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HGH hosts annual Hindu leaders meet

HGH board members and youth leaders: Hemant Jadhav, left, Sanjay Jajoo, Girish Naik, Komal Luthra, Radha Dixit, Partha Krishnaswamy, Thara Narasimhan, Tupil Narasimhan, Swapan Dhairyawan, Ranjan Lashkari, Brother Mark Ram, Bhagwan Bhutada, Namita Pallod, and Vijay Pallod

By MANU SHAH warmly welcoming everyone and highlight upcoming events. the city the moniker of being organizations Hindus of Greater Houston Prabhat Sharma, HGH to the temple.

In the early 70’s there were the “Kashi of the US.” hosted the annual meeting of only three consecrated temples HGH Board member and Taking the long view, founder member began the Hindu leaders on July 13. in Houston – the Hindu Worship Hindus of Greater Houston meeting with a beautiful Moderator Tupil Narasimhan The first such meeting was Society, ISKCON and the (HGH) ensured that the Sanskrit prayer and recalled kicked off the proceedings by held 30 years ago at the Hindu Sri Meenakshi Temple. They temples’ leadership met once the late Padmakant Khambati inviting HGH President Thara Worship Society (HWS) and formed the hub for community a year to connect, support who was a major driver behind Narasimhan to address the it came back full circle on gatherings, worship and the each other, share information HGH. gathering.

July 13 when more than 30 celebration of major festivals about their respective activities HWS President Ravi Goel Describing the Hindu organizations gathered at the and events. Today, that number and inculcate a sense of unity and Board member Nisha Worship Society as “the temple to recap their activities has proliferated to 30 earning among the various Hindu Bhatia were the perfect hosts See HGH, Page 9

Nearly 200 cases of NRI husbands deserting wives reported

With 195 cases of NRI husbands deserting their wives surfacing in the past two years, the Regional Passport Office (RPO) in Hyderabad is taking the matter seriously.

Regional Passport Officer E. Vishnuvardhan Reddy told the media on Saturday “The Ministry [of External Affairs] has asked us to be very sensitive towards women who have been affected by this.”

Sharing data, Mr. Reddy said 118 complaints were recorded

last year and 77 this year. They included desertions, divorces, instances of domestic violence and dowry harassment.

To a question, he said Punjab with around 770 cases was among the other States which had received a larger number of complaints. Officials said not many approached the RPO to report desertions earlier.

However, the numbers had increased in the recent past with the Ministry of External See NRI, Page 3

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Swamiji will delve into the topic of 7 Secrets for Awakening Your Best Self at India House, from Aug. 3 through Aug. 9. In the Second week-long program, Swamiji will render the ‘Shrimad Bhagavat Mahapuran’ elegantly in English at Houston Durga Bari Auditorium from Aug. 10 through Aug. 16. More on Page 3.

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From Page 1 Affairs taking serious note of the situation. The RPO has been handling complaints which come to its notice from the police, the State Women’s Commission and other sources.

Mr. Reddy said passports were suspended in case there was a lookout notice, nonbailable warrant and court directions against the errant husbands. Complaints filed by third parties too are accepted and investigated.

Show-cause notices are being sent to the NRIs once the RPO receives complaints.

The RPO is also dealing with cases of foreign nationals claiming to be Indian citizens and fraudulently applying for passports. In the last two years, 93 passports have been revoked.

Mr. Reddy said Nepalis, Bangladeshis and Myanmarese had applied for passports using the Aadhaar cards, birth certificates and school certificates. But on account of police verification, the

Mukundananda

From Page 1 Swami Mukundananda received his degrees in Engineering and Management from two world famous institutes in India – the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) respectively. However, the call of God was so strong that a short while after landing a top corporate job, he renounced his professional career to take Sanyas at the age of 23 in quest for God-realization.

Swamiji is a senior disciple of Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj and the founder of JKYog - a non-profit organization dedicated to the spiritual, mental and physical wellness of humankind.

Swami Mukundananda’s enlightening discourses clarify the deepest concepts of the Vedic scriptures with wit and perfect logic. Over the last three decades, Swamiji has been travelling all over the world, awakening thousands of seekers through true Yoga and Spirituality.

Swamiji has been invited to speak at various Fortune 500 companies like Google, Oracle, Yahoo and M.D. Anderson, and has conducted programs at prestigious universities like Princeton, Stanford, Kellogg, MIT, and Duke for the youth.

During the first weeklong program from Aug. 3-9, Swamiji will be presenting 7 Secrets for Awakening Your Best Self. The first part of each day’s session focuses on Yoga & Meditation and the second

fraudulent activity was detected. He pointed out that there had been instances in which Bangladeshis had claimed to belong to West Bengal. Upon verification, the claim was found to be false and prosecution of the accused had begun.

He urged applicants to be wary of phishing websites and underscored that www. passportindia.gov.in was the only genuine website.

While the application fee for ordinary passport is ₹1,500, those masquerading as genuine websites have been charging up to ₹5,000.

The RPO has received 282,000 applications and has issued 269,000 lakh passports in the last six months. While there is a pendency of around 2,500, a chunk of this is due to insufficient documentation which the applicant has provided.

Mr. Reddy said the RPO had the required systems in place to bring about the move from current passports to chip-based e-passports. part comprises of spiritual discourse.

During the second weeklong program from Aug 1016, on Shrimad Bhagavat Mahapuran, Swamiji will render the ‘Amar katha’ elegantly in English. For the audience, each day turns into a celebration of divine love.

After being drenched in the showers of nectar for seven days in a row, the audience wish for Swamiji’s program to never end.

“So many confusions and stresses clouded my mind.

Mukundanandji took this ancient knowledge that was otherwise too complex and made it simple to understand in the context of my life.

Absolutely life transforming!” says Sheela.

Admission to the program is free and Prasadam will be served after the discourses.

Registration is requested.

Details: 7 Secrets for Awakening Your Best Self at India House at 8888 W Bellfort Ave, Houston, TX 77031 from August 3 (Sat) – 9 (Fri) from 6 PM – 9 PM. Yoga & Meditation from 6pm to 7:15 pm; Discourse from 7:15 pm to 9 pm.

Shrimad Bhagavat Mahapuran at Houston Durga Bari Society Auditorium, 13944 Schiller Road, Houston, TX 77082 from August 10 (Sat) to August 16 (Fri). Discourse from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm.

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Kannappan Arts Museum celebrates second anniversary

Kannappan Art Museum celebrated its second anniversary on July 13, 2019 at Pearland Alliance for Arts and Culture (PAA&C). Dr. VG. Santhosam from India was conferred with the title Thirukkural King by Pearland Mayor Tom Reid. The function was attended by Ashok, Consul, Stacy Adams, Brazoria County Commissioner, Dr. V.G Santhosam, Chairman, VGP Group of Companies, Chennai, Pearland Mayor Tom Reid, US Congressman Pete Olson, Dr. John Kelley, Pearland Independent School District, Clay Pearson, Pearland City Manager, Kim Sinistore, Pearland Visitors Bureau, Eddy Allen, President, Asia Society Texas Center, Constable Buck Stevens, Heidi Weiss, Executive Director, PAA&C and others.

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Southwestern National Bank awards scholarships

Southwestern National Bank has selected its 2019 Southwestern National Bank Scholars. For the 14th consecutive year, five outstanding area high school seniors were awarded a $1,000 scholarship to support their college education. The winners were selected based on their academic achievement, extra-curricular participation, community service and financial needs.

Southwestern National Bank has a long-standing history of service to local communities, and this fund helps

support those who exhibit the same commitment. Applications were accepted from students in Houston, Austin and Dallas areas. The scholarship winners are: Gigi Zhong graduated from Cinco Ranch High School, - UH: Major: Finance Que Dihn Vuong graduated from Alief Hastings High School – UH: Major: Health Science MiMi Nguyen graduated from Benjamin Davis Senior High School – UH: Major: Supply Chain Management Tony Nguyen graduated

from Alief Hastings High School – UT: Major: Mechanical Engineering Madison Cao graduated from Plano East Senior High School – Baylor University: Major: Health Science An award ceremony was held at the headquarters of Southwestern National Bank on July 12. Chairman C.K. Lee, Vice Chair, Ted Hsieh, CEO, George Lee, and Director Dr. Chuanwen Sun were present along with the family and friends of the scholarship recipients.

Five outstanding young artists have been selected in 2019 Southwestern National Bank Art Contest. These talented young artist ages range from 7-15. Contestants were asked to submit an original artwork that creatively depicts their way to embrace “Spring Time”. Five young and talented artists were May Le, Loveon Liew, Angela Robinson, Cindy Tran and Wendy Tran. An award ceremony was held at the headquarters of Southwestern National Bank on July 12. Chairman C.K. Lee, Vice Chair, Ted Hsieh, CEO, George Lee, and Director Dr. Chuanwen Sun were present along with the family and friends of the award recipients.

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Mohammed Tariq Mohammad Tariq, Executive Vice President & Regional Chief Banking Officer at Hanmi Bank has been appointed to actively grow the South Asian market in Hanmi’s geographical footprints across the U.S. Tariq joined the bank in 2014 to manage Texas market’s overall operations, loan production and deposit generation. He recently led the effort to open a new branch in Houston Chinatown area, an important initiative for the Hanmi’s growth strategy.

