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October 2013

In this issue: Indian-Americans Seeking Office in Morrisville Agate jewelry and worker deaths

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How the shiny Agate stones in jewelry and rosary beads are killing workers. pg. 8 Indian-Americans Seeking Office in Morrisville pg. 14 How Myanmar is working to wriggle itself free from China, the “empire next door.” pg. 30 Meet Nina Davuluri, the first Indian-American, crowned Miss America pg. 36 Living in the shadow of ‘fair and lovely’For reasons of beauty and culture, many women in sunny Pakistan are deficient in vitamin D. pg. 42 A Restaurant for Vultures In Pakistan. Vultures’ numbers have dwindled because of the chemical-laden carcasses on which they feed. pg. 56 How China chokes its neighbors. Asia's latest diplomatic flashpoint? Air pollution. pg. 62 Catch up on what all the local and regional community organizations are up to as well as their upcoming events in our Community Organizations section on pg. 106.

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Agates and worker deaths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 08 Indian-Americans Seeking Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 14 Upcoming Movie Releases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 18 Film Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 20 Sangeet and Evergreen Film Lyrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 24 Indian Classical Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 26 Chinese Influence in Myanmar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 30 First Indian-American Miss America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 36 Behind Congressional Curtain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 38 Vitamin D Deficiency in Pakistani Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 42 Children’s Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 44 Mastering Meaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 46 Immigration Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 48 Dances of India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 50 It Takes a Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 52 Gandhi Ashram Amdavad Pictorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 54 Vultures in Decline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 56 Carolina Balloon Fest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 60 Chinese Pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 62 Thinking About Thinking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 64 Marketing Turnaround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 68 NASA Probes Deep Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 70 Nutrition for Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 76 Recipes of the Month . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 78 Healthwise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 80 Business Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 86 Community Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 94 Community Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 106 Pop’s Puzzles and Jokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 132 FYI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 134 Festivals and Holidays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 134 Puzzle Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 134 AstroScope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 136 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 138 Index of Advertisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 140 Saathee.com

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How the shiny

rosary beads are killing workers Much of the inexpensive jewelry in US malls features polished “agate” stones, which are leaving a trail of death in India.

“This is the stone that everyone should have,” asserts one web retailer.

But the stone’s silica content means that grinders and polishers are highly susceptible to silicosis, or “grinder’s asthma” — an incurable, tuberculosis-like occupational disease.

That’s especially true in India, where agate workers typically earn less than a dollar a day, and exploitative employment conditions prevent them from adopting even basic safety measures.

According to investigations by the Vadodara-based People’s Training and Research Center (PTRC) and the Amdavad-based National Institute of Occupational Health (NIOH), agate grinding and polishing here ranks among the world’s most dangerous work. As many as a third of Khambhat agate workers develop silicosis.

Since the grinding and polishing work takes place in sheds and empty lots located in residential areas, it also claims one out of ten of the workers’ children and family members, who breathe the same deadly air.

Because of India’s disastrous preference for tiny, unregulated sweatshops over formal sector industries, there’s no visible target like Foxconn to shoulder the blame — even though Khambhat exports hundreds of thousands of pounds of polished agate to be sold by US retailers each year.

And virtually nobody in India or abroad is doing anything to stop the killing of Khambhat’s stone polishers.

“It’s not exactly rocket science. The cause of silicosis among gem cutters is known, and the means to prevent it are readily accessible,” said Brian Leber, chief executive of Chicago-based Leber Jeweler Inc. Leber has done extensive advocacy work to eliminate dangerous and exploitative labor practices in the colored gemstones industry worldwide.

y Jason Overdorf - GlobalPost.com

KHAMBHAT, India — A few years ago, when occupational safety activists came to Hydersha Diwan’s village here, 300 miles north of Mumbai, he drove them away with threats and bluster.

Today, he wishes that he’d listened.

Doctors say the 50-year-old is dying of silicosis, a wasting lung disease that he contracted inhaling deadly silica dust as a grinder of agates — colorful, semi-precious stones exported to the United States and other Western countries, and commonly used in silver and brass jewelry, rosary beads and home decorations.

“I was a supervisor for a grinding and polishing unit for 10 years or so,” says Diwan. “But when the workers stopped coming, I did the grinding myself for three or four years.”

Once a proud, muscular man, Diwan is hollow-eyed and emaciated, unable to sleep and hardly able to eat because of a relentless, hacking cough.

Throughout a GlobalPost interview with his family members, he slumps on the stoop of his home and coughs. The sound of it is horrible: a dry, futile rasp that yields no relief. It goes on and on, forcing a listener to imagine the sand that fills his lungs. Finally, he reels forward and spits a long, viscous trail of saliva onto the pavement, making it clear why he has positioned himself on the edge of the stoop.

Then the coughing overcomes him again.

Some may call it poetic justice, given Diwan’s hostile reaction to the occupational safety activists.

Diwan’s workers “stopped coming” when the deaths of friends of co-workers made it impossible to deny that their jobs were killing them. Some failed to show up because they were dying themselves.

But silicosis is a fate too horrible to wish on anyone, and An ancient trade Once known as Cambay, Khambhat has been an important Diwan only bears a small portion of the blame for the disease that, mercifully, took his life as well, 10 days after he met with center for gem and agate processing for hundreds of years.

Although the city’s traders now source the raw stones from as GlobalPost. far away as Africa, and though silt has choked the local river, closing the ancient port, in some ways the agate polishing Agates at a mall near you An opaque, semi-precious stone, an agate would be familiar industry has hardly changed.

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“My whole family is doing this work,” one of the women said, desperately. “Do something for us.”

But most, if not all of them, use this ancient system of outsourcing.

This enables them to avoid implementing safety standards that would be required under Indian law if they located their equipment under one roof and hired their workers under contract, according to Jagdish Patel, the occupational safety expert who founded PTRC in 1992.

It’s a stretch to call these laborers self-employed. PTRC’s survey of nearly 5,000 agate workers found that three-quarters do not own the machines they use. Fewer than one percent buy their raw stones or sell the finished agate. And many take advance payment, or “baki,” that effectively leaves them in thrall to an agate trader, even though all forms of bonded labor are illegal in India.

“Self-employment in agate work is a deceit,” Sudarshan Iyengar, vice chancellor of Amdavad-based Gujarat Vidyapith University wrote in a monograph to the PTRC study.

The result is disastrous.

To make agate grinding and polishing safe, manufacturers need to use a combination of water and suction to knock down the deadly silica dust and prevent workers from breathing it.

Because Khambhat’s workers are paid a piece rate that averages about $1 a day, they’re unable to buy basic safety gear, such as a dust mask. The margins are so thin that even middlemen who employ five or six workers cannot afford the electricity for water pumps and exhaust systems.

“The relationship between traders and workers is temporary,” said Khushman Patel, secretary of an area traders’ organization called the Cambay Agate Association. “But we have made some recommendations to the workers about safety.”

According to the agate trader, it is hard to find workers today. “Even the poor send their kids to school and you can’t find unskilled laborers,” he said. As a result, local firms Diwan’s workers “stopped are shifting away from products such as rosary coming” when the deaths of beads that require a lot of friends of co-workers made grinding — the most it impossible to deny that dangerous process — to their jobs were killing them. more natural shapes that can be created by chipping and polishing.

Throughout Khambhat, however, workers still grind stones into beads by the hundreds of thousands, by pressing them against a clattering vertical wheel that produces a cloud of silica dust. Sometimes they work without even a bandana over their mouths for protection.

Conducting a house-to-house survey in 2010, PTRC identified nearly 5,000 of these cottage industry workers, including around 1,200 workers drilling holes for stringing beads and 700 grinders — who run the highest risk of contracting silicosis.

When GlobalPost visited some of these grinders, a snowy coat of silica dust covered the machines. We could see and taste the silica in the air. Worse still, the processing was being done amid villages where hundreds of people live, often just outside workers’ homes.

In one village, 50 paces from a house where another grinder had recently died, two women were grinding agate for beads without water or an exhaust system to collect the dust. Dressed in cheap cotton saris and rubber flip-flops, all they had for protection were the bandanas covering their noses and mouths.

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Industry apathy Jagdish Patel, of PTRC, worked for years to force local traders and government bodies like the Gems and Jewelry Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) to acknowledge that the industry was killing workers. (The secretary of the Cambay Agate Association and the PTRC activist are not related; Patel is a common surname here).

A balding chemical engineer whose cherubic face belies the dogged temperament of a trade union activist, Jagdish Patel traveled to Hong Kong, Geneva and Basel, to protest at trade fairs and meet with officials from the International Labor Organization (ILO) and World Health Organization (WHO).

Only after a damning 2010 report on silicosis in the Indian agate industry by the US-based National Labor Committee did the GJEPC finally visit Khambhat to address the issue.

But when GJEPC finally organized a public meeting to discuss silicosis, it was monopolized by traders who refused to accept that their industry was causing the disease.

According to the activist, nothing substantial has changed.

“We wanted the [gem] council to shoulder some responsibility for this,” Jagdish Patel said. “You do not have any moral right to promote the export of these products unless you shoulder the responsibility for the death and disease. But they are still not doing anything positive.”

A 2010 GJEPC plan to build a safe, common facility for workers, funded by agate traders, could eliminate the worst effects of the industry’s loosely regulated outsourcing practices.

But the PTRC activist laments that it has not gotten off the drawing board.

GJEPC says work is progressing.

“The Council is sensitizing the workers of Khambhat with the hazards of the technology which they are using,” Sanjay Singh, regional director, GJEPC Jaipur, told GlobalPost by email.

“A center of excellence is being set up in Khambhat with the help of Government of India and State Government of Gujarat where workers will be trained on machines of nonhazardous technology. At this center the workers will be allowed to use the machines for manufacturing the agate gems of their own on payment of nominal user charges. ... The land allotment is in process. It is expected that it will start in a year’s time.”

For many workers and their family members, that will be too late.

A deadly epidemic Silicosis is virtually inevitable after years of inhaling silica dust, which scars and inflames the lungs. But as little as a few weeks of exposure to high concentrations of silica dust can cause the disease. Once contracted, silicosis itself is incurable and the acute form is fatal. Moreover, it has been shown to cause lung cancer and it makes its sufferers three times more likely to contract tuberculosis, which is endemic in India.

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Dr. Narendra Singh. In the early 1980s along with my wife and our four children, we made Morrisville our home. Currently I am serving as the Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Physical Science at Methodist University in Fayetteville, N.C. I have a rich background in academics, research, management and administration. I hold a PhD in Nuclear Chemistry from Banaras Hindu University. As I progressed in my teaching career, I have served as Associate Dean at Methodist University for four years and received numerous awards and recognitions from AT&T Bell Lab UT Knoxville, UNC – Chapel Hill and Princeton University. I have been a member of Morrisville Town Board of Adjustment since 2009.

Currently, I am serving as the Vice Chair of the Board of Adjustments.

What is your motivation for seeking office?

Morrisville is my home. There is no better way to give back than by public service and community work. I want our kids, family and friends to be the part of an evolving town of Morrisville to a model town.

What are your aspirations for Morrisville and the Triangle area in general?

For Morrisville, I envision a plan “Vision 2020” which symbolizes clarity and long-term thinking. As per this vision, my focus will be centered on three initiatives: convenience, development and evolution. I am committed to making Morrisville a crowning jewel of Research Triangle Park by bringing citizens, services, and technology together.

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As the Indian-American population grows around the country and the community leaves its imprint on all facets of American life, there’s one area that the community is still lacking in. That area is the political arena. Indian-Americans are succeeding in business, academics, corporations, making their names everywhere, but very few become politically active enough to actually run for office.

There are a handful of famous examples of current IndianAmerican office holders, Nikki Haley and Bobby Jindal are the most prominent. Of course the younger generation, the 2nd generation of immigrants, is quite active in organizing.

But until recently political participation, other than voting during major election years, has been lacking in the IndianAmerican as well as the South Asian community in general.

Things are changing around the country and towns like Morrisville, NC. In the Triangle area of North Carolina, namely the town of Morrisville (bordering Raleigh), political participation is brewing. There are four Indian-Americans running for office, three for the town council and one for the office of mayor.

According to the Census Bureau, the Asian Indian population in Morrisville was around 3,700 in 2010, which is about 20 percent of the town’s total population. The Triangle area is well-known around the globe as one of the tech hubs of the country and it is fertile grounds for education as there are several top-notch universities in close proximity. So, the region is a magnet for Indian-Americans and the community has been growing steadily. The sister town of Cary as well as the larger Raleigh also have large populations of Indian-Americans.

So come November four candidates are vying for political positions to help Morrisville (motto “the heart of the Triangle”) move further into the 21st Century.

Rao Bondalapati is running for Town Council’s District 4 seat, Vinod “Vinnie” Goel is seeking the District 2 seat, while Steve Rao is seeking reelection for his At Large Council seat.

None are competing with each other. Dr. Narendra Singh is running for the office of Mayor.

Dr. Vinnie Goel has been doing business in Morrisville since 1995 and living in the town since 2005. He manages two small successful businesses. If elected, he would like to promote Morrisville among the friendliest places to live-in, work, and do business, in the Triangle area. Goel believes in helping-hand philosophy and is involved in a number of social and community organizations. Dr Goel is a licensed Professional Civil Engineer and Environmentalist with over 25 years working as consultant to Federal, State, and Local Governments including schools, universities, highways, and military bases throughout the US and Overseas. Dr Goel’s qualifications are: Proven leadership with extensive related experience; successful entrepreneur; and an independent unaffiliated thinker who keeps his constituents interest first and foremost.

What is your motivation for seeking office?

I have been working in the Town since 1995 and with the City Council since 2005. Because of my leadership quality, many of current Council members wanted me to come on Council and serve with them. A large number of citizens and businesses felt the same way. I had also served Town of Cary on various Boards and got lot of encouragement and motivation from the communities in the Triangle area to seek an elected office.

What are your aspirations for Morrisville and the Triangle area in general?

Here’s an introduction as provided by each candidate and answers to some questions. Answers have been edited for brevity.

Rao Bondalapati, popularly known in the community as “Bond” has been a resident of Morrisville since the early 2000’s. He comes from a technical background and currently works as a product specialist at Quintiles, a leading provider of biopharmaceutical development.

What is your motivation for seeking office?

Public Service. I really like to get things going in Morrisville town and bring specific improvements in the areas the community really cares for. I truly believe in bipartisanship and transparent working style.

What are your aspirations for Morrisville and the Triangle area in general?

Better schooling for kids, safe and well lit Morrisville, Infrastructure keeping with growth, and Effective management of town financials and focus on true painpoints.

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Mahima Chaudhary to dance in Kaanchi Mahima Chaudhary, who has been away from Bollywood for nearly five years, is making a comeback with Subhash Ghai’s upcoming film Kaanchi. She will be seen doing a special appearance in the film for the dance song “Kambal Ke Neeche.” The song has already been shot at Film City studio in Mumbai. Kaanchi stars Karthik, debutant Mishti and will also feature veteran stars Rishi Kapoor and Mithun Chakraborty in prominent roles.

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Tandon to play Jazz singer in Bombay Velvet Raveena Tandon, last seen in the Amitabh Bachchan film Bbuddha Hoga Terra Baap, will soon be seen in the project Bombay Velvet. According to reports she will perform the role of a jazz singer in the film. Bombay Velvet is directed and coproduced by Anurag Kashyap. The film is said to be based on historian Gyan Prakash’s Mumbai Fables and it is the story of how the city became a metropolis against the backdrop of love, greed, violence and jazz music. The film features Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma in lead roles.

Boss Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar returns in the actionpacked film Boss. According to early reviews the film features a combination of action, comedy, and fast-paced music. The film has songs composed by various music directors and one party song sung by YoYo Honey Singh. Akshay Kumar essays the role of a gangster and the film also features Aditi Rao Hydari, Shiv Pandit, Danny Denzongpa, Johnny Lever, Parikshit Sahni and Prabhu Deva. Sonakshi Sinha makes her entry in the film with an item track. Boss releases on October 16, 2013.

Diana The upcoming film Diana is the story of one of the world’s most iconic women — the Princess of Wales, Diana. Naomi Watts portrays the late princess in the last two years of her life.

Krrish 3 Whooooosh, Hrithik Roshan returns soon in Krrish 3. The third installment in the superhero series also stars Vivek Oberoi, Priyanka Chopra, and Kangana Ranaut. The film will feature innovative special effects and is directed by Rakesh Roshan.

Bollywood superstar Hrithik Roshan appears in the film in a triple role, that of Rohit (Krrish’s father), Krishna (alter ego of Krrish) and Krrish (the superhero). The action-packed film is set to release on Diwali 2013.

Director Oliver Hirschbiegel explores Diana’s final rite of passage: a secret love affair with Pakistani heart surgeon Dr. Hasnat Khan, portrayed by Naveen Andrews (“Lost,” The English Patient). Hirschbiegel directs from a screenplay by playwright Stephen Jeffreys, inspired by the book “Diana: Her Last Love by Kate Snell,” which was in turn drawn from extensive interviews with close friends and confidantes. The result is a window into the tumultuous, change-filled period from 1995-1997, in the wake of Diana’s shattering divorce from Prince Charles, and at the moment when she stood on the cusp of a different life, evolving into a global humanitarian, a master of maneuvering fame and becoming her own woman. The film is set for release on November 1.

Om Puri in a Steven Spielberg film Om Puri, known for his character performances, is set to act in the Hollywood film titled The Hundred Foot Journey. The film is an adaptation on the book by the same name written by Richard C. Morais and is produced by Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey. Om Puri who has already appeared in Hollywood films plays the role of a Muslim chef who owns an Indian restaurant in a small French town. The film also stars Helen Mirren as Madam Mallory along with Manish Dayal who plays Om Puri’s son Hassan. The actor recently flew to Europe for the filming.

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Mirza Sahibaan to be shot in Ladakh Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s ambitious project Mirza Sahibaan which also marks the debut of Anil Kapoor’s son Harshvardhan, is a love story. Director Mehra fell in love with the rough terrain of Ladakh while filming his last movie Bhag Milkha Bhaag. Mehra has finalized the stark geography of Ladakh and will begin filming as locations are scouted.

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In 1997, a group of film industry stalwarts headed by late Hrishikesh Mukherjee founded the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image. The main intention was to organize an annual International Film Festival of which the film industry and the country can be proud of. MAMI Board of Trustees clarified in their Mission Statement in 1997, “We feel it is the need of the hour to disseminate and inculcate good cinema among Indian audiences. The only way to achieve this is to celebrate cinema by hosting an international film festival in Mumbai (birth place of Indian Cinema), India’s film and entertainment capital.

Mumbai Academy of Moving Image is committed to start Mumbai’s first independent international film festival organized by practicing film makers.” MAMI is chaired by the internationally renowned Indian filmmaker Shyam Benegal.

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Tribute to past Hindustani singers

By Kirit Shukla Song: Ai mohabbat tere ...

Film: Non-filmy Gazal Year: 1965 Music: Murli Manohar Swarup Singer: Begum Akhtar Lyric: Shakeel Badāyuni Based on Indian Classical Rāgā: Bhairavi Tāl/Rhythm: Dādrā Ai mohabbat tere Lyrics in English: Ai mohabbat tere anjām pe ronā āyā Jāne kyun āja tere nāma pe ronā āyā Yun to har shāma umidon men guzar jāti thi Āja kuchha bāta hai jo shām pe ronā āyā; Ai mohabbat ...

Kabhi taqadir kā mātam kabhi duniyā kā gilā Manzil-e-ishq men har gāma pe ronā āyā; Ai mohabbat ...

Jab huā zikra zamāne men mohabbat kā 'Shakeel' Mujhako apane dil-e-nākām pe ronā āyā; Ai mohabbat ...

Meaning (Summary): O love, your outcome made me cry. Today I don’t know why your name makes me cry. As such every evenings were being spent in expectations; today there is something about the evening that makes me cry. Sometimes I grieve for my destiny, sometimes I blame the world. Every step I took towards the destination of love made me cry. When there was a worldwide discussion of love, ‘Shakeel’ (Lyricist), my unfortunate heart made me cry.

Begum Akhtar (1914 – 1974) Akhtari Bāi Faizābādi, also known as Begum Akhtar, “Mallikā-e-Ghazal” (Queen of Ghazal), was born on Oct. 7, 1914 in Faizābād, UP, India. Though her family was not musically inclined, she learned classical music from several Khans like Sārangi maestro Ustād Imdād Khan, Mohammad Khan, Abdul Waheed Khan, and Jhande Khan. For two decades beginning in the early thirties, she was a Dādrā, Thumri and Ghazal singer in Lucknow tradition that dates back to the courts of Nabobs of 18th and early 19th century. Her Ghazal singing, with delicate inflections in higher parts, which few artists can reproduce, had an exciting quality of its own. Her voice was a gift from God and held audiences spellbound. At the age of fifteen, she gave her first public performance. She married a barrister, Ishtiāq Ahmed Abbāsi of Lucknow in 1945. Due to the restrictions from her husband she could not sing and she became sick. Music was the only remedy prescribed for her. In spite of her troubled life, she continued on regardless, driven by a deep inner quest to pursue love in its purest form, be it in music or in life. She returned to singing on radio and concerts in 1949. She sang about 400 songs, mostly composed by her in classical ragas. She was a chain smoker and hard drinker and she did not take care of her voice. During her last concert in Amdavad she raised the pitch of her voice because she felt that her singing was not as good as she wanted it to be and maintained it for three hours. The additional demand and the stress made her ill and she was rushed to the hospital. She died on October 30, 1974 in Amdavad. Her name is immortal in Ghazal singing.

Films she acted in: 1933: King For A Day, Nal Damayanti; 1934: Ameena, Mumtaaz Beghum, Roop Kumari, Annarbala; 1935: Jawaani Ka Nasha; 1936: Naseeb Ka Chakkar; 1942: Roti; 1953: Daana paani; 1954: Ehsaan; 1958: Jalsa ghar Awards: 1968- Padma Shri 1972- Sangeet Nātak Academy Award 1975- Padma Bhushan (After Death) Her famous Hindi (Thumri) song lyrics “Ai mohabbat tere ...” is given in this issue of Saathee magazine in the column on this page.

[Note: The contents of this article are compiled from the news, books, internet and my knowledge & love for Hindustani music.]

Kirit Shukla Contact him at kiritsshukla@hotmail.com

You can watch and hear this song along with other songs on YouTube.

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The Purpose of Indian Classical Music

By Anita Kulkarni

Indian Classical Music Carnatic Music- Importance of Listening

By Smitha Prasad Dear readers, in this month’s column we look at the importance of listening to music and the role that listening plays in both education as well as appreciation of Carnatic music. Classical music, including Carnatic music, in general gains an appreciation with increased listening as one is able to understand and appreciate the complexities involved. For a student of Carnatic music, listening is an imperative part of learning – the more one listens, the more one is able to observe nuances and incorporate them positively into the singing style.

Carnatic music learning can be broadly divided into kalpita sangeetham and manodharma sangeetham. Kalpita sangeetham refers to preset compositions- as an initial learner, students of Carnatic music are taught structured compositions such as geethams, swarajathis and varnams; subsequently, the student learns krithis, which are also preset compositions but offer scope for the performer to showcase creativity. Manodharma sangeetham forms the other portion of Carnatic music education.

Manodharama refers to creativity or improvisation- this improvisation usually occurs as alapana (elaboration of the raagam), neraval (spontaneous improvisation of a preset line in a krithi), kalpana swaram (spontaneous improvisation in swaras), tanam (method of raagam improvisation using rhythmic syllables) and pallavi (another method of raagam elaboration where a single line is chosen for elaboration and sung in various tempos).

