mass choir amid a light show worthy of a rock concert. While Hinn acknowledges people come mainly to see and take part in the healing miracles, that is left to the feverish end – they will first hear him preach, pray and sing in his trademark white suit.
But Hinn arrives under a cloud after the CBC's The Fifth Estate this week challenged his claims of miracle cures and described a lavish lifestyle of fancy cars, a 7,000-square-foot ocean-side mansion and luxury travel to five-star hotels on a private jet.
In the show, reporter Bob McKeown estimates Benny Hinn Ministries takes in as much as $250 million a year in donations and proceeds from sales of such items as autographed bibles.
Hinn, who keeps his finances private, doubts the show will hurt turnout at the ACC.
"They will never stop people from coming to meetings such as ours."
Followers donate money, he says, to ensure his work, including curing the sick, continues.
"They believe that God heals and they want to see something like this go on. They also understand it takes money to rent stadiums."
Hinn's sessions have gained a reputation for sudden miracle cures for cancer, blindness, diabetes and even AIDS over the past 30 years since his humble beginnings in a church hall at Bloor and Yonge. People dramatically fall to the floor proclaiming their health after a touch from Hinn's hand.
Hinn, however, professes to having nothing to do with making anybody healthy. "The Lord has not called me to heal people," he says. "He heals the people."
After the prayers, songs and preaching from the charismatic minister, Hinn tells the crowd he is getting a message from God that people in the audience are being cured, and he asks them to come to the stage. The Fifth Estate used hidden cameras to show staff screening audience members coming forward, ensuring none with obvious physical ailment get near Hinn.
"It's always somebody that has some kind of illness that can't be readily seen" that makes it to the stage, Justin Peters, a Baptist minister in Mississippi who studied Hinn, tells the CBC.
Hinn says the cures take place in the audience, not on stage, so no one still in a wheelchair is allowed on stage. God, he says, has obviously not cured these people.
"I won't let them up, because they haven't been healed," he says.
The CBC tracked down some of the people claimed to have been cured, only to find that they were either still sick, never had the condition they were supposedly cured of, or had died.
Speaking to the Star, Hinn says he is forced to rely on the word of those coming to his crusades to tell him they are cured.
"It's not my job to claim that they are healed. I have never done that," he says. "I'm not a doctor."
Hinn defends his use of luxury hotels and a private Gulfstream jet detailed by the CBC, saying they offer greater efficiency and security.
"People in my position will have threats," he told the Star. "If you ask for a secure (hotel) floor, you're going to pay more money."
Hinn also criticized the CBC for using hidden cameras and old footage he says depicts his wife just before she had a nervous breakdown.
இயேசுவை உணரமுடியாத மதர் தெரஸா
மதர் தெரஸாவின் கடிதங்களை தொகுத்து தற்போது புத்தகமாக வெளிவந்துள்ளது.
அதில் 1949இலிருந்து எழுதப்பட்ட கடிதங்களில், இயேசு என்று ஒன்றையும் தன்னால் உணரமுடியவில்லை, வெறுமைதான் அங்கிருக்கிறது. மனதில் வெறுமையே குடிகொண்டிருக்கிறது என்று திரும்பத்திரும்ப எழுதியிருக்கிறார்.
இயேசு தெரஸாவின் மீது அன்பு செலுத்துகிறார் என்று யார் எழுதினாலும் தன்னால் அதனை உணரவும் முடியவில்லை. வெறுமையே இருக்கிறது. இது பொய் என்றும் எழுதியிருக்கிறார்.
கடுமையான பிரார்த்தனைகள் பின்னாலும் இயேசுவை பற்றி ஒன்றுமே உணரமுடியவில்லை என்று எழுதியிருப்பது, கிறிஸ்துவத்தை நிராகரிக்கிற மேற்கத்திய நாஸ்திகவாதிகள் "அப்பவே சொன்னேனே கேட்டியா" என்று கேட்க வைத்திருக்கிறது.
இயேசுவை விற்க மதர் தெரஸா லேபிள் உதவும் என்பதால், வாடிகன் தொடர்ந்து மதர் தெரஸாவை ஸெயிண்ட் ஆக்கும் வேலைகளில் மும்முரமாக இருப்பதாக செய்தி தெரிவிக்கிறது.
Mother Teresa's '40-year faith crisis'
By Malcolm Moore, Rome Correspondent
Last Updated: 12:19pm BST 24/08/2007
Mother Teresa of Calcutta, who may be canonised as a saint by the Vatican later this year, had a deep crisis of faith in God for the last 40 years of her life, according to a new set of her letters.
The correspondence, which spans most of Mother Teresa's life, shows that she felt alone and in a state of spiritual pain from around 1949, roughly the time when she started taking care of the poor and dying in Calcutta.
Mother Teresa, who is likely to be canonised, admitted that she had begun to doubt God
Although she publicly proclaimed that her heart belonged "entirely to the Heart of Jesus", she wrote to the Rev Michael Van Der Peet, a spiritual confidant, in September 1979 that "Jesus has a very special love for you. As for me, the silence and emptiness is so great that I look and do not see, listen and do not hear. The tongue moves [in prayer] but does not speak."
The letter was written just a few weeks before she received the Nobel Peace Prize for her charitable work.
More than 40 other letters, many of which she had asked to be destroyed in her will, show her fighting off feelings of "darkness" and "torture".
The letters are published for the first time in a new book, Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light, and are edited by the Rev Brian Kolodiejchuk, a close friend.
advertisementHe wrote that during that period, Mother Teresa did not feel God "in her heart or in the eucharist".
Mr Kolodiejchuk gathered the letters as part of the process to make Mother Teresa a saint, and is responsible for arguing in her favour. He said the letters would show people another side of her life, and said that the fact that she was able to continue her work during such torment was a sign of her spiritual heroism. Mother Teresa has been beatified, and is awaiting canonisation.
The Vatican has insisted that the revelations will not obstruct her path to sainthood.
“Lord, my God, you have thrown [me] away as unwanted - unloved,” she wrote in one missive. “I call, I cling, I want, and there is no one to answer, no, no one. Alone. Where is my faith? even deep down right in there is nothing. I have no faith. I dare not utter the words and thoughts that crowd in my heart.”
She added: “I am told God loves me, and yet the reality of the darkness and coldness and emptiness is so great that nothing touches my soul. Did I make a mistake in surrendering blindly to the Call of the Sacred Heart?”
She even compared her problems to hell and admitted that she had begun to doubt the existence of heaven and God.
"The smile," she wrote, "is a mask or a cloak that covers everything. I spoke as if my very heart was in love with God, a tender personal love. If you were there you would have said, 'What hypocrisy'."
அதில் 1949இலிருந்து எழுதப்பட்ட கடிதங்களில், இயேசு என்று ஒன்றையும் தன்னால் உணரமுடியவில்லை, வெறுமைதான் அங்கிருக்கிறது. மனதில் வெறுமையே குடிகொண்டிருக்கிறது என்று திரும்பத்திரும்ப எழுதியிருக்கிறார்.
இயேசு தெரஸாவின் மீது அன்பு செலுத்துகிறார் என்று யார் எழுதினாலும் தன்னால் அதனை உணரவும் முடியவில்லை. வெறுமையே இருக்கிறது. இது பொய் என்றும் எழுதியிருக்கிறார்.
கடுமையான பிரார்த்தனைகள் பின்னாலும் இயேசுவை பற்றி ஒன்றுமே உணரமுடியவில்லை என்று எழுதியிருப்பது, கிறிஸ்துவத்தை நிராகரிக்கிற மேற்கத்திய நாஸ்திகவாதிகள் "அப்பவே சொன்னேனே கேட்டியா" என்று கேட்க வைத்திருக்கிறது.