Tariq’s ability to generate a profitable growth has opened a door of opportunity for him to expand his management and leadership capabilities beyond Texas. “Tariq has extensive lending background serving the South Asian, Middle Eastern, Korean, Chinese and the mainstream communities. He is well qualified to strengthen our relationship with the South Asian communities while growing our markets”, said Bonnie Lee, President & CEO of Hanmi Bank.

“My team and I will focus our initial efforts on meeting the needs of our customers in markets such as Illinois, New Jersey and Virginia where we already have established presence. We will be exploring opportunities to further strengthen our reach into multi-ethnic communities”, said Tariq.

Prior to joining Hanmi Bank, Tariq served as the Chief Lending Officer at MetroBank, N.A., and Executive Vice President and Chief Loan Officer at Golden Bank, N.A. He is a graduate of University of Pennsylvania’s Stonier School of Banking and holds a Leadership certification from the Wharton School of Business.

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NEWS U.S.-India bilateral trade projected to grow to $238 billion by 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) estimates that U.S.-India bilateral trade is likely to grow from $143 billion to $238 billion by 2025. This growth will occur if trade grows by 7.5% each year, as has been the trend for the last 7 years (full report here).

The estimate also projects that, by 2025, bilateral trade could range between $283 billion to $327 billion, at an annual average growth rate of 10%12.5% (as witnessed in 2017 and 2018).

The assessment underscores pathways for growth and economic opportunity in our bilateral ties by highlighting current trends. Sectors such as defense trade, commercial aircrafts, oil and LNG, coal, machinery and electronics are areas of potential growth in U.S. investments and commerce into India.

Similarly, Indian industry has an opportunity to promote the automotive, pharmaceuticals, seafood, IT and travel services to the U.S. market.

The assessment was launched at USISPF’s second annual leadership summit, amid overwhelming bipartisan support for U.S.-India ties. U.S. Cabinet officials in attendance included: Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives; Rick Perry, United States Secretary of Energy;

Wilbur Ross, U.S. Commerce Secretary; Jeffrey Gerrish, Deputy United States Trade Representative for Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Industrial Competitiveness; U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK); and India’s Ambassador to the United States, Harsh Shringla.

During the summit, speakers highlighted areas of bilateral cooperation, including: trade and investment; strategic energy ties; manufacturing, and the U.S.-India innovation partnership.

Speaking at the summit, USISPF Chair, John Chambers said, “Prime Minister Modi’s re-election is the start of a new era for India and US-India relations. It is my honor to be in Washington, D.C. today to commemorate the second annual USISPF leadership summit, where conversations with political and business leaders from both countries focused on India’s projected growth in the coming months and years.

While India’s ambition to become a $5 trillion economy by 2025 is certainly welcome for businesses, government, and individual citizens in the U.S. and India, it is essential that we level the playing field and stay away from protectionism. I am confident that we can achieve $327 billion in bilateral trade by 2025 if we grow at 13% every year. I challenge the government and industry to work

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together to advance this objective.”

USISPF President and CEO Mukesh Aghi said, “In collaboration with government and industry leaders, we are making tremendous strides in moving the needle on our commercial priorities. Next week, the Atlantic Council and the Forum will release a report with recommendations to both governments on how to advance the bilateral trade relationship. We will also release recommendations on growing U.S-India cooperation in high-technology manufacturing sectors, such as aerospace and medical devices.”

The U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum is committed to creating the most powerful strategic partnership between the U.S. and India.

Promoting bilateral trade is an important part of our work, but our mission reaches far beyond this. It is about business and government coming together in new ways to create meaningful opportunities that have the power to change the lives of citizens.

Headquartered in Washington, D.C., USISPF has offices in New York, Silicon Valley, Mumbai, and New Delhi. To learn more about our work, please visit http://www.usispf. org. You can also follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook

There are 630,000 undocumented Indians in the United States, according to a study by the South Asian Americans Leading Together, known as SAALT. The report also said that South Asian population in the United States has grown by 40 percent since 2010.

“By 2065, Asian Americans are on track to be the largest immigrant population in the U.S. The South Asian population in the U.S. grew a staggering 40% in seven years, from 3.5 million in 2010 to 5.4 million in 2017,” SAALT said in a statement.

Here are some other findings: The Nepali community grew by 206.6% since 2010, followed by Indian (38%), Bhutanese (38%), Pakistani (33%), Bangladeshi (26%), and Sri Lankan populations (15%).

There are at least 630,000 Indians who are undocumented, a 72% increase since 2010. There are currently at least 4,300 active South Asian DACA recipients.

Income inequality has been reported to be the greatest among Asian Americans. Nearly 10% of the approximately five million South Asians in the U.S. live in poverty.

There has been a rise in the number of South Asians seeking asylum in the U.S. over the last 10 years. ICE has detained 3,013 South Asians since 2017. U.S. Customs and Border Patrol arrested 17,119 South Asians between October 2014 and April 2018 through border and interior enforcement.

The South Asian community in the United States includes individuals who trace their ancestry to Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The community also includes members of the South Asian diaspora – past generations of South Asians who originally settled in other parts of the world, including the Caribbean, Africa, Europe, Canada and the Middle East, and other parts of Asia and the Pacific Islands.

South Asian Americans include citizens, legal permanent residents, students, H-1B and H-4 visa holders, DACA recipients, and undocumented immigrants.

“As we witness this unprecedented growth in our communities, it is more important than ever that the needs of the most vulnerable South Asian populations are met. South Asians are impacted by the full spectrum of federal immigration policies – from detention and deportation to H-4 visa work authorization and denaturalization to the assault on public benefits,” said SAALT’s Interim Co-Executive Director Lakshmi Sridaran.

SAALT’s demographic snapshot is based primarily on Census 2010 and the 2017 American Community Survey.

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Dr. Suresh Reddy assumes charge as the 36th President of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin

New Executive Team under Dr. Reddy: Dr. Sudhakar Jonnalagadda, President-Elect of AAPI; Dr. Anupama Gotimukula, Vice President; Dr. Vijay Kolli, Secretary; Dr. Raj Bhayani, Treasurer of AAPI Dr. Suresh Reddy delivering his inaugural Presidential address in Atlanta, GA ATLANTA “I promise to align all the energies to make AAPI an enormous force,” Dr. Suresh Reddy, the young and dynamic 36th President of AAPI, said in his inaugural Presidential address, as the President of American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) for the year 2019-20, at the 37th annual convention in Atlanta, on July 6.

Dr. Suresh Reddy, a NeuroInterventional Radiologist by profession, told a packed over 2,000 AAPI delegates that, towards this end and the many lofty goals he has set before self as the President of AAPI, the largest ethnic organization of Medical Professionals in the United States, promised that “I am committed to work for AAPI to the best of my ability.”

Dr. Reddy received the Gavel from Dr. Naresh Parikh, the outgoing President of AAPI at the final day of the Convention at the Famous Georgia World Congress Center.

In his farewell address, Dr. Parikh enumerated his several achievements, especially his efforts and success in enabling AAPI financially sound. Cleaning up AAPI’s Voters List, Obtaining and using $9 Million from USAID to eradicate TB from several cities of India; Bringing local Chapters of AAPI and national AAPI closer and bonding through the 10 City Jai HO Musical Tour by Sukhvinder Singh have been some among the many successful initiatives under Dr. Parikh.

“I am honored to be serving with such an enthusiastic and cohesive group of physicians,” Dr. Reddy, said. In his capacity as the President of the largest

ethnic organization of physicians in the United States, Dr. Reddy is committed to take the more than three decades old organization to the new heights and “bring all the AAPI Chapters, Regions, Members of the Executive Committee and Board of Trustees to work cohesively and unitedly for the success of AAPI and the realization of its noble mission.”

Dr. Suresh Reddy has a team with Dr. Seema Arora, who will serve as the Chair of BOT; Dr. Sudhakar Jonnalagadda, President-Elect of AAPI; Dr. Anupama Gotimukula, Vice President; Dr. Vijay Kolli, Secretary; Dr. Raj Bhayani, Treasurer of AAPI; Dr. Stella Gandhi, President of Young Physician section; and, Dr. Anubhav Jain, President of Medical student and Resident section.

Dr. Suresh Reddy currently serves as the Chief of Radiology at Hines Medical Center, Associate Professor of Radiology at Loyola Medical Center in Chicago, and Affiliated Faculty in the Department of Neurosurgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, has had many years of service to the medical community and to AAPI. Dr. Reddy is of the opinion that in the pursuit of raising funds AAPI has changed its course and path. Although raising funds is an important part of the survival of the organization, this organization was built on the foundation of scientific and educational interaction between its members, and those should not be diluted.

Among the goals Dr. Reddy has set before him as he takes on the leadership of AAPI is to:

“Make AAPI financially robust and increase our endowments enormously so we can focus on our mission of E, M, R (education, mentoring, research) and service.”