While kalpita sangeetham is taught, manodharma sangeetham develops not only by learning but more so by listening to various renditions. For example, when a student is being taught an alapana in Bhairavi raagam, the guru’s alapana rendition is different each time since it is spontaneous improvisation. The student’s interpretation should not only be based on what is taught by the teacher but also by listening to as many interpretations of Bhairavi raagam as possible. This not only increases the understanding of the raagam but also fuels creativity in the student to interpret the raagam in newer ways while still adhering to the rules that govern Bhairavi raagam.

A discerning listener of Carnatic music, also referred to as a rasika, can vouch for the increase in appreciation of Carnatic music with increased listening. As a rasika attends and listens to various concerts and renditions of the same krithi or alapana, s/he begins to develop personal preferences not only for artists but also for ragams, krithis, particular renditions, etc.

Till we meet next time, I would encourage all readers, more so Carnatic music students, to develop listening to Carnatic music. There are so many free sources of music on the Internet - all that is required is the discipline to incorporate listening as a part of one’s daily routine.

In this essay I would like to discuss the main and sole purpose of Indian Classical Music.

The earliest traditions of Indian music can be traced back to the Vedas which prescribed pitch and accent for the chanting of Vedic hymns. The earliest known treatise of Indian music, dance, and drama goes back to second century B.C.E. This is Bharata’s Natyashastra.

Much of the musical terminology used till today is derived from Bharata’s treatise. The concept of raga was discussed at great length in Matanga’s Brihaddesi. A 13th Century work Sarangadeva’s Sangita-ratnakara mentions 264 ragas. Indian music, both vocal and instrumental, developed with seven basic notes and five others. A variety of string, wind and drum instruments were later developed. Many rulers themselves were well known musicians. We can see Samudragupta’s coin in which the King himself is shown playing on Veena. Music was also associated with the worship of gods and goddesses.

The Indian classical art had only one purpose - devotion, to practice, meditate and attain at the highest level state, where we get to experience “Naadbrahma”. It’s a very divine spiritual state. It’s been mentioned by many saints and devotional artists.

The Classical music is not considered just an entertainment but it is a moral and spiritual redeemer. It’s a disciplinary practice (Sadhana) towards the only goal called Naadbrahma. Love the pure art for the sole purpose of our life (purity & divinity).

Naad-Brahma: The divine sound/vibration emanating from Brahma , the Guru and God that attunes one to spirituality.

That is universal sounds already exist. The medium is also given to reach and experience that sound. It’s in the nature. The experience of Naad-Brahma is an attachment to the universal consciousness Him. Sadhana is the spiritual path or spiritual practices one undertakes to discover the God Consciousness within. Even though God Consciousnesses and Individual Consciousness are one, yet there is an apparent separation between them due to the Power of Maya.

Nature as a Cosmic Being inspired their minds and hearts with its vastness and transcendental dimension. The Vedic seers with the simplicity of a child wondered at the phenomenon of Nature - the vast sky, the dawn, the trees, the clouds, the lightning, the rains - they observed these closely and marveled at them. Through their deep Spiritual Insight they saw a Divine Cosmic Order (Rita) which governed all Life and Nature. The Cosmic Order imparted Nature with its transcendental beauty.

We are the part of this nature. The seers spontaneously poured out their visions through succinct poetic expressions, which were so sublime that the boundary between natural beauty and divinity became thin, and appreciation of Nature became worship of Nature. Elements of Nature were seen as divinities to which the seers prayed for their sustenance. Nature as a whole was like the consort of the Virat Purusha (Cosmic Being). Within that Cosmic Order a great Yajna or cycle of exchange is going on continuously, as if the Virat Purusha is being worshipped by offerings within these exchanges.

smitha Prasad

anita kulkarni

is a Carnatic vocalist based in Cary, NC Email: smithakprasad@outlook.com www.smithakprasad.com

is a Hindustani music vocalist and teacher based in Raleigh, NC Email:anitakul@gmail.com

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And, he argues, nowhere is the evidence of China’s influence in this geopolitical equation more visible than along the Burma Road, where China is deeply invested in a hydroelectric dam and a natural gas pipeline and where its economic, cultural and political influence can be felt every mile How Myanmar of the way. is working to For most of time, Burma has stood apart from the rest of the world, separated first by geography then by a self-imposed wriggle itself isolationism that came with 60 years of military rule. With the free from the world descending into World War II, the British and Americans “empire next built the road to supply Chiang Kai-shek’s nationalists against door.”

China’s Japanese occupiers. In 1942, Japan would seize Burma from the British and briefly occupy it, too. Later, Chinese nationalists would go on to use northern Burma as a base for harassing Mao’s Communist government for years.

Along the road today, Chinese domination achieved under Burma’s military dictatorship looks irreversible. But Western investors are eagerly eyeing one of the last frontier economies, and American icons like GE and Coke have already set up shop in Yangon.

As the country continues its fragile transition to democracy, the hearts and minds of the Burmese people will determine the balance of these powers’ competing interests. From Muse on the Chinese border to Mandalay in the heartland, Burmese up and down the road expressed a wariness of the empire next door. They expressed, too, a cautious hope that American engagement will help lift their long oppressed and poor country. The trucks keep coming from the East, but the Burmese people are looking West.

As Burmese analyst and author Thant Myint-U put it, for many years, “China followed policies that created a very negative image in this country. If China had done things

By Ben Schreckinger - GlobalPost.com differently, it would be thought of differently. But now Burma will have to think about what’s best for Burma going and try MUSE, Myanmar — The only land route from China to the its best not to harbor emotions … It just needs to think clearly Burmese heartland follows the old Burma Road and continues about the road ahead.” on to the British colonial capital of Mandalay.

Passing Over Their Heads On a map, the route south from here on the Chinese border In Burma, even when the Chinese are out of sight, it is hard to the Burmese town of Lashio looks fairly direct. But on the ground, slow-moving trucks packed with rice for the kitchens to put them out of mind. The Burmese are reminded every time of China’s Yunnan Province and smuggled motorbikes bound the lights go out. In a country rich in energy resources, power for Yangon negotiate stunning mountain switchbacks. On one outages are a fact of life, and the hum of generators is audible of the few navigable routes in and out of the country, it is as if all along the road.

In part, that’s because Burma’s isolated rulers sold off the these twists and turns record the competing pulls of the foreign country’s natural wealth at rock-bottom prices to Beijing. A powers tied up in its history.

It’s along this 717-mile route that the wave of Chinese pair of controversial pipelines that will deliver gas and oil to goods, people, and money that has washed over Myanmar for China are nearing completion, and an estimated 90 percent of the last two decades has poured in. And it’s this wave of capital the power from the country’s hydroelectric dams is transferred that in recent years has convinced the country’s ruling generals to China as well. So the Burmese must depend on the inefficient to embark on a march toward constitutional democracy — part gas generators, imported, of course, down the Burma Road of their bid to engage the West and avoid becoming a vassal of from China.

In a wooden hut on a hillside about 35 miles from Beijing. In short, democracy is a market play for the Burmese government and its generals as much as it is a quest for freedom Mandalay, Tin Mar, a farmer, said she is angry she lives for the pro-democracy movement embodied by the Nobel without electric power. Her hut sits six miles from the 790megawatt power plant at the Yeywa Dam, but the costs of laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. For China, Burma offers precious natural resources, fertile hooking up a small hamlet like hers, with just a handful of land, and an outlet for the country’s exports and bulging residents, is prohibitively high. The 54-year-old uses candles population. For the United States, the country is an integral part and a wood-burning stove, her hut’s battery-powered LED of its “Look East” policy, which aims to strengthen ties in the lights one of its few signs of modernity.

Many Burmese don’t have official title to the land on which region and contain the rising superpower of China.

Thant Myint-U, adviser to the newly elected President Thein they live and farm, making it easy for the government to seize Sein and author of the acclaimed book “Where India Meets tracts as it pleases. GlobalPost reported in October on the plight

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of an entire village forcibly relocated for the project. Land seizures for the pipelines also remain a resonant issue in the country. Tin Mar’s banana orchard was seized to build a small golf course for the dam’s Chinese operators who live in a walled compound and work behind a checkpoint.

The golf course provides a handful of jobs for locals, but not for Tin Mar. To make up for the lost income from bananas, the 54-year-old now raises livestock. As a small black dog yapped under her bed, two chickens wandered around her dirt floor.

Yeywa Dam’s construction was led by Chinese state firms.

Most of the power will pass through Mandalay on its way up to China’s Yunnan Province. Imported Chinese workers completed most of the construction and continue to operate the dam. Local Burmese landed some menial work out the project, but many also lost their land.

The power lines from the dam run directly over Tin Mar’s roof.

Business, Not Friendship In recent years, Burma’s generals began worrying they were getting as raw a deal from their Chinese partnership as villagers like Tin Mar. Burma’s incipient democratic shift is as much about balancing China by inviting in new friends in the West as it is about anything else.

On the stretch of the Burma Road approaching the city of Muse (pronounced MOO-say) on the Chinese border, the gates have literally been thrown open. The ban on foreigners in the region was lifted in May, and the old checkpoint in the village of Yay Pu lay abandoned.

But the place remains as Chinese as it is Burmese, with little hint that Westerners are now free to enter. The city of 200,000 is hooked up to China’s superior electrical and telecommunications infrastructure, so Facebook and Twitter are both blocked. Chinese concerns dominate the local economy, and signs everywhere are bilingual. An American has never stepped foot in most businesses here.

Chinese businessmen in Muse make themselves scarce around town. More than one Burmese suggested that this is because many of them are involved in smuggling. The one Chinese merchant who would talk to a reporter, the 43-yearold proprietor of an electronics shop, refused to give a name.

He laughed at the notion that impending American competition would be cause for concern. The businessman had more pressing problems. Speaking through two translators, he explained in Mandarin that the price of the cell phones he sold was in free fall. As part of its economic liberalization, the Burmese government had loosened up import licenses, and cheap handsets from Thailand and Singapore have flooded Muse. The price of a basic phone has fallen from $30 a year ago to about half that.

“So what?” the businessman asked, if Americans one day move into Muse. American businesses don’t sell the low-cost, and low-quality, Chinese goods on offer in his little shop.

But the Financial Times reported in June that the brass in Beijing has been asking a very different question: “Who lost Burma?” The same ubiquitous Chinese presence that makes that question seem absurd in Muse also brings out here the Burmese sentiment that makes it apt.

Like most Burmese asked point-blank about the impact of Chinese influence on their country, Ye Aung Hein answered indirectly. “It’s good for the Chinese, for sure,” he said laughing outside his joint DVD and motorcycle repair shop. When the multi-talented 27-year-old isn’t running the shop, he’s playing Saathee.com

semi-professional soccer. In relating his experience playing on both sides of the border, he offered a window onto Burmese dissatisfaction with their powerful neighbors.

Even when it comes to leisure, the Chinese are all business, Ye Aung Hein said. When he plays for a Chinese team in the next town over, his teammates pick him up at the border and drop him right off again after the game.

When he plays with other Burmese, a post-game drink-up with both teams is obligatory. “If there’s no party, we won’t play,” said.

“I cannot avoid doing business with the Chinese,” said Ye Aung Hein, “but for friendship, I don’t like them.”

If Ye Aung Hein could have any country on the other side of Muse’s border crossing, it would be Japan. Japanese goods are high-quality, he said, and the Burmese seem acutely aware that they can only afford low-quality Chinese goods. His second choice would be the United States, he said, because he admires the country’s democratic process, freedom of thought, and freedom of expression.

It is a feeling shared by Dr. Maung Maung Aye, the only independent writer in Muse, as well as his many fellow countrymen who also expressed optimism, justified or not, that falling in with the West will ultimately be good for the Burmese people.

“I wish to be influenced by Americans, because the Americans use democratic policy,” Maung Maung Aye said.

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China’s Reach The commerce and investment that truck through Muse drive China’s presence well beyond the borderlands to Lashio, the precise starting point of the original Burma Road, and into Mandalay and beyond.

It is in Lashio that the motorbike smugglers hand over their rides and collect $20-30 for the 5-hour drive from Muse.

In this part of the country, many native Burmese are ethnically Chinese. This group accounts for much of Burma’s merchant class and they tend to take a softer view of their foreign relatives. Those Chinese businessmen who do not buy themselves Burmese ID cards from corrupt officials often enter into joint ventures with the ethnic Chinese residents of Lashio.

And as many critics point out, they take most of the profit back over the border.

In Lashio, the mat at the entrance to the Golden Hill Hotel welcomed guests in English and in Chinese. Burmese was left off. In the market, just about anything made in a factory came from China — cookware, toys, simple electronics.

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According to United States intelligence services, Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, used chemical weapons against Syrians last August. President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry stated this must not be condoned by the international community and urged intervention if a “red line” was crossed. Here’s a quote from over a year ago addressing the situation in Syria: “We have been very clear to the Assad regime, but also to other players on the ground, that a red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized. That would change my calculus. That would change my equation.” – President Barack Obama on August 20, 2012 Nobody really knew what this imaginary line meant, much less the ramifications of it being crossed. By the time things were heating up this summer, even President Obama’s explanation of the ‘red line’ being crossed started to get a little hazy: “I didn’t set a red line. The world set a red line.” – President Obama on September 4, 2013 Meanwhile, Assad pegged rebels leading the insurrection against his government as the ones utilizing the chemical weaponry. Assad denied any use of chemical weapons on the people of Syria. He refused to take any responsibility for these attacks. Finally, Syria’s top ally, Russia, led by President Vladimir Putin, arrived on the scene to play peacemaker. Yes, you read that correctly: a former Soviet-era KGB agent convinced the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Obama, that war is not the solution to this conflict. As Charles Dudley Warner stated, “Politics makes for strange bedfellows.”

The popular saying means people who would normally dislike and avoid one another will work together if they think it is politically useful to do so. It’s not as though Putin is a staunch supporter of U.S. foreign policy. Admittedly, it’s not as if Obama takes a liking to Putin’s international diplomacy. Yet, here we are, on the grandest of international stages with these two attempting to dance the foreign policy foxtrot.

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Let’s analyze how it happened. The President and his Administration grossly miscalculated America’s support for another conflict in the Middle East right out the gate. In the very early days of the situation, a Gallup poll survey showed that on September 4, 51 percent of America opposed military action of any kind in Syria. Cited reasons stemmed from the country already facing domestic problems like high unemployment and debt, to many citizens suffering from war-fatigue and not wanting to put more American soldiers in harm’s way, to a general distrust of President Obama for campaigning on ending the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan only to potentially enter another conflict in the Middle East.

However, the Administration really undermined its own credibility by failing to clearly define the purpose and intent of this mission. Initially, Members of Congress were confused.

Was President Obama seeking regime change or military deterrence with Assad? If the former, would the American people be in favor of regime change? If the latter, what assurance was there Assad would change his behavior?

Also was the President seeking Congressional approval for military authorization or not? As the Commander in Chief, the President of the United States has the authority to bypass Congress and order limited military action (i.e. military strikes like the ones President Bill Clinton approved during the late 1990s in Eastern Europe). If he came to Congress and the House or Senate denied military authorization, then that would be a slap in the Administration’s face. Like many Administrations before it, the President used the power of the bully pulpit and took to the airwaves and held a press conference on the matter.

Secretary Kerry also held a press conference to plead the Administration’s case, then another was held...and another.

Pretty soon, it was evident with each new “BREAKING NEWS ALERT” the ship of support was sinking fast for the Administration.

Low and behold, Mr. Putin rides in to save the day. The same bare chested, horse riding, judo practicing head of state that lifted the personal Super Bowl ring from the owner of the New England Patriots came with plans of making a deal. As I stated above, politics makes for strange bedfellows. Vladimir Putin offered a proposal at the eleventh hour allowing for an inventory of Syria’s chemical weapons program and seizing all of its components within a year. This plan also imposes penalties on the Assad government should it fail to turn over its stockpile. The timing of this deal was second to none for the Administration. It avoided a messy vote in Congress that leaned toward failure while also providing an alternative the international community embraced. The winners in all of this: Presidents Obama and Putin. The Obama Administration saved face and gets the win for surviving a self-inflicted wound.

President Putin is able to tout the fact he injected a peaceful solution into the equation while staring down the Americans on the international scene. Russians are sure to applaud those efforts. Now that the Russians have elbowed their way to a seat on the table, let’s see how they use it.

I’m all for peaceful solutions. Now, let’s see how Presidents Obama and Putin move forward on this issue.

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for the region’s native Shan people that today is too insignificant to attract much of a Chinese presence. Most shops and restaurants, as elsewhere along the road, are housed in dated, low-ceilinged buildings.

But even here, the most modern and prosperous shop is the Chinese-owned Yee Shin Electronics, next door to Yee Shin Guesthouse. The goods housed inside the glass storefront come from China. Out front, the Chinese solar panels that have flooded world markets leaned against the façade.

A couple Tata solar panels from India were mixed in, as if to give a perfunctory nod to the country whose presence in Burma currently comes in a distant second, though it, too, is looking eagerly at its smaller neighbor.

Further down the road in Maymyo, the last vestiges of the Burma Road’s original overseers, the British, are fading. The town, because of its cool climate, had been the favored holiday destination for the British in Burma. But the handsome colonial brick buildings that had distinguished the town’s architecture have grown less prominent. The small downtown of a decade ago has swelled with new Chinese-style construction.

A few miles away stood the legendary guest house known as Candacraig, a 1906 attempt to import an English country home to this Burmese hill town. Fittingly, the dilapidated house was rumored to be haunted by ghosts.

Even the weather that made Maymyo a center of British life in Burma has changed. According to Win Myint, who has lived in the town since 1964, it’s gotten hotter as buildings have gone up and trees have come down.

When pressed to consider the British legacy in Burma, the ethnically Chinese 78-year-old came up with “good plumbing.”

After a moment of consideration, he added “good roads.”

San Yu did not see the coming industrial growth as a spectacular boon to the many farmers who will remain very poor even after they trade in their plowshares for punch cards.

And if Western engagement enriches a few while trampling the rest, American interests should not expect to benefit from any ingrained Sinophobia. “We hate unfairness, not the Chinese,” said San Yu. Nonetheless, most Burmese are eager for contact with the United States. The Chinese have wised up quickly to this, and in Mandalay they have begun turning their eyes towards hearts and minds.

Smart Power Xinzhi Books is a quiet, air-conditioned oasis from the hot and crowded streets of Mandalay. On a Sunday morning in June, four days after its grand opening, the shop was empty.

The Chinese-language bookshop caters to the tastes of Mandalay’s affluent class of Chinese merchants — both Burmese citizens and transplants from mainland China — selling an assortment of consumer goods like basketballs, soccer balls and ping-pong paddles that are of higher quality than can be found in most of the rest of the country.

But the store serves another purpose — to spread Chinese culture in Burma. It sells Chinese-Burmese dictionaries, Chinese-language textbooks, and simple books with side-byside text in both languages.

In a tea room on the shop’s top floor, the branch manager produced a glossy report on Xinzhi’s international march. The report features photos of Chinese and local dignitaries attending Xinzhi openings in Cambodia and Laos, and praise the store has garnered from the Chinese government as an “important project of national cultural export.” The roughly 50 Xinzhi bookshops are concentrated in Yunnan, but that is meant to change.

The report’s last page offers a reminder of the worldwide The Road to Mandalay contest for influence between China and the United States in Burma’s second city, Mandalay, has long been a catch basin which Mandalay will be just the next battlefield. for the waves of Chinese heading south into the country. There has been a Chinese presence here since the days when it served On it is a world map with a snapshot of Xinzhi’s master plan as the site of Burma’s royal court, but a more recent influx of for expansion, with lines emanating from China to planned Chinese citizens has altered the character of the city — and shops in every corner of the globe. China, at the center of the priced out many locals — provoking resentment. map, is massive. North America is tiny and relegated to the One Mandalay-based newspaper editor, San Yu, called the upper right-hand corner — the United States a shade smaller city a “second Yunnan in Burma.” than Burma.

That feeling may be more common in the ritzier quarters of But inside the bookshop, the United States loomed large. the city, where Chinese merchants tend to live and work. Down Thet Thet Aung, a 24-year-old clerk of Chinese extraction, said on the banks of the Irrawaddy River, the lifeline of the Burmese she hopes one day to work at a Xinzhi shop in the US, because heartland, the Chinese presence has not changed life much for it would allow her to improve her English. the poor, day laborers unloading the raw materials of “If you know more languages, it’s like having more Mandalay’s economy. But the name emblazoned on the white weapons when you go into a war,” she said. Despite the martial sacks being unloaded from one ship by a team of shirtless language, she said her dream is to use English to travel the Burmese, “Great Wall Sugar Factory,” did say a lot about who world, a sign that the Sino-American rivalry may prove gentler stands atop that economy. than great power contests of the past.

At the same time, the specter of American capitalism is much more real here than at points north. Already, Coca-Cola American Capital is looking to complement its new bottling plant in Yangon with Before the United States could move materiel up the original a second in Mandalay. A Korean factory is going up here to Burma Road, it had to land at Yangon. And today, it is Yangon, export clothing to the US. the country’s biggest and most cosmopolitan city, where In March, the American firm ACO Investment Group signed American business has made its beachhead. In addition to Coke a memorandum of understanding with the regional and GE, The Big 4 accounting firms are here, and Bain and government to build two solar power plants in the area. Though McKinsey have been making forays. this power will stay in the country, San Yu, the editor, After Burma’s failed 1988 democratic uprising, Chris Tun expressed skepticism that it would do much for Mandalay residents. Instead, he said he expects it will power new continued on page 88 businesses.

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By Mariya Karimjee - GlobalPost.com KARACHI, Pakistan — There’s no shortage of sunlight in this city. Overcast days are rare, and the mid-afternoon sun is so searingly bright, I actually have to wince my eyes shut and wait for the sunspots to clear before I can see again.

So imagine my surprise when a recent blood test showed that my vitamin D levels are so low my doctor called for injections.

“Vitamin D shortages can cause muscle failure, bone decay and serious osteoporosis,” she told me firmly.

I gaped back at her, trying to figure out how on Earth this had happened. “You’re telling me that I live in the desert but am not getting enough direct sunlight?” I asked. She nodded.

“But!” I sputtered, thinking of a new defense. “I drink milk!”

She nodded again. “Honey, no one in Pakistan cares about public health. This isn’t America. Your milk isn’t fortified.”

Later that evening, I complained to my grandmother. I’m a sun-loving person; how is it I’m not soaking up enough rays to get my vitamins?

She wasn’t hugely sympathetic. “Just take the shots,” she counseled. In her eyes, it would be worse to see my “beautiful skin getting darker and darker because of the sun.”

I shook my head in disagreement, but it dawned on me I’d unwittingly been following her advice. Here, I simply don’t sit outside enjoying the sun like I did back in the US. In Pakistan, fair skin is a marker of beauty. Skin bleaching creams line the shelves of any convenience store. At the city’s beaches, women lather their children with sunscreen so heavily that the white goop is visible on every inch of their exposed skin. Both women and men are encouraged not to sit in the sun so their skin won’t turn darker.

When I lived in the United States, I was the first person to grab a beach towel and head to the local park as soon as the weather rose above 70 degrees. In the summer, I’d collect tan lines like baseball cards — my feet would be crisscrossed with stripes, one for every pair of sandals I wore.

In fact, when I relocated to Pakistan last year, my skin color became a running joke in the family.

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After a recent trip to Tanzania and many hours outdoors, I arrived home to Karachi tanner than any of my family members had ever seen me.

