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Interview with India’s The Secret to Priyanka Saving India’s Nightmarishly Chopra tough Schools declining Reducing Camel Workload Population

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page 30 Steroid Use on the Rise and More Prevalent than Thought

IN THIS ISSUE Saving India’s Camels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 08

The secret to saving India’s plummeting camel population maybe to legalize their slaughter. See story on pg. 8. India’s nightmarishly tough schools might finally cut down on the workload. Article on pg. 14. Everyone's juicing. Latest raids of undercover steroid labs suggest the market for steroids goes way beyond world of elite athletes. Story on pg. 30. Actress Priyanka Chopra makes her debut on American TV with the show Quantico. Read our interview with her on pg. 50. Catch up on what the city and regional community organizations are up to in our Community section pg. 106. The AstroScope is on pg. 136. Get daily updates about our community, news, analysis and videos at our recently revamped website saathee.com We welcome all comments and suggestions.

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India’s Nightmarish Schools . . . . . . . . . .pg. 14

Contributors:

Teatime in the City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 18

Kirit Shukla, Judith L. Bergman, Parul Kharod, Shyama Parui, Lakshmi Challa, Ahsen Jillani, Neal Patel, Gail Z. Martin, S. Ali, Vatsal Suthar, Balaji Prasad, and Jalendu Vaidya.

Subcontinental Divide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 20 Film Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 24 Upcoming Movie Releases . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 26 Steroid Use Rising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 30 Sangeet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 36 Behind the Congressional Curtain . . . .pg. 40 Youth Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 44 The Chai Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 46 Interview with Priyanka Chopra . . . . . .pg. 50 The Dentist Visits You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 52 Thinking About Thinking . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 54 Test your India Knowledge . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 60 Nutrition for Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 62 Mastering Meaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 64 Right to Starve to Death . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 68 News Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 78 Immigration Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 88 Recipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 96 Community Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 98

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Community Organizations . . . . . . . . . .pg. 106

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The Secret to Saving India’s Plummeting Camel Population:

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THEIR SLAUGHTER Köhler-Rollefson. A tall, athletic-looking woman with wild, curly hair, Köhler-Rollefson came to India 25 years ago when unrest in Sudan forced her to abandon a research project involving the Bedouin. At that time, India had the world’s third-largest population of wild and domesticated camels, so it seemed a natural choice. But soon after she arrived, the anthropologist learned that India’s main camel herders, a desert-dwelling caste called the Raika, were unlike the Bedouin or any other camel-based society she’d ever encountered. Moreover, their cultural taboos were rapidly causing the animal from which they’d always derived their identity to disappear. Unlike the camel breeders of Africa and the Middle East, the Raika traditionally did not believe in slaughtering camels for meat, and historically only sold them for use as riding or draft animals. They thought selling camel’s milk brought with it a plague of misfortunes ranging from drought to disease—even new grazing fees issued by the forest department. They consumed camel’s milk themselves, of course. But the only real income they earned from them came from selling them at the huge annual livestock fair in Pushkar, where prices had plunged due to the growing affordability of trucks and tractors that replaced camels as a means of transport. Since her first introduction to the Raika, the anthropologist has gone native. She’s bought a camel. She’s founded a nonprofit trust for pastoralists. She’s pioneered a milk-selling cooperative. She’s led teams of bards and shepherds to Germany and Africa for international conferences, and she’s

By Jason Overdorf, GlobalPost.com NEW DELHI, India — In a shaky video clip, a camel bellows in protest as a crane lifts it into a waiting panel truck bound for an underground slaughterhouse. In others, camels thrash with their throats slit, which ensures their flesh remains halal. It’s not pretty. But the trade in camel meat has surprising advocates in the western desert state of Rajasthan—where the export and slaughter of camels was banned this March. For centuries, the Raika, a caste of camel breeders, have worshipped the hardy animal the way most Hindus revere the cow. But with the demise of the royal camel herds kept by the state’s once-plentiful rajas and maharajas, followed by the replacement of camel carts with cheap cars and trucks, the few camel breeders that remain in Rajasthan worry that outlawing camel slaughter will ensure they disappear altogether. That’s because unlike wild animals, the continued survival of domesticated livestock depends on their profitability, argues Hanwant Singh Rathore, who runs a nonprofit called Lokhit Pashu Palak Sansthan, or “Welfare Organization for Livestock Keepers,” that works closely with the Raika. “Nobody is buying camels, so nobody is keeping camels,” Rathore said. “If you’re a young camel breeder, you can’t find a wife, because you don’t have any income.” The Raika aren’t the most surprising advocate of legalizing camel slaughter, however. That title belongs to the co-founder of LPPS, German veterinarian-turned-anthropologist Ilse Saathee.com