Education is the core value and lead goal for AAPI. Dr. Reddy promises to initiate “Special E, M, R programs for our high school, medical students, Residents and Fellows” with particular focus on “our children admitted to Caribbean Medical Schools” and “for young physicians coming from India.”

Born and raised in the undivided Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, Dr. Suresh Reddy did his medical education in India at Kakatiya/Osmania Medical Colleges. He has been educated, trained and board certified in Neuroradiology, Interventional Radiology and Interventional Neuroradiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Dr. Suresh Reddy earned his medical degree from Kakatiya Medical College, Andhra Pradesh, India in 1988 and did Residency training in Diagnostic Radiology at Osmania General Hospital, Hyderabad

and the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He completed research and clinical fellowships in diagnostic Neuroradiology at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, TX and spent a further two years at State University of New York at Stony Brook, pursuing a fellowship in Diagnostic Neuroradiology with an emphasis in Neuro-interventional training. Dr. Reddy is extensively trained in Neuroradiology and Interventional Radiology and Interventional Neuroradiology.

As the Chief of Interventional Neuroradiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and on Faculty at Harvard Medical School for almost a decade, Dr. Reddy had been involved in the highly specialized techniques and art of treating aneurysms and strokes in the complex part of our body, the Brain. He is also extensively trained to perform complex procedures on the Spine, in the very inaccessible regions of the spine.

Dr. Reddy has served at the national AAPI in various capacities. He served as Chair of IT and CME Standing Committees for several years. He

has rose through the ranks from the level of Regional Director from New England area to the level of President. He has won three elections with a landslide majority in AAPI for the positions of Treasurer, Secretary and Vice-President.

Last year as the Chair of Membership Committee Dr. Reddy was instrumental in integrating several new state chapters under the umbrella of national AAPI. This year as the Chair of the Bylaws committee he has helped close so many loop holes in the AAPI bylaws.

Dr. Reddy has envisaged and meticulously planned the next edition of the Global Health Summit in Hyderabad in July 2019 with a thrust on education, having numerous workshops. In October of 2019, he plans to take a leading role along with the Indian Resuscitation Council to train almost 500,000 lay people in Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation in India. He is a strong supporter of Indian Resuscitation Council being part of International Liaison Committee of Resuscitation (ILCOR).

Dr. Reddy currently resides in Chicago with his wife Leela and son Rohun.

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India’s Anshula Kant is World Bank MD and CFO

Ms. Kant will be the first woman CFO of the Bank

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Prasar Bharati chief accuses The Caravan editor of ‘blatant’ anti-India presentation

Prasar Bharati Chairman Dr. A. Surya Prakash said that Vinod K. Jose, Executive Editor of The Caravan magazine, made a “blatant” anti-India C.presentation during a session ona‘Religion and the Media’ at nc, the Global Conference for Menancial. dia Freedom, calling many of his statements “false” and “inaccurate”.

During his presentation, Mr. Jose said that “a hundred Christians were murdered in India” and “the RSS engineered the pogrom against the Sikhs in 1984”.

After his presentation, when the discussion was thrown open to the floor, Mr. Prakash said many of the statements made

by The Caravan editor were “false” and that there were “inaccuracies” in the presentation.

India was not only the world’s largest democracy, but also the most vibrant. It was also the most diverse society in the world, he added.

He said that if the audience left the hall believing Mr. Jose, democracy across the world would be in jeopardy.

The Prasar Bharati Chairman said that there were a few activists in the world who were uncomfortable with the electoral decision made by the voters of India in the recent parliamentary election and used such

forums to peddle their theories.

The conference was organised jointly by the governments of the UK and Canada.

“I am pained by the decision of the organisers to have given a platform for such a blatant anti-India presentation. I don’t think anyone is furthering the cause of democracy by running down the most vibrant democracy in the world,” he said.

Mr. Prakash said that there were race riots in some parts of the US, but that could not be taken as an example to brand America as a non-democratic or a racist.

Further, India’s diversity was not just confined to the social space, he said, adding, “over 20 political parties govern India at the federal level and in the states, so it is completely incorrect to state that one party runs the country.”

He also pointed out that it was a free and responsible media in India which reported on social tensions and attacks on minorities.

The Chairman of the session and the Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the UN, Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, took note of Mr. Prakash’s observations and said he had the highest respect for India’s democracy and while ethnic and other conflicts could be

debated, India’s standing in the democratic world should not be in question.

Mr. Jose said that he “had started the presentation showing a few video clips, the latest being the three-week-old episode of a mob lynching a Muslim young man in Jharkhand.

I went back in reverse chronology, talking about targeted killings such as the ones at Kandhamal, of Graham Stains and his sons, 2002 and 1984.

Explaining the deep historical roots of such hatred, the presentation also showed extracts of what Golwalkar and Savarkar personally said about the Jews, Fascism and Hitler.

The presentation also talked about how the mothership of Hindutva groups has organised itself today, as home of 65 organisations, each with a certain specialisation”.

The Caravan editor added: “While talking about 1984, I said the targeted killings of the Sikhs predates Hindutva groups’ time in power, and happened when the Congress party was in power. The Congress party workers in Delhi along with members of the RSS took part in the killings of Sikhs.

The exact lines can be accessed from the video. But the news report shows me blaming only the RSS for 1984.”

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The World Bank Group on Friday announced that Anshula Kant, an Indian national, has been appointed its next MD and CFO. Ms. Kant will be the first woman CFO of the Bank.

“Anshula brings more than 35 years of expertise in finance, banking, and innovative use of technology through her work as CFO of the State Bank of India,” World Bank Group president David Malpass said via a statement.

“She’s excelled at a diverse array of leadership challenges including risk, treasury, funding, regulatory compliance and operations. I look forward to welcoming her to our management team as we work to increase our effectiveness in supporting good development outcomes.”

Ms. Kant will be responsible for financial and risk management and report to Mr. Malpass. Her duties will include risk management and financial reporting and she will work with the Bank’s CEO to mobilise financial resources.

Ms. Kant has holds an Honours degree in Economics from Lady Shri Ram College and a post-graduate degree in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics.

Madras HC allows jailed Saravana Bhavan founder to shift to private hospital The Madras High Court Tuesday permitted Saravana Bhawan founder P Rajagopal, who has been admitted to a government hospital here after he surrendered to serve life sentence in a murder case, to shift to a private facility for further treatment.

Passing an interim order on a petition filed by Rajagopal’s son, a bench comprising justices M M Sundresh and M Nirmal Kumar directed the state government and the prison authorities to transfer the hotelier from the Government Stanley Medical College Hospital to the Vijaya Hospital here.

“Considering the medical reports and the condition of the detenu, we are inclined to permit the transfer,” the bench said.

The petitioner would have to bear the cost of treatment, the bench said, adding the transfer and treatment would be subject to the compliance of conditions as per the prison manual.

Referring to a report filed by authorities of Stanley hospital that Rajagopal had already suffered two episodes of cardiac arrest and shifting him was risky, the court said the transfer and treatment were at the risk of the petitioner and authorities cannot be held responsible.

Recording an undertaking by the petitioner that all steps would be taken with due care at his own cost for both transferring and the requisite treatment, the bench posted the matter to August 6 for further hearing.

In his petition, Rajagopal’s son claimed his father’s condition worsened after he was admitted to Stanley hospital, following his surrender in a sessions court on July 9.

The founder of popular South Indian food chain Saravana Bhavan had surrendered along with another accused to serve life term after the Supreme Court rejected his plea seeking more time on grounds of ill-health.

While upholding the life sentence awarded to Rajagopal for murdering an employee in October 2001 to marry his wife, the Supreme Court had ordered him to surrender in the trial court on July 7.

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The idea of celebrating JanmashtaFrom Page 1 mi, she recalled, originated “in 1990 over a cup of coffee in downtown Houston” by founder members Padmakant Khambati, Prabhat Sharma and Raj Syal. The event was so successful that it went on to become HGH’s signature celebration. This year HGH will host the event with ISKCON of Houston on August 23.

Other highlights from her address included the inauguration of the Gujarati Samaj of Houston (GSH) Event Center in September. GSH will host the 8th annual Hindu Youth Awards which recognizes the contributions of the youth on September 14 at their new facility. A musical program featuring talented youth from the community is also planned for the evening. Another notable achievement is the purchase of a camp site for the Hindu Heritage Camp for their annual camps. The Young Hindus of Greater Houston (YHGH) formed in 2018 also received praise for actively working to bring Hindu youth together to encourage leadership, involvement and networking.

The growing incidence of hate crimes prompted HGH to organize a Forum on Understanding Hate Crimes and Protecting Places of Worship in April in collaboration with the US Department of Justice Community Relations Services. Law enforcement and Federal agents highlighted measures that places of worship can adopt to prevent hate crimes.

The highly appreciated effort was spearheaded by HGH Past President Partha Krishnaswamy. HGH is also a key supporter of the International Day of Yoga celebrations.

Each organization’s representative was invited to offer an overview of their activities, goals and future events.

Houston coordinator for Hansavedas, Adhish Gupta spoke about the organization’s goal to train seekers in Himalayan techniques of meditation, balanced living and preserving India’s heritage.