A woman — a complete stranger — approached me at the airport while I waited for my parents to arrive.

“Have you ever tried Fair and Lovely?” she asked. I shook my head. The woman pulled out a half-used tube of bleaching cream and tried to press it into my palm. I resisted the offer, jerking my hand back as though I’d been burned. “You’ll never find a husband,” she said.

I felt torn. I wanted to laugh, but I was also angry that a strange woman felt compelled to give me advice on my looks.

One thing was obvious: I’d inadvertently become part of the Pakistani culture of avoiding the sun. The tan I’d picked up during a quick trip to Africa made that starkly clear. My lack of exposure in Karachi didn’t reflect a conscious attempt to keep my skin “fair and lovely,” but an environment that didn’t allow many alternatives. I hardly ever have the opportunity to sit outdoors in Pakistan like I would anywhere else.

Last week, I called my doctor back.

“Is there any way for me to fix this without the shots?” I asked.

“Sure, just sit outdoors for about 20 minutes a day,” she said. She was polite, but sounded doubtful as she went on. “Not just your face and hands,” she explained. “As much skin as possible.”

I sighed into the phone, realizing I’d have to get the shots. The apartment I live in doesn’t have a private yard, so there’s no way to sit outdoors with so much uncovered skin. The only place I know with that kind of private space is my grandmother’s house — and she’d have a heart attack if she saw me sunbathing.

Clearly, I’m not the only woman in Pakistan facing this conundrum.

“How big of a problem is vitamin D deficiency, anyway?” I asked my doctor.

She laughed. “You’re in a country where women wear the burka to cover themselves. Their skin hasn’t seen the light of day since they were about 11. They don’t have the means to sit outside, uncovered, in a garden. How big of a problem do you think it is?”

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What begins with T, ends with T and has T in it?

A teapot

Children’s Corner

How many letters are there in the English alphabet?

There are 18: 3 in ‘the’, 7 in ‘English’ and 8 in ‘alphabet’.

Word World

Which month has 28 days?

All of them of course

By Kirit Shukla

N R

O

A S

What do you call a bear with no teeth?

A gummy bear

W

Why didn’t the teddy bear eat his lunch?

Because he was stuffed

D

What do you get if you cross a teddy bear with a pig?

A teddy boar What’s white, furry, and shaped like a tooth?

A molar bear

Make words using 4 or more letters. The central letter must be used in each word. Letters cannot be used more than once.

Use all letters for the subject word 45+ words = Excellent; 34 to 44 words = Good; 33 or less needs to improve.

How do teddy bears keep their den cool in summer?

They use bear conditioning What do teddy bears do when it rains?

They get wet What is an insect’s favorite sport?

Cricket

Riddles Riddles Riddles What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?

A clock

Why did the kid throw the butter out the window?

To see the butter fly

What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

Short

Why didn’t the butterfly go to the dance?

Because it was a moth ball

What word begins and ends with an ‘e’ but only has one letter?

Envelope

Two silk worms were in a race. Who won?

It was a tie

What has a neck but no head?

A bottle

What do you get if you cross a tarantula and a rose?

I’m not sure, but I wouldn’t try smelling it

What type of cheese is made backwards?

Edam

Why are spiders good swimmers?

They have webbed feet

What gets wetter as it dries?

A towel

What did the spider say when he broke his new web?

Darn it!

Why did the boy bury his flashlight?

Because the batteries died

Why are frogs so happy?

Because they eat what bugs them

Which letter of the alphabet has the most water?

The C

What did one frog say to the other?

Time’s sure fun when you’re having flies

What starts with a ‘P’, ends with an ‘E’ and has thousands of letters?

The Post Office!

Why was the mother firefly unhappy?

Because her children weren’t that bright!

Word World (Solution): ADORN, ADOS, ADOWN, ANDRO, ANDS, ARSON, AWNS, DANS, DARN, DAWN, DAWS, DONA, DORSA, DRAW, NAOS, NARD, OARS, ODAS, ONWARD, ONWARDS, ORAD, OSAR, RADON, RADS, RAND, RAWS, ROAD, ROAN, ROWAN, SAND, SARD, SAROD, SAWN, SNAW, SOAR, SODA, SONAR, SORA, SOWAR, SWAN,SWARD, WADS, WAND, WANS, WARD, WARN, WARS, WOAD

What has to be broken before you can use it?

An egg Why can’t a man living in New York be buried in Chicago?

Because he’s still living!

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By Judith L. Bergman M.A. CCC We have been featuring examples of figurative (non-literal) language, including idioms, similes and metaphors. These often reflect the common elements of life such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;earth,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;air,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;fireâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;waterâ&#x20AC;? and common materials such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;steelâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;ironâ&#x20AC;? and others we wrote about last month. The weather is a rich source of figurative language that draws on everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experience. There are idioms, metaphors and similes using the word weather, and others incorporating descriptions of weather such as fog, cloudy, stormy, thundering freeze, heat, rain etc.

Can you match the meanings (â&#x20AC;&#x153;aâ&#x20AC;? to â&#x20AC;&#x153;tâ&#x20AC;?) below to these expressions that use a variety of metaphors, similes and general idioms that incorporate weather and words describing the weather?

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Due to the overwhelming interest in the symposium, CBP will allow up to three representatives per company to afford equal participation from the international trade community.

The registration fee for onsite participation is $108.

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Immigration Matters USCIS Announces Fiscal Year 2013 Grant Recipients on Constitution Day and Citizenship Day WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced the award of nearly $9.9 million in grants designed to prepare permanent residents for citizenship. Forty immigrant-serving organizations from 21 states will receive federal funding to support citizenship preparation services for permanent residents through September 2015.

Since the program began in October 2009, the USCIS Citizenship and Integration Grant Program has helped more than 66,000 permanent residents in 31 states and the District of Columbia prepare for citizenship. Through Sept. 30, 2015, USCIS anticipates that an additional 31,000 permanent residents will receive citizenship preparation services.

“There is a continued need for high-quality citizenship preparation services in communities across the country,” said USCIS Director Alejandro Mayorkas. “This funding will help thousands of permanent residents gain the support they need to learn English and civics, and embrace the important rights and responsibilities of United States citizenship.”

The Citizenship and Integration Grant Program is part of a multifaceted effort to support effective citizenship preparation services and provide information to immigrants and immigrantserving organizations. USCIS complements this grant program with its Citizenship Resource Center, a centralized Web resource that provides learning materials to help permanent residents prepare for the naturalization process, and partnerships with federal and municipal agencies designed to raise awareness of the rights, responsibilities and importance of U.S. citizenship among the estimated 8.8 million permanent residents nationwide eligible to apply for naturalization.

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CBP Opens Registration for 2013 East Coast Trade Symposium

Washington – U.S. Customs and Border Protection released a schedule for completing core trade processing capabilities in its Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) by the end of calendar year 2016. ACE consolidates, automates, and modernizes border processing and when complete, will provide a single access point to connect the trade community with CBP and Partner Government Agencies.

“This announcement marks a significant step forward for us,” said CBP Acting Commissioner Thomas S. Winkowski.

“ACE is the backbone of CBP trade processing and risk management activities and the key to many of the agency’s trade transformation initiatives.”

CBP’s plan for completing core trade processing capabilities was developed after extensive consultation with internal and external stakeholders. The plan includes seven deployments of new features over the next three years. This approach is based on the Agile software development methodology, which produces smaller pieces of functionality more frequently.

CBP also announced three dates when certain functions will be mandatory: May 1, 2015: All electronic import and export manifest data must be transmitted via ACE. November 1, 2015: All data associated with the release of cargo, including PGA interactions, must be transmitted via ACE. October 1, 2016: Mandated use of ACE. During the past 10 years, CBP has deployed key ACE capabilities which helped ease the transition to more web– based, paperless trade processing such as the Secure Data Portal, Periodic Monthly Statement and electronic manifest. The first deployment of new features using the Agile methodology is targeted for October 2013. ACE is the backbone of CBP trade processing and risk management activities and the key to many of the agency’s trade transformation initiatives. For additional information, visit CBP.gov/ACE. U.S.-Mexico High Level Economic Dialogue

Washington – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that registration is now open for the forthcoming 2013 East Coast Trade Symposium and encourages members of the international trade community to attend. The 2013 East Coast Trade Symposium will be held Oct. 24-25, 2013 at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC. This year’s theme is “Increasing Economic Competitiveness through Global Partnerships and Innovation.”

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Last month in Mexico City, Vice President Joe Biden, together with the Mexican government, launched the U.S.-Mexico High Level Economic Dialogue (HLED), co-chaired by the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and their Mexican counterparts.

Participants in today’s HLED launch include Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman, Assistant Secretary of State Jose Fernandez, Assistant Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Rand Beers, Undersecretary of the Treasury Lael Brainard, and Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx. continued on page 88 October 2013

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(Sun) and Tha (Moon) that are part of our dance ornaments that we place as part of our head dress. Dancers need to balance these two forms representing masculine and feminine energies.

We need to have the strength in our footsteps while depicting the graceful movements with our hands.

This leads me into something I read in the newspaper while I was in India. Dance is now being used as a therapeutic tool for children with disabilities. Through dance they are providing the structure for developing body sense and to learn to express the nine emotions (Nava Rasas) such as disgust, anger, wonder, fear, valor, love, compassion, laughter, and peace. Every child responds to music and dance naturally. This method and approach is beneficial in raising their interest level for participation.

I know personally that dancing has influenced all aspects of my life. B.K.S. Iyengar, the famous Yoga teacher has once said that “the body is my temple and asanas are my prayers.” Very true! I can easily say the same about dance, “the body is my temple and dance is my prayer.” This meditation in motion is a gift given to our culture and many other cultures around the world. Neither the yogi nor the dancer is distracted by the world around them. Both have the power of quieting the turmoil of chitta and bringing us closer to moksha (salvation).

Dances of India

By Dr. Maha Gingrich

Yoga in dances I usually have a very busy schedule between family, job, dance classes, community work, regular cooking and cleaning and so on. Holidays make us even busier than usual. Many of you probably can relate to this schedule issue. As most of you know, when we have negative stress, or when we sit in one place for extended periods of time, whether it is at work, at home or in a meeting, we all experience the same side effects such as tight shoulders, stiff neck, and tight back. photo: Eve Lloyd

For questions or comments contact Dr. Maha Gingrich via e-mail at: msgingrich@juno.com

Without yoga I would not be able to maintain my sanity and good health. I taught yoga for several years and enjoyed every bit of it. Due to my busy lifestyle, I had to let go of teaching yoga. However, I still practice yoga, when my body and mind call for it. This inspired me to write about the influence of dance on different aspects of life, including yoga.

I read that Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra was inspired by an encounter with Lord Nataraja (The founder of Dances). If that is true, I can easily see the connection. Yoga means union. Yoga and dance both begin with union of the body and mind. Both are approached in sequence through logical steps. Both are universal sciences, suited to all students who seek selfrealization.

We begin dance with Namaste (Salutation) just like (Surya Namaskar) sun salutations in Yoga. Using the Anjali or prayer hand gesture, we touch our forehead which represents the Ajna Chakra in Yoga, and then we bring our hands down to our chest which represents Anahata Chakra. Even the hand gesture (mudra) for meditation is Arala in both yoga and dance.

When I was teaching yoga, I taught these dance hand gestures (Hasthas) to people suffering with arthritis. I also taught the Vrikshasana, the tree pose (Standing on one foot), among others, with dance movements to find both inner and outer balance. Many of the advanced poses in dance require flexibility of body and a systematic way to control the body movements. Out of 108 poses (Karanas), very few can be performed without training in yoga for flexibility.

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By Dipika Kohli Quick-shuffling in Sikkim This series began when I wrote about the launch of a book that was set in a rural, green, and almost-mystic place called Skibbereen. In Ireland.

Writing to you today from Gangtok, I feel almost as if I’ve caught a whisper of that original feeling of wonder and awe when you look out at the hills and feel not just intrigue at how beauty can live in the land, but spacious inside, as well.

My yoga teachers at the YMCA in Durham are part of the conversation I’m having now with many others about what it means to let go of these fixed ideas about knowing what’s coming, and embracing the fluctuation that’s inevitable instead.

Anxiety, you know, is such a setup for disappointment.

But we’re hardwired to worry, aren’t we, about when things don’t go our way?

Three weeks ago I thought I’d be writing through the Wi-Fi network at a teacher’s lounge in the international school to which we’d been invited to work in exchange for room and board here in the hills.

My husband Akira Morita and I got so jazzed about the prospect of having a place that seemed progressive and openminded in such an interesting location for our son Kush, who has just turned five, to also attend school. Study abroad, you could say.

Something new and different, starting at such a young age, surely could help him later in life, and it would be a great change of pace for us, too. Life in Durham, while ample and comfortable, simply wasn’t what I’d hoped it would be after returning from Ireland and Seattle after a decade. You recognize that the place you left, and the person you were, are as ill-fitting as the XXL plaid shirts that you used to wear in college and are still hanging around your parents’ house. So, with a heavy heart, but also much anticipation, we thought, “Why not?” and took to the road.

Here we are.

At the end of one long journey, to come to Gangtok, which was our first destination.

The school we’d investigated so much online and had so many conversations with in these last six months fell through, for lots of reasons, many of which have nothing to do with us.

So we improvised. We took a few days to go to the west of Sikkim, just to think, and in the off-season nothing much is going on except monsoons and a few small patched-together places you can pop in for chowmein and chai.

A couple of days there, and then we were back on our way to Gangtok, once again, to follow through with this rough plan for sending Kush to school in a place where English is the medium, but the culture is a quiet kind of place inspired by people who believe there are deities in the not-so-distant Himalayas.

So we found a new place for him, and he goes each day, even Saturday, because this is India and studies matter more than anything here, don’t they? Every morning Akira and he climb two flights of stairs to get to Mahatma Gandhi Marg, and then they go up Tibetan Road towards the small school made Saathee.com

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just for small people. Kindergarten is as high as they go. The rest of the day, Akira and I are writing and networking—we’ve met: government officials in the tourism department, a famous local author who happened to be home from New York, the owner of a bookstore with hard-core literary classics and an attached cafe that serves Vietnamese coffee alongside your regular cuppa, a handful of architects, a designer, two newspaper editors, and the mayor and deputy mayor, too. A roundtable on the topic, Modern Sikkim, with some of these people and more from the general public, is what we’re putting together for our first-ever project in India about creating space for offline dialogue. I think we’re a bit of an anomaly this way, neither of us being Indian, exactly, and our West Coast-inspired lofty and airy workshop-like ideas to precipitate creative concepting.

It’s just not done. We also don’t have a backer, or a sponsor, or an agenda. We’re just here.

Crazy?

A little.

But I think the collaborations and connections are the point.

The people we meet on the road, after all, are what make the content of any story.

Sikkim, finding its way post-annexation, is definitely one of the few places that we’ve found ourselves discovering, with a sharp gasp of surprise, that we feel comfortable in, and where people keep their streets clean in the city center, and where women aren’t stared after in the way they are in other parts of India. Jeering and taunting hasn’t happened here. I’m just enjoying the views of the mountains, the quiet space, and a faint glimmer of nostalgia about our time, so many years ago, when my husband and I first met, fell in love, and got married to live together in Ireland.

This time, it’s better, though. This time, we’ve got the bossman, Kush.

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Gandhi Ashram at Sabarmati (Amdavad, Gujarat)

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 in Porbandar, Gujarat. On his return from South Africa, Gandhiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first Ashram in India was established in the Kochrab area of Amdavad on May 25, 1915. The Ashram was then shifted on June 17, 1917 to a piece of open land on the banks of the Sabarmati River.

The Sabarmati Ashram (also known as Harijan Ashram) was home to Mohandas Gandhi from 1917 until 1930 and served as one of the main centers of the Indian freedom struggle. Originally called the Satyagraha Ashram, reflecting the movement toward passive resistance launched by the Mahatma, the Ashram became home to the ideology that set India free.

Sabarmati Ashram named for the river on which it sits, was created with a dual mission. To serve as an institution that would carry on a search for truth and a platform to bring together a group of workers committed to non-violence who would help secure freedom for India. By conceiving such a vision Gandhi and his followers hoped to foster a new social construct of truth and non-violence.

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While at the Ashram, Gandhi formed a school that focused on manual labor, agriculture, and literacy to advance his efforts for self-sufficiency. It was also from here on March 12, 1930 that Gandhi launched the famous Dandi march 241 miles from the Ashram (with 78 companions) in protest of the British Salt Law, which taxed Indian salt in an effort to promote sales of British salt in India. This mass awakening filled the British jails with 60 000 freedom fighters. Later the government seized their property, Gandhi, in sympathy with them, responded by asking the Government to forfeit the Ashram. The Government, however, did not oblige. He had by now already decided on July 22, 1933 to disband the Ashram, which later became asserted place after the detention of many freedom fighters, and then some local citizens decided to preserve it. March 12, 1930 he vowed that he would not return to the Ashram until India won independence.

Although this was won on August 15, 1947, when India was declared a free nation, Gandhi was assassinated in January 1948 and never returned.

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Today, the Ashram serves as a source of inspiration and guidance, and stands as a monument to Gandhiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life mission and a testimony to others who have fought a similar struggle.

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a restaurant for Vultures In Pakistan, vultures’ numbers have dwindled because of the chemical-laden carcasses on which they feed.

By Mariya Karimjee – GlobalPost.com KARACHI, Pakistan — Cyrus Patel never thought he’d spend the majority of his professional life elbow-deep in dead animals. When he began studying veterinary medicine, he had visions of trudging through the African wilderness to treat endangered rhinoceroses.

“I got into animal medicine because I believed in wildlife conservation. I had always hoped to work with endangered species, I just never believed it’d be like this,” Patel said by phone recently.

Three days of the week, Patel visits farms in rural Sindh province, where he examines the carcasses of dead livestock.

He tests the animals to make sure they aren’t diseased, or contaminated with pesticides or the chemicals often found in their food. Then, once he’s sure the dead donkeys, cows and goats aren’t dangerous to eat, he hauls them to Sindh’s Nangar Parkar desert.

It’s not the glamorous work he’d imagined, but Patel is nevertheless living out his dream of keeping endangered animals alive. Working with environmental agencies in Pakistan, including the World Wildlife Fund and the Peregrine Fund, Patel deposits the carcasses that Fewer vultures mean he’s deemed safe to a more carcasses lying “vulture restaurant” — a around, posing a greater protected area in Sindh risk to public health. where vultures can find large quantities of edible meat.

Sindh is home to two species of vulture — the whitebacked and the long-billed — and for a few years in the early 2000s, no one was sure that either species would survive.

Between 2003 and 2006, almost 50 percent of the region’s vultures died, and wildlife experts were concerned that the decline would continue until the species were fully extinct.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, humans are behind the birds’ rapid demise. A major threat to the vulture population has been the excessive use of diclofenac, an anti-inflammatory drug used by farmers in Pakistan to ease joint pain in livestock. Scientists have found that vultures who feed on carcasses with remnants Saathee.com

of the drug in their systems develop visceral gout, a kidney disease, and die.

Vultures have major ecological significance in South Asia.

They’re what environmentalists have dubbed nature’s most efficient recyclers, picking at the remains of dead livestock and speeding the decomposition process. That’s a critical service to the species around them. “They limit the spread of diseases that can be spread by rotting corpses, and as a whole, keep the food chain intact,” explained Patel.

Which is why their decline is so worrisome. Fewer vultures mean more carcasses lying around, posing a greater risk to public health. With sanitation measures limited in Pakistan, roadkill and other dead stray animals — which could be carrying dangerous diseases like hepatitis — are often left to decay in the sunlight. Quick disposal of decaying meat is also important for limiting contamination of groundwater.

In the years since the carrion eatery opened in 2009, the vultures’ numbers have slowly begun to creep up. According to one study, populations have now increased by as much as 52 percent.

Environmental groups successfully lobbied in 2006 for diclofenac to be banned, and are now partners with the government in their program to protect vultures. But implementation has been varied. In spite of improvements, traces of diclofenac are still found in livestock, according to Peregrine’s testing.

Patel hopes one day to change that for good.

“It’s still an uphill battle,” Patel explained. “Along with the diclofenac, vultures are also losing large swaths of their habitats. [The vulture restaurant] is only a short term solution, and [though] it’s effective, we have to play the long game.”

The Indian Vulture and the Indian White-rumped Vulture, have suffered a 97% population decrease in Pakistan and India and between 2000-2007 annual decline rates of this species averaged over 16%.Captive-breeding programs for several species of Indian vulture have been started. The vultures are long lived and slow in breeding, so the programs are expected to take decades. Vultures reach breeding age at about 5 years old. It is hoped that captive-bred birds will be released to the wild when the environment is clear of diclofenac.

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Carolina BalloonFest Celebrates 40th anniversary This October marks the 40th Anniversary of hot air ballooning in Iredell County. Carolina BalloonFest holds a special place in ballooning history as the 2nd longest (consecutively) held hot air balloon event in the United States!

The trove of treasured memories and imagery is beholden to many people and they weave a generous story. The early pioneers and pilots from yesteryear to this 40th Anniversary of our festival continue to inspire its longevity.

When the Fest was the Rally In 1969, Bill Meadows, a native of Statesville, established Balloon Ascensions, LTD (a flight training and promotion company). Meadows founded The National Balloon Rally in 1974. In those early years of the rally, most of the flights were made from Balloon Ascensions. In 1974, Tracy Barnes moved the Balloon Works from Charlotte, NC to Rhyne Aerodrome near Love Valley, NC and started manufacturing hot air balloons in Iredell County. Annual invitations continued and hot air balloonists gathered, camped, flew and shared adventures to foster their passion for flight. They ascended into the skies in their majestic, colorful balloons which complemented the morning sunrises and afternoon sunsets of north Iredell. The events at Rhyne Aerodrome, owned by Raeford and Anna Rhyne, became so popular that a larger venue was necessary to accommodate the growth of enthusiasts and spectators. Over the next four decades, the rally’s name and venue locations would change.

This year’s Carolina BalloonFest happens from October 1820, 2013 at the Statesville Regional Airport. The event features over 50 breathtaking hot air balloons that decorate the morning and evening skies. Dozens of balloons light up the venue with a spectacular Saturday Evening Balloon Glow presented by Black Automotive. Families & friends are encouraged to “run with the balloons” on Sunday morning in the first 5K & Fun Run. In addition to the beautiful balloons, the festival features allday activities with a variety of entertainment at the Main Stage presented and the 2nd Stage presented by Our State Magazine.

Families are encouraged to engage in various activities together in the Kids Zone, take a tethered balloon ride or shop for unique gifts and souvenirs at the Artisan Village - Market Place. Guests have an opportunity to experience North Carolina wines and craft beers at “A Taste of Wine & More!”

“Carolina BalloonFest holds a special place in hot air ballooning history. We are proud to plan a family-friendly event and look forward to celebrating this terrific milestone of hosting 40 consecutive years of hot air balloon rallies and fests in Iredell County,” says Bud Welch, President of the Board of Directors. “Come early and stay late to watch massive balloon launches near dusk and two sanctioned competitions on Saturday and Sunday mornings.” World Champion brothers, Nick Donner and Chase Donner join the participating pilots again this year.

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Children age 12 and younger will be admitted free on Friday and Sunday. Advance tickets are available online through October 17 via Carolina BalloonFest website. Limited on-site parking is free. Spectators are encouraged to use satellite parking at Iredell County Fairgrounds in Troutman which provides a free shuttle service to the BalloonFest venue for an admission discount. Veterans Appreciation Day is Sunday; retired veterans & active military enter free with military ID. Spectators are encouraged to arrive by 2pm on Saturday and Sunday to guarantee entry.

