Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Asia darkens under longest solar eclipse of century
China total solar eclipse on July 22 swept across a narrow swathe of Asia, where hundreds of millions of people watched the skies darken, though in some places thick summer clouds blocked the sun.
The longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century cut through the world's most populous nations, India and China, as it travelled half the globe. It was visible along a roughly 250 km wide (155 miles) corridor, U.S space agency NASA said.
In India, where eclipse superstitions are rife, people snaked through the narrow lanes of the ancient Hindu holy city of Varanasi and gathered for a dip in the Ganges, an act believed to bring release from the cycle of life and death.
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The longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century cut through the world's most populous nations, India and China, as it travelled half the globe. It was visible along a roughly 250 km wide (155 miles) corridor, U.S space agency NASA said.
In India, where eclipse superstitions are rife, people snaked through the narrow lanes of the ancient Hindu holy city of Varanasi and gathered for a dip in the Ganges, an act believed to bring release from the cycle of life and death.
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Labels: 21st century eclipse, Asia, darkness, eclipse superstitions, hindu holy city, longest solar eclipse, Moon, solar eclipse, sun, total solar eclipse, Varanasi
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
'Smile Pinki' Oscar highlights non-profit's mission to bring joy to young lives
As if the eight 'Slumdog' Oscars were not vindication enough for India's indomitable spirit of optimism and hope, yet another went to a documentary short about a little Indian girl who undergoes life-altering surgery to reveal a winning smile.
'Smile Pinki' is the captivating story of a desperately poor 6-year-old girl in rural India whose life is transformed by free surgery - performed by Dr. Subodh Kumar Singh and organized by an American charity ‘Smile Train' - to correct her cleft lip.
The idea germinated in November 2006, when Brian Mullaney, Co-Founder and President of the charity, visited G.S. Memorial Hospital in Varanasi, which Singh runs.
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'Smile Pinki' is the captivating story of a desperately poor 6-year-old girl in rural India whose life is transformed by free surgery - performed by Dr. Subodh Kumar Singh and organized by an American charity ‘Smile Train' - to correct her cleft lip.
The idea germinated in November 2006, when Brian Mullaney, Co-Founder and President of the charity, visited G.S. Memorial Hospital in Varanasi, which Singh runs.
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Labels: American charity Smile Train, champ for cleft patients, cleft lip, documentary short story, Dr. Subodh Kumar Singh, free surgery, Indian girl, Slumdog oscars, Smile Pinki, Varanasi
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Known percussionist, tabla legend Kishan Maharaj, 85
Pandit Kishan Maharaj, one of India's best-known classical percussionists, passed away in this temple town after battling a brain stroke for five days. He was 85.
The leading tabla exponent was pulled off life- support systems on May 4 night. He had suffered a stroke on April 29 and efforts had been on to stave off brain death.
Kishan Maharaj is survived by a son and three daughters.
Sources in Varanasi said the tabla legend suffered the stroke when sarod artist Pandit Amjad Ali Khan and his family, including sons Ayaan and Amaan, went to meet him a day after the Sankat Mochan Sangeet Samaroh, an important musical event in the town. Kishan Maharaj also attended it.
"He was sitting on a sofa and then he suddenly passed out." Sandeep Das, one of Kishan Maharaj's most senior disciples and Grammy nominee, told IANS.
Kishan Maharaj was born in 1923 in a family of professional musicians. He was trained in classical music by Pandit Hari Maharaj, his father. After his father's death, Pandit Kanthe Maharaj, his uncle, took him under his wings.
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The leading tabla exponent was pulled off life- support systems on May 4 night. He had suffered a stroke on April 29 and efforts had been on to stave off brain death.
Kishan Maharaj is survived by a son and three daughters.
Sources in Varanasi said the tabla legend suffered the stroke when sarod artist Pandit Amjad Ali Khan and his family, including sons Ayaan and Amaan, went to meet him a day after the Sankat Mochan Sangeet Samaroh, an important musical event in the town. Kishan Maharaj also attended it.
"He was sitting on a sofa and then he suddenly passed out." Sandeep Das, one of Kishan Maharaj's most senior disciples and Grammy nominee, told IANS.
Kishan Maharaj was born in 1923 in a family of professional musicians. He was trained in classical music by Pandit Hari Maharaj, his father. After his father's death, Pandit Kanthe Maharaj, his uncle, took him under his wings.
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Labels: Known percussionist, musical event, Pandit Kishan Maharaj, professional musicians, Sankat Mochan Sangeet Samaroh, tabla legend, Varanasi
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Aurangazeb was even handed with Hindus and Muslims
The debate over whether Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb was anti-Hindu or not has taken a new turn in Chennai with the largest Tamil Muslim group saying he was a victim of distorted history.
Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam (TMMK) said one of the biggest charges against Aurangzeb was that he demolished the Vishwanath temple in Varanasi (Kashi).
"That was a fact. But late historian Bishma Narain Pande's research efforts exploded many myths about Aurangzeb's rule. He explained why Aurangzeb razed the temple at Varanasi," TMMK leader M.H. Jawahirulla, who is a university professor himself, told IANS.
He razed the temple because the Maharani of Kutch, the wife of one of the Hindu Rajput kings loyal to Aurangzeb, was dishonored and robbed inside the temple.
Meanwhile, the Chennai police on March 6, had shut down an art show on Aurangzeb at the Lalit Kala Akademi in Chennai following protests. Francois Gautier, a expatriate French journalist, curated the show. Police said the exhibition of 40 paintings and documents on Aurangzeb had the potential to disrupt communal harmony.
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Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam (TMMK) said one of the biggest charges against Aurangzeb was that he demolished the Vishwanath temple in Varanasi (Kashi).
"That was a fact. But late historian Bishma Narain Pande's research efforts exploded many myths about Aurangzeb's rule. He explained why Aurangzeb razed the temple at Varanasi," TMMK leader M.H. Jawahirulla, who is a university professor himself, told IANS.
He razed the temple because the Maharani of Kutch, the wife of one of the Hindu Rajput kings loyal to Aurangzeb, was dishonored and robbed inside the temple.
Meanwhile, the Chennai police on March 6, had shut down an art show on Aurangzeb at the Lalit Kala Akademi in Chennai following protests. Francois Gautier, a expatriate French journalist, curated the show. Police said the exhibition of 40 paintings and documents on Aurangzeb had the potential to disrupt communal harmony.
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Labels: Aurangzeb, chennai, Hindu Rajput, Lalit Kala Akademi, Mughal Emperor, muslims, Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam, Varanasi
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