The founder Swami Vidyadhishananda will be leading community fellowships and pranayama workshops from early September to mid-October in Houston.

YHGH Executive Director Komal Luthra and Event Director Uma Zingade highlighted their efforts in connecting young Hindus in the age group of 18-35, their service and social programs and sharing the challenges they face as a community.

Sanatan Hindu Center’s representative Kanti Patel spoke of the Center’s primary purpose which is to help families in times of grief and funeral services. The Center also presents Voice of Sanatan Hinduism Radio program every Sunday from 12 noon-2pm at Radio 1110AM station. One can listen live at http://www.sanatanhinducenter.org Geeta Patel and Girish Naik of Gujarati Samaj of Houston elaborated on the organization’s new 14,000 sq ft. facility on Beltway 8 and West Bellfort. The state of the art building provides parking for 400 cars and can accommodate 3000 people which will come in handy for their Navratri celebrations from Sept 29 - Oct. 8.

What’s remarkable about the Hindu Youth Camp is it is completely run by Hindu youth. Camp Director Namita and Past Director Bharat Pallod offered details about the Junior and Senior Camps, held in July-August. A Continued on Page 10

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Bharat Pallod, an active volunteer in the Hindu American Foundation spoke of the organization’s advocacy efforts for human rights for Hindus across the world and education reforms in textbooks in the US. Chinmaya Mission has two upcoming events. Representative Jayakrishna Gundamaraju highlighted the Jnana Yagna from August 18-23 on “Krishna the CEO” and the Weight Loss and Diabetes Prevention Program on July 16 by Dr. Jaganath Dixit.

Rasikendra Das of ISKCON spoke of their popular Janmastami celebrations on August 23rd that draws a crowd of seven to ten thousand people.

This year, it is being jointly organized by ISKCON and HGH. A 3 day Kirtan Fest is also scheduled from August 31-Sept 2.

Ashima Patel and Nisha Bhatia of the Hindu Worship Society highlighted the new management committee that is tending to the temple. All major Indian festivals are celebrated and youth programs are being revived.

Girish Naik spoke of Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America’s project – “Save a Child” that supports 2500 children in remote areas of India. A puppet and musical show has been organized on July 19 to raise funds for the project at the Radha Krishna Temple.

Therese Ramirez, a representative from Immigration Customs Enforcement appealed for soft bound books in Hindi and Punjabi for detainees at the ICE Detention Center.

Jayani Parekh of Gayatri Consciousness Center offered details of the Satsang held every Sunday at their temple in

Katy, the Bal Sanskar Shalas and pujas offered by the organization.

Anil Gupta of Arya Samaj of Houston highlighted the organization’s 3 fulltime Acharyas and its two schools – the DAV Montessori and Sunday School. The Arya Samaj offers classes on the Upanishads, Vedas, yoga and meditation and also runs several community service projects.

Swapna Choudhari of the Vedanta Society of Houston stated that the Society is the official branch Center of the Ramakrishna Mission to promote the values of Vedanta to the world. Their signature program is the Durga Puja to be held on 28th September.

Ramesh Anand representing Open Forum spoke of the radio station’s efforts to encourage discussions on community issues and urge Hindus to vote.

Amma Sri Karunamayi, a prominent Hindu leader, visits Houston for 3 days every year to lead a meditation retreat as well as teaches the pillars of Hinduism, stated representative Malvika Rao. G. N. Prasad of Sri Meenakshi Temple noted that the temple is celebrating its third consecration this year. Renovations are underway for the Kalyana Mandapam. Several events are lined up for August and its Gala is on September 8.

The temple also runs a Vedic Heritage School.

Bangar Reddy of Sri Ashta Lakshmi Temple elaborated on the celebration of festivals at the temple. The worldwide organization commemorated the 1000th anniversary of Sri Ramanuja’s teachings by constructing a 216 foot statue of the Bhakti saint near Hyderabad.

Namadwaar representative Jeevan Nair and Sriram Ramanujam spoke of the childrens’ classes, grassroots community service and the mantra meditation program offered

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On July 7, Sri Meenakshi Temple celebrated its 37th anniversary in the presence of a large number of devotees. In early 1977, a small group of South Indian immigrants dreamed of building a Temple for Sri Meenakshi in Pearland. They took the first step of establishing Sri Meenakshi Temple Society of Houston- a Texas Non-profit association. The founders’ dream soon became a reality, thanks to the continued support of growing Indian community in Houston.

The anniversary celebrations started at 10.30 a.m. with the temple priests performing a special homam which was followed by simultaneous abhishekams to all the deities in the main temple. Devotees chanted holy scripture during the abhishekams.

Alankaram (decorating the deities) of all the deities was tastefully done as can be seen from the following pictures. Final aarathi followed by distribution of fruits concluded the celebrations. All the 7 priests of the temple participated in the religious service. The current board of the Temple has undertaken a project of renovating the existing Kalyana Mandapam (wedding and reception hall) increasing its seating capacity and also adding a state of the art, performing stage. A new car parking lot, to accommodate 104 more cars, was inaugurated on April 15, this year. Over these four decades, the temple has grown by leaps and bounds. The temple located at 17130 McLean Road, Pearland, Texas, is open every day, offers free tours to visitors throughout the year. Admission is free, and all are welcome. For more information, visit www. emeenakshi.org or call the temple office at 281 489 0358.

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The priests perform Homam. Homam ritual is also known as yajna in Hinduism, is a fire ritual.

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the organization. Construction is underway for their new building to be completed by the end of the year.

V. Kartik of Sringeri Vidya Bharati Foundation spoke of the organization’s goal of promoting Sanatan Dharma and their Goshala – a sanctuary for rescued cows.

Brother Mark Ram of the Brahmakumaris drew attention to the raj yoga meditation programs and the celebration of Raksha Bandha on August 17 -18.

Geeta Ravula spoke of Ashirwad’s signature event – the Vedic Fair where children are encouraged to present different aspects of India particularly Hinduism. She also highlighted the Dussehra celebrations by the Shri Sitaram Foundation to be held on Oct. 19th at Skeeters Stadium.

India Culture Center Director Swapan Dhairyawan drew attention to India’s Independence Day and Republic Day organized by ICC and celebrated with patriotic fervor at the Stafford Civic Center.

The Lakshmi Narayan Temple of North Houston caters primarily to Hindus from the Caribbean. Vishnu Ramnarine stated that the temple offers music and yoga classes, celebrates all major festivals and holds satsangs at homes at no charge.

President of Sewa International Houston Gitesh Desai noted that the organization has been serving Bhutanese refugees and offers Family Services Programs, yoga seminars and health camps. Their fundraising Gala is on September 8 at the Stafford Civic Center.

HGH Joint Secretary Hemant Jadhav capped the meeting with the vote of thanks. He also stated that this meeting “successfully united all Houston Hindu leaders and organizations to work together for the greater good of the community.”

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The Body, Mind & Soul Relationship

By Swami Mukundananda Question: The popularity of Yoga has skyrocketed around the world. What is the science behind the effectiveness of the Yogasans?

Swami Mukundananda: The art of healthy living must incorporate all aspects of the personality: the physical, mental, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual. While the central theme of Yog remains the highest goal of the spiritual path, physical yogic practices enshrined in it give direct and tangible benefits to everyone regardless of their spiritual aims.

Yogasans harmonize the body, mind and emotions. For example, at the physical level, organs, muscles and nerves may not be functioning properly. Asans bring the different bodily functions into perfect coordination so that they work for the good of the whole body.

At the mental level, people harbor poisonous thoughts and emotions within. Muscular knots can occur anywhere in the body – in the neck as cervical spondylitis, in the face as neuralgia, etc. Every mental knot has a corresponding physical, muscular knot and vice versa. For example, emotional tensions can affect the smooth functioning of the lungs, and breathing process, contributing to a very debilitating disease, which is asthma. The aim of asans is to release these knots. For full benefit, these asans should be performed along with the meditation. Meditational exercises cleanse the mind, to bring a feeling of peace and contentment within.

Proper asans, Pranayam, subtle body relaxation, meditation, tackle these knots both at the physical and mental levels. As a result of the release of dormant energy, the body becomes full of vitality and strength, the mind becomes light and creative, joyful and balanced.

Yogasans have succeeded as an alternative therapy in diseases such as asthma, diabetes, blood pressure, arthritis, digestive disorders and many ailments of a chronic and constitutional nature, where modern medical science has failed.

What is consciousness? How is it different from the soul?

SM: “Consciousness” is the symptom of life that is manifested by the soul. It is not the soul itself; rather, it is a quality of the soul.

This is just as heat and light are manifestations of the fire, but by themselves, they are not the fire.

Everything that exists is verily the energy of God. However, it is not all consciousness. Matter is “insentient” or devoid of consciousness, while the soul is “sentient” or possessing consciousness. This is an important distinction between the soul and matter. Apart from having consciousness itself, the soul also has the ability to impart consciousness to matter, when it associates with it. Just as “a flower carries aroma itself, and the garden where it grows also becomes aromatic by its presence.”

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Upon death, when the soul departs, the body is dead matter once again.

How does the soul communicate with the elements in our body?