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By Geoffrey Cain - GlobalPost.com FUKUOKA, Japan — When the Chinese smog arrives, the medical masks come in fashion.

Every few months, this city of 1.5 million people in southern Japan, not far from mainland China, gets a dose of lung clogging courtesy of its neighbor.

Coal factories in the cities of Tianjin and Beijing, combined with the growing numbers of automobiles, pump out toxins that drift westward across the East China Sea. They hit Japan and, to a lesser extent, South Korea.

The most recent air pollution crisis came in February, when a whitish gray blanket of smog fell over Fukuoka. The city government put out an advisory on its early warning system — the first in Japan, started that month — urging everybody, and especially infants and the elderly, to stay indoors and wear face masks outside.

“There is concern among citizens over the health effects,” said Keiko Nabamuta, a city environment official. “Whenever this happens, we ask residents to stay indoors and avoid hanging their laundry outside,” a measure to prevent unsafe particulates from gathering on clothing.

The air pollution problem has become so pervasive that it has joined the list of diplomatic issues on the table between three fractious nations: China, which produces much of it, and Japan and South Korea, on its receiving end.

On May 7, top environmental officials of the three countries met in Kitakyushu, a city near Fukuoka, and agreed to set up a panel that will occasionally gather to explore solutions.

“Air pollution and climate change are common issues in the region,” Japan’s Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara told his counterparts in remarks carried by public broadcaster NHK. “Apart from domestic countermeasures, it is indispensable for China, South Korea and other countries to cooperate in solving them.”

The promises of cooperation came at an odd time. This year, relations between the three countries have fallen to a nadir over a line-up of territorial disputes.

The nations have drummed up a war of words over two chains of islets: the Liancourt Rocks torn between South Korea and Japan, and the Senkaku Islands disputed between China and Japan.

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South Korea and China expressed displeasure when, on Tuesday, the mayor of Osaka said that sex slaves, commonly referred to as “comfort women,” were a “necessary evil” to maintain discipline in the Japanese army during World War II. China’s environmental protection minister, Zhou Shengxian, cancelled his attendance on claims he was preoccupied with the damage of the April earthquake in Sichuan, in south-central China, which killed some 200 people.

Yet Japanese media speculated that his absence was related to rising tensions over the Senkaku Islands.

Early warning Over the past year, the governments of Japan and South Korea have been stepping up their early warning capabilities for cities at risk from air pollution.

In Fukuoka, the municipal government raises the alarm on the municipal website when the average number of particulates with a diameter smaller than 2.5 micro-millimeters, known shorthand as PM2.5, reaches 35 or more micrograms per cubic meter in a day. That’s less than one-thirtieth the thickness of human hair.

It’s a mouthful, but a significant number. The label PM2.5 typically includes contaminants from coal plants and factories, and can lead to respiratory infections and cancer.

The fumes already pose a serious public health crisis for China. In April, a study published in leading medical journal The Lancet linked air pollution to 1.2 million deaths in the country in 2010. The number comprises more than a third of the world’s total air pollution-related deaths.

The conundrum is getting worse for China and its neighbors. In the first three months of this year, the levels of two airborne pollutants — nitrogen dioxide and particulates from the PM2.5 to the PM10 range — increased by almost onethird in Beijing over the same period last year.

South Korea, too, has set up an early warning system, although it’s dealing with a slightly different problem from the Beijing-born gasses.

Every spring, clouds of “yellow dust” move southward from the Gobi Desert — the mass that straddles Mongolia and northern China — and sweep the Korean peninsula and other parts of the Pacific.

The storms have been recorded for thousands of years, and have not always been a malignant force. But times are changing.

China is industrializing and experiencing desertification, the process by which land becomes denuded and arid; the resulting winds are carrying heavy metals such as mercury, arsenic, and cancer-causing toxins into Seoul.

“The Korean government built six air quality concentration measuring stations throughout the nation,” said Kim Jongchoon, the director at the Korean Institute of Environmental Research, a government body, “and they analyze not only air pollutants but also harmful substances in them such as lead, cadmium, and arsenic.”

So far, South Korea has had mixed luck tackling the problem with China. In 2007, for instance, South Korea sent thousands of trees to China, in hopes they would be planted in the desert to halt the spread of yellow dust.

Instead, the Chinese government placed them next to a highway.

But Japan and South Korea haven’t experienced all gloom and doom dealing with their difficult neighbor. Korean and Chinese volunteers are helping plant some 4 million trees in China’s Gobi Desert, and the government says it’s making an effort to ensure trees are placed in the right zones.

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within the context in which we find ourselves, much like how we see the orange circle in the picture framed contextually by the enveloping gray circles.

The straight and narrow path causes straitjacketed thinking in other ways, besides resulting in errors in cognitive tests such as the one we just saw. Our contexts can lead us to adopt “truths” that take us to risky places, cause us to act in strange ways, and trick us into decisions that compromise our own as well as broader societal objectives.

You may be reading this article because the title intrigued Human Error leads to Human Terror We witness untold numbers of incidents related to terror, you. If you entered this netherworld to hear about wives with killing and carnage in knives or other sinister things, you will be a little disappointed. the name of religion. Of Or, maybe not. There is something that is a bit dark and late, we have also seen mysterious that goes on behind the veils – in the land where an increase in violence the blind mind reigns supreme. So, stay a while to see if it is unleashed by people possible to see through the eyes of the blind… who see the world in a We often think in straight lines, while the underlying reality way where violence to demands that we think in more nuanced, non-linear ways; or, others, and, in effect, to may we say, crookedly. themselves, seems a reasonable choice.

Simple Thinking and High-risk Living Could the “beliefs” that “Thinking” is much more than we normally think it to be.

Our senses feed our thoughts, and become sense perceptions lead to such actions be shaped within the context that these driven in part by our sensory organs, and partly by internal people find themselves in? Is it possible to convince such people that they may be trapped in something like an Ebbinghaus cognitive processes.

Sense perception is part of our survival kit, from a time illusion, and that a different view is possible if adjustments are when lions stalked us in the savannahs. Survival depended on made to compensate for the distortion created by the context? speed. It also demanded accuracy – we needed to be able to discriminate between a pattern of leaves that resembled a Thinking Out of the Box A few decades ago, the Gestalt psychologist, Karl Duncker, predator’s face and the actual menacing face of a lion. Getting the answer wrong in a critical situation could lead to a very developed a cognitive performance test that challenged people satisfied lion. But getting the answer right a moment too late to figure out a way to light a candle and mount it on the wall without having the wax drip onto the table below. Test subjects could also spell doom.

These kinds of life-and-death situations force a trade-off could use only a candle, a box of tacks and a book of matches. between speed and accuracy. Modern man is a product of a Many people do not realize that the box with the tacks can be process of evolutionary adaptation. We have become blindingly emptied and mounted on the wall, and that the candle can be fast at some things, as nature has carved out shortcuts inside placed within this box. “Functional fixedness” is the term used our brains. However, our speed has sometimes come at the to describe this way of thinking that is constrained by the way expense of accuracy. Perhaps we favor speed, because there are things are initially framed: in this example, people see the box fewer predators that threaten us in our current world. If it is of tacks as something used only to store the tacks, not as a more efficient to make a reasonable guess, we do so to conserve potential receptacle for the candle. our energy for other purposes. In any case, it leads to errors.

Crooked Mind on a Crooked Path The world is full of interesting twists and turns. Things are Believing is Seeing Errors in thinking lead to misalignment with the way things not black and white. There are many shades of gray, and a are. Erroneous beliefs may arise from our inclination to veritable spectrum of color, all of which form the rich tapestry conserve our mental energy. We may not even see such of life. There are few lions and tigers that we encounter on our positions as “beliefs”, if we have grown used to accepting them way to work or to the gym. Can we learn to think beyond the context that grew around us? Can we look at the Ebbinghaus as “truths”.

Since the accuracy of sense perception depends on our picture and say, with honesty, that we are not subject to beliefs, we may not just think erroneously – we may even see in illusions? We must first realize that our thoughts and beliefs are a distorted way. The Ebbinghaus illusion (see the picture) is a not as pristine as we sometimes think they are. If reality is good example of how we may see what we believe, rather than crooked, we need to stretch our minds and think a bit crookedly. the other way around.

The reasons for the illusion are debated in research circles more than a hundred years after Ebbinghaus did his work, but the fact remains that most people would see the orange circle on the right as being larger, when it is actually the same size as Balaji Prasad is an IIT/IIM graduate, the one on the left. a published author, SAT/ACT Online and Offline Coach, Math instructor and essay, resume, & career coach at NewCranium.

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When I was a kid, I thought the big boxes in the attic and basement were “junk.”

After all, no one ever opened any of them or did anything with them. They weren’t fun like Christmas decorations or useful like school supplies or enjoyable, like books. The boxes had been in the basement before I was born, and they were still there, almost half a century later, when we cleaned out the house a few years ago after my mother died and my father went into a nursing home with Alzheimer’s.

Maybe it was all the childhood warnings that the boxes were “Important”, or maybe a vague idea that they represented a critical point in my parents’ lives, but with a little repacking, the mysterious boxes went to a storage unit. I knew they were something my father wouldn’t want to part with in his lifetime, but I had no clue as to whether anyone else would find them as fascinating as he did.

When dad passed away at the end of March, everything needed to be appraised. That meant unpacking all the boxes in storage so the contents could be inventoried, photographed and their value identified.

That was when I truly realized the value of the “stuff” in the boxes. You see, when my father and mother were first married, they went “Out West” to North Dakota. Dad, a city kid from Reading, PA, always loved Native American culture since his childhood listening to the Lone Ranger on the radio. As a newly-minted doctor, he seized the opportunity to go serve at Fort Yates on the Standing Rock reservation.

But his real passion was meeting the Native Americans who remembered the old ways, people in their 80s and 90s who had survived the Custer battle, who had seen Sitting Bull, who knew what life was like before the reservations. He even learned to speak Sioux.

During the day, mom taught school and dad dealt with everything from delivering babies to tuberculosis to gunshot wounds at the hospital. But evenings and weekends, they got to know the elders, participated in the traditions and celebrations, and captured the stories of history’s witnesses on paper, audiotape and 8 mm film. On July 29, 1950, mom and dad were adopted into the Sioux tribe. It was a life-long dream come true.

As they got to know their neighbors, mom and dad preserved pieces of that history—pottery, textiles, beaded clothing, moccasins….things many people at the time considered to be of little value.

Guess what was in the boxes? A time-capsule of Native American history. Dad’s collection is being curated by Freeman’s Auction House in Philadelphia for a sale later this year, and in the meantime, part of the collection is heading to a noted Western museum to be part of an exhibit. Needless to say, it turned out to be a lot more valuable than I ever dreamed.

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Where are the hidden gems, the treasures you could be using to create teleseminars, webinars, live events, info-products, and other useful materials that help others and boost your income?

(If you have difficulty seeing the jewels in the “junk” on your list, do this exercise with a friend and swap lists.)

We’re often too close to our knowledge and expertise to realize that what is “common sense” to us isn’t common at all.

It’s not just about what you know; it’s about your unique perspective that has been forged by the road you’ve traveled.

No one else can share that information in exactly the same way, no matter how many other people are out there talking about the topic.

And trust me, there are people who need what you have to offer who just haven’t been able to “connect” with the message of other experts. These people—your “tribe”—will light up with a breakthrough because you speak their language like no one else.

So take a good look at the “junk” in your mental attic and make up your mind to turn your trash into treasure!

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This is where the power of the Cloud really makes a difference, because through Cloud-based storage, you can access, edit and share many more documents than your mobile phone or tablet PC could store locally, without slowing down your device or maxing out your storage. Google Docs, SugarSync, Box.net, and Dropbox all have mobile apps, making it easy to grab your documents no matter where you are.

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If you drink tea, you may be reducing your risk of stroke: Researchers from UCLA recently analyzed nine studies with a total of 195,000 people, 4,300 of whom had strokes, and found that those who drank, on average, three cups of green or black tea a day had a 21 percent reduced risk of stroke, compared to those who averaged less than one cup a day. Previous research has also suggested that tea may provide a variety of cardiovascular benefits.

If you’re taking a cholesterol-lowering statin drug, it’s still important to stick to a healthy diet and exercise program: It’s not an “either/or” decision. Studies show that diet can enhance the effects of the medication. In addition, heart disease is a complex problem, and cholesterol is only one important factor affecting it. A healthy diet – rich in fruits, whole grains, and vegetables, together with exercise, can help you avoid obesity, diabetes, and hypertension, all of which can contribute to heart disease, even if your cholesterol levels are good.

If you’re a gardener, make sure you’ve had a tetanus booster: More than one-third of tetanus cases in this country occur in people who got it while gardening or doing yard work.

The disease is caused by bacteria commonly found in dirt and on tools, and even a small cut or splinter can transmit the bacteria. Everyone should have the shot every 10 years (it also includes a vaccine against diphtheria and sometimes pertussis).

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Low-fat, low-carb and high-protein diets produce similar results: It’s simply a matter of calories, according to a large study recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine. More than 800 overweight or obese people were assigned to diets with various proportions of fat, carbs, and protein designed to cut 750 calories a day. They were also instructed to exercise for at least 90 minutes a week. After six months, all groups lost an average of 13 pounds; after two years all groups still kept off about seven pounds. That’s a good result compared to other long-term studies, and was probably due in part to the frequent counseling sessions the dieters were offered.

Exercise reduces the risk of colon cancer and probably breast cancer: Recent research confirms this. The best evidence of benefit concerns colon cancer and a recent analysis in the British Journal of Cancer combined the results of 52 studies and found that physical activity reduces the risk by 24 percent on average. The evidence concerning breast cancer has been promising, though less consistent. But a recent German study of nearly 10,000 women concluded that physical activity could indeed help protect against breast cancer, especially for women over 50.

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Here are some simple yet very tasty recipes for making various Method: In a small saucepan at medium-high heat, combine types of pickles. cider vinegar, salt, sugar, turmeric and mustard seed. Bring to a boil and let cook for 5 more minutes. Then slice cucumbers Bread and Butter Pickles and onion. Loosely pack the vegetables in a 1-quart canning jar or other similarly sized container. Pour hot liquid over the Ingredients: vegetables in the container. Refrigerate for 24 hours and enjoy.

25 cucumbers, thinly sliced Keep refrigerated.

6 onions, thinly sliced 2 green bell peppers, diced 3 cloves garlic, chopped 1/2 cup salt 3 cups cider vinegar 5 cups white sugar 2 tablespoons mustard seed 1 1/2 teaspoons celery seed 1/2 teaspoon whole cloves 1 tablespoon ground turmeric Method: In a large bowl, mix together cucumbers, onions, green bell peppers, garlic and salt. Allow to stand about three hours. In a large pan, mix the cider vinegar, white sugar, mustard seed, celery seed, whole cloves and turmeric. Bring to a boil. Drain liquid from the cucumber mixture. Stir the mixture into the boiling vinegar mixture. Remove from heat shortly before the combined mixtures return to boil. Transfer to clean containers. Seal and chill in the refrigerator until serving. This makes about eight 1-quart jars.

Cucumber Kimchi Ingredients: 5 cucumbers, peeled and cut into thin sticks 1/2 cup sea salt 1/2 cup white sugar 1/2 cup white vinegar 1 cup water 2 tablespoons chili bean sauce 1 tablespoon hot chili oil 2 fresh hot red chili peppers, sliced 1 small onion, sliced 5 cloves garlic, sliced and crushed Method: Mix the cucumbers and sea salt together in a bowl, let stand for 30 minutes to let the cucumbers soften. Drain, and rinse with fresh water. While the cucumbers are standing in salt, whisk together the sugar, vinegar, and water in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and stir in the chili bean sauce and hot chili oil. Mix the cucumbers with sliced chilies, onion, and garlic in a heatproof airtight container, and pour the hot vinegar mixture over the vegetables. Cover and refrigerate for 2 to 3 hours to blend the flavors. Serve chilled.

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Pickled Garlic Ingredients: 1/2 pound garlic, peeled 1 large red bell pepper, chopped 2 cups distilled white vinegar 2/3 cup white sugar 1/2 teaspoon ground dry mustard 1/2 teaspoon celery seed Method: Place garlic cloves in a medium bowl, first cutting the large cloves in half. Mix in the red bell pepper. In a large saucepan over medium high heat, place the distilled white vinegar and white sugar. Wrap ground dry mustard and celery seed in a spice bag, and place in the liquid mixture. Bring to a boil. Boil 5 minutes. Stir in garlic and pepper. Continue boiling 5 minutes. Remove from heat and discard spice bag. Place garlic and peppers in sterile containers to within 1 inch of the top. Fill with remaining liquid to within 1/4 inch from the top.

Seal and store in the refrigerator approximately three weeks before serving.

Spiced Pickled Beets Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups sliced canned beets, juice reserved 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar 2 tablespoons sugar 2 whole cloves 3 black peppercorns 1 bay leaf 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 small onion, sliced Method: Place the beets into a medium bowl and set aside. In a medium saucepan, combine vinegar and 1/2 cup beet juice and bring to a boil. Add sugar, cloves, peppercorns, bay leaf, salt and onion, and return to a boil. Remove from heat, and pour mixture over the beets. Toss until coated, cover and chill.

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Healthwise Management of Elbow Pain and Injuries

By Chetan Deshmukh The elbow joint is a very important but often taken for granted joint in our body. It is a complex joint made up of bone, cartilage, ligaments and a “sac of fluid” a.k.a “bursa”. The elbow joint is formed by three bones coming together to form a highly moveable structure. The pure elbow joint is made up of the lower end of the arm (“humerus bone”) and the upper part of the forearm bone (“ulna”). The forearm is made up of two bones which helps us rotate our hand to face the palm up (as when holding a bowl) or palm down (when dribbling a basketball). Muscles and tendons help the elbow joint move such as bending and straightening the elbow. The elbow joint works as a “hinge joint”. The part below the hinge helps with rotation of the forearm and is truly a separate joint between two forearm bones. This is the movement of turning the forearm.

Injuries to the elbow When any of these structures are injured or diseased, you end up with elbow problems such as pain, stiffness and tenderness.

The elbow joint can swell up easily due to direct trauma or from infection or inflammation. When this happens you have a “red”, “warm” and “angry looking” joint that does not want to be moved. This further increases stiffness in the joint. Many things can make your elbow hurt. A common cause is tendinitis, an inflammation or injury to the tendons that attach muscle to bone. Tendinitis of the elbow is a sports injury, often from playing tennis or golf. You may also develop tendinitis from overuse of the elbow. a) Arthritis of the elbow: The elbow is one of the joints that show early warning of arthritis such as Rheumatoid Arthritis. Patients often complain of aches and pain in their elbow(s) and it is quite common to see these symptoms in the right and left elbow at the same time.

d) Dislocation of the elbow: While most common in children this type of dislocation is associated with pulling the forearm and hand away from the elbow. This type of a “dislocation” was also referred to as a “Nursemaids elbow” because children were picked-up by the nurse maids by grabbing on the child’s forearms rather than at their shoulders. Parents / Adults are cautioned about this type of injury as many children like be pulled-up and being spun around in play (by holding onto their forearms...). This type of injury can be very painful to the child and should not be ignored if the child complains of pain. e) Fractures to the elbow in adults: While these are not common in most adults it is seen often in very young active children or in older adults with weaker bones. Often, this type of injury is associated with a fall or direct trauma such as a heavy object coming in contact with the elbow joint.

Recreational sports such as cricket, tennis, baseball and even jogging/ running can result in forearm/ elbow fractures. Fall on the outstretched hand (FOOSH) can result in a fracture of the elbow in adults. The velocity of the fall combined with the pressure of hitting the ground could be enough to fracture, or break, a bone around the elbow. That’s how most fractures around the elbow joint occur.

Many elbow fractures in adults are associated with motor vehicle collisions or impact when falling off of a high-speed motorcycle that spun out of control.

Other causes of elbow pain include sprains and strains from overuse during sports or at work. The most common type of sports related pain in the elbow is because of Tennis or Golf.

When you have high-impact on the forearm with the forces traveling into the elbow you end up damaging the soft-tissues and sometimes the surfaces of the joint. Pain on the outside of the elbow is referred to as “Tennis elbow” while that on the inside of the elbow is referred to as “Golfer’s elbow”. Both of these can be treated with good recovery if treatment is sought early in the process. Over a period of time and repeated activity, the soft-tissues around the elbow can stiffen up and can become “ossified” (become hard like bone) this can be very painful and limiting.

Treatment for the Elbow Treatment of elbow injuries and trauma depends on the cause.

There is NO “one cure for all problems” and the readers are cautioned on use of home remedies and advice from nonprofessionals or others who experienced an elbow injury.

There are some treatments that can be started at home in the acute phase. This may include applying “ice packs” in the initial phase until you get to see a professional. It is very common to hear of “my friend had a tennis elbow and he/she did … and c) Children and elbow fractures: If you have an active child now they are better“. The reality is that each elbow injury can (like most children are ...) or you have a professional athlete in be caused by a different cause and type of force. You should the making or just a toddler jumping on the bed, there’s a good seek professional help when in doubt. possibility that he or she will experience a fall at home or on the field at some time. Because our body reacts by extending Chetan Deshmukh, our elbows to prevent us from falling on our face we will endMBA, OTR/L, CPC, CHDA is a Hand Rehabilitation Specialist up bruising our elbows and scraping the skin. In most cases based in Cary, NC the force is not severe enough to break a bone but when the Email: info@theraccess.com weight of the child comes down on the elbow it is likely to Website: www.theraccess.com increase the force and break the long arm bone at the elbow. b) Bursitis of the elbow: This condition is primarily caused by an inflammation/ irritation of the bursa or “sac of fluid” that under normal conditions protects the joint and cushions it from trauma.

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2-inch piece fresh ginger, thinly sliced 3 tablespoons pickling spice Method: If canning, prepare a boiling water bath canner and 3 regular mouth pint jars. Place lids in a small saucepan, cover them with water, and simmer over very low heat. Combine vinegar, 1.5 cups of water, salt, sugar, and ginger slices in a pot and bring to a boil. Line up jars and measure one tablespoon of pickling spices into the bottom of each jar. Pack peeled tomatoes into prepared jars, taking care not to crush them.

Slowly pour brine over the tomatoes, leaving 1/2 inch headspace. Gently tap jars on a towel-lined countertop to help loosen any air bubbles. Use a wooden chopstick or plastic knife to help remove any bubbles that remain after tapping. Check headspace again and add more brine if necessary. Make sure to include 2 to 3 ginger slices per jar. Wipe rims, apply lids and rings and process in a hot water bath for 10 minutes. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re skipping the processing step, simply let jars cool on your countertop after capping. Once they reach room temperature, put them into the refrigerator. Whether you process these pickles or not, let them rest in the brine for at least a week before eating.

Pickled Vegetables Ingredients: 1/2 cup sugar 3/4 cup white vinegar 3/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 3 garlic cloves, crushed 2 cups thinly sliced unpeeled cucumber 1 cup thinly sliced red onion 1/2 cup cauliflower florets

Method: Prepare for canning by sterilizing jars and lids. Put a steamer rack at the bottom of a large (16 quart) pot, and place the jars on the rack. Fill the pot with water to the rim of the jars.