இயேசுவை விற்க மதர் தெரஸா லேபிள் உதவும் என்பதால், வாடிகன் தொடர்ந்து மதர் தெரஸாவை ஸெயிண்ட் ஆக்கும் வேலைகளில் மும்முரமாக இருப்பதாக செய்தி தெரிவிக்கிறது.
Mother Teresa's '40-year faith crisis'
By Malcolm Moore, Rome Correspondent
Last Updated: 12:19pm BST 24/08/2007
Mother Teresa of Calcutta, who may be canonised as a saint by the Vatican later this year, had a deep crisis of faith in God for the last 40 years of her life, according to a new set of her letters.
The correspondence, which spans most of Mother Teresa's life, shows that she felt alone and in a state of spiritual pain from around 1949, roughly the time when she started taking care of the poor and dying in Calcutta.
Mother Teresa, who is likely to be canonised, admitted that she had begun to doubt God
Although she publicly proclaimed that her heart belonged "entirely to the Heart of Jesus", she wrote to the Rev Michael Van Der Peet, a spiritual confidant, in September 1979 that "Jesus has a very special love for you. As for me, the silence and emptiness is so great that I look and do not see, listen and do not hear. The tongue moves [in prayer] but does not speak."
The letter was written just a few weeks before she received the Nobel Peace Prize for her charitable work.
More than 40 other letters, many of which she had asked to be destroyed in her will, show her fighting off feelings of "darkness" and "torture".
The letters are published for the first time in a new book, Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light, and are edited by the Rev Brian Kolodiejchuk, a close friend.
advertisementHe wrote that during that period, Mother Teresa did not feel God "in her heart or in the eucharist".
Mr Kolodiejchuk gathered the letters as part of the process to make Mother Teresa a saint, and is responsible for arguing in her favour. He said the letters would show people another side of her life, and said that the fact that she was able to continue her work during such torment was a sign of her spiritual heroism. Mother Teresa has been beatified, and is awaiting canonisation.
The Vatican has insisted that the revelations will not obstruct her path to sainthood.
“Lord, my God, you have thrown [me] away as unwanted - unloved,” she wrote in one missive. “I call, I cling, I want, and there is no one to answer, no, no one. Alone. Where is my faith? even deep down right in there is nothing. I have no faith. I dare not utter the words and thoughts that crowd in my heart.”
She added: “I am told God loves me, and yet the reality of the darkness and coldness and emptiness is so great that nothing touches my soul. Did I make a mistake in surrendering blindly to the Call of the Sacred Heart?”
She even compared her problems to hell and admitted that she had begun to doubt the existence of heaven and God.
"The smile," she wrote, "is a mask or a cloak that covers everything. I spoke as if my very heart was in love with God, a tender personal love. If you were there you would have said, 'What hypocrisy'."
மனைவியை குரூரமாக தாக்கிய கிறிஸ்துவ பிஷப் விடுதலை
மனைவியை குரூரமாக தாக்கிய கிறிஸ்துவ பிஷப் விடுதலை செய்யப்பட்டார்.
Bynum's husband released
By D. AILEEN DODD, MIKE MORRIS
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 08/22/07
Thomas Weeks, the 54-year-old bishop who shares an international ministry with estranged wife Juanita Bynum, was released on bond Friday after surrendering on charges that he assaulted his wife.
Weeks spent about six hours inside the Fulton County Jail before emerging at 1:40 p.m., holding a finger to his lips to signal that he had no comment. He climbed into the passenger seat of a silver, four-door Jaguar and rode away.
Thomas Weeks' booking mug.
Juanita Bynum
Weeks's books include "What's on Your Mind: The Level of Your Success Begins with Your Thinking" and "Even As Your Soul Prospers: Realize Your Purpose, Release Your Blessings." Then, there was this book, "Teach Me How to Love You: The Beginnings."
RELATED LINKS:
• Video: Weeks in court
• Photos
• Weeks confessed marital problems
• More Atlanta news
In a brief hearing at the jail, bond was set at $30,000 on a charge of aggravated assault and $10,000 on a charge of terroristic threats, and a magistrate ordered Weeks to have no contact with Bynum or her sister, Tina Culpepper. Weeks, dressed in a gray suit and bow tie, sat silently in the small jail courtroom, his cuffed hands in his lap.
His next hearing will be Sept. 7 in Fulton County Superior Court.
Bynum, a fiery national evangelist whose sermons empower women to walk away from dead-end relationships, was allegedly struck by her husband Tuesday in a hotel parking lot after the pair had dinner together to discuss a reconciliation.
Police said Bynum, 48, has been whisked away by family as they decide what to do next.
A lawyer for Weeks said he will continue his ministry and try to reconcile with his wife after the allegations are dealt with.
"He is extremely sad over the events that have taken place," said Edward Garland, one of the two attorneys representing Weeks. "I think there is hope on his part that the relationship can get past these difficult moments.
"He has never had any accusation of any sort like this from her or anyone esle," said Garland. "There are a lot of circumstances surrounding these events that will be explained at a later time. He is turning it over to the court system at this point.''
Weeks, Garland said, will meet with "a variety of pastors over which he presides, and with his father, who is a minister, and he's going to make a prayerful decision as to how he proceeds. He's dedicated his whole life to the ministry, and we're very hopeful that he will be able to continue to lead the ministry."
Bynum and Weeks are co-founders of Global Destiny Church in Duluth. They were married in 2002 in a lavish televised wedding that featured a 7.76-carat diamond ring. They separated three months ago, said Bynum's sister, Tina Culpepper.
According to an Atlanta police incident report, Bynum said her husband "choked her, pushed her down, kicked and stomped her."
She told police Weeks "continued stomping" her into the ground until a hotel bell man pulled him away. Police also said Weeks threatened Bynum's life.
Culpepper said the couple was meeting for dinner at Concorde Grill in the Renaissance Concourse Hotel near Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport Tuesday night.
Police said the couple had met to work out their differences. Things soured, and Weeks walked out to the parking lot about 10:30 p.m., police said. He then turned back around and attacked her, said Officer Ron Campbell.
Weeks also threatened Bynum's life during the attack, police said. "Anytime you tell a person, 'I'm going to kill you,' that moves it up to a felony," Campbell said.
The bruises found on Bynum also were serious enough to bring felony aggravated assault charges against Weeks.
In a comment posted on her MySpace page, the Pentecostal evangelist said, "I am currently recovering from all of my injuries and resting well ... this too shall pass."
Her publicist, Amy Malone, said Bynum wants to keep the matter private.
"People are interpreting it to mean the two of them were fighting," Malone said. "They were not fighting. She was assaulted."
Clergy across metro Atlanta said they were saddened by the news of the public beating of Bynum, a respected "prophetess" whose star rose under the leadership of Bishop T.D. Jakes. Bynum is one of the leading speakers at Megafast, which has attracted hundreds of thousands of people to metro Atlanta in recent years.
Mixing love and ministerial work can take its toll on relationship for pastors with successful followings, clergy say.
"It is tremendously hard to balance a relationship," said the Rev. Cynthia L. Hale, pastor of Ray of Hope Christian Church. "If you happen to be more successful than your spouse or make more money or have greater prestige that is where the challenge comes in. There are many men who are secure in life, but there are also men who are insecure and they have struggled with having their wives [or girlfriends] excel in ways they don't."
Weeks has retained two lawyers: the well-known Garland, who in the past has represented NFL star Ray Lewis in his murder trial and millionaire James Sullivan, who ordered the murder of his socialite wife; and Louis Tesser.