Where is the connection between the body and the soul?

SM: The soul communicates with the body by energizing it with the force of life, or consciousness.

Its presence makes the intellect, mind and body work. As already mentioned the soul is sentient, and by its presence, it makes the dead matter of the body sentient as well.

Now the reverse communication – how does the body communicate with the soul? The link between the material body and the spiritual soul is established by the ego. In the materially conditioned state, the first covering on the soul is of the ego. The word for ego in Sanskrit is asmita, which means “that which is not.” This ego creates a false identity for the soul. Due to it, the soul is under the illusion that it is the body, mind and intellect. In this illusion that it is the body, the soul identifies with the pleasures and pains of the body. When the senses come in contact with the sense objects, they experience fleeting pleasure. Under the illusion that it is the body, the soul too experiences this pleasure.

However, the experience does not satisfy the soul, which can only be satisfied by Divine Bliss. So the search for pleasure continues. This is how the two-way communication between the soul and the bodymind-intellect works.

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NEWS Pakistan gives in to Kartarpur demands

Pakistan on Sunday agreed to allow 5,000 pilgrims per day to Kartarpur and acceded to most of the issues raised by India during the meeting held between delegations of the two countries on the Pakistani side of the Attari-Wagah Border to discuss the modalities of the Kartarpur corridor.

Islamabad also assured that no Pakistan-based individuals and organisations will disrupt the pilgrimage to Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara after India handed over a dossier to Pakistan about such elements.

Pakistan has “in-principle agreed” to build a bridge to connect with the Indian side and visa-free travel for Indian passport holders and OCI card-holders.

After the second round of talks on the project on Sunday, Home Ministry Joint Secretary SCL Das said Pakistani officials confirmed that controversial Sikh leader Gopal Singh Chawla had been dropped from various bodies, including as secretary general of Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (PSGPC).

New Delhi had earlier conveyed its strong concerns to Pakistan over the presence of the leading Khalistani separatist in a committee appointed by Islamabad on the project.

“We have shared our concerns regarding individuals or organisations based in Pakistan who may try to disrupt the pilgrimage and misuse the opportunity,” Das told a Press conference at the Attari Border on the Indian side “To highlight the concerns, we handed over a dossier today containing information about these organisations and individuals which may pose a kind of potential threat to our pilgrims. We have handed this over with a request that they seriously act upon it,” Das said.

The Pakistan side assured the delegation that no anti-India activity would be allowed, the joint secretary, who headed the Indian delegation, said. On Chawla, Das said, “We had sought confirmation that individuals like Gopal Singh Chawla were removed from the bodies to which we had raised objection. So they confirmed in that Chawla had been removed from PSGPC and other bodies.”

He said the Pakistani side was apprised of the ban imposed by Government of India on the US-based pro-Khalistan outfit ‘Sikhs for Justice’. “We told them that we have declared this organisation (SFJ) unlawful and given them our gazette notification banning it. We told them we have information that this organisation is also operating from their land,” he said.

The Indian delegation also sought consular presence in the Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara to be able to provide assistance to pilgrims if required, a statement by the External Affairs Ministry said. The Indian delegation comprised representatives from

Home Ministry, External Affairs Ministry, Defence Ministry, the Punjab Government and the National Highway Authorities of India.

India has been urging Pakistan that 5,000 pilgrims be allowed every day and 10,000 additional pilgrims be allowed on special occasions with no restriction in terms of faith.

Das said the delegation raised the issue of encroachment and acquisition of land belonging to the gurdwara.

“We have requested Pakistan to honour religious sentiments and remove the encroachment, besides restoring the encroached land to the gurdwara,” he said. The statement

India abstains at U.N. vote on LGBTQ

India’s abstention drew widespread criticism especially since it came after the Supreme Court struck down Section 377 and decriminalised the LGBTQ community.

India on July 12 abstained at the vote for extending the mandate of an important U.N. official who reports on violence and discrimination against sexual minorities.

India’s abstention at the resolution for term-renewal of the Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva drew widespread criticism from activists especially since it came after the Supreme Court struck down Section 377 and decriminalised the LGBTQ community.

The resolution received support from most of the member countries at the Human Rights Council but India, Angola, Burkina Faso, Cameron, Congo, Hungary, Togo and Senegal abstained during the final voting. Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, China, Bangladesh,

Bahrain, Qatar, Somalia opposed the resolution. India had also abstained during the 2016 vote on appointment of the Independent Expert. The current Independent Expert is Victor Madrigal Borlioz of Costa Rica.

Activists pointed out that though India abstained but they were surprised to see that the Indian delegation supported some of the amendments that were brought by countries that opposed the work of the Independent Expert. They chose Nepal and Philippines for supporting the resolution which was about opposing violence against the LGBTQ persons, which is essentially a form of gender violence. An activist who worked on mobilising online opinion for the resolution said that the abstention of 2016 was before the landmark Supreme Court pronouncement on Section 377 and therefore India’s latest abstention which comes after the Supreme Court’s decision against 377 is disappointing.

The Resolution numbered

L10 Rev 1 granted an extension of three years to the Independent Expert to carry on reporting on incidents of violence against the LGBTQ community all over the world.

The Resolution will help integrating the work of the crucial official into the larger body of global work by the United Nations. The text of the resolution specifically asked the U.N. for providing financial support to the official in implementing the mandate.

It also urged member countries of the U.N. to support the Independent Expert in carrying out the mandate of protection of the vulnerable sexual minorities. Accordingly the Expert will submit an annual report to the U.N. General Assembly and the UNHRC. Earlier leaders like Shashi Tharoor, Priya Dutt and Supriya Sule had urged the government to support the renewal of the term of the Independent Expert and prevent discrimination and violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

said Pakistan has agreed to look into the issue. The work on the four-lane highway to the crossing point at the International Boundary is progressing well and is on schedule, officials said.

It will be completed by September-end. India is constructing a state-of-the-art construction passenger terminal facility that can accommodate 15,000 passengers, they said.

The bone of contention is connecting the two sides at the zero point which was also dis-

cussed.

India is constructing a bridge at the zero point and has urged Pakistan to build a similar bridge on its side that will provide safe and secure movement of pilgrims and address concerns regarding flooding.

Another option proposed by Pakistan is building a causeway which is also not acceptable to India as it has been insisting on an all-weather bridge. The bridge is over a creek of which the majority part falls in Pakistan.

Ashvamedha bestows fame on this village Excavated by the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) way

back in 1950s, Jagatgram village, the 2,000-year-old site in Dehradun associated with the ancient practice of horse sacrifice or the ritual of Ashvamedha, has been finally declared a monument of national importance.

Ashvamedha rituals find mention in epics like the Ramayana and Mahabharata as well as many other ancient texts. Ashvamedha was conducted by kings to prove their imperial sovereignty.

An official in the ASI said the site known as Jagatgram has remains of three fire altars where the horse sacrifices were presumably conducted. “As it will be now under the ASI fold, efforts will now be on its conservation and protection,” said the official.

The excavated remains of the three fire altars here reveal that they were built in the eagle-shaped Syena Chiti form, where the bird is depicted with its wings spread. According to experts, such altars are extremely rare.

In the period between the first and fifth century AD, Jagatgram and adjoining places like Haripur and Lakhamandal were under the rule of the Verman clan. An inscription on the first altar says King Silavaraman, alias Pona of Yugasaila, who belonged to the Vrishgan gotra, and is believed to have ruled during the 3rd century AD, performed four sacrifices here. (During that period, the western part of the Himalayas was known as Yugasaila).

The excavated remains clearly indicate that after defeat of the Kushnas, the Kunindas might have strong ruling power in the region, extending their rule over adjoining region and enjoyed supremacy till the 3rd to the 4th AD. The excavations at the second site have revealed a number of inscribed bricks — in a standard two by two feet size — with inscriptions written in the Brahmi script. In the third site, known as Garud Kund, the formation of bricks is in the form of an eagle.

All the sites have now been covered with cement and the bricks jut out of the cemented ground.

The ashvamedha ritual prescribed that the horse meant for sacrifice would be allowed to roam around for a year. If it was not challenged by any enemy of the king’s for one year, the animal would be brought back and then sacrificed, to indicate that the king was an undisputed sovereign. The sacrifices were performed after a gap of five years, ostensibly for the “purification of the state and its subjects,” said the official.

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Gujarat potato farmers case: Agriculture Ministry issues notice to PepsiCo

There are nearly 2,900 vacancies for scientists in the institutes supported by the Department of Science Technology (DST), said Union Science Minister Harsh Vardhan in a written reply in the Lok Sabha on Friday.

The bulk of the vacancies are in laboratories and institutes of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). The CSIRCentral Food and Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore has 111 posts vacant, the CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad 102 and the CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, has 123 vacancies.

The CSIR isn’t looking to fill all posts at a go but has devised a recruitment formula and fill the posts over time, an official told The Hindu. “Filling it at a go would mean a similar shortfall after, say 20 years. What we’re doing instead is following a formula that accounts for existing vacancies, the number of scientists who will retire. So we’ll fill these vacancies over time,” Shekhar Mande, Director-General, CSIR, said. He declined to specify the time-frame.