(Put a clean dish towel at the bottom of the pot to avoid breakage from the heat.) Bring to a rolling boil and boil for 10 minutes. To sterilize the lids, place lids in a large bowl and pour boiling water over them. Will need four pint canning jars, lids, and screw bands.

Pickled Carrots Ingredients: 1 (16 ounce) package baby carrots 1 cup white sugar 1 cup white vinegar 1 tablespoon whole cloves 1 cinnamon stick Method: Bring a large saucepan of lightly salted water to a boil.

Cook carrots in boiling water until tender but not mushy, about 15 minutes; drain. Stir sugar, vinegar, and cloves together in a saucepan; drop in cinnamon stick and bring mixture to a boil. Stir until sugar dissolves. Transfer carrots to a bowl and pour syrup over carrots. Cover tightly; refrigerate until chilled and flavors have blended, 3 hours to overnight.

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fled the country as a student dissident. Last year, he returned as an American businessman.

In between, the Berlin Wall fell, and much of the world reached the consensus that the best way to be a humanitarian was to become a capitalist.

That suits Tun, who remembers waiting in line as a child at the village depot for his family’s monthly allowance of two bars of soap, under the country’s disastrous “Burmese Way to Socialism.”

“We hated socialism, so we loved capitalism,” said Tun, 42, who is now the Myanmar director for global accounting firm Deloitte in its Southeast Asia division, over breakfast next door at the American embassy.

He had pledged to himself that he would return to Burma one day to help the country, and said that when the government made it clear that student dissidents were welcome, he had no excuse not to come back.

Tun’s view of American-style capitalism was tempered in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, when he built a system to help the FDIC better monitor banks’ balance sheets.

“No one system is perfect in this world,” said Tun, who stressed he was speaking on behalf of himself, and not his firm.

“Everything has fraud. Humans can always find a way to fail.”

But Tun, who became an American citizen in 2010, said that Western companies are subject to legal and public pressures that make them good corporate citizens. He said he’s confident that their legacy here will be positive and that the Burmese people will benefit from access to outside technology, education, and infrastructure (even in Yangon, Internet access is, in a word, terrible).

In Tun’s view, though, the most important consequence of Western investment may be less direct. In 2011, after, President Thein Sein halted construction of a controversial dam that would send its power to Yunnan, Beijing began to reconsider its domineering attitude towards the country. The lifting of western sanctions has accelerated that shift further, Tun said.

Now, the Chinese are beginning to take seriously the social and environmental impact of their Burmese projects and pay attention to their image here. “They’re learning overnight,” said Tun. “And maybe they’ll even do it better.”

From Yangon, the prospects for Burmese prosperity no longer look so dependent on a single mountain road. And that, both political observers and the people along the road believe, could help the long-oppressed Burmese finally put themselves in the driver’s seat.

— With reporting from Aye Thiri Sein.

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Community Focus Events of Note Carnatic Vocal Recital The Indian Performing Arts Association of Charlotte (IPAAC) presents a vocal recital by Sandipan Samajpati on Sat, October 5, 2013 (6:30pm) at Tate Recital Hall, CPCC central campus in Charlotte. For more details and tickets information, call 704.364.0984 or visit www.ipaac.org.

Triad Diwali 2013 The India Association of Triad presents the annual celebration Triad Diwali on Saturday, October 26, 2013 beginning at 5:30pm. Food, performances, arts, and crafts will be on hand at the event that will take place in Downtown Greensboro, NC at the Carolina Theatre, 310 South Greene St. Discounted tickets are available at grocery stores in the Greensboro and High Point area. For full details call 336.601.0567 or visit facebook.com/iat.greensboro.

Gandhi Jayanti Celebration Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday celebration, Unity in Diversity, will take place at the old courthouse in Charlotte on Saturday, October 5, 2013 from 6:30 - 7:30 pm. Join the participants to celebrate the respect and support of all Human Rights. There is a Gandhi statue on the grounds of the old courthouse, located on 4th St, in downtown Charlotte. For more details write to Nimishbhatt@bellsouth.net.

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RTP Bathukamma 2013 The RTP Bathukamma celebrations will take place on Sat, October 12, 2013 from 11 am – 6 pm at Kiwanis shelter, Bond Park, 801 High House Rd., Cary, NC. The event will feature lunch, a play, Kolatam, and much more. For more details call 925.202.9992 or visit www.rtpbathukamma.org.

Global Mela The 12th annual Global Mela happens on Oct 19 – 20, 2013 at the Global Mall in Norcross, GA. The weekend will feature cultural shows, children’s activities, mega sales by vendors, lots of food, magic show, dancing, singing, and more. The event draws thousands every year and entry is free. For more details call 770.416.1111 or visit www.amsglobalmall.com.

SAC Diwali Ball 2013 The Sindhi Association of the Carolinas (SAC) presents the Diwali Ball on Saturday, October 19, 2013 at the Hilton University, Charlotte. The celebration will feature dance by Radhika Unnithan and group, DJ Lalit, appetizers, dinner, entertainment, dancing, and more. For details and tickets info call 704.779.2396 or 704.753.5081. Email: soniahassani1@gmail.com The dance competition “Aaj Ka Dhamaka” celebrates its 15th year bringing competitive South Asian dance to the Carolinas.

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Bhadreshdas Swami as a modern-day interpreter of this very ancient tradition. Bhadreshdas Swami’s Swaminarayan Bhashyam is a classical-style Sanskrit commentarial text on some of the most prominent scriptures of Hinduism which are revered by almost one billion Hindus worldwide. Many scholars have lauded the Swaminarayan Bhashyam as one of the great contributions to Hinduism and Indian philosophy in the past several centuries. Dr. Krishnamurti Shastri, Member of the Project Committee, Maharshi Sandipani Rashtiya Vedavidya Pratishthan of India has said that, this poetic commentary presents new insights into the secrets of Vedanta in comparison to any previous views on the subject.”

Bhadreshdas Swami, after being initiated as a swami in 1981, has been studying Sanskrit and Hindu scriptures for the last 32 years. Having completed a 500-page thesis on the Bhagavad Gita written entirely in Sanskrit, he has earned five Masters Degrees as well as a PhD in Sanskrit. He recently completed commentaries on the Upanishads, Brahmasutras and the Gita and is currently working on a commentary on the Vedas. In recognition of his achievements, the Kavikulguru Kalidas Sanskrit University (KKSU) in Nagpur awarded him a Doctorate of Literature as well as the honorary award of Mahamahopdhyaya, an honorary title given to prestigious scholars by the Government of India. After Bhadreshdas Swami presented the Swaminarayan Bhasyam to Congressman Hoyer, Congressman Hoyer presented the texts in a separate ceremony to an officer of the Library of Congress. She welcomed the texts of ancient Hindu wisdom as an important addition to the cultural and intellectual wealth of the national library. The Swaminarayan Bhashyam is named thus, as it encompasses the values revealed by Bhagwan Swaminarayan in a philosophy known as Swaminarayan Darshan. The five volumes of the Swaminarayan Bhashya address the modern need of religious and social pluralism and harmony in the world along with explaining universal ethical and spiritual values. As Bhadreshdas Swami explained to Congressman Hoyer, “When the sages of government and the sages of spirituality come together, the result is the spread of peace in the world.”

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among about 700 workers who submitted themselves for testing. More than 70 of those 200 have already died of the disease, forming the basis of an ongoing complaint to India’s National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). But there has been little or no relief.

The anecdotal evidence is also grim.

In interviews with GlobalPost in Khambat, agate polishers recounted an epidemic of death among their families and coworkers — telling of manufacturing sites where as many as 15 out of 20 workers employed over the years have died from silicosis.

“Over 10 years, I might have employed 20 or 30 workers off and on,” said 43-year-old Karimsha Husseinsha Diwan. “Most of them have died.”

“Maybe 100 of my colleagues and relatives have died of this over the past 20 or 25 years,” said 51-year-old Bashir Nur Mohammed Malik, an agate grinder who was diagnosed with silicosis in 2012. “Seven members of my immediate family [who worked in the industry] have died — my father, my mother, two brothers and both of their wives, and one sister.”

“Both my father and brother died of silicosis, and my mother has been diagnosed,” said 35-year-old Prakash. “At least 30 or 40 workers from the same ‘factory’ must have died over the years.”

PTRC’s research provides a depressing explanation of why they keep coming back — sometimes even after being diagnosed with silicosis. Almost all of the workers are Muslims or Dalits (once known as “untouchables”) or hail from the underprivileged castes known in Indian legalese as the “Other Backward Classes.” Only 10 percent have any other skill, such as driving a rickshaw or weaving.

Buyer beware GJEPC’s director in Jaipur concedes that there is a problem in Khambhat. But he says that silicosis is not a problem at “other centers” of manufacturing, which are using “different technology.”

While it’s impossible to say that there are no safe facilities anywhere in India, activists say that they are rare, at best. And no Indian agate manufacturer appears to be claiming high safety standards for its workers in a bid to attract business from Western companies that deal in “fair trade” or “ethical” jewelry.

Jagdish Patel’s PTRC has yet to discover a facility in Khambhat that provides adequate safety measures, after more than a decade of advocacy on behalf of agate workers.

“I’ve been in the industry 37 years, and to my knowledge there is no [Indian] factory in those beads and cabochons and the type of products you’re describing,” adds Eric Braunwart, chief executive of Columbia Gems, who has investigated shifting his production from China to India. “I could be wrong.

There might be one in India. But I would be surprised.”

That’s not to say all agate sold in the West is suspect.

In China, Braunwart worked with his Chinese manufacturing partner to develop a low-cost, wet-process exhaust system to protect their grinders. And when Jagdish Patel visited China to document the industry’s best practices for traders back home, he also witnessed large-scale agate polishing units that have adopted wet-process grinding techniques and employed exhaust systems to dispose of silica dust.

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But agate and gem polishers at other units from China to South Africa are at grave risk of silicosis, according to reports by organizations like Labor Action China, which won a 2.6 million yuan (~ $419,000 USD) settlement in 2010 for Chinese grinders.

Meanwhile, neither the gem nor the agate industry has a mechanism like the Kimberly Process, which certifies “conflictfree” diamonds, or Goodweave (formerly Rugmark), which guarantees that carpets and other products have been manufactured without child labor. So once those stones hit display cases in stores across the US and Europe, it’s “buyer beware.”

Exports to the West Nobody keeps official statistics for India’s total agate exports. But a GlobalPost analysis of GJEPC export statistics suggests that perhaps as much as $110 million worth of colored gemstones were shipped to the US between April 2012 and January 2013. By dollar value, the bulk of that comprised emeralds, sapphires and rubies, according to a GJEPC official.

But cheap, semi-precious stones like agate may well have accounted for most of the tonnage.

According to documents Patel obtained from Piers Trade Intelligence, a subscription-only database of US waterborne trade activity, and showed to GlobalPost, US-based traders imported around 140,000 pounds of polished agate and similar semi-precious stones from India over five months in 2009. This included nearly 50,000 pounds of polished stones from Khambhat-based Krishna Agate.

Those stones almost certainly end up in malls across America. Some of the country’s biggest retailers, as well as many online merchants and specialty shops, offer agate-based products.

But consumers lack the information to know if a polished agate has contributed to the painful death of workers. Under US law, stores are required to label merchandise with the country of manufacture. Those rules don’t require companies to provide detailed information about where their immediate suppliers source the materials they use in the manufacturing.

And traders in this competitive market keep their supply chains confidential. So a product labeled “made in California” may well contain agate that was processed in India.

GlobalPost requested supply chain and safety information from online shops and major retailers selling agate in the US. Some of these companies have strict internal policies against the exploitation of workers, wherever they may live. But most of them did not respond to repeated inquiries, and none provided sufficient information to allow an outsider to verify that they had eliminated dangerous practices from their supply chain.

“Even when it comes to finished jewelry items that lay claims to being ‘ethical’, things aren’t always so cut-and-dry,” said Leber, the jeweler and advocate for better labor conditions in the gem industry.

“For instance, we’ve seen items being sold by a well-known ‘fair trade’ retailer that, while they may have been made by a women’s co-op in the developing world, utilize gemstone beads that were almost certainly cut ... by cutters who in a couple years will contract silicosis and likely die at a young age.”

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Community Organizations Charlotte Art of Living (Healing with the Breath) Art of Living is dedicated to serving society by strengthening the individual. This is done through self-development programs that recharge the body, mind and spirit and allow people to function at their optimum potential. People from all backgrounds, religions and cultural traditions come together in service and celebration.

For Further Details: 980-216-8732 charlotte@us.artofliving.org www.artofliving.org or www.artofliving.org/charlotte Association for India’s Development - Charlotte A volunteer movement committed to promoting sustainable, equitable and just-development. AID Charlotte supports grassroots organizations in India and initiates efforts in various interconnected spheres such as education, livelihoods, natural resources, health, women’s empowerment and social justice.

For further details: Kiran Uppalapati 704.307.6450; Venkata Ramana Duddu 662.231.2350.

BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Regularly scheduled activities include a daily Aarti at 6:30 am and 7 pm. Darshan: Mon-Fri 6:30 am-12:30 pm and 4 - 8:30 pm, Sat/Sun 6:30 am-8:30 pm. Gujarati classes are held every Sunday from 3 - 4 pm and “Satsang Sabha” is held every Sunday at 4:30 p.m. The Swaminarayan Temple is located at 4100 Margaret Wallace Rd, Charlotte, NC, 28105.

Upcoming Events: Sat, Oct 19: Sharad Purnima Sun, Nov 3: Diwali - Annakut Sun, Dec 8: Pramukh Swami Janma Jayanti For Further Details: 704.573.0805 / 04.573.0820 (fax) Bethel Christian Fellowship Bethel Christian Fellowship offers services in various Indian languages (i.e. Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, etc.) .Sunday School Time - 11:15 - 11:45 am; Sunday Worship Service time: 11:45 - 1:15 pm. Sunday Service Location: Fort Mill Church of God, Student Life Center Building, 216 Academy Street, Room 102. Fort Mill, South Carolina 29715. Saturday Service Location: Life Builders Church - 730 Oak Dale Rd, Charlotte NC 28216.

For further details: 803.792.7223; pastorofbcf@gmail.com (Pastor: Rajan Samuel).

Carolina Sanskrutik Maharashtra Mandal CSMM promotes Maharashtrian culture and language.

Maharashtra mandal is committed to serve Carolina Marathi community with various cultural, social and traditional Marathi programs and events.

For Further Details: Sangeeta Korde, sangeet_k@yahoo.com, 704.421.4279 Sonali Tamhane, sonali_tamhane21@yahoo.com, 704.364.8605 www.charlottemarathimandal.com Saathee.com

Carolinas Christian Assembly - Charlotte Everyone is cordially invited to join for Sunday worship, Bible class, Sunday school: Sundays from 9 am - 12 pm. English and various Indian languages are used in the Sunday services.

Contact for further details Rev. Dr. K.C. Paul (704.771.1414), Rajan Mathew (704.756.4969), Jose Varughese (704.453.6177), Varughese K. Thomas (803.322.9549).

Charlotte Gita Study Group Beginners and advanced students of the Gita are welcome. The group meets the second and fourth Sunday of each month from 3 - 5 pm. This course is based on the Home Study Course of the Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, Saylorsburg, PA. Each session starts with a meditation followed by a recorded lecture in English, supplemented by discussion among the group.

For further details: Rishi and Shikha Bhatnagar, rishi@solveron.com, 513.518.5300 Shridhar and Kruti Dave, skdave@hotmail.com, 704.844.9567 Naras and Beena Eechambadi, narasee@gmail.com www.freewebs.com/gitastudy Charlotte Hindu Center Table Tennis The group meets every Monday and Wednesday from 6.30 - 10 pm. New players come after 7.30 pm for orientation. The TT action takes place at the Vihar Hall of Charlotte’s Hindu Center, 7400 City View Drive, Charlotte, NC 28134. All levels and types of play. Free coaching and lessons. For further details: s_jan@yahoo.com or visit www.ttclt.com.

Charlotte Indian Christian Fellowship Meets on the third Saturday of every month at 6:30 pm for Prayer, Bible Study and Fellowship. Anyone who is interested to spend an evening with us is welcome to come with your family and friends.

For Further Details: Hema at 704.841.7060 hadhopper@hotmail.com Charlotte Indian Karaoke Group CIKG invites karaoke lovers to come and sing Hindi songs on karaoke. It does not matter whether you are a beginner or experienced. The most important thing is to get together and have fun. The event is held once a month, usually on Friday or Saturday. Entry and participation is free.

For Further Details: Dinesh Patel at cikgrocks@yahoo.com Charlotte Kriya Yoga Group Charlotte Kriya Yoga Group Promotes Kriya Yoga Meditation practices as taught by lineage of realized masters such as Mahaavatar Baba Ji, Lahri Mahasaya, Sri Yukteshwar Giri, Paramahamsa Yogananda, Hariharananda, and Prajanananada. A sincere seeker who follows the path of Kriya Yoga with love and devotion and a desire for spiritual growth can attain Self-realization- even in one lifetime. Center hosts two annual initiation programs and a weekly Sunday meditation for initiates.

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Community Organizations Charlotte Malayalee Association The purpose of this association is to promote and facilitate the cultural, educational, social and economic welfare of the Charlotte Malayalee community. For Further Details: Sunu Sebastian (sunu@email.com) or www.cltma.org.

in both North and South Carolina.

For Further Details: Ekal Charlotte Chapter: Neena Narumanchi neena.narumanchi@gmail.com Ekal Columbia: Janak Dalal / jaydalalcolumbia@gmail.com

Charlotte Tamil Sangam Charlotte Tamil Sangam works to bring together the vibrant Tamil community in the Charlotte area and strives to promote the Tamil language, arts and culture. For Further Details: Lakshmanan Krishnan (lakshmanank@hotmail.com) or visit www.cltts.org

Gurdwara Sahib - Charlotte The Sikh Heritage Society strives to unite and enrich the lives of the Sikh & Punjabi communities of Charlotte and surrounding areas. “Gurdwara” address: 1760 Stoney Creek Lane, Charlotte, NC 28262.

Regular Program: Every Sunday: 10 - 11am, Asa Di War by Bhai Satnam Singh Jee, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm, Keertan by Children, 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm, Keertan by Bhai Satnam Singh Jee, 1:15 pm - 1:30 pm, Ardaas, followed by Guru Ka Langar.

For Further Details: Gurdwara: 704.509.2828 704.541.0350 (Sajjan Dhaliwal), sajjan@carolina.rr.com, 704.948.8091 (Inderjeet Rajpal), irajpal@aol.com

Charlotte Vipassana Meditation Group Vipassana, which means to see things as they really are, is one of India’s most ancient techniques of meditation. It was taught in India more than 2500 years ago as a universal remedy for universal ills. The Charlotte Vipassana Meditation Group holds weekly group sits and monthly all day sits for established students (those who have taken at least one ten day course from S. N. Goenka or one of his assistant teachers). Ten-day courses are also available for all students. There is never a charge for a course. New center now open in Jesup, GA. To apply for a 10 day retreat visit www.patapa.dhamma.org For Further Details: 704.277.5013, rbddesai@gmail.com 704.563.5440, dspranger@gmail.com www.dhamma.org Classical Music Association of Charlotte (CMAC) CMAC sponsors many classical concerts during the year in Charlotte. Membership forms are available at concerts.

Upcoming Events: Sun, Oct 27: Akkarai Sisters (violin), Shertalai Ananthakrishnan (mridangam), Dr. S. Karthik (ghatam) at Tate Hall, CPCC 3:30pm.

For Further Details: 704.541.3361 (Rama Rachakonda), 704.814.9355 (Lakshmi Muthukrishnan), lakshmi7778@yahoo.com cmacmusic@yahoo.com www.onlinecmac.com Dada Bhagwan Group What is Gnan Vidhi? It is scientific process of attaining Self Realization in the presence of Atmagnani. It is the gracing of real knowledge that separates the real Self from the non-self.

The benefits of Gnan Vidhi are many like attaining awareness of the soul, getting solution through right understanding, removing wrong beliefs and destroying past sins. For further details contact 877 505 Dada (3232). www.dadabhagwan.org Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of India (EVFI) was established to help in the overall development of the remote tribal and rural villages in India. Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of USA along with EVFI is committed to the cause of eradicating illiteracy from tribal areas. Education is the key to self-esteem, self-sustenance, economic wellbeing and happiness. The Carolinas Region of the EVFUSA conducts fund raising and awareness programs Saathee.com

Hindu Center of Charlotte The temple holds many regular events and religious ceremonies. The temple library is stocked with books, CDs, DVDs and other materials on varied genre such as religion, culture, history, philosophy, yoga and health.

Upcoming Events: Oct 5 - 12: Navratari Oct 11 - 13: Durga Puja Sun, Oct 13: Dasera Oct 18 -19: Sharad Purnima celebrations Sun Oct 27: Kids garba Nov 1 - 4: Diwali celebrations Sat, Nov 16: Diwali dinner fundraiser (6pm) The Hindu Center is located at 7400 City View Drive, Charlotte, NC 28212.

For Further Details: 704.535.3440 or 704.607.8412 (facility manager) admin@hcclt.org or www.hcclt.org IAMC (Indian American Muslim Council) - Charlotte Chapter IAMC is an Independent organization committed to promoting peace, pluralism and social justice for all through advocacy.

The organization is also committed to promote and protect human rights and human dignity in India as they are the foundation of freedom, justice and peace. IAMC-Charlotte, seeks to reach out to Indian Muslims living in and around Charlotte to join efforts to promote Peace and Social Justice for all in India, to strive for Inter-Faith, Inter-Community understanding in the United States with particular focus on Indian Diaspora.

For Further Details: Ashfaq Mehdi 704.904.5778 Afzal Syed 704.770.1103 iamc-charlotte@yahoogroups.com India Association of Charlotte (Festival of India) The organization works to foster fostering better understanding of the rich diversity of Indian culture by the larger community in and around Charlotte. A key activity is 108

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For Further Details: Toni Sawhney 704-604-2133 Lal Vishin 704-545-3727 www.indiafestival.net Indian Performing Arts Association of Charlotte (IPAAC) IPAAC (Indian Performing Arts Association of Charlotte) promotes classical Hindustani music by inviting well-known artists from India.

Upcoming Events: Sat, Oct 5: Vocal Recital by Sandipan Samajpati at 6 pm, Tate Recital Hall, CPCC Central Campus.

Sat, Nov 16: Bharat Natyam Dance Recital by Sonali Skandan and group (senior disciple of Padma Bhushan C. V. Chandrashekhar) at 5 pm, Dana Auditorium, Queens University.

For Further Details: Chaula Jain 704.364.0984 Richa Pathak 704-921-4276 contact@ipaac.org www.ipaac.org Jain Center of Greater Charlotte (JCGC) The JCGC serves the spiritual, cultural, social, and community needs of Jain families in and around metropolitan Charlotte area. JCGC is dedicated to the practice, understanding, promotion, and preservation of the Jain faith. Members meet regularly for worship, ceremonies, and festivals throughout the year. The Jain Center is located at 7631 Mallard Creek Rd., Charlotte, NC 28262.