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undertaken a 500 mile camel trek across the state known as “the land of kings” to draw attention to the rapid decline in the camel population, which plunged from more than a million to fewer than 200,000 over the past 20 years. Gradually, she and Rathore—who started out as her driver and made himself indispensable—have succeeded in convincing many Raika to break their cultural taboos, though they still don’t like to talk about camel slaughter. But their dogged advocacy backfired earlier this year when their long campaign to get the camel declared Rajasthan’s state animal finally bore fruit. Instead of releasing grazing land controlled by the state forest department or encouraging camel’s milk products, the government simply named the camel a protected animal, barring export and slaughter of the animals for meat. “We were initially very happy, because we thought there would be all kinds of support for camel breeders,” KöhlerRollefson said. “But exactly the opposite happened.” Pressured by a signature campaign that attracted tens of thousands of animal rights activists, the government opted to apply the same approach to protecting the camel that Rajasthan and other states have used to protect cows—a subject that draws more pressure from Hindu groups. But anecdotal evidence already suggests that has been counterproductive, because it makes raising livestock unprofitable. Half of the animals born are males, which cannot be sold for as much as the cost to raise them, since there is no legal market for their meat. “If you have 150 female camels, you only need one male camel,” said Rathore, who points out that Rajasthan’s recent law also bans castration. “If you have 10-15 male camels, they’re fighting and killing each other.” Calling any potential move to normalize camel slaughter “a cop out,” Arpan Sharma, a spokesman for the Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations (FIAPO), says Indian state governments should instead look for other ways to support breeders like the Raika. “All of us have more than a full empathy with the plight of many such [people],” Sharma said. “But there is a moral and an ethical question, whether camels should pay the price.” In principle, Köhler-Rollefson and Rathore agree. They just worry that alternatives to camel’s meat aren’t profitable enough. The unlikely team, along with a group of die-hard Raika breeders, is fighting a rearguard action to save the state’s camels and the Raika culture through the sale of products made with camel’s wool and camel’s milk. But even though a growing, if unproven, belief that nutrients in camel’s milk can be beneficial to autistic children has driven Indian parents to go so far as to fly from Mumbai to Rajasthan on literal “milk runs,” KöhlerRollefson fears there may not be any camels left by the time a viable mass market develops. Currently, Rajasthan’s milk cooperatives don’t officially accept camel’s milk—though they do so on the sly in times of shortage—and prices based on fat content prevent that from being a very profitable outlet. News that the multi-billion dollar, Gujarat-based dairy cooperative Amul aims to add camel’s milk to its product mix by the end of the year is more encouraging. But Köhler-Rollefson is skeptical that the initiative can succeed in Gujarat, due to its low number of camel breeders, and the issue of fat content. That’s why, to keep the herds alive, she and her Raika associates want Rajasthan to roll back the ban to allow the trade in male camels, as ugly as it may look on YouTube. Saathee.com