The DST saw a marginal hike in the allocation in the 2019 Budget — ₹5,321 crore, which is ₹207 crore more than the 2018-19 Budget — and the CSIR was allocated ₹4,895 crore, up from the ₹4,572 crore last year.

The Minister said the government was working to fill the gaps.

“As and when a vacancy arises, the concerned laboratory/institute initiates steps to fill it up in accordance with the extant rules.”

While on one hand there are several schemes to attract more students, women and disadvantaged groups to scientific careers, India has had challenges in ensuring decent jobs for researchers.

For instance, a fellowship called INSPIRE that pays an assured salary to promising researchers for a fixed period and allows them to establish themselves in scientific institutions has invited criticism for not being able to ensure enough jobs for several of them after they complete their fellowships.

Hot potato: Farmers claim that the law does not prohibit them from cultivating the variety and sharing the seeds. | Photo Credit: AFP Following application to revoke registration of potato variety used for Lays chips Food and beverage giant PepsiCo India has been slapped with a notice from a central agency under the Agriculture Ministry regarding an application to revoke the registration of its potato variety used to make its trademark Lays chips.

The application was filed by Kavitha Kuruganti, a convenor of the Alliance for Sustainable and Holistic Agriculture. The notice, which The Hindu has viewed, was issued by the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority on June 17. The company has been given three months to respond.

“We are studying the notice and will be responding to it appropriately,” a PepsiCo spokesperson told The Hindu.

According to sources the application to revoke PepsiCo’s registration argues that the firm violated Section 39 (1) (iv) clause of the PPV&FRA [the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act, 2001] when it sued the Gujarat potato farmers.

The application reportedly evokes Section 34 (f) of the Act which allows the registration to be revoked on the grounds that “the breeder has not complied with the provisions of this Act or rules or regulations made thereunder”. The application also reportedly points out omissions from PepsiCo’s original application for registration, which would be grounds for revocation under Section 34 (c).

This move comes in the aftermath of PepsiCo’s legal action in April against at least nine potato farmers from Gujarat, who were sued for over ₹1 crore each for growing the potato variety registered by the company in 2016.

Following public outrage, boycott threats and intervention by the Gujarat government, the company withdrew its cases in May. Farmers groups have also come together to prevent any future cases against farmers. On Saturday, major farmer unions, including those affiliated to the BJP, gathered to draft an action plan.

Bhartiya Kisan Union president Rakesh Tikait has threated that farmers would deliberately plant the registered variety to show that they had the right to do so.

The Bharatiya Kisan Sangh plans to hold a national “Quit India” protest on August 9 to protect the seed rights of Indian farmers, said its general secretary Badri Narayan Chaudhary.

India’s second mission to the Moon — Chandrayaan-2 — was called off due to a “technical snag” in its most powerful rocket a little less than an hour before launch from a spaceport here in the early hours of Monday. Scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) were assessing the seriousness of the problem with the heavylift rocket GSLV MkIII rocket carrying the satellite that put a halt to the ambitious Rs 976 crore lunar mission amid uncertainty over a future launch date.

The ISRO was tightlipped as to what may have caused the glitch that occurred when liquid propellant was being loaded into the rocket’s indigenous cryogenic upper stage engine.

But several space scientists said the space agency must be appreciated for calling off the launch of rather than hurrying into a major disaster.

Despite the odd hour, enthusiasts of all ages reached the island, some of them travelling long distances on two wheelers, to witness the proud moment.

The men, women and children waiting at a special gallery, set up recently by ISRO, left the venue disappointed as the mission did not go as expected.

ISRO had set up the gallery — inaugurated by Chairman K Sivan a few months ago — on the sprawling Sriharikota premises as the number of spectators turning up to witness launches has been increasing over time.

“We do not know what happened but we are disappointed.

I hope they rectify whatever the issue is. We will come back again to witness the launch,” said a young boy, holding aloft the tricolour, who had come

er and the rover was scheduled from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, off the coast of Andhra Pradesh.

The satellite was supposed to explore the uncharted lunar south pole, 11 years after ISRO’s successful first lunar mission — Chandrayaan-1, which made more than 3,400 orbits around the moon and was operational for 312 days till August 29, 2009. It would have taken 54 days to accomplish the task of landing on the Moon through meticulously planned orbital phases.

After a full dress rehearsal last week, the countdown for the mission commenced at 6.51 am on Sunday and scientists had undertaken various stages of propellant filling to power the rocket ahead of the launch.

Billed as the most complex and prestigious mission ever undertaken by the ISRO since its inception, Chandrayaan-2 would have made India the fourth country to soft land a rover on the lunar surface after Russia, the United States and China.

“ISRO has an exceptional success rate when it comes to launching systems. Checking and diagnosing complex systems in a rocket till the last minute is an art by itself, which they seem to have mastered,” said Rajesh Kumble Nayak, head of the Centre for Excellence in Space Sciences India in Kolkata’s Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER).

“I am glad that people at ISRO decided to hold back rather than hurrying into a major disaster. I guess the mission will be held back for a few weeks, which is much better than a failure,” Nayak told PTI.

Moon mission put off due to snag with his family.

A man standing nearby said it was good scientists had called off the launch when the rocket was still on the ground.

“If it had gone into space and something had happened there, the huge amount of money spent on the mission would have gone to waste,” he said.

Watched by President Ram Nath Kovind, the countdown to the launch of Chandrayaan-2 on board Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle GSLV-Mk-III, dubbed as “Baahubali”, was scheduled for 2.51 am on Monday.

The mission was stopped 56 minutes and 24 seconds before lift-off at 1.55 am following an announcement from the Mission Control Centre. Confusion prevailed for several minutes before the ISRO came out with an official confirmation about the launch being cancelled.

“A technical snag was observed in the launch vehicle system at t-minus 56 minutes.

As a measure of abundant precaution Chandrayaan 2 launch has been called off for today,” ISRO Associate Director (Public Relations) BR Guruprasad said. He did not specify the nature of the snag. A revised launch date will be announced later, he added.

“Launch is called off due to technical snag. It is not possible to make the launch within the (launch) window. (A new) launch schedule will be announced later,” another ISRO official said, India’s space agency had earlier scheduled the launch in the first week of January but shifted it to July 15. The lift-off of the three-component spacecraft weighing 3,850 kg and comprising an orbiter, the land-

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Science and Scientist : Understanding the Source and Nature of Consciousness and Life The 7th International Conference Science and Scientist 2019: Understanding the Source and Nature of Consciousness and Life was organized by the Princeton Bhakti Vedanta Institute of Spiritual Culture & Science in collaboration with Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Institute of Spiritual Culture & Science, and hosted by the World Vegan Vision.

The conference was held at Rutgers University Busch Student Center, Piscataway Township, NJ, USA, on June 15-16, 2019.

Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaja, PhD, was the conference chair and Serving Director of Bhakti Vedanta Institute, Princeton, NJ, USA. It was Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada who had given the original guidelines and vision for the activities of Bhakti Vedanta Institute; much spiritual nourishment was given by Srila B.R. Sridhar Maharaja to Sripad Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Maharaja and Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaja during 1970s and 1980s.

The inaugural session was chaired by Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaja. The chief guest of the conference was Professor Frantisek Baluska, who is group leader at the Institute of Cellular and Molecular Botany (IZMB), University of Bonn, Germany.

Sri H.K. Shah, founder, World Vegan Vision hosted the inaugural session.

Sripad Puri Maharaja said that science cannot ignore the nonphysical or the conscious reality.

Darwinism ignores consciousness.

We have to be realistic about what actual science should represent.

The measurement problem in quantum mechanics intrigued Sripad Puri Maharaja which led to him finding that Yoga and Vedanta are rich systems concerned with consciousness that are seldom explored in Western thinking.

He is presenting both Eastern and Western sides of knowledge and is humbly trying to establish a wellrounded education of reality.

Dr. H.K. Shah said he was happy to host the event. He was glad to invite all to the dialogue on nonviolence and protection of animals.

Professor Frantisek Baluska said that the studies and research findings of his team are a source of anxiety for mainstream science.

Terminology such as plant signaling and behavior has been accepted by the mainstream. But terms such as sentience and consciousness still cause a lot of trouble. But their team has stressed that there is no behavior without sentience. Sentience has been there since the first cell was there, but how that first cell came is not clear.

In the plenary session in which there were three speakers.

Sripad Puri Maharaja spoke on ‘Subjective Evolution of Consciousness’. Subjective evolution of consciousness is the Vedic view of reality. He feels it is a more rational explanation for what we call evolution. When we consider the relationship between an elephant and its baby or an entire ant colony, we cannot consider that they are merely interacting chemicals; that would be unnatural.

According to the Copenhagen interpretation, quantum mechanics is a science of our consciousness of the world and not a science of world itself. Science however ignores consciousness. But according to the inferences from the block universe model, we as conscious agents are moving along a world line. But how we move is not explained. However it is like the Vedic idea where all the bodies already exist and they do not change, whereas the soul changes bodies.

He spoke about the concept of the organic whole, where there is simultaneous significant of both identity and difference. Therefore organic holism should be the conceptual foundation of science.