Upcoming Events: Thursday, Oct 3, 2013 (Chaudas): Pakkhi Pratikraman 7 pm Saturday, Oct 5, 2013 (Ekum): Snatra Pooja 10:30 am Sunday, Oct 13, 2013 (Nom): Paathshala for children 10:30 am Thursday, Oct 17, 2013 (Chaudas): Pakkhi Pratikraman 7 pm Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 (Aatham): Monthly Meeting, Paathshala for children @ 4 pm All Other Weekdays: 9:30am - Mon-Friday - Prakshal and Pooja, 7:30pm - Chaityavandan, Aarti and Mangal Divo Weekends: 10:30am - Prakshal and Pooja, 7:30pm – Chaityavandan, Aarti and Mangal Divo Street Address: 7631 Mallard Creek Road, Charlotte, NC 28262 For Further Details: JCGC President – Suresh Shah: 704.717.8481 info@jaincenter.us www.jaincenter.us Kiran KIRAN is a community based, South Asian organization promoting the self-reliance and empowerment of South Asian women who are in crisis through outreach, peer support, and referrals in a confidential manner. The group spreads awareness of South Asian women’s issues in the community and cooperates and collaborate with organizations in the USA and elsewhere with similar objectives. Though there are differences in language, customs, and religions across these countries, these regions share many basic cultural and historical similarities. KIRAN operates a crisis phone line Saathee.com

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Monday- Friday from 9:00 am – 9:00 pm. For help or information regarding domestic violence call an advocate.

Services offered are confidential and free of charge: Information in a culture- and context-sensitive manner, referrals to professional and community services regarding legal issues, health care, short-term child care, psychological counseling, and temporary shelter and housing. KIRAN’s services are completely confidential.

For Further Details: Crisis Hotline: 1877- NC-KIRAN or 1-877-625-4726 Kiran@Kiraninc.org http://www.kiraninc.org Net IP Charlotte NetIP Charlotte is the only official Carolinas chapter of North America’s Largest Network of Indian Professionals. NetIP Charlotte provides a forum for on-going Career Developmental and Professional Networking activities. It arranges various events and maintains deeper ties with Businesses & the community. It provides various effective ways for Carolinas’ Indian Professionals to connect with other successful professionals.

For Further Details: www.netIPnc.org Pratham - Charlotte Area Pratham organizes grassroots programs in the area of primary education. Pratham has made an impact on the learning levels of several million children through its Read India campaign.

Pratham has developed an accelerated learning technique which helps children to read and write in two months. With nearly half the children in India who attend schools are not learning to read and write at the required level, Pratham is trying to fill an important gap in the area of primary education.

For Further Details: Anju Desai (ajdesai66@gmail.com or 980-622-0125) and Shubhra Chakraborty (shubhra.chakraborty1@gmail.com) or 704-942-4798). www.prathamusa.org.

Probasi of Charlotte Probasi’s goal is to organize cultural and educational program related to Bengal in the Charlotte area, to increase Bengali cultural awareness, and to provide community service in the area.

Upcoming Event: Oct 11 - 13: Durga Puja For Further Details: www.probasi.org Sahaj Marg Meditation Sahaj Marg, which means Simple or Natural path, is a Raj Yoga system of spiritual training based on the heart centered meditation. The features of this meditation include transmission of divine energy into the heart of the practitioner and cleaning of deep impressions, thereby regulating the mind.

Regular practice of this system of meditation integrates the physical, mental and spiritual aspects of human being, while still encouraging people to maintain a normal family and working life. In the Charlotte area, group meditation is held at the Unity of Charlotte on Sundays and Wednesdays.

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SPECIAL FEATURES DANCE COMPETITION IN THE FOLLOWING TWO CATEGORIES (Teens & Juniors -- 9-12 Age group): 1. FOLK & FUSION DANCE COMPETITION 2. CLASSICAL DANCE COMPETITION. HERITAGE TROPHY and CASH AWARD of $100 in TEEN Dance Category & $50 in JUNIOR Dance Category given for THE BEST DANCE. SEND ENTRIES For CLASSICAL DANCE To: Meena Rajagopal at meena0606@yahoo.com; Ramya Kapadia at natyarpana.music@gmail.com; FOLK & Bollywood FUSION DANCE to: Harsha Shah at harsha.p.shah@gmail.com ; Jashi Abhirajan at Jabhirajan@gmail.Com We Also Invite Performances for general program send email to: yashcgarg@gmail.com

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Community Organizations For Further Details on Sahaj Marg Meditation contact the following or visit the website: Srikanth Katakam 704.496.4411 naturalpath.nc@gmail.com www.srcm.org Sangamithra Foundation Sangamithra Foundation was formed by a group of people who strive to make a difference in society and has taken the path of identifying the needs of underprivileged communities in India and provide support to meet those needs.

For Futher Details: www.sangamithra.org www.facebook.com/SangamithraFoundation; email: info@sangamithra.org Shree Swaminarayan Satsang Mandal Vadtal On the 1st Saturday of every month, Shree Swaminarayan Satsang Mandal Vadtal has kirtans and bhajans at the Hindu Center of Charlotte at 5 pm. After the bhajans, there is Aarti and Mahaprasad. In addition, on the 3rd Sunday of every month, an additional Satsang Sabha is held at sponsor’s house at 3 - 5 pm.

For Further Details: 704.392.4488 - Ramesh Dhanani admin@issvcharlotte.org Shri Rang Avadhut Parivar (Parspar Devo Bhav) The group meets Thursdays from 6 - 8 pm in Charlotte. The group recites Datta-Bavani, singing devotional Dattatraya Bhajans and reading Guru-Lilamrut. Detailed information about Charlotte meetings, literature, Videos, Nareshwar Ashram and Shri Avadhut’s life is available.

For Further Details: Bharat Shah - 704.724.6247 Nagesh Patel - 704.399.7805 Sindhi Association of the Carolinas The Sindhi Association of the Carolinas (SAC) is organizes religious, cultural, community, and social events in Charlotte.

SAC also sends donations for the needy to the schools in India for Scholarship and also sends donations to refugees in camps in India.

Upcoming Event: Sat, Oct 19: Diwali Ball at the Hilton, University, Charlotte.

Entertainment, DJ, Appetizers and dinner will be provided.

For Further Details: contact, soniahassani1@gmail.com or 704.779.2396.

SouthPark Cricket Club South Park Cricket Club is based in Charlotte, North Carolina and it has been an active member of the Mid Atlantic Cricket Conference since 2002. The club’s home ground is located at the Reedy Creek Park, 2900 Rocky River Road, Charlotte, NC. For Further Details: 847.722.9865 (Baseet Ahmed), baseer_11@yahoo.com www.southparkcc.org Srishti of Charlotte Srishti works to fulfill the NC community’s need for Saathee.com

togetherness and the desire to showcase Bengali culture, heritage, literature, theatre, music and popular arts. Literally, the word Srishti means an act of creation. Though established and coordinated by a group of Bengali families, Srishti welcomes and brings together people of varied cultures, ethnicity, languages, background and nationalities who are interested in East Indian traditions.

For Further Details: Samiksha Bose: 704-321-1964 Santanu Sarkar : 704-541-3451 http://srishticharlotte.org/ Telugu Association of Greater Charlotte Area (TAGCA) The organization’s mission is to bring together Telugu speaking people and to promote Telugu Culture. TAGCA organizes regular events and programs.

Upcoming Event: Sat, Nov 2: Dasara Deepavali Sambaraalu (4 - 9pm) - Hickory Ridge H.S. Harrisburg, NC For Further Details: www.tagca.org Trimurti Temple Charlotte, NC Trimurti Temple is open daily, morning puja (10am) and evening puja (7pm). Sunday abhisekhams (11am) and other special pujas. Temple is located at 6441/6519 Beatties Ford Road, Charlotte, NC 28216.

All Sundays at 11 am Venkateswara Abishekam For Further Details: 980-219-7556 contact@trimurtitemple.org www.trimurtitemple.org United Cricket Club Forming a team this March of experienced as well as beginners that love cricket. Team will play in the Atlantic League.

Practice is every Sunday at Reedy Creek Park (11 to 4pm).

Sunday and Monday evenings for ages 15 and up. Join the fun.

For Further Details: 704.905.9127(Captain-Syed) 704.493.7629(Vice Captain-Mohsan)

Greensboro Art of Living (Greensboro) The Art of Living Foundation offers programs to uncover the strength, peace, and joy that lie at the core of every human being. Part I courses are offered regularly in Chapel Hill, Raleigh, Charlotte and now Greensboro. The Part I course covers breathing techniques to eliminate stress & tension; skills for improving relationships at home & at work; practical wisdom to get the most out of life; insight into the laws that govern the mind & emotions; low-impact yoga and the masterpiece of the Art of Living Course is a powerful breathing-based technique called Sudarshan Kriya, or the healing breath.

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Community Organizations Greensboro Cricket Club (GCC) Good news for cricket lovers! There are several teams that play cricket in Greensboro. The goals of GCC are fun, fitness, and friendship. For info on play and location contact below players.

For Further Details: 336.501.3566 (9:00 am - 9:00 pm, S&S) Dev, Greensboro Warriors, happy4mehta@yahoo.com; Venky, Triad Tigers, venkyhot@hotmail.com.

Gujarati Cultural Association of Piedmont (GCAP) The Gujarati Cultural Association of Piedmont serves the Asian Indian community through sponsored events, cultural, educational and social programs.

GCAP, 127 Landmark Drive, Greensboro, NC 27410 For Further Details: Jack Dhekar: 336.254.1727 Manubhai Patel: 336.253.7182 www.gcap.us India Association of the Triad (IATNC) Greensboro The objective of the Association is to promote social, cultural and educational interests of its members, develop understanding between members of the Indian community and other residents of the Triad, and make the latter aware of issues of concern to the Indian community.

For Further Details: Ruby Singh - 336.430.9068, rs7227@gmail.com Krishna Balu - 336.292.9462, balu3103@triad.rr.com www.iatnc.org Indo-US Cultural Association of Winston-Salem The Indo-US Cultural Association’s primary mission is to increase awareness of the cultural heritage of India which is tremendously rich in its diversity and history. The Association seeks to reach out to the thriving Indian-American community within the Piedmont and Triad areas to share the vibrant Indian culture and promote cross-cultural understanding.

For Further Details: Manjunath C Shamanna, 336.413.5090 http://indouswinston.org/contact.aspx Life Bliss Foundation The NC Chapter offers workshops, books, CD’s, and DVD’s on spirituality and enlightenment from living enlightened master Paramahamsa Nithyananda. Many videos are available on YouTube. Satsang in Greensboro is held the first Wednesday of each month. The meeting includes meditation, video discourse, and Q&A. Satsang Location: First Wednesday of the month, 6:30 - 8:00 pm, Integrative Therapies, 7-E Oak Branch Drive, Greensboro NC 27407. Meditation workshops are taught on a regular basis.

For Further Details: 336.644.1111 www.lifebliss.org Life Mission, USA This ashram has been established to provide helpful benefits for all - physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. All these benefits can be achieved through the natural remedies of yoga therapy, Ayurveda, naturopathy and diet. 8136 NC Highway Saathee.com

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For Further Details: 336.421.0690 848.459.7401 (Dr. Manoj) lifemissionusa@gmail.com www.lifemissionusa.com Sri Sathya Sai Baba Center of Greensboro, NC The Center regularly conducting Sai Bhajans, Study Circle, various service activities and SSE class (for students) in Greensboro, NC all Sundays — 9:45 am to 12:15 pm For Further Details: Swami Rajendran 908-875-6964 Dr. Varatharajah 336-851-9150 Temple of the Holy Name Prabhupada Village is a rural Hare Krishna community situated in the beautiful foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Puja/Worship of Sri Sri Gaura Nitai/Sri Pancha Tattva starts at 5:00 am every day. Every Sunday at 3 pm there is chanting, dancing, feasting and philosophy. The temple is located at 1283 Prabhupada Rd, Sandy Ridge, NC 27046.

For Further Details: 336.593.2322 or 336.793.7138 prabhupadavillage@gmail.com www.prabhupadavillage.com Triad Hindu Temple The Triad Hindu Temple is located at 2424 Huffine Mill Rd., Greensboro. Its mission is to serve the Hindu Community and promote Hindu Culture through religious, social and educational activities. Regularly scheduled events include Puja, bhajans, children’s programs, celebration of holidays and community service.

For Further Details: www.triadhindutemple.org

Raleigh AANC - Assamese Association of North Carolina AANC is a Socio Cultural organization with the objective of promoting and providing understanding of Assamese Culture and Language. AANC celebrates Assamese festivals and organizes cultural activities like Bihu Dance, music, songs and social get-togethers with essential touch of Assamese culture.

Everyone from Assam as well as anyone with any connection to or interest in Assam or Assamese culture is most welcomed.

For Further Details: 919.200.4020 assameseassociation.nc@gmail.com Academic Foundation for International Cultural Exchange (AFICE) Interested in exploring the diverse cultures of the world?

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Community Organizations responsibilities. The AFICE is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to bringing cultural gaps by allowing foreign students the opportunity to live as part of an American community.

For Further Details: lathapamarthi@earthlink.net www.afice.org Art of Living (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill) The Art of Living Foundation offers courses that teach practical tools to better handle the stresses of daily life, to unlock their deepest potential and bring fullness to life. In the Art of Living course participants will learn and experience: Breathing techniques that heal and harmonize the body, mind, and spirit, eliminate stress & tension; Skills for handling negative emotions and situations; Practical wisdom for improving work and relationships; Insight into the laws that govern the mind & emotions; Low-impact yoga. The centerpiece of the Art of Living Course is a powerful breathing-based technique called Sudarshan Kriya, or the healing breath. It incorporates specific natural rhythms of breath to release stress and purify the entire system by releasing toxins at the deepest cellular level.

For Further Details: http://us.artofliving.org Association for India’s Development (AID) Duke University Chapter AID’s mission is effect social change in India, by supporting projects with grassroots non-governmental organization in India in the areas of literacy, health care, rural credit, women’s empowerment etc.

For Further Details: http://www.duke.edu/web/aid/ Atlantic Coast Sikh Association This is one of the oldest Sikh associations in the Southeastern USA. It meets every Sunday from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm at its gurdwara, located at 3108 Sparger Road, Durham, NC 27705.

Kirtan is done by Bhai Dyal Singh Jatha. Classes for Punjabi and religious studies are held for children at the same time.

For Further Details: 919.309.1045 - Bhai Dyal Singh www.acsagurdwara.org Balagokulam Gokulam is where Lord Krishna’s magical childhood days were spent. It was here that his divine powers came to light.

Every child has that spark of divinity within. Balagokulam is a forum for children (4-15 years age) to discover and manifest that divinity. It will enable Hindu children in the US to appreciate their cultural roots and learn values. This is done through games, yoga, stories, songs, shlokas, arts/crafts, and Seva (selfless service) in the community. Balagokulam sessions are free for all and are held on Saturdays.

For Further Details: balagokulam.rtp@gmail.com hss.charlotte@hssus.org (Charlotte region) www.balagokulam.org

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BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir BAPS Shree Swaminarayan Hindu Mandir invites everyone to the regularly scheduled events: Ravi sabha - every Sunday at 4 - 6 pm followed by Aarti and Maha Prasad. Mahapuja – every Purnima at 7 pm. Many classes are conducted. Fresh Indian snacks and sweets available at Shayona. 1020 Aviation Parkway, Morrisville, NC 27560.

For Further Details: 919.469.6605 www.swaminarayan.org Bengali Association of North Carolina (BANC) BANC seeks to promote Bengali culture, language, music, arts and social activities by offering varieties of programs for members of INDO-American community within North Carolina and adjacent states. The association is organized exclusively for charitable, cultural, social and educational purposes.

For Further Details: 919.461.2386 (Ratan Ray), ratanray@hotmail.com 919.510.7943 (Swaty Sen), swaty_sen@yahoo.com banc_members@googlegroups.com www.banc-online.org Bharatiya Senior Citizens of NC The Bharatiya Senior Citizens of NC (BSCNC) is organized for folks of Indian origin aged 60 and above. The BSCNC members meet second Saturday of every month from 10am - 3pm. The next meeting will be on Sat, Oct 12 at Cary Senior Center at Bond Park, Cary, NC. On this day flu shots will be given by pharmacists of Harris Teeter.

For Further Details: Mahendra Patel (919.793.6588) Raojibhai Patel (252.236.4391) Carolina Rajasthani Association The group organizes several events throughout the year.

For Further Details: Sushma Maheshwari - 919-880-8529, sushmaofnc@yahoo.com Shruti Singhi - 919-412-4819, mshruti@yahoo.com www.carolinarajasthanis.org Chinmaya Mission Chinmaya Mission promotes spiritual growth, started by Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda. The Chinmaya Mission Raleigh Durham (CMRDU) chapter conducts Balavihar classes from 3 year old to youth on Sunday from 10 am to 11:30 am at Reedy Creek Middle School, Cary. The classes are tailored to each age group by special curriculum created by experienced Swamijis and Acharyas exclusively for CM Balavihar.

Curriculum includes learning to chant the Bhagavad-Gita verses, shlokas, singing devotional bhajans, stories from scriptures, family pujas, meditation, and fun activities like overnight lock-ins, picnics, and competitions. Introduction to Hindi and Sanskrit is also included. All festivals are celebrated.

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Community Organizations Dada Bhagwan Foundation The Foundation was formed with the goal of spreading peace and harmony to the world through the science of Akram Vignan - the science of Self Realization as expounded by the Shree A.M. Patel, known as Dadashri or Dada Bhagwan. DBF organizes Spiritual Satsangs /Gnanvidhi (2 hour scientific process of self-realization) of Pujya Deepakbhai around the world. There are no formal lectures here, but it’s in the format of questions and answers on various topics. This is a practical spiritual science. Dada Bhagwan Satsang on Harmony in Life: VCD Satsang of Pujya Deepakbhai and Pujya Dr. Niruma, various character building activities for Kids and Youth. Every 1st, 3rd and 5th Saturday of each month from 5 to 7 pm followed by Prasad at the HSNC Hall, 309 Aviation Pkwy, Morrisville, NC. For Further Details: 877.505.3232 ext 1003 rabhatt@yahoo.com www.dadabhagwan.org | www.kids.dadabhagwan.org Datta Yoga Center - Raleigh Mission: Spread the teachings of Sadguru Sri Sri Sri Ganapathi Sachchidananda Swamiji of Mysore.

Activities: Namasankeertana - Bhajans written, composed and sung by Pujya Sri Swamiji. Future projects: Kriya yoga classes by Pujya Sri Swamiji-trained teachers from India. The group meets on the first Saturday of every month and every major festival day for Satsang and Namasankeertana (divine singing). Everyone is invited to attend the satsang with family and friends and receive divine blessings.

For Further Details: 919.484.1993 (Srinivas Chittineni) 919.461.0843 (Suresh Kota) Duke Diya Duke Diya is a Duke University student organization that is committed to providing a forum for interaction through political, cultural, community service, and social events relating to South Asian Americans.

Upcoming Events: Nov 8 - 9: Awaaz For Further Details: 732.865.3173 www.dukediya.com Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation RTP Chapter Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of India (EVFI) was established to help in the overall development of the remote tribal and rural villages in India. Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of USA along with EVFI is committed to the cause of eradicating illiteracy from tribal areas. Education is the key to self-esteem, self-sustenance, economic wellbeing and happiness. The Raleigh Chapter EVFUSA conducts fund raising and awareness programs in the Triangle area.

For further details: Ekal/RTP: raginiusa@yahoo.com EKTAA South Asian Student Organization EKTAA (meaning unity) is the South Asian Student Organization at North Carolina State University (NCSU). The Saathee.com

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organization was founded in 1970. The motto is “unity within diversity.” EKTAA strives to spread culture and heritage of South Asia all over the campus as well as the local community and the organization works hand-in-hand with many organizations on and off the NCSU campus, as well as South Asian organizations from area universities.

For Further Details: www.ektaa.org Geet Bazaar Radio Program Every Sunday morning from 10 am - 12 noon on WKNC 88.1 FM, join hosts Afroz Taj and John Caldwell, for a wide variety of music from India, Pakistan, and other countries and languages of South Asia. Geet Bazaar will also publicize community events free of charge.

For Further Details: 919.851.1119 (Dr. Afroj Taj) taj@unity.ncsu.edu GEM - Raleigh Church of God Attend worship services, prayer meetings or Sunday School.

For Further Details: 919.395.6208 (Pastor Thankachan M.) globalem@gmail.com Gokul Bhajan and Vedic Studies Weekly meeting of parents and children singing bhajan and glorifying past times of Sri Krishna. The group holds programs every Friday 7 to 9 pm in the Traingle area. Children are assigned with projects like book distribution, charity for cow protection, food for poor, and more. Classes are conducted with two semesters per year with tests and scores.

For Further Details: www.gokulbhajan.com Heritage India Association of North Carolina (HIANC) Heritage India Association of NC aims at providing Indian cultural experience through performing arts, cultural arts, fine arts & crafts of India. Its mission is “to preserve and promote Indian heritage and culture.” During the year, Heritage India Association of North Carolina presents several events and also coordinates Indian dances for the main stage performances for the Raleigh International Festival.

For Further Details: yashcgarg@gmail.com Hindi Vikas Mandal of NC Hindi Vikas Mandal (HVM), based in the RTP area, promotes study and appreciation of Hindi language and strives to foster Indian culture and traditions through Hindi. HVM has a special focus on the youths for the preservation of Indian Culture and heritage.

For Further Details: Saroj Sharma 919.851.0225 V.P. Tiwari 919.423.0365 Hindu Society of North Carolina - Morrisville, NC The Hindu Society of NC is located at 309 Aviation Parkway, Morrisville, NC and serves the greater Triangle area. Temple Timings: Sunday to Monday - 7am-9pm (all day open) October 2013

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Community Organizations Morning Aarti: Mon-Friday-10.30 am, Saturday-10am, Sunday 10am Evening Aarti: Mon-Friday- 8pm, Saturday-Sunday 6pm Regular religious events: Ramayan recital, Sunderkand, Hanumanchalisa, Shiva abishek, Gayatri Bhajans, Vaishnav Bhajans , Vedic havan, Jain Pooja, Bhagvatam, Vishnu sastranam, Ekadashi Bal Krishna abishek, Lalitha sastrnamam, Skananda shasti Kavacham, and Sholaka chanting. All major religious celebrations are observed throughout the year.

Facility rentals are also available. Activities: Yoga Classes(twice a week), Hinduism and Meditation classes; Weekend Community Classes: Jain pathshala, Hindi classes, Sanskar Gurkul Classes, Tamil classes, Balmukund classes; Youth Affairs: Ohm Squad is the youth wing of HSNC involved in the youth activities like camp, games, craft and arts, music, shlokas. Regular pooja services are done in the temple. Priest services are available at your home and/or at the Temple at a nominal charge.

Upcoming Events: Oct 5 - 14: Navratri Nov 3: Diwali For Further Details: Saroj Sharma at 919.654.5224 Trilok Pillai (manager) at 919.599.9567 hsnc@hsnconline.org www.hsnconline.org Hindu Students Council (HSC) - NC State University HSC-NCSU is a chapter of the national organization Hindu Students Council (HSC). HSC-NCSU is a cultural and religious student organization. It aims to provide opportunities to learn about Hindu philosophy, spirituality and cultural heritage through various activities, events and projects and is dedicated to provide “seva” (service) to the community.

For Further Details: 919.676.0298 (Mrinmoyee Sanyal) msanyal@ncsu.edu www.hsc-ncsu.org Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS) The HSS conducts weekly activities to develop character and leadership skills in participants, emphasizing values such as self-discipline, self-confidence and a spirit of selfless service (seva) for humanity while maintaining Hindu cultural identity in harmony with the larger society. HSS is inspired by the idea that the whole world is one family. HSS started in 1989 in the United States and currently has over 100 chapters (shakhas) across the country. The Research Triangle Park chapter meets every Saturday. Activities are tailored to include yoga, games, songs, lectures and discussions on Hindu dharma and culture.