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By Samir Shukla Political independence The biggest turnoff for American voters is the degradation of the dialogue in American politics that has occurred over the past couple of decades. I won’t point fingers but, yes, there are specific people and a specific election cycle I can write about that are the prime suspects of this degradation in my opinion but will save that for later. Let’s instead talk about simple solutions to this contemporary madness, the grip of partisan, unyielding politicians choking political processes and policy making. The fringe politicians and their operatives have devolved the old “debate, compromise and get things done” way of conducting the country’s political business into “our way or the highway” nonsense where nothing seems to get done in Washington D.C., as well as many state legislatures. There’s no simple fix to bring efficacy and compromise back into the system. It will take years to break the gridlocks, but there is something the common man can do to bring about change. There’s an action that will ring loud if done by enough people. It’s time to dump the two political parties. By that I mean change your political affiliation from Democrat or Republican to Unaffiliated. Don’t bother with the several other smaller political parties because they are irrelevant. This idea may seem nonsensical, but hear me out. If the block of current unaffiliated voters around the country increases by 2-3 folds, the reverberations will be felt across the political spectrums. The coveted voters in every election are now the unaffiliated, the so-called independents. Politicians spend lots of money, time and effort to get the vote out of their own supporters, but most can’t get over the final hump without convincing the elusive unaffiliated voters to click their box on Election Day. The more unaffiliated voters are out there, the harder the parties will have to work to gain their votes. Policy, not ideology, will have to be the driving force, even in the dreaded primaries. Every election will make it harder to segment voters into potential blocks of vote. With large numbers of scattered independents, it would become much more difficult to gauge where their voters are. That’s a good thing. My home state North Carolina has a closed primary system. That means if you are registered as either a Democrat or Republican, you can only vote for that party’s primary candidates. As an unaffiliated voter, though, I can choose to vote in either primary. It’s one way to unravel the entrenched interests. If you feel there is an extreme candidate in either party running in the primaries, you can vote against that person in the primary, rather than being limited to choosing someone from your own party affiliation. That’s an advantage of being Unaffiliated, at least in North Carolina. Unhinging the status quo is a good thing in politics. There are hardcore self-identifiers on both sides, so those minds cannot be changed. They will vote for their party’s candidates, but there is a whole batch of recent new citizens and digital generation (the 18-25 group), along with many disheartened long-time voters. The young new voters, especially, are versed in diversity. They are seeing the world with fresher eyes, accepting the inevitable global realigning of Saathee.com

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SUBCONTINENTAL DIVIDE An Indian Subcontinent Dialogue For Queen (or cricket team) and country… By Ahsen Jillani Patriotism is a good thing, I guess. Lately, social media was lit up with first the celebrations of Pakistan’s independence and then, a day later, India’s independence on Aug. 15, 1947. As a global community, we are better informed than our previous generations about the politics of history. Accusations flew across both borders, mostly, but not always, civil. Half the people were nostalgic for the British Raj. Some lamented the bloodshed during partition. Many were discussing their respective prowess during wartime. When India tested the A-bomb during the early ‘70s, our Indian neighbor, another UN official like my dad working in Bangkok, brought in a champagne bottle to our house just to annoy my father. My dad was a calm and gentle man who mostly walked around in a Buddhist monk’s robe but that really bothered him. A couple of years before that I had seen him act downright violent during the India and Pakistan field hockey finals at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. That aspect of him had shocked me. Along the way, my father had discussed with the children the greater need for humanity, rather than reacting to nationalistic propaganda. Pakistan is now actively discussing whether the 1965 war against India was a stunning and absolute defeat. Scholars are coming out and saying that without UN intervention, India would have likely crushed Pakistan in a few We humans are tribal more days. people.We feel better in Those were the days of like-minded groups. Borders the Cold War. Propaganda had become a science are just lines in the sand. between the superpowers. It was not unethical for the media to declare a decisive victory in any conflict—and change the course of history for a generation of citizens with one headline. A war is not like cricket. In cricket, you hand your trust to an umpire and past that you accept the results as final and conclusive. War has casualties: human, political, geographical. Any side can take pictures and report from the frontlines and declare victory at least in the PR battle. Indeed, the US never admitted to a defeat in Vietnam, even as thousands of South Vietnamese were clinging to helicopters inside the US compound in Saigon. The locals and American supporters were later brutally executed as the Northern Vietnamese troops moved into the city. It was simply a matter of shutting the war down on American television. The violence was soon over in the minds of the public. That was sort of a victory, even for those who knew the full story. It is well researched and proven that testosterone is a vital component of what we perceive as victory. Research on sports fans has proven that their hormone levels increase or tumble depending on how their team performs. Of course, this does not include European soccer fans, whose hormone levels seem to be out of control 24/7. Saathee.com