The couple had a home in Duluth, Culpepper said. Upon their separation, Bynum moved to Waycross, where her administrative offices are located.
Members of a Georgia non-profit group, Love for All People, were working late Thursday to hire two bodyguards to protect Bynum. Culpepper said Bynum was appreciative but that it would not be necessary.
Word of the public fight spread to clergy across metro Atlanta who have either met the couple or know of them.
Once a homemaker, a hairdresser and a flight attendant, Bynum's big break came when televangelist Bishop T.D. Jakes invited her to speak at one of his conferences several years ago.
Jakes, who has worked closely with Bynum, had no comment, his spokeswoman said.
Operators at Bynum's ministry in Waycross, Juanita Bynum Ministries, asked the public "to be in prayer for her."
Culpepper, Bynum's sister, said she is keeping her sister company through this difficult time.
"She is resting well and healing of all the injuries," Culpepper said. "The injuries are not just physical."
Staff writer Saeed Ahmed and News Researchers Nisa Asokan, Alice Wertheim, Richard Hallman and Joni Zeccola contributed to this report.
John Spink / AJC
Attorney John Garland (from left), Bishop Thomas Weeks III and Sgt. E.C. Davis stand before Fulton judge Michael Wallace on Friday. The bond for Weeks, who is charged with assaulting his wife, was set at $30,000 on a charge of aggravated assault and $10,000 on a charge of terroristic threats.
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Bynum's husband released
By D. AILEEN DODD, MIKE MORRIS
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 08/22/07
Thomas Weeks, the 54-year-old bishop who shares an international ministry with estranged wife Juanita Bynum, was released on bond Friday after surrendering on charges that he assaulted his wife.
Weeks spent about six hours inside the Fulton County Jail before emerging at 1:40 p.m., holding a finger to his lips to signal that he had no comment. He climbed into the passenger seat of a silver, four-door Jaguar and rode away.
Thomas Weeks' booking mug.
Juanita Bynum
Weeks's books include "What's on Your Mind: The Level of Your Success Begins with Your Thinking" and "Even As Your Soul Prospers: Realize Your Purpose, Release Your Blessings." Then, there was this book, "Teach Me How to Love You: The Beginnings."
RELATED LINKS:
• Video: Weeks in court
• Photos
• Weeks confessed marital problems
• More Atlanta news
In a brief hearing at the jail, bond was set at $30,000 on a charge of aggravated assault and $10,000 on a charge of terroristic threats, and a magistrate ordered Weeks to have no contact with Bynum or her sister, Tina Culpepper. Weeks, dressed in a gray suit and bow tie, sat silently in the small jail courtroom, his cuffed hands in his lap.
His next hearing will be Sept. 7 in Fulton County Superior Court.
Bynum, a fiery national evangelist whose sermons empower women to walk away from dead-end relationships, was allegedly struck by her husband Tuesday in a hotel parking lot after the pair had dinner together to discuss a reconciliation.
Police said Bynum, 48, has been whisked away by family as they decide what to do next.
A lawyer for Weeks said he will continue his ministry and try to reconcile with his wife after the allegations are dealt with.
"He is extremely sad over the events that have taken place," said Edward Garland, one of the two attorneys representing Weeks. "I think there is hope on his part that the relationship can get past these difficult moments.
"He has never had any accusation of any sort like this from her or anyone esle," said Garland. "There are a lot of circumstances surrounding these events that will be explained at a later time. He is turning it over to the court system at this point.''
Weeks, Garland said, will meet with "a variety of pastors over which he presides, and with his father, who is a minister, and he's going to make a prayerful decision as to how he proceeds. He's dedicated his whole life to the ministry, and we're very hopeful that he will be able to continue to lead the ministry."
Bynum and Weeks are co-founders of Global Destiny Church in Duluth. They were married in 2002 in a lavish televised wedding that featured a 7.76-carat diamond ring. They separated three months ago, said Bynum's sister, Tina Culpepper.
According to an Atlanta police incident report, Bynum said her husband "choked her, pushed her down, kicked and stomped her."
She told police Weeks "continued stomping" her into the ground until a hotel bell man pulled him away. Police also said Weeks threatened Bynum's life.
Culpepper said the couple was meeting for dinner at Concorde Grill in the Renaissance Concourse Hotel near Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport Tuesday night.
Police said the couple had met to work out their differences. Things soured, and Weeks walked out to the parking lot about 10:30 p.m., police said. He then turned back around and attacked her, said Officer Ron Campbell.
Weeks also threatened Bynum's life during the attack, police said. "Anytime you tell a person, 'I'm going to kill you,' that moves it up to a felony," Campbell said.
The bruises found on Bynum also were serious enough to bring felony aggravated assault charges against Weeks.
In a comment posted on her MySpace page, the Pentecostal evangelist said, "I am currently recovering from all of my injuries and resting well ... this too shall pass."
Her publicist, Amy Malone, said Bynum wants to keep the matter private.
"People are interpreting it to mean the two of them were fighting," Malone said. "They were not fighting. She was assaulted."
Clergy across metro Atlanta said they were saddened by the news of the public beating of Bynum, a respected "prophetess" whose star rose under the leadership of Bishop T.D. Jakes. Bynum is one of the leading speakers at Megafast, which has attracted hundreds of thousands of people to metro Atlanta in recent years.
Mixing love and ministerial work can take its toll on relationship for pastors with successful followings, clergy say.
"It is tremendously hard to balance a relationship," said the Rev. Cynthia L. Hale, pastor of Ray of Hope Christian Church. "If you happen to be more successful than your spouse or make more money or have greater prestige that is where the challenge comes in. There are many men who are secure in life, but there are also men who are insecure and they have struggled with having their wives [or girlfriends] excel in ways they don't."
Weeks has retained two lawyers: the well-known Garland, who in the past has represented NFL star Ray Lewis in his murder trial and millionaire James Sullivan, who ordered the murder of his socialite wife; and Louis Tesser.
The couple had a home in Duluth, Culpepper said. Upon their separation, Bynum moved to Waycross, where her administrative offices are located.
Members of a Georgia non-profit group, Love for All People, were working late Thursday to hire two bodyguards to protect Bynum. Culpepper said Bynum was appreciative but that it would not be necessary.
Word of the public fight spread to clergy across metro Atlanta who have either met the couple or know of them.
Once a homemaker, a hairdresser and a flight attendant, Bynum's big break came when televangelist Bishop T.D. Jakes invited her to speak at one of his conferences several years ago.
Jakes, who has worked closely with Bynum, had no comment, his spokeswoman said.
Operators at Bynum's ministry in Waycross, Juanita Bynum Ministries, asked the public "to be in prayer for her."
Culpepper, Bynum's sister, said she is keeping her sister company through this difficult time.
"She is resting well and healing of all the injuries," Culpepper said. "The injuries are not just physical."
Staff writer Saeed Ahmed and News Researchers Nisa Asokan, Alice Wertheim, Richard Hallman and Joni Zeccola contributed to this report.
John Spink / AJC
Attorney John Garland (from left), Bishop Thomas Weeks III and Sgt. E.C. Davis stand before Fulton judge Michael Wallace on Friday. The bond for Weeks, who is charged with assaulting his wife, was set at $30,000 on a charge of aggravated assault and $10,000 on a charge of terroristic threats.
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மௌரிட்டானிய சட்டம் இஸ்லாமிய அடிமைமுறையை ஒழிக்க போதுமானதல்ல
மௌரிட்டானியாவில் புதியதாக கொண்டுவரப்பட்டிருக்கும் அடிமைமுறை ஒழிப்புச் சட்டம் மனித உரிமைகள் இயக்கத்தினர் கூறியுள்ளனர்
முதன்முறையாக அடிமைமுறையை குற்றம் என்று வகை செய்யப்பட்டிருந்தாலும், இந்த சட்டங்கள் முழுமையாக அடிமைமுறை ஒழிக்காது, வெறும் கண்துடைப்பு என்று மனித உரிமை இயக்கங்கள் கூறுகின்றன.