For Further Details: hss.rtp@hssus.org - Triangle area hss.charlotte@hssus.org - Charlotte region.

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For Further Details: 919.931.3572 - President (Meena Jeyakumar) 919.757.6666 - Vice President (Sunny Surana) www.humsub.net Indian American Forum for Political Education (IAFPE) IAFPE, known as the FORUM, is the oldest and largest Indian American organization for political education in the country.

This is a non-profit organization with numerous chapters throughout the United States. The North Carolina Chapter is in Raleigh and has just established a new committee for a 2year term. IAFPE is excited and motivated to educate the community on political issues and help the community with various services. Support is needed from the community and members to help us grow and provide relevant services and informative events.

For Further Details: Nilesh - 919.656.4361 www.forum-nc.org Indian Classical Music & Dance Society (ICMDS) ICMDS is dedicated to the task of promoting Indian classical music and dance in the Triangle area. ICMDS invites the top artists from all over the world to perform in the Triangle area.

For Further Details: www.icmds.org Indo-American Friendship Foundation Did you know that about 90 percent of rural orphans are female and most of them are abandoned at birth due to their gender? Not one of them gets the opportunity to become a doctor, engineer, or even receive basic education. Because they cannot live in the orphanage when they turn 18, many of them fall victim to different types of exploitation, including sex trade.

IAFF has created an orphanage education fund to help qualified orphans to rise as high as they can climb in the educational/professional ladder. For Further Details: 919.362.7653 (Dr. Subhas C. Mohapatra) www.iaff1.org InStepp InStepp is located in Durham and its mission is to create a vibrant community by empowering women who’ve come up against some challenges in their lives to rise above those challenges and succeed personally and professionally through innovative, gender-responsive training, educational and prevention services. If you need assistance transitioning into the workforce after losing your primary source of income from a significant other due to divorce, separation, death or disability, ask about eligibility to participate in New Choices, an economic self-sufficiency program for women. Services include employment & career counseling, resume development, employability skills training, federal and state benefits application, financial and tuition assistance, community and college referrals, computer skills training and more. InStepp welcomes all women from South Asia and understands the differences in customs and religions across South Asia and can provide services in many different South Asian Languages.

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Community Organizations pm, 4:15 - 5:45 pm, 7 - 8 pm.

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For Further Details on InStepp contact the following: 919.680.8000 pmanhas@instepp.org www.instepp.org International Community Church CC is a worship center for people from India and neighboring countries. The pastor is Joseph B. Jesudason and the church office is located at 1215 Franklin Jones Road, Suite #204, Raleigh, NC 27606.

For Further Details: 919.233.2900 www.internationalcommunitychurch.org International Hindi Association International Hindi Association (IHA) promotes Hindi language and literature and has chapters all over the United States. The Raleigh Chapter periodically organizes Kavi Sammelans with local and indigenous talents. Open to those interested in listening to poetry or in reciting poetry.

For Further Details: 919.656.5224 (Saroj Sharma) 919.678.9056 (Sudha Om Dhingra) www.hindi.org International Swaminarayan Satsang Organization (ISSO) ISSO is a socio-religious organization and its primary objective is to advance the Sanatan Dharma in accordance with the principles and teachings of Shree Swaminarayan Sampradaya, founded and ordained by Bhagwan Shree Swaminarayan Himself. ISSO Raleigh-Durham chapter organizes a regularly scheduled biweekly “Satsang Sabha,” every other Saturday, at HSNC Cultural Hall (309 Aviation Pkwy., Morrisville, NC27560), which includes Kirtan bhakti, Katha, Aarti and Mahaprasad. Pujya Santo visit often to impart the divine knowledge of Swaminarayan Bhagwan. Devotees come together to practice their religious duties in harmony. All are welcome.

For Further Details: 919.964.1008 isso.nc@gmail.com http://issonc.org ISKCON New Goloka Temple of North Carolina New Goloka temple is a member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, also known as the Hare Krishna Movement. The Radha-Krishna temple is in a rural, peaceful setting at 1032 Dimmocks Mill Rd. Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278. Visitors are welcome any day of the week to come have darshan of Sri Sri Radha Golokananda. Every Sunday at 4pm, there is a special program consisting of arati, kirtan, Bhagavad-gita discourse, and a sumptuous prasadam feast. From 4:30-5:30pm, there is a Sunday School program for children ages 3-7 and 8-12. Children take part in learning Bhagavad-gita slokas and bhajans, understanding the basic philosophy, reciting and hearing stories from the Vedas, enacting dramas and other fun activities. New Goloka also provides educational classes, seminars and programs for all interested adults.

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Kiran KIRAN is a community based, South Asian organization promoting the self-reliance and empowerment of South Asian women who are in crisis through outreach, peer support, and referrals in a confidential manner. The group spreads awareness of South Asian women’s issues in the community and cooperates and collaborate with organizations in the USA and elsewhere with similar objectives. Though there are differences in language, customs, and religions across these countries, these regions share many basic cultural and historical similarities. KIRAN operates a crisis phone line Monday- Friday from 9:00 am – 9:00 pm. For help or information regarding domestic violence call an advocate.

Services offered are confidential and free of charge: Information in a culture- and context-sensitive manner, referrals to professional and community services regarding legal issues, health care, short-term child care, psychological counseling, and temporary shelter and housing. KIRAN’s services are completely confidential.

For Further Details: Crisis Hotline: 1877- NC-KIRAN or 1-877-625-4726 Kiran@Kiraninc.org www.kiraninc.org Lakulish Yoga and Health Retreat Lakulish Yoga and Health Retreat is a secluded resort in Caswell County, located at 8136 N.C. Highway 119 South, Mebane, NC 27302. It is a place of natural beauty that stimulates a spirit of detachment and inspires and uplifts visitors. This resort is hallowed by a Yogi, a Sannyasi who ensures that the true practice of Dharm and Yoga flourishes here, offering the North Carolina community and visitors an ongoing program of free Yoga Classes. The classes are offered each Wednesday from 6 - 8 pm, and each Saturday from 11 am - 1 pm.

For Further Details: 336.421.0690 lifemisionusa@gmail.com www.lifemissionusa.org Nuv Yug Nuv Yug is a cultural organization with a mission to promote awareness of Indian cultural arts and heritage. Striving to create synergy among various cultural groups from the South Asian region.

Upcoming Event: March 22 - 23, 2014: India Fest For Further Details: www.nuvyug.net Pakistani American Association The Pakistani-American Association (NCPAA) is a nonpolitical, non-sectarian, cultural and social organization that promotes Pakistani culture to all the communities in the October 2013

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Community Organizations Triangle Area of NC. Several events are presented during the year including a family dinner on the second Friday of every month.

For Further Details: payamber@ncpaa.org http://ncpaa.org Pratham - Triangle Area Pratham is a grass-roots organization that works towards universalizing primary education in India. With a goal of reaching 20 million children, Pratham is one of the largest NGOs in field of literacy movement in India. Pratham continues to evolve, grow and works to meet the continually changing needs of the children it educates. Pratham’s North Carolina chapter actively aims to collaborate with individuals, local organizations and community associations and seeks ideas, volunteers and resources to deliver the vision of “Every Child in School and Learning Well.”

For Further Details: Rajeev Thalla - rajeev.thalla@gmail.com Monica Awasthi - awasthimonica@yahoo.com www.prathamusa.org Professional Indians’ Association [PIA] PIA is a meetup that serves young South Asian professionals in the Triangle Community. The group is made of Indian professionals and grad students interested in cultural events, socializing and meeting/making friends with like-minded people around the Triangle. Monthly events include meeting at bars/restaurants, Bollywood movie nights, potlucks, Indian concerts/performances, outdoor activities, community service and volunteering. This will also be an opportunity for professionals to share their thoughts on respective industries, social causes, the economy and politics.

For Further Details: http://www.meetup.com/PIATriangle/ Punjabi Unlimited Punjabi Unlimited is dedicated to promotion/creation of a public awareness and education about Punjabi Arts, Culture, Sports, Language, Music, Dance etc. All welcome who are “Punjabi at Heart.” For Further Details: Gurpreet Burmi president@punjabiunlimited,org; Arvinder Singh vicepresident@punjabiunlimited.org www.punjabiunlimited.org Raleigh Sai Center Parthi Sai devotees of Triangle area meet every Sunday from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm in the Mini-Hall of Hindu Bhavan in Morrisville. There will be Study circle, Bhajan Practice, Veda Chanting etc. during the 4-5 pm slot depending on the week, followed by bhajans from 5:00 - 6:00. The center carries out several service activities as well. The Human Values Education (SSE) classes for the children of different age group will be from 3:30 - 5:00. All are invited to participate in the Satsangh and service activities.

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Regardless of background and/or knowledge the organization welcomes participants.

For Further Details: www.vedantanc.org RTP Maharashtra Mandal RTP Maharashtra Mandal is a home away from home for Marathi-speaking people. The goal of the Mandal is to advocate the vibrant culture, the rich heritage as well as the wellendowed language of Maharashtra. The Mandal is dedicated to showcase the cultural, social and traditional attributes of Maharashtra to the local community through variety of entertaining programs, events and get-togethers. All aficionados are warmly invited to join.

For Further Details: Mohana Dighe: 919.378.1947 Sameer Mohile: 919.851.8799 Deepa Kardekar: 201.673.6193 www.rtpmm.org S. V. Temple of North Carolina S.V. Temple of North Carolina is built on over nine acres of centrally connected triangle area. This grand tribute to Lord Venkateswara and his consorts is designed to exacting standards of shilpa shasthra and features the only shrine in North America to incorporate abodes to Lord Viswaksena and Lord Sudarshana/Lord Narasimha as part of Srinivasa Parivaram. The temple rituals are performed in accordance with Pancharathra Agama Shastra.

Oct 13: Fundraiser Raffle For Further Details: 919.468.0040 comm@svtemplenc.org www.svtemplenc.org Sahaj Marg Meditation - Triangle Area Sahaj Marg translates to “The Natural Path.” It is a natural, simple system of Raja Yoga meditation and spiritual practice that helps one realize the ultimate potential within oneself.

Regular spiritual practice under capable guidance enables aspirants to progressively experience the sublime presence of the divine in their daily lives. Sahaj Marg system of meditation is freely offered to seekers worldwide through Shri Ram Chandra Mission. In Triangle area, group meditations are held on Sundays and Wednesdays.

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Community Organizations Sahaja Meditation Ongoing meetings, seminars and workshops are available in Raleigh. There is never any charge for Sahaja Meditation instruction or for receiving one’s self-realization which is the birthright of every human being. Anyone can do it. Sahaja Mediation is free and without obligation. RSVP in meetup: Sahaja-Meditation-Triangle-Group Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. 9308 Fairbanks Drive Raleigh, NC, 27613 More information: http://www.sahajamediation.com http:///www.coolcheck.org For Further Details: balaram.krishna@gmail.com 919.757.3135 Sky Meditation and Kaya Kalpa Yoga Sky Meditation and Kaya Kalpa yoga benefits include Longevity, Wellness and Stress Management. Triangle Sky Meditation group holds weekly group meditation and simplified physical exercises every Friday in Cary for those who have attended Shri Vethathiri Maharishi’s Kaya Kalpa Yoga course. Kaya Kalpa Yoga Courses are held several times a year for anyone 14 years and above. For more details about the course visit www.vethathiri.edu.in For Further Details: 919-830-9764 vikram.renganathan@gmail.com South Indian Fine Arts Academy (SIFAA) SIFAA is a non-profit organization that works to arrange and promote concerts and performances in the Triangle and Triad areas, concentrating on Carnatic music.

Upcoming Events: Sat, Nov 2: Akkarai Sisters For Further Details: 919.773.1580 www.sifaa.org Tamil Cultural Association of North Carolina (TCA NC) TCA NC is a non-profit organization formed for the purpose of providing youths with exposure to Tamil culture. Everyone is invited to join TCA and become part of a wonderful organization promoting Tamil culture in the Triangle area..

For Further Details: tca_nc@yahoo.com www.tcanc.org Tamil Sangam of Carolina The Tamil Sangam is an organization that promotes understanding of Tamil culture and provides a medium for people of Tamil culture to get together. The activities include music, drama, lectures, Tamil movies, etc.

For Further Details: 919.461.3057 - Alli Dass (President) www.tamilsangamofcarolina.org Telugu Christian Fellowship of NC (TCFNC) The Telugu Christian Fellowship of North Carolina (TCFNC) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to reach out to Telugu Christians living in North Carolina, to be united and bonded together as a Telugu Christian family of God and encourage and pray for each other. TCFNC provides a place Saathee.com

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For further details: www.tcfnc.org Phone: 919-43-TCFNC (82362) Triangle Area Telugu Association (TATA) The Triangle Area Telugu Association (TATA) is a non-profit organization (started in 1983) committed to building a vibrant Telugu Community and promoting Telugu culture and language in the Triangle area of North Carolina.

For Further Details: committee@tataonline.org www.tataonline.org Triangle Bangladesh Society (TBSNC) TBSNC strives to arrange musical programs by artists who have captured the hearts and minds of millions of Bengali-, Urdu- and Hindi-speaking music fans all around the globe.

For Further Details: 919.741.9343 (Ishtiaque Mohiuddin) Ishtiaquem@gmail.com www.tbsnc.org Triangle Chapter-India Development & Relief Fund (IDRF) IDRF is a registered, tax-exempt non-profit organization that supports volunteer-based, honest and highly experienced nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in India in serving their populations’ critical needs around education, childcare, healthcare, women empowerment and tribal welfare, as well as relief and rehabilitation in times of natural disasters.

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Triangle Gujarati Association (TGA) TGA’s mission is to promote and serve Gujarati culture in the Triangle area by organizing various events throughout the year and impart Gujarati culture and language on the youth. The association sponsors events throughout the year.

Upcoming Events: Sat, Oct 19: Sharad Purnima Sat, Nov 23: Diwali For Further Details: www.nctga.org Triangle Rang Mandal Devotees of Pujya Sri Rang Avdhoot Maharaj meet every Saturday in Cary or Raleigh from 8:30 - 10:30 pm to sing devotional Dattatreya Bhajans and Datta-Bavani in a spiritual atmosphere. Special programs organized on Guru Purnima and Rang Jayanti and on the occasion of Pujya Sri Prem Avdhoot Bapji’s annual visit to the US. For Further Details: rangmandal@gmail.com Triangle Vegetarian Society (TVS) The mission of TVS is to build a sense of community between

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For Further Details: barman@cs.unc.edu www.trianglevegsociety.org Triangle Vipassana Vipassana, which means to see things as they are, is one of India’s most ancient techniques and was taught 2500 years ago as a universal remedy for universal ills. The Triangle Vipassana meditation group holds weekly group sittings in Cary, Raleigh on Thursday, Saturday, and Monday and 3-hour sitting on 3rd Sunday each month, and one day sitting once every few months for established students (those who have taken at least one ten day course from S.N.Goenka or one of his Assistant teachers). Ten day courses are available for all. There is no charge for the course.

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Regional Hindu Society of Eastern NC (Greenville, NC) The temple celebrates major festivals and holds regular bhajan seesions and Geeta study.

For Further Details: Temple 252.752.2670 B.S. Srivatsa 508.654.0360 Hindutemplenc@gmail.com Sri Somesvara Temple Sri Somesvara Temple is located near Asheville, NC. Temple hours are 8 am - 7:30pm. Regularly scheduled pujas: Subrabhath Aarti - 8 am, Rudrabhishek Nityapuja - 9 am - 12 noon, Pradoshakala puja and mangala aarti - 6 pm - 7:30pm.

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Pop’s Puzzles & Jokes

By Kirit Shukla

Clues Down:

Note: * denotes abbreviation of the word or phrase Clues Across: 1. An Asian country. Capital: Bangkok.

7. “ ___’s puzzles & Jokes”, this feature of Saathee.

10. A male sheep.

11. American Dental Association. (*) 12. A luminous trail behind a comet or meteor.

13. It consists in stating the contrary to what is meant.

15. Voice of America. (*) 17. Louisiana. (*).

18. The buttocks.

19. Juicy; also silly (Slang) 21. New York. (*) 22. A Muslim festival of sacrifice: Eid ul-Adha. (10/16/2013) 25. The language spoken in Korea.

26. A small group of animals esp. seals or whales.

28. Former capital of Ladakh; a Jammu & Kashmir district.

30. The room or space just below the roof of a house.

32. Guam. (*) 33. Enthusiasm; spirited self-assurance .35. Curved; askew.

36. A thing which is not definitely known or identified.

38. Attorney General. (*) 39. A point, matter or question to be disputed or decided.

40. A trap for entangling small birds or animals.

42. Shake or stir. (Pharmacy) 43. Registered Nurse. (*) 45. The eleventh month of the Jewish year.

46. Any hotel, motel or dwelling alongside a highway.

47. The science dealing with smells & the sense of smell.

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1. The plane figures bounded by three sides.

2. “ _____ Potter”, A wizard character.

3. A Hebrew prophet of the 5th centaury B.C. (Bible) 4. Nonprofessional.

5. Of the Christian era: used with dates. (Latin) (*).

6. Nine nights’ Hindu festival to worship Durga. (Oct. 5-13) 7. Pennsylvania. (*) 8. Any greasy, combustible liquid obtained from vegetable.

9. A scheme made beforehand for doing and arranging.

12. A narrow strip or band of steel, paper etc..

14. “__”, mount from which Moses saw the Promised Land.

16. Formal judgments of experts whose advices are sought.

19. Persons who make rapid outlines or rough drawings.

20. A bark, as a dog. (Informal).

23. A Constellation between Scorpios and Pavo.

24. To turn down the corner of (a leaf in a book).

25. Hot south wind from the Sahara that blows in the Near East (Egypt), from late Match to early May. (Arabic) 27. A feeling of offence or resentment.

29. To remove (property) beyond jurisdiction of a sheriff.

31. A French brandy distilled from wine.

34. The structure made by birds for laying their eggs.

37. Trade Union. (*) 41. Anti-lock Breaking System. (*) 42. A South American sloth with a greenish coat.

44. New Mexico. (*) (Puzzle solutions are on page 134. NO peeking!)

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•••••••••••••• Booddhoo: “I am filling up a form of my bio data. What should I write as my mother tongue, dad?”

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YOUTH CORNER (Created By Kirit Shukla) (Find & circle the words in the puzzle).

(Subject: “Gandhi” )

Math Magic Use these numbers only once: [1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 7] ] in empty squares, to get = the final given answers.

Note: Follow the order of operation per basic math rule: ×,÷, +, The multiplication or division is done before addition and subtraction.

ASHRAM BAN BAPU BARE CELIBACY DISOBEDIENCE FASTING FIRM GODSE INDEPENDENCE KARAMDAS KASTURBA

LOVE MAHATMA MOB MOHANDAS NONVIOLENCE PUTLIBAI QUITINDIA SALTMARCH SATYAGRAH SELFRULE TRUTH VIEW

The unused 9 letters spell “Gandhi’s Birthplace.”

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TEST YOUR IQ The common letters are “OP” - Fill in the blanks 1. “ ___’s puzzles & Jokes”, Saathee’s feature. _ OP 2. Exclusive control of a commodity that makes possible of fixing prices & elimination of competition. _ _ _ OP _ _ _ 3. To choose or take as one’s own. _ _ OP _ 4. Expecting to get what one wants. _ OP _ _ _ _ 5. The roof like projection over a door. _ _ _ OP _ 6. A colorful mineral, Hydrous Si O2, used as a gem. OP _ _ 7. A single drop of monsoon water. _ _ _ _ _ _ OP 8. A thick, strong cord made of intertwisted fibers. _ OP _ 9. A legendary classical Greek author of fables. _ _ _ OP 10. Exactly contrary; antithetical.

OP _ _ _ _ _ _ 11. A group of persons of a nation or a race. _ _ OP _ _ 12. To make short leaps on one foot. _ OP 13. A mark (’) used to omit of a letter. _ _ _ _ _ _ OP _ _ 14. The power or liberty of choosing.

OP _ _ _ _ 15. Any animal with eight limbs. _ _ _ OP _ _ 16. The metal used for making a U.S. penny . _ OP _ _ _ 17. To cut into small bits; mince. _ _ OP 18. “ ___ Columbus’, landed in America. _ _ _ _ _ _ OP _ _ _ 19. To make a choice. (for) OP _ 20. A bicycle propelled by a small motor. _ OP _ _ 21. The formal judgment of an expert.

OP _ _ _ _ _ 22. Great danger; peril. _ _ OP _ _ _ _ 23. Any of several colorless proteins found in the retina that produce a light-sensitive pigments.

OP _ _ _ 24. To offer marriage. _ _ OP _ _ _ 25. A subject for discussion or conversation. _ OP _ _ (Puzzle solutions are on page 134. NO peeking!)

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FYI: Festivals & Holidays October 2013 Oct. 2 - Gandhi Jayanti Oct. 4 - Sarvapitri /Darsha Amās (No Moon) Oct. 5 - Navarātri begins Oct. 7 - Columbus Day Oct. 13 - Navarātri ends Oct. 13 - Dusserā Oct. 14 - Columbus Day Oct. 15 - Pāshānkushā Ekādasi Oct. 16 - Bakri Eid Oct. 18 - Sharad/Kojāgari Purnimā (Full Moon) Oct. 24 - United Nations Day Oct. 30 - Ramā Ekādasi Oct. 31 - Halloween Oct. 31 - Wāgha Bāras Oct. 31 - Sardār V. Patel Jayanti November 2013 Nov. 1 - Dhan Teras Nov. 2 - Kāli Chatudarshi Nov. 3 - Darsha Amās (No Moon) (Sun Eclipse) Nov. 3 - Diwali Nov. 3 - Mahāvir Nirvana day Nov. 3 - Daylight saving time ends Nov. 4 - New Year Day (Vikram Samvat- 2070 begins) Nov. 5 - Muharram (Muslim New Year-1435 begins) Nov. 5 - Bhāi Beej Nov. 7 - Lābha Panchami Nov. 9 - Jalāram Jayanti Nov. 11 - Veterans Day Nov. 13 - Deva Uthi Ekādasi Nov. 17 - Guru Nānak Jayanti Nov. 17 - Deva Diwali (Full Moon) Nov. 28 - Thanksgiving Day Nov. 29 - Utpatti Ekādesi Nov. 29 - Lincoln’s Birthday/Presidents Day

Puzzle Solutions

Dussehrā Dussehrā (Vijayā Dashami) is a Hindu festival that celebrates the victory of good over evil. It is the Hindu God Rama’s victory over the demon king Rāvana; the triumph of good over evil and also the victory of Goddess Durga over “Mahishāsura” (Buffalo demon). According to the Hindu calendar, It falls on the 10th day of the bright half (Shukla Paksha) of the month of Āshwin. This year it is on October 13, 2013. Many Hindus observe Dussehrā through special prayers and food offerings to God at home or in the temples. It is the culmination of the Navarātri (nine nights) festival. Many Hindus also believe that it is a lucky and auspicious day to start a new venture, project or a journey. They also hold outdoor fairs (Melās) and large parades with paper or wooden effigies of Rāvana (the ten headed demon king of ancient Lanka). The effigies are burnt on bonfires in the evening. In Hindu scripture of the Ramayana, originally written in Sanskrit language, ten heads of Rāvana signify ten bad qualities (intended to be removed) in our mind as follows. Each one is a vast subject of understanding and we will not go deep into it.