In general, the rest of us either hold our heads up high, or lower our heads, and exit the arena. We want to feel better, and we have put that responsibility in the hands of our sports teams, our soldiers, and our leaders. When catastrophic events like 9/11 are absent, we tend to cluster around sports teams for a sense of unity. It is a sort of perverse nationalism. Americans drive around with football flags flying out of all four car windows. There are pizza parties. There are passionate discussions about how your overpaid hero ran the ball past the other side’s overpaid hero. This behavior runs counter to everything I was taught, and everything I believe today. Life is not about victory or defeat. It is about bearing and carrying the burden of humanity. That is perhaps the definition of the 21st century human. It is not an easy burden to carry, and it runs contrary to the decades-old “greed is good” philosophy. Today may be about community, rather than individual achievement and the battle for the largest bank balance. Our children may be well aware of that fact. We humans are tribal people. We feel better in like-minded groups. Borders are just lines in the sand. If we cannot unite to defend those, we gravitate toward something else. It can be religion, or a politician, a profit-motivated war, a global cause, or a cricket team. A sports victory, in the end, is probably nothing different from any other. Men from ancient times, when sports consisted of death in the arena at the hands of lions or other brutal opponents, used the hormone boost to party through the night. Hopefully, we see the world differently now, rather than reacting to the base instinct of latching on to the thrill of defeat and the agony of victory, or whatever the PR companies tell us is supposed to happen in a charged group environment. The fact is that we all wake up human the next morning. It is hardly exciting or hormone-boosting to think about global hunger, terrorism, disease, natural disasters, and refugee crises. It is actually a real downer. Best to fly four flags on your SUV supporting the Queen City Terminators ball team and drink the evening away with many like-minded fellow warriors. British surveys are saying that the new generation is having a lot less romantic interludes than their parents. Maybe our kids are growing up wiser than we were. Maybe they see a game as a game. Maybe they see dead children under the macho rolling thunder of jet fighters. Maybe they see hunger below corporate greed. Humanity may redeem itself yet, and it will not be through cricket or a bomb.

Ahsen Jillani a former editor and publisher, is originally from Islamabad , Pakistan , and now lives in Charlotte. He owns Must Media, a PR company focusing on both political and corporate clients.

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The upcoming Shahid Kapoor - Alia Bhatt romantic comedy Shaandaar, directed by Vikas Bahl, is slated to open on October 22. The film is about a “Shaandaar” Indian wedding, which is actually a business merger between two of the biggest business families of India. Mrs. Kamla Arora, the grandmother of the Arora family, the sole owner of the billion-dollar business, has planned the wedding. She treats everyone like her servants including her three sons. Mr. Fandwani, the groom’s father, is a loud Sindhi businessman who is the counter to Kamla Arora: The Fandwanis dress in gold, accessorize in gold and if possible they drink and eat gold. Based against the backdrop of the Shaandaar wedding is a three-way conflict between the protagonists - Aliya and Jagjinder Joginder and Bipin (Aliya’s father). Bipin believes there’s no guy that will be good enough for his daughter while Aliya is a dreamer but her dreams are whacked and Jagjinder Joginder is a doer. The journey of Aliya, Jagjinder and Bipin in the chaotic and lavish wedding is the story of Shaandaar.

She recently unveiled the logo of her mental health foundation “Live Love Laugh,” and now actress Deepika Padukone will officially launch the foundation on October 10. It will launch on the same day as “World Mental Day.” She has been open about her bouts of depression over the past few years. She is launching the foundation to spread awareness about depression and other related illness. She told interviewers that her condition prompted her to start up an institute that helps people suffering from depression, anxiety and other stressrelated issues. The actress will divulge further plans of the organization once it is officially launched. She has two films upcoming this year, Tamasha and Bajirao Mastani.

Vidya Balan to host TED Talks on Indian TV Veteran actress Vidya Balan has agreed to host TED Talks on television in India. In a unique format, TED America is being brought to Indian television and the actress is their first and only choice to host the show in the country. TED is a global set of conferences run by the private nonprofit Sapling Foundation, under the slogan “Ideas Worth Spreading.” TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics - from science to business to global issues - in more than 100 languages. Sources reveal that the foundation wants to do a Hindi television show to cater to the Indian market and they are currently in talks with a leading GEC to air the show. According to reports, Balan is extremely excited to be part of this especially since the agenda of the show is to spark dialogue and make ideas accessible.

Rudhramadevi Rudhramadevi is an upcoming historical film, based on the life of Rudrama Devi one of the prominent rulers of the Kakatiya dynasty in the Deccan Plateau, and one of the few ruling queens in Indian history. The film is written and directed by Gunasekhar. The film is simultaneously being made in Telugu and Tamil. It is being dubbed in Kannada, Hindi and Malayalam. Rudhramadevi features an ensemble cast of Anushka Shetty, Allu Arjun, Rana Daggubati, Vikramjeet Virk, Prakash Raj, Krishnam Raju, Nithya Menen, Baba Sehgal and Catherine Tresa, among others. Shetty will play the lead role of Rudrama Devi. The film’s soundtrack and background score were composed by Ilaiyaraaja The film is releasing on October 09, 2015.

Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman will Star in Lion Nicole Kidman and Dev Patel are among the lead cast of the upcoming feature film Lion. Also featuring in the film are several Indian actors, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Priyanka Bose, Tannishtha Chatterjee and Deepti Naval. The film shot at a location in India and moved to Australia for the final shooting. Adapted from the true story “A Long Way Home” by Saroo Brierley, Lion is directed by Garth Davis. In the film, five-year-old Saroo finds himself alone and travelling on the wrong train away from his home in Northern India. He ends up thousands of kilometers away, in chaotic Kolkata. He survives living on the streets and ends up in an orphanage He is adopted by an Australian couple and finds safety and love as he grows up in Hobart. He buries his past and lives life in Australia, forgetting his emotional need and hope of ever finding his lost mother and brother. But a chance meeting with some fellow Indians reawakens his secret yearnings. He digs deep into childhood memories and embarks on a quest to search for where he came from. The release date has yet to be announced.

Bridge of Spies An American Insurance lawyer, portrayed by Tom Hanks, is recruited by the CIA during the Cold War to help rescue a pilot detained in the Soviet Union. It is based on the 1960 U-2 incident. Brooklyn lawyer James B. Donovan (Hanks) is thrust into the center of the Cold War when he is given a mission to negotiate the release of Francis Gary Powers, a pilot whose U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union. The period drama and thriller is directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Ethan & Joel Coen, and also stars Alan Alda, Amy Ryan, and Eve Hewson. Bridge of Spies is slated to open on Friday, October 16. Saathee.com

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Titli (Director: Siddharth Diwan) Cast: Shashank Arora, Ranvir Shorey, Amit Sial, Shivani Raghuvanshi, and Lalit Behl

Bridge of Spies (Director: Steven Spielberg) Cast: Tom Hanks, Alan Alda, and Amy Ryan

Wedding Pullav (Director: Binod Pradhan) Cast: Anushka Ranjan, Diganth Manchale, Karan Grover, Sonalli Sehgall, Rishi Kapoor, and Satish Kaushik

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OcTOBEr 23 The last Witch Hunter (Director: Breck Eisner) Cast: Vin Diesel, Elijah Wood, and Michael Caine

The Walk (Director: Robert Zemeckis) Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Kingsley, Charlotte Le Bon, and James Badge Dale

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Amazingly enough, world-class athletes are merely the fine layer of frost atop the iceberg’s tip when it comes to the steroid economy. To illustrate, and speaking of ice, take Iceland. As part of this recent operation, a lab was busted there. Iceland sent five athletes total, all skiers, to the last Olympics. (Compare that to nine people who were arrested at the steroid lab.) It’s unlikely that an underground steroid economy in Iceland subsists on elite athletes alone. So who is driving this tremendous market? One answer is non-elite athletes. In years of reporting on performance-enhancing drugs, I’ve frequently been asked why athletes in smaller sports or facing lower stakes would dope, given that there’s little money in it for them. My answer: people like being good at sports, and anyone who has ever scheduled their life around training for a sport, no matter how big or small, would never have to ask that question. My alma mater, Columbia University, launched a steroid probe into the football team way back in 1988, when the team had not won a game in five years. Two players admitted to steroid use as part of that internal investigation. More than a decade later, while I was a Columbia studentathlete, two students were busted for selling steroids on campus, and one claimed he sold to an athlete. This is a university that gives no athletic scholarships and whose greatest sports successes (post-Lou Gehrig) have come in the pool, on the track, and in the fencing hall. I happen to know about these incidents only because I went there. And still, my reporting has shown that there are nowhere near enough sub-elite athletes to account for the booming trade in illegal steroids. So, again, who is driving this market?

By David Epstein, ProPublica.org Earlier last month, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced that it had busted 16 underground labs and seized 134,000 steroid tablets and pills, 8,200 liters of injectable steroid liquid (that’s 140 kegs worth), and 1,400 pounds of the raw powder from which steroids are made. In Arizona alone, four labs and 150,000 doses of all types were taken by DEA agents in an undercover operation that spanned 20 states and four foreign countries. There are, clearly, a lot of steroids out in the world. Investigators suspect there are hundreds more labs churning out performance-enhancing drugs. According to the DEA, most of the material used to make steroids isn’t even in the U.S. – it’s in China. As big as it was, the DEA inquiry offers a view through the smallest of keyholes of this illicit business. One reasonable inference from the amount of steroids seized might be: there must be a heck of a lot of athletes who are doping. And that’s true. Last month, the British Parliament released a previously unpublished study by the World Anti-Doping Agency that used anonymous surveys to estimate the prevalence of doping at some recent competitions. It estimated that between 29 and 34 percent of the athletes at the 2011 world championships in track and field in Daegu, South Korea used performanceenhancing drugs that season. As many as half of the competitors at the 2011 Pan-Arab Games in Doha, Qatar had recently juiced, the study found. (I was at those Pan-Arab Games, and privy to the barely noted fact that nine gold medals were stripped before the event even ended.) Saathee.com