அரபுகளால் நிலங்கள் ஆக்கிரமிக்கப்பட்டு, நிலங்கள் இழந்து, சுதந்திரம் இழந்து அடிமைகளாக பல நூறு வருடங்களாக அடிமைப்பட்டு கிடக்கும் இந்த கருப்பின சகோதரர்களுக்காக என் அனுதாபங்கள்.
MAURITANIA: New anti-slavery law not enough for real change, activists say
24 Aug 2007 18:23:07 GMT
Source: IRIN
DAKAR, 24 August 2007 (IRIN) - The Mauritanian government must take additional measures to ensure a new law criminalizing slavery has an effect, human rights activists say.
"The new law is a very positive first step. It is only a first step though," said Romana Cacchioli, Africa Programme Coordinator for the British non-governmental pressure group, Anti-Slavery International. "We don't eradicate slavery just by introducing a law."
On 8 August, Mauritania's National Assembly unanimously adopted a law criminalizing slavery, which continues to exist in Mauritania in both traditional and contemporary forms. The law, passed by the Senate on 22 August, makes slavery punishable by 5-10 years in prison. It marks the first time in Mauritanian history that slave holders have been sanctioned.
However, in the wake of the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition on 23 August, local and international organisations are calling on the government to do more to give the law real meaning for the estimated half million slaves in Mauritania.
"Accompanying measures are necessary so that this law is not forgotten – so that it actually contributes to the emancipation of former slaves," said Mamadou Moctar Sarr, executive secretary of the forum of national human rights organisations in Mauritania.
"It's not too soon to start talking about the next steps that should be taken," said Julia Harrington of the Open Society Justice Initiative, an international programme for law reform. "The existing law is not really going to be effective all by itself," she told IRIN from Nouakchott, where she was meeting with NGOs to discuss how best they could lobby the government.
Other steps are necessary
NGOs are asking for a monitoring and implementation mechanism that would apply the law, investigate allegations of slavery, mediate the release of slaves and award compensation.
"The passage of this law is incredibly important and symbolic, but there's still a lack of clarity about what its practical effect is going to be," Harrington said.
As it stands now, victims of slavery must take their complaints to the police, "who probably don't have the mentality and definitely don't have the resources to implement the law." She said victims also need the legal right to take their masters to court in a civil suit, a provision that was not included in the law.
The NGOs insist former slaves need social and economic reintegration projects if they are to be truly free. They want the government to set up welcome centres for slaves who leave their masters and give them access to land and income-generating activities.
"Even if they are no longer slaves, as long as there is financial dependency, they will never be totally free," said Sarr, of the forum of Mauritanian human rights organisations.
Another key demand is free education for children of slave descent. "All these people need to know their rights, so that they know that they are whole persons who should be proud of themselves," Sarr added.
The groups say an awareness campaign is essential to spread the news that slavery is a criminal offence, and that it has also been deemed incompatible with Islam. Mauritania is West Africa's only Islamic republic. According to Cacchioli, religious leaders have promised to talk about the abolition of slavery in their sermons.
The groups are also pushing for a comprehensive law against discrimination, which would address the relationship between slavery and discrimination. "Many of the legacies of slavery are around discrimination," Cacchioli added, noting some people of slave descent have been prevented from owning land, accessing water and running in elections.
Longstanding practice
Slavery has existed for centuries in Mauritania, a Sahelian country which falls geographically and culturally between Arab North Africa and black sub-Saharan Africa. The enslavement of the black Arabic speakers (Haratines) is not limited to the upper class white Moores (Berber-Arabs), but also exists among black Africans, mostly of the Halpulaar and Soninké ethnic groups.
Prevalence of the internationally banned practice is hard to quantify. One estimate by the Open Society Justice Initiative places the number of slaves and former slaves at 20 percent of the population – or about 500,000 people – but the organisation says the numbers are impossible to confirm. According to most estimates, the Haratine cast – slaves, former slaves or the descendants of slaves – make up close between 40-50 percent of the Mauritanian population, although the government has not officially released results from the last census.
Forms of slavery in Mauritania range from people who live independently but cannot get married without their master's permission to people who "don't get a single bit of food unless it comes from their master's hands, spend their lives looking after their masters, and get beaten everyday," according to the Justice Initiative's Harrington.
Shift in attitudes
NGOs say that despite its shortcomings, the new law marks a huge shift in government attitude. Slavery was banned in Mauritania in 1981, but previous governments always denied the practice existed and the subject remained taboo.
"This law is a recognition that the practice exists," said Boubacar Messaoud, president of SOS-Esclaves, the local NGO that led the push for an anti-slavery law.
All NGOs contacted by IRIN said they believed Mauritania's first democratically elected government – elected in March 2007 – was sincere in its promise to eradicate slavery and would take their requests seriously.
"We are optimistic," Messaoud said. "And we will continue to push for these accompanying measures until one day we get them because they are the solution to the problem."
ha/vj/nr
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முதன்முறையாக அடிமைமுறையை குற்றம் என்று வகை செய்யப்பட்டிருந்தாலும், இந்த சட்டங்கள் முழுமையாக அடிமைமுறை ஒழிக்காது, வெறும் கண்துடைப்பு என்று மனித உரிமை இயக்கங்கள் கூறுகின்றன.
அரபுகளால் நிலங்கள் ஆக்கிரமிக்கப்பட்டு, நிலங்கள் இழந்து, சுதந்திரம் இழந்து அடிமைகளாக பல நூறு வருடங்களாக அடிமைப்பட்டு கிடக்கும் இந்த கருப்பின சகோதரர்களுக்காக என் அனுதாபங்கள்.
MAURITANIA: New anti-slavery law not enough for real change, activists say
24 Aug 2007 18:23:07 GMT
Source: IRIN
DAKAR, 24 August 2007 (IRIN) - The Mauritanian government must take additional measures to ensure a new law criminalizing slavery has an effect, human rights activists say.
"The new law is a very positive first step. It is only a first step though," said Romana Cacchioli, Africa Programme Coordinator for the British non-governmental pressure group, Anti-Slavery International. "We don't eradicate slavery just by introducing a law."
On 8 August, Mauritania's National Assembly unanimously adopted a law criminalizing slavery, which continues to exist in Mauritania in both traditional and contemporary forms. The law, passed by the Senate on 22 August, makes slavery punishable by 5-10 years in prison. It marks the first time in Mauritanian history that slave holders have been sanctioned.
However, in the wake of the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition on 23 August, local and international organisations are calling on the government to do more to give the law real meaning for the estimated half million slaves in Mauritania.
"Accompanying measures are necessary so that this law is not forgotten – so that it actually contributes to the emancipation of former slaves," said Mamadou Moctar Sarr, executive secretary of the forum of national human rights organisations in Mauritania.
"It's not too soon to start talking about the next steps that should be taken," said Julia Harrington of the Open Society Justice Initiative, an international programme for law reform. "The existing law is not really going to be effective all by itself," she told IRIN from Nouakchott, where she was meeting with NGOs to discuss how best they could lobby the government.
Other steps are necessary
NGOs are asking for a monitoring and implementation mechanism that would apply the law, investigate allegations of slavery, mediate the release of slaves and award compensation.
"The passage of this law is incredibly important and symbolic, but there's still a lack of clarity about what its practical effect is going to be," Harrington said.