1. Kāma vāsanā (Lust) 2. Krodha (Anger) 3. Moha (Delusion) 4. Lobha (Greed) 5. Mada (Over Pride) 6. Matsara (Jealousy) 7. Manas (Mind) 8. Buddhi (Intellect) 9. Chitta (Will) 10. Ahankāra (Ego).

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Just take a short break to reconcile and start again with new power and confidence; however a health problem may influence your thinking.

LIBRA (Sep 23 - Oct 23) This is going to be a very comfortable and relaxing month. There will be a pleasant environment all around. You will be favorably inclined towards the opposite sex. If you put little more effort and hard work, you can increase income above your expectation. Your own ideology will drive you in positive direction. Family will extend their full support towards you.

General Predictions for October 2013 ARIES (Mar 20- Apr 20) An unexpected positive turn in social life will bring lots of luck for you in the last week of the month. Your income is definitely going to rise due to your own efforts. You will regain your confidence. Don’t forget to be easy and delighted. You must be prepared to work as a team. An increase in your income through partnership is also possible. Drive very carefully.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 - Nov 22) You will have strong desire and power to do things in a methodical way. Your confidence will be par excellence. You will develop new social relations.

There are chances of venturing into a new joint venture. Relaxing short distance travel is also possible. The only thing is you may have to wait till second half of the month to see firm result.

TAURUS (Apr 20 - May 21) Try to watch yourself inwardly, as you are going to lose your moral power. If you are not watchful, it might hurt your reputation. There is a danger of some health-related problems. The last week of the month will bring some good news for you. In other words, the month will end with delightful event of financial benefit. It is going to be active and good marriage life this month.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 - Dec 21) You will get mixed results in this month. You will lose your confidence and will learn from mistakes. Good faith and morality, rather than your intelligence, will help you in achieving financial success. You must sincerely try to cut your expenses. Try to be more relaxed and avoid egoistical speech. Journey to far-off place is possible in the second half of the month.

GEMINI (May 21 - Jun 21) After a negative start you will regain your confidence and the situation will be back on track. It is advisable to wait till second week before making any decision.

Short distance travel should be avoided. Your competitor may try to harm your image. You can easily defeat them by ignoring them. Multiple minor health issues will bother you this month. You may make some extra money through a friend.

CAPRICORN (Dec 21 - Jan 20) Don’t compromise in your ideology otherwise you will lose something very important. The period is quite favorable for speculation. You may experience some kind of extreme effect. It could be very positive or very negative depending upon your birth stars. You must avoid dispute with your family. Remember that you can’t buy everything with money.

CANCER (Jun 21 - Jul 22) You may feel another major turning point is on the way. Destiny may have very important role this time.

Also it may come your way only if you don’t act sensitively. Your birth stars are equally important. If entering into a new venture, you must avoid any partnership. You may get multiple opportunities at the same time. You must pick one which needs courage and aggression. It is always good to obey destiny.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 - Feb 19) In spite of numerous mistakes, your fortune will bring higher status and money for you. But you won’t feel happy. It will be very hard to find peace of mind.

Problems in personal life could be a major issue this month. And with all money and power, you will feel helpless. The situation will deteriorate in the second half of the month. You must compromise to feel relaxed. Traveling could help this month.

LEO (Jul 22 - Aug 23) You will get some positive support and direction after middle of the month. You may go against your ideology and work for some different type of event/occasion this month. Your relation with your spouse may take a negative turn. Avoid stubbornness.

Under all these disturbances you will be able to maintain the good flow of income. Time is also good for some investment in business or real estate.

PISCES (Feb 19 - Mar 20) If you can control your expenses, and are not a patient, then everything other than that is very positive. Avoid legal disputes with partners and curb expenses. Rise in income is clearly indicated. Long distance travel will prove to very fruitful. Your quick decisions and exposure at group of people will help you in making new business friends. You may spend for religious or social occasion.

VIRGO (Aug 23 - Sep 23) You may spend some time on family issues. Businessrelated travel will bring very good result. Time is improving and you will enjoy peace of mind along Saathee.com

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Classifieds BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES: For Sale: Frozen yogurt store for sale located in busy shopping/retail center. Unique opportunity to own a turn-key business - no high franchise fees! Asking price: $165,000.

Inventory:$5000+ Real estate: Leased FF&E:$123,000. Call 919-538-4308.

Convenience Store for Sale: 55,000/month inside, $1,800 gas comm, $1,800 lotto comm. No competition. Near Sumter, SC. Lots of opportunity for growth. Rent $4,500, 150K asking. 803-807-3078.

Office for rent (lease) near Ballantyne area, 600 sq ft, $695 per month, on Johnston Road near Pineville Matthews Road, call 704-975-8591.

Convenience Store in Metro Charlotte area. Good investment opportunity, low down payment. Call 704-246-9897.

Retail Space available immediately near Chatham Square shopping area in Cary.

Excellent location. 1275 square feet. For rent or sale. Call 919-649-1485.

C-Stores: Bennettsville, SC $85K + Inv, GR $1.7M; Shelby, NC $339K + Inv, GR $867K No beer; Anderson, SC $219K + Inv, GR $3.5M. 704-821-8888 or www.Countysouth.biz For Sale: Conv store with gas and auto workshop. Prime I-85 location in Charlotte.

All EPA in full compliance. $675,000 includes prop and equipment. Call 704-641-5902.

Indian Restaurant for Sale in NC. Established customers. Selling due to family issues. Call 910-262-8379.

Liquor and c-store for Sale: Clover, SC. Gross sales yearly $380,000-$400,000 from both stores, monthly expenses only $1,000 (or less)+ $1600 rent; Asking $90,000 + inv. ($70k-$90K). Owner finance available. Call Rocky 803-810-5105.

Motels For Sale: Rock Hill, SC (60 Rooms) and (39 Rooms). Motel for sale in Richburg, SC (47 Rooms). Nick Patel 704905-7945.

Pharmacists Needed in NC. Great opportunity to start your own business.

Run your own Pharmacy. Please contact: rphneeded@mail.com MATRIMONIAL: Seeking correspondence for brother, 28, 5'10" Hindu, North-Indian, PhD (Astrophysics) -SISSA-Italy, MSc-Integrated (Physics) -IIT-Kanpur. Currently working as Research Associate in India. Seeking active, well-educated girl. Contact: 980-248-1628 or singhshamsher746@gmail.com Saathee.com

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES: Motel Help Wanted in Charlotte area.

Front desk - able to do 2 or more nights.

Experience required, be fluent in English and legal status. patel.varun@gmail.com.

202-255-3008 (call Mon-Fri 9 AM to 6 PM) Nanny Needed: Reliable full-time help needed in South Charlotte. (Cooking and light house work) Please call 704-965-9515.

Motel Help Wanted: Need couple or family for housekeeping for franchise motel in Mooresville, NC. Contact: Champ52@hotmail.com or 704-661-5371 Help wanted in a restaurant in Charlotte.

No cooking required. Contact 704-9642490.

Part time Nanny / Mom's helper / Housekeeper needed in North Charlotte (University). Tues & Thurs 9 AM - 5:30 PM. Must have transportation. Contact hwunnava@gmail.com or 704-837-7271 Elder Care Needed: Fulltime live in, elder care needed for Gujarati speaking parent in Dillon SC, responsibilities include light cooking & housekeeping. Call: 910-3528440 or 843-774-2859.

Help Wanted: Indian restaurant in Charlotte, NC looking for Server and Tandoori Chef. Please contact 704-512-9177 Hotel Help Wanted in Asheboro, NC. Front Desk, maintenance and housekeeping. Accommodations provided.

Experience, legal status, English fluency and references required. Call 336-625-1880 or e-mail rameshvpatel@gmail.com Nanny Needed for 2 year old. Live-in or daytime. Gujarati speaking. Cooking & light housework. References required.

Fort Mill SC (close to South Charlotte) Call 980-322-4314.

Gas Station Help Wanted in Rock Hill, SC. 20 miles from Charlotte. Part-time.

Call 704-907-5884.

Motel Help Wanted in Charlotte area.

Two front desk positions - evenings or late night shift. Must have front desk reservation experience, be fluent in English and have legal status. E-mail: greenleafeinn@aol.com Hotel Management Firm Now Hiring: House keepers, front desk (must speak fluent English), and General Manager/s of franchise hotels. Experience required. E-mail resumes to dannypatel@hanumanhospitality.com or call 864-752-7192 Looking for Experienced Threading Practitioners and Licensed Esthetician in Charlotte, Raleigh and Richmond areas.

Full or part-time with great pay and flexibility. Experience required with good English skills. Please call 980-322-1110.

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Hotel Management Firm Now Hiring: House keepers, front desk (must speak fluent English), and General Manager/s of franchise hotels. Experience required. Email resumes to abcone@abcinns.com OR call 704-649-6833 (M-F, 9AM-5PM).

Refulgent Technologies Inc.: IT staffing company is currently recruiting Java, .Net, SQL Server and QA candidates. We also do Training & Placement. Contact Anu: e-mail: recruiter@refulgent-tech.com or 704-405-4238.

Parttime/Fulltime Single or Couple: Needed ASAP for a convenience store in Gaffney, SC. Must speak English and previous experience preferred. Call 704726-7544 or 864-487-4939.

Threading job in Winston Salem. Hair Threading female position open for IMMEDIATE HIRE. Full-time or PartTime, for long term. Call 980-622-4386.

Convenience store / Gas Station Help Wanted: Looking for Couples/Single; Must have legal status; Locations in NC & SC; Opportunity to advance and grow!

Please Call 803-789-3133.

Now Hiring: Full or part time Retail Sales Associate in Columbia SC. Opportunity to advance quickly into management.

Contact 706-877-0315.

Gas Station Help Wanted: full-time in McCormick, SC (near Greenwood & Augusta). Must speak fluent English & have legal status. Good pay. call 704-299-8535.

Nanny Needed: In Cary (Raleigh Area) for newborn. Must be able to provide own transportation. Call 919-624-3190.

Part time personal assistant needed in UNCC area for light office work & errands. English, computer skills, reliable transport required. Students welcome.

Flexible hours. 704-258-4507.

Seeking Employment: Experienced in Store and Motel Management. I'm looking for an opportunity to manage business as working partner within 35 miles radius of concord. Call 336-508-7898.

Kitchen help wanted for Indian Restaurant in South Charlotte. 6 evenings (5 to 10:30).

Tandoori knowledge including bread and chicken, plus prep, dishwashing, cleaning. and Waiter needed. Call 704-724-5555.

Nanny Needed: Reliable full-time live in help needed to take care of our 22 month old son in Ballantyne, NC. Please call 952-334-3666.

Nanny needed in South Park area of Charlotte. For 2 boys ages 1.5 yr and 3.5 yr from Noon - 6pm. Light housekeeping and cooking needed. Driving a must.

Contact 408-833-8820.

Nanny needed in Charlotte (University area) from November to March to take care of the baby and household chores.

Please call. 201-467-1754.

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FOR SALE OR RENT: For Rent: Paying Guest facility with separate bath near Concord Mills mall. available for female student or working professional. call Vijaya 336-508-7898.

Room available for paying guest in Augusta, GA. Near University. Separate room with private bathroom and kitchen share. Call 706-284-4797.

SERVICES: Pretty Face - Indian beauty parlour :Threading, facials, waxing etc conveniently located at Ballantyne /South Charlotte area.

Please call for appointment 704-726-8928.

Highly experienced Instructor led virtual Online training classes in SAP FICO,SAP FSCM & PeoplSoft FSCM modules (Cover configuration and end user topics along with documents provided) now in Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, Virginia, NC&SC. Placements Assistance with Proven Placements Records. Enroll for October Batch!

Weekday and Weekend batches.

Phone: 704-293-4992 Hindu Priest: All kinds of puja.

Including: havan, katha, weddings, graha pravesh, funeral services & Shraadh. In Hindi, English & Tamil. Call Balaji 704877-6320 or 704-545-7220 or e-mail: priestbalaji@gmail.com Sur Sangeet Academy: Learn Hindustani classical vocal music in Morrisville.

Classically trained instructor, Rakhi Lingerfelt, provides individual or group voice lessons. Contact 919-605-8329 or rakhilingerfelt@gmail.com Need help for babysitting? We are a high standard facility offering flexible hours including weekends in the lake Norman area. Please call at 704-896-8030.

Western Astrology for Eastern Minds: location / relocation / travel, relationship / marriage, event planning, career, family, spiritual purpose, and more. Philip Young, PhD. 919-971-6818. Blackunykorn.com Baby-sitter available: Day care experienced, educated, energetic for care and development of your child available flexible hours and reasonable rate. Call: 704-754-3072.

Art classes for all age groups, offered by two times President Award Winner Artist (Indian). Mooresville/Charlotte area at reasonable rate. Contact 704-754-6046.

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Bharatanatyam classes in Morrisville, NC. Abhinayam Arts Academy. New classes for children ages 5 and up.

Please contact guru Sharan: 919-4347088 or Sharan.Abhinayam@gmail.com

Ribald Farms Nursery & Florist: Specializes in Indian wedding reception design and floral arrangements. For more info contact Shawna Turner at 803328-2266 or www.rockhillflowers.com Home Daycare available in South Charlotte: 10 years of experience in Early Childhood Education. NC Credentials CPR -First Aid Certified. Learning Environment-Spanish Lessons. M-F 7am to 6pm. Newborns Welcome. Excellent references. Call 704-541-9235.

Gujarati Priest in NC & SC for Ganesh, Randal, Laxmi, Sharda Pujan, Satyanarayan Katha, Wedding, Vastu, Baby Shower, Hawan, Grah Shanti.

Kishor Trivedi Home: 336-774-0597 Cell: 336-486-7925 E-Mail: kishor7@juno.com Mehandi (Henna): Award-winning artist in the Chapel Hill/Durham, NC area specializes in Mehandi (Henna) parties.

Perfect for weddings, birthdays & gettogethers. Creative & beautiful art!

Krishna Priya Dasi Phone: 919-824-7734 E-mail: krsnapriyad96@gmail.com Web: www.lotuslyrics.com/henna.html Facebook: Krishna Priya Dasi Dholi For Hire: Plays the Dhol (drum) for any occasion! Classes Available! Barat, Doli, Graduation, Birthdays, Baby Showers & any other festivity. Affordable rates! Call Arpan Bhandari 704-843-7202 or email: arpandholi@yahoo.com South Indian Priest: Sastriji is an independent priest Call for Pujas, Gruhapravesh, Weddings, Multi-lingual, Vedic traditional priestly services, etc.

Call 704-625-7578 or 704-231-0751. E-mail: sastrigal2003@yahoo.com Neeta’s Beauty Parlor: Charlotte area open 7 days a week. Full service. Please call for appointment. 704-968-0270.

Computer Consulting: Assistance with software installation, set-up, formatting, back-up, troubleshooting and more. Very reasonable rates. 704-619-7072.

Gujarati Priest: Devendra Dave Independent priest. Ganesh, Randal, Navratri, Diwali’s Laxmi & Sharda Pujas, Satyanarayan Katha, Weddings, Vastu, Baby Shower, Funeral Seva. Call Daveji 704-780-3563. God Blessings to All 139

Ami's Beauty in Matthews near I-485 exit 49 (Idlewild Rd). Eyebrows, Upper lips, Chin, Full Face by Thread. 20 years experience. Call for Appointment. 704882-3300 (H) or 704-877-9021 (C).

Astrologer With Gold Medals - Jayanti Lad- Contact for Health, Wealth, Relationship, Child, Enemies, Court Cases, Marriage, Job, Business, Vastu Problems, Preparing & Matching Horoscope. Call 919-463-5180 or Jayantinlad@yahoo.com Pari Beauty In Matthews, NC: Threading, Waxing, Facials, Bleaching & Much More! 22 years of experience.

Special Deals & Great Service. For Appointment Call: 704-846-7912.

Vaibhavi’s Beauty Parlor: Charlotte Ballantyne area. Full service. Please call for appointment. 843-465-6048.

Catering: Home made Fresh & Soft Hand Rolled Roti's available everyday. Making Veg or Non Veg daily or weekly basis.

Catering for private parties. Contact Jyoti raleighrasoi@gmail.com Call 919-610-3615 Serving Raleigh and Triangle area.

Thanks. God Bless Quality Assurance Analyst and Business Analyst training in Charlotte.

Job placement assistance. Please call for more details- 704-806-8907.

Priest Available for the following services: Shree Satya narayan katha, Shanti hawan, Vastu shanty, Weddings, Baby shower, Bhumi pujan, Mata ki chowki pujan, Funeral, all types of karmakand. Please call Viral Bhatt 704438-6334.

Saathee CLASSIFIEDS: Business ads are $25 Personal ads are $15 Upgrade to color or add a box for additional $10 Saathee.com ads posted daily (call for rates) We accept all credit cards and checks.

Ads up to 25 words.

Deadline for print is the 20th.

Web ads daily.

Submit classifieds: 1. on-line: saathee.com (classified section) 2. e-mail: Saatheemag@hotmail.com 3. Fax: 704.527.7590 4. For more info call 704.527.7570 Saathee Magazine PO Box 11468 Charlotte, NC 28220 October 2013

Index of Advertisers

K. Hovnanian Homes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 K.B. Zaveree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Kaya Designs Boutique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83 KD Photographics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 Khanna & Sons Jewelers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Kumon Raleigh (MON 2_CMA Inc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 Laziz Biryani (Raleigh) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127 Maadhurya Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Mahabazar.com Travels Maha Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 Malani Jewelers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144 Maruthi Pediatrics (Dr. Badriprasad R. Donthi) . . . . . .117 Masala India Halal Restaurant (High Point) . . . . . . . . . .23 Max Psychiatry (Dr. Suman Hasan, MD) . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 Mishra Architecture PLLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 Mithai (Cary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 MONTBLANC (Bhindi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Montessori Children's House of Durham . . . . . . . . . . . .93 MyTripFare (Travel agent) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82 Nagpal, Sunil (BCBSNC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Narendra Singh For Mayor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113 Nationwide Ins. (Maqsood Khan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Natya Performance Academy (Maniktala) . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Nav Ras Dance Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 NC Dermatology Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92 Nunna Realty (Shiv Shankar Nunna) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 Oxford Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 Palika Bazaar & Jewelers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Patel Brothers (Cary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Patel Travels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 Patel, Akshat (Real Estate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Patel, Mrugesh (Law Offices) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Poornima S. Mathur, CPA, PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 Premji Valji Jewellers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Prime Internal Medicine (E.N. Reddy, M.D.) . . . . . . . . . .58 Rajbhog Foods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 Rajdeep Mandap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Rajdeep Video & Photography (Ramesh Panjabi) . . . . . .79 Rao Bond For Town Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113 RB Realty Group (Ravi Bheemarao) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Real Triangle Properties (Joe Mathews) . . . . . . . . . . . . .130 Rinku Bhattacharya Das (Dance Instr/Choreographer) .51 Robert Brown LLC (Oza, Rishi: Immigration Law) . . . .135 Roopkala Sarees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 S&S Accounting & Tax Services, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 Sai Krishna Bhavan (Restaurant) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129 SaiMedisoft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 & 73 Salon Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 Sangam Mart (Indian Groceries) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 Shah, Kirti (CPA - Sepa Consulting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 Shah, Mihir (NY Life) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Shivam Indian Spices (Morrisville, NC) . . . . . . . . . . . . .123 Sitar Indian Cuisine (Durham) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Sleep Inn (Charlotte) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 Smart Properties (Real Estate - Smruti Patel) . . . . . . . . .129 Solas Diwali Party . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65 Spice Bazaar (Durham, NC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127 Sri Shirdi SaiBaba Mandir of NC (Cary, NC) . . . . . . . . .115 Swad Restaurant (North Raleigh) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 Taaza (Fresh) Indina Bistro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123 The Montessori School of Raleigh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 TherAccess (Hand Rahablitation Center) . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Tower Restauant (Morrisville) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 Travel Universe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Travelinks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Triangle Eye Institute (Formerly Eye Care Center Apex)28 Triangle Family Eye Care (Dr. Hiten Prajapati) . . . . . . . .34 Triangle Hearing Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 Triangle Indian Market (Cary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 Triangle Women's Center (Haritha Nadendla, MD FACOG)104 Ttravel Guru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 Tutoring (Nirmala Koripella) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Udupi Cafe (Cary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 Urogender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128 Vyas Travels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 Wake OB/Gyn (Dr. Nanda Shah) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 West Cary Medicine (Dr. Kareem M.D.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 White Horse Weddings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 Wisdom Home Healthcare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 Worldwide travels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 Zayka Restaurant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97

A & V Satellites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Aaj Ka Dhamaka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115 Abbi, Chitra (Real Estate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104 Accela Range Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Access Realty & Funding (Chandravadan Shah) . . . . . . .77 Accounting Solutions (Muhammad Kamran Awan) . . .53 AKM Realty (Arvind Mahajan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 Allstate (Ravi Reddy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142 Anil Bedi & Associates PC (CPA & Consultants) . . . . .141 Apna Bazaar (Morrisville) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 Apna Travels (Morrisville) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141 Around The World Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Art Of Living Course Raleigh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 ARVA LLC Hylite Smart Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Asian Divas (Cosmetologist) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Barot, Tushar (Statefarm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Bashyam & Spiro LLP (Immigration Law) . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Basic Infotech and Financial Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 Bhindi Jewellers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Bipin & Smita Parekh (Real Estate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137 Biryani House of Cary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 Blooming Buds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 Blue Mango Indian Cuisine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 Bollywood Fashions (Greensboro) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 Carolina Wedding Belle (Event Design & DĂŠcor) . . . . . .69 Cary Internal Medicine & The Diabetes Center, PA . . . .74 Cary Medical Clinic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Carymed Primary Care (Bindit Patel, MD) . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Chai Pani (Restaurant - Ashville, NC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Challa Law Offices, PLC (Immigration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 Chandni's Beauty Salon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 Chokshi, Umesh (Real Estate & Mortgage) . . . . . . . . . . .35 Choksi, Viral (Northwestern Mutual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 Cornerstone Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine . . . . . . .104 County South Realty & Business Brokers . . . . . . . . . . . .119 Crescent Dental (Dr. Kavita Ghai) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 Darji, Iyer, Joshi & Patel (Accounting & Tax Services) . .89 Dawat Indian Restaurant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 Desai Desai Accounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76 DJ Hangama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 DJ Desi (Amit Vasi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 DJ Don (David Pandoria) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 DJ Lalit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 Duke School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 Elegant Designz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Eshaan Jewelers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Evershine Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Fairview Home Mortgage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Falls Lake Dental (Chintan Patel DMD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Family Fare Convenience Stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131 Fayad Law P.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 Fly Worry Free (Travel Agent) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Friends Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137 Gandhi, Vandan (Keller Williams Real Est. Consultant) 45 Geological Resources, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Global Mall / Legacy Jewels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143 Global Weight Loss Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Goels Plaza - Banquet & Conference Center . . . . . . . . . . .75 Granada Realty (Kishor Patel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 Grand India Mart (Groceries) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 Greater Triangle Realty (Thomas John) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 Greensboro Montessori School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Gujarati Cultural Assoc. of Piedmont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65 Hamara Rasoi Se . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Help Wanted (Threading) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 Heritage India Association (Children's Day) . . . . . . . . .111 Hindi Vikas Mandal (NC Dussehra Festival) . . . . . . . . .109 Hindu Center Charlotte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 & 67 Hotbreads Cafe (Nick Foods) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131 Hum Sub (Cary Diwali) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Inchin's Bamboo Garden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 India Association of Triad (Diwali 2013) . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 Indian Food & Spices (Fayetteville) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129 Indu Conv. 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