Matter is the attenuation of consciousness. Matter and spirit are therefore degrees of the same reality called consciousness.

Frantisek Baluska spoke on ‘From Molecular Bioelectronics, via Cellular Sentience & Consciousness, up to Plant Cognition & Intelligence.’ He made references to Claude Bernard’s unitary view of life, and to Sir J.C. Bose and Professor. Kovac’s view on the cognitive movement of evolution.

He spoke about the cellular basis of cognition, sentience and consciousness.

According to Arthur Arber, the first minds emerged with the first cell. For subjectivity we need this outside-inside dichotomy. He quoted a recently published article of Karl Popper discussing how cognition was something that was guiding evolution. He also mentioned that organisms (cells) are guided by sensory experiences, in addition to the interesting idea of the energide.

Brian J. Ford spoke on ‘Physics Transcended: Cell Intelligence and the Nurture of Healing.’ He made the observation that physics alone is not going to explain life.

He showed a number of videos that have captured the amazing intelligent The next session was entitled ‘Scientific Critique of Science’ where there were four speakers.

Professor John S. Torday, Ph.D. spoke on ‘Consciousness, from the Cell to the Cosmos’ He said Consciousness refle.cts everything in the Cosmos.

Professor Michael Reiss, UCL Institute of Education, University College London, United Kingdom spoke on ‘Evolutionary and Other Understandings of the Origin, Evolution, and Meaning of Life.’ He discussed reasons for the popularity of the various religious-inspired alternatives to the mainstream conception– including Creationism and Intelligent Design. Finally, he examined whether there is a way of remaining true to the scientific account of the origin and evolution of life without contradicting deeper religious analyses of the meaning of life.

Professor John J. Kineman, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist, Wessman Research Group, University of Colorado in Boulder, CO, USA, spoke on ‘Science of a Living Universe (Reflections on the Gaia Worldview).’ He said that the “Gaia hypothesis” may be bet-

ter understood as a holistic world view than a mechanistic hypothesis. These results raise the possibility of “Systemic Gaia” and the possibility of ecosystem sustainability.

Dr. Medicharla V. Jagannadham, Ph.D. from Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India, spoke on ‘A Comparative Study on Life and Consciousness, as described by Modern Science and Vedanta.’ The Vedantic view states that life comes from life, matter comes from life and both life and matter are originated from Brahman or the Supreme Being (Shanta 2015). Therefore, Brahman is the Absolute Truth. Everything that we see around, according to the Vedantic view, is a manifestation of Brahman.

Historically, such dualism and its distinction between spiritual subjective properties and material objective properties has made it extremely difficult to develop scientific accounts of consciousness.

Professor Emeritus Marehalli G. Prasad, Ph.D., Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ, USA, spoke on ‘A Scientific Critique to the Ontological View of an Organism as a Complex Machine,’ saying that the mechanistic based reduction approach is insufficient to understand an organism and its behavior. It is well known that a living system consists of a body and a life principle that has consciousness. Living systems have thinking ability, feeling, and willing as symptomatic of presence of consciousness. So an ontological view of an organism as a complex machine is incapable of fully modeling an organism because an organism is not equal to a machine. An organism is sentient and it has consciousness.

The advances in traditional sciences have shown the limits in the sense that new approaches have to be developed to include consciousness, the behavior patterns, feelings and emotions in the systemic approach.

This is particularly important when dealing with human beings.

Thus cultural, philosophical and spiritual aspects need to be included in the systemic descriptions.

Dr. Bhakti Vijnana Muni, President of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Institute of Spiritual Culture and Science in Bengaluru, India, spoke about, ‘21st Century Biology Turning towards Wholistic and Sentient Concepts.’ He recognized Barbara McClintock for refocusing biology on the cell instead of being centered on DNA, evident from her statement “A goal for the future would be to determine the extent of knowledge the cell has of itself and how it uses that knowledge in a thoughtful manner when challenged.”

Dr. Bhakti Niskama Shanta, General Secretary of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Institute, spoke on ‘There Will Never be a Newton of the Blade of Grass.’

Immanuel Kant famously said that there would never be a Newton for a blade of grass. The advances of the 21st century biology brought to the forefront not only the field of consciousness, but at the same time created a more receptive en-

vironment for the soul hypothesis.

As a result, the scientific world is beginning to be affected by this spiritual biology, which is shining a new light on the fruits of science.

At the end of the day there was a panel discussion. Professor Sung Chul Ji raised the question that the thing in itself and the knowledge of the thing are two different ideas.

Sripad Puri Maharaja said that according to the Copenhagen interpretation, quantum theory represents our consciousness of the world and not the world itself.

Kant had made that distinction – phenomenal and the noumenal.

Science has taken the perspective of naïve realism that our knowledge of the world is the world.

However in truth the appearance and what is appearing are already united. This needs the understanding of the relationship between thinking and being.

Professor Kineman said that the question is between describing something scientifically and being and knowing directly. Both can be valid approaches. If you are going holistic, a plurality of thought that recognizes the contradictory natures will be helpful.

Dr. Shanta asked why do we stress so much on atoms and molecules, but do not emphasize the concepts of soul, God and subjectivity.

Professor Reiss said that science has been concerned with objectivity. However many scientists are comfortable with ideas of soul and God, but it is outside their expertise. However in psychology, social theory and psychiatry they have been able to make robust progress in the fields of companionship, friendship, etc. We can again retrace back to internal relational concepts.

Joan Walton said that when she introduced the ideas of consciousness, the students were fascinated.

It is encouraging more students to consider the ideas of spirituality, the soul, etc. When you say consciousness is not scientific, there is a lot of preconception as a result of taking a static definition of science.

The root of the word ‘science’ is to know. But there are many ways to know. Science has the potential to be expanded. It is not predetermined, not reductionist, or science as an objective result.

John Kineman said that according to Rosen the relation between subject and object could be objectified. That’s where we have all possibility of soul, subjectivity, etc.

Sripad Puri Maharaja replied that it is a matter of degree. Spirit is a matter of degree of consciousness. It is not a question of opposition of subjectivity and objectivity. The object is only what the subject knows it to be. Therefore it is just a question of a degree of consciousness, or knowing.

The first session of the second day focused on ‘Animal Rights and Veganism.’ There were several speakers in this session.

Professor Gary L. Francione spoke about the relation between criminal law and meat eating. He also explained why it is resulting in major problems like water shortages in California, climate change, and so on.

The next session was entitled ‘Dialogue between Science, Religion and Philosophy.’ Professor Joan Walton, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer at the School of Education and Ph.D. Supervisor at York St John University, United Kingdom, said that within the western world, there has not been a substantial exploration of the idea that consciousness plays a more fundamental role in the universe than Newtonian science allows. She says consciousness is a subject that has received increasing attention since David Chalmers introduced the idea of the ‘hard problem of consciousness’ in 1994.

Quantum Physics is telling that we live more in a participatory universe. Robert M. Wallace, Ph.D., who is the author of Hegel’s Philosophy of Reality, and Freedom and God, said in his talk ‘Science of God’ that the Hegelian conception follows Plato and Aristotle in important ways, and like them it resembles Asian thought inasmuch as it does not pit “faith” against “reason.” Hegel integrates science and religion and the natural and the supernatural by showing how science, religion, ethics, the arts, and philosophy are all necessary aspects of a single self-determining reality, whose traditional name is “God.” Professor Bal Ram Singh, Ph.D., of the Botulinum Research Center in the School of Indic Studies at the Institute of Advanced Sciences, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA, spoke on ‘Expansion of Science by its Integration with Dharmic Concepts of Origin of Matter and Evolution’ that science is very dynamic in the sense there is a difference between what science is today and what it can be. According to the Vaishesika philosophy there are 9 elements and change in one effects all the others. We cannot separate one element from another. He examined the question of evolution and suggested that intention must have a role in determining evolution. Dr. Sumangala Devi spoke on ‘Why Life Cannot be seen as a Machine Working on Physical Laws.’ Professor Sungchul Jee spoke about ‘Neo Semiotics,’ which makes contact with the Shilingator model as a synchronic and diachronic model of the universe. The experience of history teaches us that happiness is not possible only by material acquisitions. True knowledge is the result of the humble approach which is part of any spiritual tradition and must also be an integral feature of scientific endeavor. Science and Religion cannot remain exclusive to each other. Rather Science and Religion can go together by discovering the true concept of Harmony which makes the human more rational. The more rational one becomes, one perceives the finiteness of the human capacity and welcomes the higher help that is indicated in all religious traditions.

The 21st century is all about an honest dialogue and integration of multidisciplinary views. We hope that this Science and Scientist series of conferences has been able to initiate this most important mission of the rarely achieved human form of life.

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STORY OF MAHATMA GANDHI Gandhi sets up ambulance corps to help British Gandhi was rescued from a bloodthirsty mob by the Durban police. He was escorted by the police to Rustomji’s house, where a doctor attended to his injuries.

“They are sure to calm down when they realize their mistake,” he said.

Late in the evening, another mob of white people surrounded the house. “We must have Gandhi,” angry voices demanded.