As it stands now, victims of slavery must take their complaints to the police, "who probably don't have the mentality and definitely don't have the resources to implement the law." She said victims also need the legal right to take their masters to court in a civil suit, a provision that was not included in the law.
The NGOs insist former slaves need social and economic reintegration projects if they are to be truly free. They want the government to set up welcome centres for slaves who leave their masters and give them access to land and income-generating activities.
"Even if they are no longer slaves, as long as there is financial dependency, they will never be totally free," said Sarr, of the forum of Mauritanian human rights organisations.
Another key demand is free education for children of slave descent. "All these people need to know their rights, so that they know that they are whole persons who should be proud of themselves," Sarr added.
The groups say an awareness campaign is essential to spread the news that slavery is a criminal offence, and that it has also been deemed incompatible with Islam. Mauritania is West Africa's only Islamic republic. According to Cacchioli, religious leaders have promised to talk about the abolition of slavery in their sermons.
The groups are also pushing for a comprehensive law against discrimination, which would address the relationship between slavery and discrimination. "Many of the legacies of slavery are around discrimination," Cacchioli added, noting some people of slave descent have been prevented from owning land, accessing water and running in elections.
Longstanding practice
Slavery has existed for centuries in Mauritania, a Sahelian country which falls geographically and culturally between Arab North Africa and black sub-Saharan Africa. The enslavement of the black Arabic speakers (Haratines) is not limited to the upper class white Moores (Berber-Arabs), but also exists among black Africans, mostly of the Halpulaar and Soninké ethnic groups.
Prevalence of the internationally banned practice is hard to quantify. One estimate by the Open Society Justice Initiative places the number of slaves and former slaves at 20 percent of the population – or about 500,000 people – but the organisation says the numbers are impossible to confirm. According to most estimates, the Haratine cast – slaves, former slaves or the descendants of slaves – make up close between 40-50 percent of the Mauritanian population, although the government has not officially released results from the last census.
Forms of slavery in Mauritania range from people who live independently but cannot get married without their master's permission to people who "don't get a single bit of food unless it comes from their master's hands, spend their lives looking after their masters, and get beaten everyday," according to the Justice Initiative's Harrington.
Shift in attitudes
NGOs say that despite its shortcomings, the new law marks a huge shift in government attitude. Slavery was banned in Mauritania in 1981, but previous governments always denied the practice existed and the subject remained taboo.
"This law is a recognition that the practice exists," said Boubacar Messaoud, president of SOS-Esclaves, the local NGO that led the push for an anti-slavery law.
All NGOs contacted by IRIN said they believed Mauritania's first democratically elected government – elected in March 2007 – was sincere in its promise to eradicate slavery and would take their requests seriously.
"We are optimistic," Messaoud said. "And we will continue to push for these accompanying measures until one day we get them because they are the solution to the problem."
ha/vj/nr
© IRIN. All rights reserved. More humanitarian news and analysis: http://www.irinnews.org
ஈரானில் முடிவெட்ட தடை - பல பார்பர்ஷாப்புகள் மூடல்
இஸ்லாமிய கருத்துக்களுக்கு மாற்றாக இருப்பதால், பலர் மேற்குலக மனிதர்கள் போல முடிவெட்டிக்கொள்வதால், அந்த கடைகள் மூடப்பட்டுள்ளன.
Iran shuts 'Western' barber shops
Men also are subject to scrutiny over their clothing
Iranian police have closed more than 20 barbers' shops in the capital Tehran.
The authorities say the barbers were encouraging un-Islamic behaviour by offering Western hairstyles, tattooing and also eyebrow-plucking for men.
Police say they have inspected more than 700 shops during a two-week crackdown in the city.
The move is part of an annual campaign against what is known locally as bad hijab, or un-Islamic clothing, that this year is also targeting men.
Hundreds of women and men have already been cautioned.
Police say that as well as avoiding Western hairstyles and make up, barbers should not pluck customers' eyebrows.
The closure of the shops comes several months after barbers were warned that they could lose their licences if they did not comply.
However, police have denied a report that they have ordered barbers not to serve customers wearing ties.
Some young boys in Iran sport very wild hair styles, using gel to make their long hair stand on end in a fashion not seen in other countries, correspondents say.
Iran shuts 'Western' barber shops
Men also are subject to scrutiny over their clothing
Iranian police have closed more than 20 barbers' shops in the capital Tehran.
The authorities say the barbers were encouraging un-Islamic behaviour by offering Western hairstyles, tattooing and also eyebrow-plucking for men.
Police say they have inspected more than 700 shops during a two-week crackdown in the city.
The move is part of an annual campaign against what is known locally as bad hijab, or un-Islamic clothing, that this year is also targeting men.
Hundreds of women and men have already been cautioned.
Police say that as well as avoiding Western hairstyles and make up, barbers should not pluck customers' eyebrows.
The closure of the shops comes several months after barbers were warned that they could lose their licences if they did not comply.
However, police have denied a report that they have ordered barbers not to serve customers wearing ties.
Some young boys in Iran sport very wild hair styles, using gel to make their long hair stand on end in a fashion not seen in other countries, correspondents say.
Friday, August 24, 2007
நாங்கள் சீனாவுக்கு உதவவில்லை - கம்யுனிஸ்ட் சீத்தாராம் யேச்சூரி
இந்திய அமெரிக்க ஒப்பந்தத்தை தடுப்பதன் மூலம் சீனாவுக்கு உதவுகிறார்கள் என்ற குற்றச்சாட்டை சிபிஎம் கட்சி தலைவர் சிதாராம் யெச்சூரி மறுத்துள்ளார்.
இந்தியாவின் அணு விஞ்ஞான வளர்ச்சியை இந்த ஒப்பந்தம் மூலமாக காங்கிரஸ்தான் தடுக்கிறது என்று குற்றம் சாட்டினார். ஆகவே அதுதான் சீனாவுக்கும் பாகிஸ்தானுக்கும் உதவுகிறது என்றும் கூறினார்.
இதன் மூலம் கிராமங்களுக்கு மின்சாரம் கிடைக்குமே என்று கேட்டதற்கும் இதனை விட பாதிவிலையில் நீர் மின்சாரமும், பெட்ரோலை எரித்து மின்சாரமும் செய்யலாம் என்றும் கூறினார்.
அப்புறம் ஏன் மேற்கு வங்காளத்திலும் கேரளாவிலும் தொடர்ந்து மின்வெட்டுகள் இருக்கின்றன என்று பத்திரிக்கையாளர்கள் கேட்கவில்லை போலும்.
CPI(M) rules out helping China by deterring N-deal
Agencies | New Delhi
CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Sitaram Yechury on Friday brushed aside the allegation that the Left was helping China by opposing the India-US civil nuclear deal. He, contrarily, put the onus in this regard on the Government holding it responsible for reining in India's nuclear capabilities.
"This deal caps India's strategic capabilities. Who brought this deal -- this Government -- so who is helping China and Pakistan," he asked.
When asked whether they want the Government's declaration on the floor of the House he replied, "we are not insisting that it should come on the floor of the House... We just want a proper debate in Parliament which would establish support and opposition to the deal."
Ruling out the argument of the Government that the deal would provide electricity to millions of poor farmers in the country, he added, " the argument that the deal is for poor farmers, poor Indians was hollow. There are other options for power generation like Hydro, gas and thermal which are half the cost (of nuclear power)."
இந்தியாவின் அணு விஞ்ஞான வளர்ச்சியை இந்த ஒப்பந்தம் மூலமாக காங்கிரஸ்தான் தடுக்கிறது என்று குற்றம் சாட்டினார். ஆகவே அதுதான் சீனாவுக்கும் பாகிஸ்தானுக்கும் உதவுகிறது என்றும் கூறினார்.
