Category: Life
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Ganga and Yamuna at the Sangam! But where is Saraswati river?
By Gurmukh Singh TORONTO: As the Maha Kumbh Mela at Allahabad is about to come to an end, millions and millions of people must have taken a holy dip at the Sangam (merger) of the three rivers – the Ganga, the Yamuna and the Saraswati. The first two rivers are visible to everyone, but where…
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Anoushka Shankar says she was groped and abused
Opening up about her experiences, Anoushka Shankar says she too has “suffered various forms of groping” News East-West LONDON: Shocked by the gangrape and subsequent death of the 23-year-old Delhi medical student Nirbhaya, Anoushka Shankar, the daughter of sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, has come out in support of sexually exploited women of the world. Anoushka…
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Hamilton Vaisnava Bobby Hebert narrates devotion for Krishna in Eastern Bloc
By Bobby Hebert HAMILTON: I had the good fortune to be invited to attend the seventh annual Vaisnava Winter Festival in Lithuania last month hosted by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Although I have traveled all over the world, this was my first visit to the Eastern Bloc. Lithuania is situated on the shining…
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BAPS Swaminarayan Temple Toronto to last thousand years
Toronto’s BAPS Swaminaarayan temple here is the only one of its kind in Canada to boast a hand-crafted design. It is expected to last 1,000 years