The mob was getting more and more threatening.

“Give us Gandhi or we will bum down the house,” they shouted.

Gandhi knew that they might carry out their threat. To save his friend’s house, he slipped out in disguise, eluding the crowd. Two days later a message came from London. Joseph Chamberlain, then Secretary of State for the Colonies, asked the Natal Government to prosecute every man guilty of attacking Gandhi. The Natal Government expressed its regret for the incident to Gandhi and assured him that the assailants would be punished.

When Gandhi was called upon to identify the offenders, however, he would not do so. “I do not want to prosecute anyone,” he told the Natal Government. “I do not hold the assailants to blame. They were misled by false reports about me and I am sure that when the truth becomes known they will be sorry for their conduct.”

Gandhi’s statement suddenly changed the atmosphere in Durban. The press declared Gandhi innocent and condemned his assailants. The Durban incident raised Gandhi’s prestige and won more sympathy abroad for the Indians in South Africa.

As the struggle in South Africa continued, a change was coming over Gandhi. He had begun with a life of ease and comfort, but this was short-lived. As he became more and more involved in public activities, his way of life became simpler. He started cutting down his expenses. He took to washing and ironing his own clothes, and he did it so badly at first that the other lawyers laughed at him. But soon he became quite an expert at this and his collars were no less stiff and shiny than theirs.

Gandhi once went to an English barber in Pretoria. The barber insolently refused to cut a ‘black’ man’s hair. Gandhi at once bought a pair of clippers and cut his own hair. He succeeded more or less in cutting the front part but spoilt the back. He looked very funny and his friends in the court laughed at him.

“What’s wrong with your hair, Gandhi? Have rats been gnawing at it?” they asked.

“No,” said Gandhi proudly, “I have cut my hair myself.” Then Gandhi tried changes in his food.

He started taking uncooked food.

He believed that if a man lived on fresh fruits and nuts he could master his passions and acquire spiritual strength. He made many experiments with his diet. He even came to the conclusion that fasting increased one’s will power.

While he was thus experiment-

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As the struggle in South Africa continued, a change was coming over Gandhi. He had begun with a life of ease and comfort, but this was shortlived. As he became more and more involved in public activities, his way of life became simpler. He started cutting his expenses. He took to washing and ironing his own clothes, and he did it so badly at first that the other lawyers laughed at him. ing with himself, the Boer war broke out. The Boers were South Africans of Dutch origin. They were fighting the British.

Neither of these two white nations had treated the Indians well.

Gandhi did not want to support either of them, but his familiarity with the British made him organize an Indian ambulance corps to help them. To his puzzled followers, he said: “India can achieve complete emancipation only through development within the British Empire. Therefore we must help the British.”

The British won the war and the ambulance corps was disbanded. The newspapers in England praised the services rendered by the Indians. The relations between the Indians and the Europeans had now become more cordial, and the Indians believed that their grievances would soon be removed.

It was now 1901, six years after Gandhi had brought his family to Durban. Now he felt that his future activity lay not in South Africa but in India. Also, friends in India were pressing him to return home. When he announced his decision to his co-workers, however, they again pressed him to stay on.

After much discussion they agreed to let him go, but only if he would come back to South Africa if the Indians there needed his help. He agreed to this. There were farewell meetings and presentations of gifts. The gifts were so many and so valuable that Gandhi felt he should not accept them.

The people who had presented them would not take them back.

He then prepared a trust deed, and all the gifts were deposited with a bank to be used for the welfare

of the Indian community.

On his arrival in India, Gandhi went on a tour of the country. The annual meeting of the Indian National Congress was being held in Calcutta under the presidentship of Dinshaw Wacha. Gandhi attended the session. It was his first contact with the Congress which he was to lead so gloriously in the future.

The Indian National Congress was the only organization which gave the people of India a chance to express their political views. It was an influential body, as many important Indians were members, but its decisions had little affect on the Government.

At the Calcutta session in 1901 Gandhi had an opportunity to meet Congress leaders like Sir Pherozeshah Mehta, Lokamanya B. G. Tilak, G. K. Gokhale, and others.

He was not impressed with the way the Congress was functioning. He noticed a lack of unity among the delegates. Moreover, while they spoke English and affected the style of Westerners in their dress and talk, they did not seem to bother about essential things like good sanitary facilities in the camp. Gandhi wanted to teach them a lesson. On his own he quietly started cleaning the bathroom and urinals.

No one volunteered to join him.

“Why do you undertake an untouchable’s job?” they asked.

“Because the caste people have made this an untouchable place,” replied Gandhi.

From Calcutta Gandhi travelled round India by train.

As he moved from place to place, he was shocked to see the life of the common people - the famished, ignorant, and neglected masses. His heart was filled with sadness and anger.

Gandhi settled down in Bombay and started practice as a lawyer. He did well, much better than he had expected. In December 1902, however, a cable reached him from South Africa requesting him to return as promised. Joseph Chamberlain, the Colonial Secretary, was arriving from London on a visit to Natal and the Transvaal, and the Natal Indian Congress wanted Gandhi to present their case to him.

— To be continued

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Ingredients: 250gm fresh, tender, okra, 1 tsp peanut powder, 1 bell pepper, chopped, 1 tbsp. chopped tomato, 1 onion, chopped fine; 2 tbsp. chopped cilantro, 3/4 tsp. red chilli powder, 1-1/2 tsp. dhania (coriander seeds) powder, 1/4 tsp. turmeric powder, 1/2 tsp. amchoor powder, 1/4 tsp. cumin seeds, 2 pinches hing, salt to taste, 2 tbsp. oil.

Method: Wash, wipe, snip head and tail and slit okra lengthwise.

Mix all dry masalas together with a few drops of oil. Stuff all prepared okra with this masala mix. Cut to 1" lengths. Keep aside.

Just 10 minutes before serving: Heat oil in kadai, add seeds, curry leaves, hing. Allow it to splutter Add onion, saute till transparent. Add okra and capsicum. Stir, sprinkle very little water with hand. Cover and cook on med. flame.

Stir often in between, sprinkle some more water if required. Cook till tender and the stickiness is gone.

Add tomatoes, cook further 2 minutes. Garnish coriander, serve hot with phulkas, puris, etc. Time: 25 mts.

Bhindi Do-Pyaza

Ingredients: 300gm okra, 2 onions thinly sliced into rings; 2 green chillies finely chopped, fistful of chopped cilantro, 1” ginger, grated; 23 cloves garlic, crushed; juice of 1/2 lemon, 1 pinch hing, 1/2 tsp turmeric, salt to taste, 2 tbsp. oil.

Method: Slit okra half lengthwise. Heat 1 tbsp. oil in a nonstick pan. Add okra, stir-fry till crisp. If overdone it will turn blackish, if underdone it will be sticky. Remove from pan, keep aside.

Heat remaining oil in same pan, stirfry onions till golden brown.

Keep aside. Just before serving, heat onions in pan. Add all other seasoning, stirfry for a few seconds.

Add okra, salt, stir and pour into serving dish. Garnish with chopped cilantro. Serve hot and crisp with roti, rice or parathas. Time: 20 minutes

Bharwaan Bhindi

Ingredients: 250gm tender fresh okra, 1 tsp. red chilli powder, 1 tsp. coriander powder, 3/4 tsp. amchoor (mango) powder, 1/2 tsp. turmeric powder, 1/2 tsp. cumin powder, 2 pinches hing, salt to taste, 1 tbsp. oil.

Method: Wash, wipe and remove the tops and tips of okra. Make a lengthwise incision in each. Keep aside. Mix all the dry ingredients together. Stuff each okra with this masala, in the slit. Heat oil in a heavy pan. Add hing. Add stuffed okra, and cook for 8-10 minutes Serve hot with parathas or puris. Time: 20 mts

Bhindi Kerala Style

Ingredients: 250gm okra, 1 onion chopped fine, 1 stalk curry leaves, 3 tbsp. coconut, shredded, fistful of chopped cilantro, 1/2 tsp. grated ginger, 1 tbsp. cashews pieces, 5 whole red chillies, 1 tsp. cumin seeds1 tsp. mustard seeds, 1 tsp. urad dal, 3/4 cup beaten yogurt, 1/4 tsp. crushed red chilli powder, 1/4 tsp. turmeric powder, salt to taste, 1 tbsp. wheat or any flour, 2 tbsp. oil.

Method: Wash, wipe and cut tips and bases of okra. Make a vertical slit in each. Chop to 1" pieces.

Grind coconut and cashews to a coarse paste. Heat oil in a heavy pan, fry ladyfingers till crisp. Drain and keep aside. Add seeds, dal, to hot oil, allow to splutter. Add whole chillies, curry leaves, ginger, stir.

Add onions, fry till lightly browned. Add crushed chilli, turmeric, salt, paste, saute till oil separates.

Mix yogurt and flour to a smooth paste, add 1 cup water. Add to the sauteed mixture and stir continuously till boil is reached. Simmer for 5 minutes, check taste for masala and salt. Add fried ladyfingers, boil for 2 minutes. Garnish with coriander, serve hot with steamed rice or rice rotis. Time: 25 mts.

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