இதன் மூலம் கிராமங்களுக்கு மின்சாரம் கிடைக்குமே என்று கேட்டதற்கும் இதனை விட பாதிவிலையில் நீர் மின்சாரமும், பெட்ரோலை எரித்து மின்சாரமும் செய்யலாம் என்றும் கூறினார்.
அப்புறம் ஏன் மேற்கு வங்காளத்திலும் கேரளாவிலும் தொடர்ந்து மின்வெட்டுகள் இருக்கின்றன என்று பத்திரிக்கையாளர்கள் கேட்கவில்லை போலும்.
CPI(M) rules out helping China by deterring N-deal
Agencies | New Delhi
CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Sitaram Yechury on Friday brushed aside the allegation that the Left was helping China by opposing the India-US civil nuclear deal. He, contrarily, put the onus in this regard on the Government holding it responsible for reining in India's nuclear capabilities.
"This deal caps India's strategic capabilities. Who brought this deal -- this Government -- so who is helping China and Pakistan," he asked.
When asked whether they want the Government's declaration on the floor of the House he replied, "we are not insisting that it should come on the floor of the House... We just want a proper debate in Parliament which would establish support and opposition to the deal."
Ruling out the argument of the Government that the deal would provide electricity to millions of poor farmers in the country, he added, " the argument that the deal is for poor farmers, poor Indians was hollow. There are other options for power generation like Hydro, gas and thermal which are half the cost (of nuclear power)."
தீபாவளி அமெரிக்க அரசாங்கத்தால் அங்கீகரிக்கப்பட செனட் பில்
செனட்டர் ராபர்ட் மெனண்டெஸ், செனட்டர் ஜான் கோரின் ஆகியோர் தீபாவளியை அங்கீகரிக்கப்பட்ட அமெரிக்க திருநாளாக ஆக்க பில் ஒன்றை செனட்டில் கொண்டுவந்திருக்கிறார்கள்.
ஜைனர்களும், சீக்கியர்களும், இந்துக்களும் கொண்டாடும் தீபாவளியை அங்கீகரிப்பதன் மூலம் வளர்ந்து வரும் இந்து மக்கள்தொகையை பிரதிபலிக்கும் என்று கூறுகிறார்கள்.
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US Senate Bill to Recognize Diwali
INDOlink News Bureau
Washington, DC; August 23, 2007 - Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced Senate Resolution 299, "recognizing the religious and historical significance of the festival of Diwali.”. The resolution affirms the importance of the festival in the lives of millions of Hindus, Jains and Sikhs in the United States. This is now a bicameral effort, following the introduction of House Resolution 245, cosponsored by Rep. Joe Wilson (R- SC) and Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) earlier this year.
Senator Menendez said, "With over 180,000 Indian Americans living in New Jersey today, I am proud to have introduced a resolution to recognize the religious and historical significance of the festival of Diwali. It is important that we celebrate the great diversity that makes up and strengthens our national fabric, and it gives me great pride to commemorate what Diwali stands for -- a time to be with family, and to pray for health, knowledge, and peace."
Perhaps the most widely recognized Hindu festival, Diwali/Deepavali will be celebrated globally this year on November 9. Diwali, or Deepvali, is known as the "Festival of Lights," referring to the rows of earthen lamps celebrants place around their homes. The light symbolizes the victory of knowledge over ignorance, and goodness over evil. It further represents an awareness of God in our lives.
In addition to its symbolic significance, many Hindus believe that Diwali marks the day that Lord Rama returned from a forced exile after defeating the ultimate force of evil in His time. The festival is celebrated over five days throughout India, marking the end of the Hindu calendar year. In addition to Hindus, Sikhs celebrate Diwali in commemoration of the release of the Sixth Guru, Hargobind, from captivity by the Mughal Emperor Jehangir. Jains recognize Diwali as the day Lord Mahavira, the last of the Tirthankaras, attained Nirvana, or liberation, after his death in 527 BCE.
This Bill is in the first step of the legislative process. Introduced Bills must be deliberated and revised within committee before general debate.
ஜைனர்களும், சீக்கியர்களும், இந்துக்களும் கொண்டாடும் தீபாவளியை அங்கீகரிப்பதன் மூலம் வளர்ந்து வரும் இந்து மக்கள்தொகையை பிரதிபலிக்கும் என்று கூறுகிறார்கள்.
வாழ்க வளமுடன்
US Senate Bill to Recognize Diwali
INDOlink News Bureau
Washington, DC; August 23, 2007 - Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced Senate Resolution 299, "recognizing the religious and historical significance of the festival of Diwali.”. The resolution affirms the importance of the festival in the lives of millions of Hindus, Jains and Sikhs in the United States. This is now a bicameral effort, following the introduction of House Resolution 245, cosponsored by Rep. Joe Wilson (R- SC) and Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) earlier this year.
Senator Menendez said, "With over 180,000 Indian Americans living in New Jersey today, I am proud to have introduced a resolution to recognize the religious and historical significance of the festival of Diwali. It is important that we celebrate the great diversity that makes up and strengthens our national fabric, and it gives me great pride to commemorate what Diwali stands for -- a time to be with family, and to pray for health, knowledge, and peace."
Perhaps the most widely recognized Hindu festival, Diwali/Deepavali will be celebrated globally this year on November 9. Diwali, or Deepvali, is known as the "Festival of Lights," referring to the rows of earthen lamps celebrants place around their homes. The light symbolizes the victory of knowledge over ignorance, and goodness over evil. It further represents an awareness of God in our lives.
In addition to its symbolic significance, many Hindus believe that Diwali marks the day that Lord Rama returned from a forced exile after defeating the ultimate force of evil in His time. The festival is celebrated over five days throughout India, marking the end of the Hindu calendar year. In addition to Hindus, Sikhs celebrate Diwali in commemoration of the release of the Sixth Guru, Hargobind, from captivity by the Mughal Emperor Jehangir. Jains recognize Diwali as the day Lord Mahavira, the last of the Tirthankaras, attained Nirvana, or liberation, after his death in 527 BCE.
This Bill is in the first step of the legislative process. Introduced Bills must be deliberated and revised within committee before general debate.
லாகூர் சீக்கிய கோவில், இந்திய அரசு நடவடிக்கை
இந்திய வெளியுறவுத்துறை அமைச்சர் பிரணாப் முகர்ஜி அவர்கள் பாகிஸ்தானில் சீக்கிய கோவிலை முஸ்லீம் கும்பல் ஆக்கிரமித்துள்ளதை பற்றிய அறிக்கை ஒன்றை தூதரக்த்திடம் கேட்டுள்ளார்.
18ஆம் நூற்றாண்டு சீக்கிய கோவிலுக்குள் நுழைந்து ஆக்கிரமித்துள்ள இந்த கும்பல், அந்த இடத்தை மீண்டும் சீக்கியர்களுக்கு கொடுக்க மாட்டோம் என்று அறிவித்துள்ளன்ர்.
Govt to take up Lahore gurdwara issue with Pakistan
24 Aug 2007, 0000 hrs IST,TNN
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said the government has sought a report from its high commission in Pakistan on an alleged takeover of a Sikh shrine in Lahore by hooligans.
Replying to a mention made by SAD member Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Mukherjee said once the government was aware of the facts, it would take up the matter with Pakistan and ensure that the shrine was released in case it was taken over by hooligans.
Reports from Pakistan said an 18th century Sikh shrine at Naulakha Bazaar in Lahore had been taken over by hooligans who had allegedly replaced the gurdwara's religious symbols with Islamic slogans.
The report had quoted Mampal Singh, a representative of the Sikh community in Pakistan, as saying, "Hooligans have taken over the gurdwara, claiming it as their own, and have stopped us from entering the premises for the past two months." Singh also claimed that the Evacuee Trust Property Board, which controls the gurdwara, was supporting hooligans' claim and not taking any action.
The report, which appeared in a Pakistani daily, had also quoted one of the hooligans as saying that they would not "vacate the gurdwara and the entry of Sikhs was prohibited".
18ஆம் நூற்றாண்டு சீக்கிய கோவிலுக்குள் நுழைந்து ஆக்கிரமித்துள்ள இந்த கும்பல், அந்த இடத்தை மீண்டும் சீக்கியர்களுக்கு கொடுக்க மாட்டோம் என்று அறிவித்துள்ளன்ர்.
Govt to take up Lahore gurdwara issue with Pakistan
24 Aug 2007, 0000 hrs IST,TNN
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said the government has sought a report from its high commission in Pakistan on an alleged takeover of a Sikh shrine in Lahore by hooligans.
Replying to a mention made by SAD member Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Mukherjee said once the government was aware of the facts, it would take up the matter with Pakistan and ensure that the shrine was released in case it was taken over by hooligans.
Reports from Pakistan said an 18th century Sikh shrine at Naulakha Bazaar in Lahore had been taken over by hooligans who had allegedly replaced the gurdwara's religious symbols with Islamic slogans.
The report had quoted Mampal Singh, a representative of the Sikh community in Pakistan, as saying, "Hooligans have taken over the gurdwara, claiming it as their own, and have stopped us from entering the premises for the past two months." Singh also claimed that the Evacuee Trust Property Board, which controls the gurdwara, was supporting hooligans' claim and not taking any action.
The report, which appeared in a Pakistani daily, had also quoted one of the hooligans as saying that they would not "vacate the gurdwara and the entry of Sikhs was prohibited".
காஷ்மீர் பெண்கள் இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாதிகளுக்கு எதிராக ஆயுதம் தாங்குகிறார்கள்
இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாதத்துக்கு எதிராக நடக்கும் மக்கள் போரில், தற்போது இந்துப்பெண்களும் இறங்கியிருக்கிறார்கள்.
ஜம்மு காஷ்மீரில் இஸ்லாமிய தீவிரவாதிகளால் கற்பழிப்பு கொலை என்று அல்லறுறும் பெண்கள் தற்போது தங்களை காத்துக்கொள்ள, ஆயுதப்பயிற்சி பெற ஆரம்பித்திருக்கிறார்கள்.
இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாதத்துக்கு எதிரான இவர்களது போராட்டம் வெற்றியடைய இறையை இறைஞ்சுவோம்.
Winds of change: J&K girls take up arms
Vikram Choudhary
Monday, August 13, 2007 (Naushera)
Fighting militancy in Jammu and Kashmir is no longer limited to just men. Women and girls are now picking up the gun to protect themselves and their homes.
They play hockey in Chake de India but in real life, young girls in remote border villages in Jammu and Kashmir are doing their bit for their country.
18-year-old Sona helps her mother with the household chores but soon she will also be protecting her neighbours from militants.
''I and my mother both have undergone this training. Now even if militants come when my father is not at home, we can protect ourselves and our house,'' said Sona Devi, VDC member, Sarya village.
27 women from this border village of Naushera have been trained to use AK-47s and other heavy-duty weapons. They will now be part of the village defence committees.
''For self defence and for the defence of the country, women should also come forward. Women should come out of their homes.
''I want to tell them that they should also learn how to use guns,'' said Sunita, VDC member, Sarya village.
The Indian Army has been training these women. Senior officers believe they are as capable of fighting militants as the men.
''In case of a threat, they can fight it. They will also help us, so that we can also take action.
''There are reports that women terrorists are being trained. These women can help us a lot in checking that,'' said Major Gen Rajinder Singh, GOC, DAH mountain division, Naushera.
So far about ninety women have been trained after they volunteered to be on the village defence committees.
A sign of the changing times even when it comes to fighting militancy.
ஜம்மு காஷ்மீரில் இஸ்லாமிய தீவிரவாதிகளால் கற்பழிப்பு கொலை என்று அல்லறுறும் பெண்கள் தற்போது தங்களை காத்துக்கொள்ள, ஆயுதப்பயிற்சி பெற ஆரம்பித்திருக்கிறார்கள்.
இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாதத்துக்கு எதிரான இவர்களது போராட்டம் வெற்றியடைய இறையை இறைஞ்சுவோம்.
Winds of change: J&K girls take up arms
Vikram Choudhary
Monday, August 13, 2007 (Naushera)
Fighting militancy in Jammu and Kashmir is no longer limited to just men. Women and girls are now picking up the gun to protect themselves and their homes.
They play hockey in Chake de India but in real life, young girls in remote border villages in Jammu and Kashmir are doing their bit for their country.
18-year-old Sona helps her mother with the household chores but soon she will also be protecting her neighbours from militants.
''I and my mother both have undergone this training. Now even if militants come when my father is not at home, we can protect ourselves and our house,'' said Sona Devi, VDC member, Sarya village.
27 women from this border village of Naushera have been trained to use AK-47s and other heavy-duty weapons. They will now be part of the village defence committees.
''For self defence and for the defence of the country, women should also come forward. Women should come out of their homes.
''I want to tell them that they should also learn how to use guns,'' said Sunita, VDC member, Sarya village.
The Indian Army has been training these women. Senior officers believe they are as capable of fighting militants as the men.
''In case of a threat, they can fight it. They will also help us, so that we can also take action.
''There are reports that women terrorists are being trained. These women can help us a lot in checking that,'' said Major Gen Rajinder Singh, GOC, DAH mountain division, Naushera.
So far about ninety women have been trained after they volunteered to be on the village defence committees.
A sign of the changing times even when it comes to fighting militancy.
எய்ட்ஸ் நோய்க்கு காரணம் கிறிஸ்துவ மதம்!
என்ன பொய் சொல்லி வேண்டுமானாலும் கிறிஸ்துவ தெய்வத்தை விற்கலாம் என்று அலையும் கிறிஸ்துவ பாதிரிகள், தற்போது சிக்குன்குனியாவுக்கு காரணம் இந்துமதம்தான், இந்துதெய்வங்களை வணங்குவதால்தான் சிக்குன்குனியா வருகிறது என்று திரைப்படத்தின் மூலம் பிரச்சாரம் செய்கிறார்கள்.
அப்படியானால், ஐரோப்பாவில் பிளேக் வந்து பாதி கிறிஸ்துவ ஐரோப்பிய ம்க்கள் தொகை அழிந்ததற்கு காரணம் கிறிஸ்துவ மதம்தானே?
தற்போது எய்ட்ஸ் ஐரோப்பா அமெரிக்காவில் தோன்றி உலகெங்கும் பரவுவதற்கும் கிறிஸ்துவ மதம்தானே காரணம்?
Worshipping Hindu gods the cause of Chikunguniya!
10/16/2006 10:42:57 AM HK
Thiruvalla: There is a group of vultures in the society named Pentecost Christians, seeking for an opportunity to tarnish Hinduism in the pretext of service. For them Natural calamities like Tsunami or Earth quake or Epidemics like Chikunguniya or Dengue fever is a golden opportunity to denigrate Hinduism and deceive the gullible people inorder to promote conversion.
When the state is wrapped up with the terrific Chikunguniya epidemic, Pentecoste group celebrates it by exhibiting films denigrating Sabarimala,Guruvayur and Mookambika.As per the Film version this Chikunguniya is spreaded in Kerala due to the worship of Hindus in their Holy temples and the only remedy to it is to take the path of their one and only god!
The pentecoste groups based in Thiruvalla and Kumbanadu is behind this present initiative to denigrate Hinduism in the name of Chikunguniya.The Film was exhibited in places like Kaviyoor,Eraviperur,Thottambhagam during last two days.
Based on the complaints from public, Hindu organisations under Hindu Aikya Vedi gheraaoed Believers church in Thottambhagum yesterday. Although police is aware of this nefarious attempts by Pentecost, in fear of loss of Votes and influence of Christian lobby, Government prevents police from taking any actions.
Hindu Aikya Vedi warned of severe repercussions if the Pentecosts go on with their denigrating campaign.
அப்படியானால், ஐரோப்பாவில் பிளேக் வந்து பாதி கிறிஸ்துவ ஐரோப்பிய ம்க்கள் தொகை அழிந்ததற்கு காரணம் கிறிஸ்துவ மதம்தானே?
தற்போது எய்ட்ஸ் ஐரோப்பா அமெரிக்காவில் தோன்றி உலகெங்கும் பரவுவதற்கும் கிறிஸ்துவ மதம்தானே காரணம்?
Worshipping Hindu gods the cause of Chikunguniya!
10/16/2006 10:42:57 AM HK
Thiruvalla: There is a group of vultures in the society named Pentecost Christians, seeking for an opportunity to tarnish Hinduism in the pretext of service. For them Natural calamities like Tsunami or Earth quake or Epidemics like Chikunguniya or Dengue fever is a golden opportunity to denigrate Hinduism and deceive the gullible people inorder to promote conversion.
When the state is wrapped up with the terrific Chikunguniya epidemic, Pentecoste group celebrates it by exhibiting films denigrating Sabarimala,Guruvayur and Mookambika.As per the Film version this Chikunguniya is spreaded in Kerala due to the worship of Hindus in their Holy temples and the only remedy to it is to take the path of their one and only god!
The pentecoste groups based in Thiruvalla and Kumbanadu is behind this present initiative to denigrate Hinduism in the name of Chikunguniya.The Film was exhibited in places like Kaviyoor,Eraviperur,Thottambhagam during last two days.
Based on the complaints from public, Hindu organisations under Hindu Aikya Vedi gheraaoed Believers church in Thottambhagum yesterday. Although police is aware of this nefarious attempts by Pentecost, in fear of loss of Votes and influence of Christian lobby, Government prevents police from taking any actions.
Hindu Aikya Vedi warned of severe repercussions if the Pentecosts go on with their denigrating campaign.
ஹைப்பர் டென்ஷனுக்கு சிறந்த மருந்து யோகா!
அமெரிக்காவில் மட்டும் 50 மில்லியன் மக்கள் ஹைப்பர் டென்ஷனால் பாதிக்கப்படுகிறார்கள் என்று கணக்கிடப்பட்டிருக்கிறது.
மருத்துவ ஆராய்ச்சியாளர்கள் யோகா ஹைப்பர் டென்ஷனுக்கு சிறந்த மருந்து என்று ஆராய்ந்து அறிந்துள்ளார்கள்.
வாழ்க வளமுடன்
Yoga Can Reduce Hypertension, Test Says
By Regina Sass
Published Aug 23, 2007
Most visits to a physician's office are for hypertension or high blood pressure. In America alone, there are 50 million people suffering from hypertension. Unfortunately, despite these numbers, there is no really adequate treatment. This leads to hypertension being the highest common risk factor for stroke, heart failure and kidney disease and there is no indication that it is going to get any better in the near future.
Meanwhile, 42% of Americans use complementary and alternative medicine techniques for their health care. These products cost the American public more money than they spent for doctors serviced in all of 1997. And all of these costs are out of pocket.
Close to 8% of the population who suffer from hypertension, almost 3million people, are estimated to have tried mind-body techniques at least once as an alternative treatment for hypertension.
In mind and body medicine the patient used behavioral methods to supplement to mind's own capacity to affect the symptoms. There are various different techniques in mind and body medicine like meditation, prayer, mental healing and even such activities as art, music and dance. Back in 2002, there were approximately 30 million patients who used techniques such as meditation and yoga and an additional 10 million who used yoga alone and 25% found them to be very helpful.
Up until now, there has been very little research done for the purpose of distinguishing between practices that are really safe and effective and those that are popular because of creative marketing and just plain, old stories, or what some would call old wives tales.
That is until now. Researchers have conducted a review of all of the methods with the aim being to judge each one's efficiency. The researchers looked at the changes in systolic and diastolic blood pressure from before the test and after.
The mind body techniques they used were meditation, yoga and guided imagery, either by themselves or in combination with conventional treatment. There were some who only got conventional treatment and some who had no intervention at all.
The participants in the mind- body therapy group were men and women who were not pregnant, who were all over 18 and suffering from hypertension. The results showed a significant reduction in both systolic and diastolic blood pressure.
Of the three techniques used, yoga produced the best results. Combining yoga with meditation, greatly reduced the systolic number and yoga alone reduces the diastolic. The reduction in the numbers that the yoga group achieved is comparable to the numbers necessary to reduce vascular death rates and a decrease in overall cardiac risk.
Source: American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP) http://www.newswise.com/
மருத்துவ ஆராய்ச்சியாளர்கள் யோகா ஹைப்பர் டென்ஷனுக்கு சிறந்த மருந்து என்று ஆராய்ந்து அறிந்துள்ளார்கள்.
வாழ்க வளமுடன்
Yoga Can Reduce Hypertension, Test Says
By Regina Sass
Published Aug 23, 2007
Most visits to a physician's office are for hypertension or high blood pressure. In America alone, there are 50 million people suffering from hypertension. Unfortunately, despite these numbers, there is no really adequate treatment. This leads to hypertension being the highest common risk factor for stroke, heart failure and kidney disease and there is no indication that it is going to get any better in the near future.
Meanwhile, 42% of Americans use complementary and alternative medicine techniques for their health care. These products cost the American public more money than they spent for doctors serviced in all of 1997. And all of these costs are out of pocket.
Close to 8% of the population who suffer from hypertension, almost 3million people, are estimated to have tried mind-body techniques at least once as an alternative treatment for hypertension.
In mind and body medicine the patient used behavioral methods to supplement to mind's own capacity to affect the symptoms. There are various different techniques in mind and body medicine like meditation, prayer, mental healing and even such activities as art, music and dance. Back in 2002, there were approximately 30 million patients who used techniques such as meditation and yoga and an additional 10 million who used yoga alone and 25% found them to be very helpful.
Up until now, there has been very little research done for the purpose of distinguishing between practices that are really safe and effective and those that are popular because of creative marketing and just plain, old stories, or what some would call old wives tales.
That is until now. Researchers have conducted a review of all of the methods with the aim being to judge each one's efficiency. The researchers looked at the changes in systolic and diastolic blood pressure from before the test and after.
The mind body techniques they used were meditation, yoga and guided imagery, either by themselves or in combination with conventional treatment. There were some who only got conventional treatment and some who had no intervention at all.
The participants in the mind- body therapy group were men and women who were not pregnant, who were all over 18 and suffering from hypertension. The results showed a significant reduction in both systolic and diastolic blood pressure.
Of the three techniques used, yoga produced the best results. Combining yoga with meditation, greatly reduced the systolic number and yoga alone reduces the diastolic. The reduction in the numbers that the yoga group achieved is comparable to the numbers necessary to reduce vascular death rates and a decrease in overall cardiac risk.
Source: American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP) http://www.newswise.com/
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