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trouble for Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire when a reporter spotted it in his locker. At the time, it was legally available over the counter, and after it was mentioned in relation to McGwire in the news in 1998, sales reportedly exploded by 1,000%, thanks to people at home who wanted to be as muscly as Big Mac. Pick up any muscle mag at the grocery store, and you’ll get a sense of the target market. While many famous magazines are barely more substantial than pamphlets these days, Muscular Development, for example, can still stop a door. Past issues of the magazine have featured Q&A’s in which an expert will give specific “how to” advice on dissolving steroids for injection, or how long particular dosages will be effective, and how to limit the possibility of liver damage. Much of the magazine is filled with advertisements for dietary supplements that are clearly attempting to evoke steroid use. An advertisement for a website called legalsteroids.com shows products using nicknames of traditional steroids — “DBol” and “Winni-V” (Dianabol and Winstrol) — but with slightly altered chemical formulas from the familiar substances. Somatropin is a pharmaceutical name for human growth hormone; legalsteroids.com will sell you what it calls Somatroph HC. I asked an online customer service representative of the website how the company could make “legal steroids’’ and he said: “we’ve been able to take the effective parts of the illegal steroids and make it legal.’’ I’ve asked a company spokeswoman how, exactly, this is done but have not heard back. It remains unclear what’s in these sorts of products. Some supplements may actually be designer steroids. Supplement makers want their products to work, and the industry is lightly regulated, so steroids have been known to show up in over-thecounter products. The ads often depict muscle-bound men, and sometimes show photos of extremely fit and scantily clad women. An issue might feature a wide range of lifestyle advice to men, from the bizarre — don’t tattoo genitals because a medical report found (surprise!) there can be some unpleasant repercussions — to ads with the familiar tone of women’s magazine advice columns. One example gives four rules: “#1 – Respect Gym Etiquette;” “#2 — Train Hard & Listen More Than You Talk;” #3 – Let The Women Come To You (Animal Instinct 101);” and “#4 – Don’t Be Caught With the Wrong Supplements.” The content is tailored for men who want to be stronger, feel more energetic and better about themselves as well as turn the heads of women and other men. That, of course, is a far larger portion of the male population than the number of athletes dreaming of Olympic gold. It is also a market segment that is destined to grow as the Baby Boomers age. The number of men in their 40s who got prescriptions for testosterone more than quadrupled between 2001 and 2011, according to data published by the Journal of the American Medical Association. And guess what’s often cheaper and easier to get than prescribed, pharmaceutical grade testosterone? Chemical analogs of testosterone — that’s what steroids are — that someone sells on the black market or markets as a dietary supplement. In the course of my reporting on this subject, I’ve bought both testosterone and illicit steroids sold as supplements. The latter was quicker and cheaper to get. Law enforcement agents and steroid peddlers I’ve spoken to over the years say there’s no end in sight to the burgeoning market for steroids. There is loads of money to be made, legal risks are minimal — steroids aren’t exactly DEA’s top priority — and there’s no shortage of people who want to look like the statuesque models they see in the magazines.

In my observation, the main customers for what’s being churned out of the illegal labs the DEA took down are gymgoers who want to get stronger and look different, supplemented by people in professions where physical strength is prized, such as police officers and soldiers. For a 2008 Sports Illustrated article on steroids that I cowrote with L. Jon Wertheim, I spent several days in England with a man named Tony Fitton. Despite not having a college degree, in the 1980s Fitton was given a faculty position at Auburn University, in the National Strength Research Center. Fitton was already well-versed in steroid use. Years earlier, he had disrupted a study on the training effects of steroids when he began buying the treatment medication from other participants. At Auburn, Fitton’s job consisted mostly of helping legendary strongman Bill Kazmaier train. “I didn’t even have a bloody typewriter,” Fitton told me. He was, though, a rather brilliant kitchen chemist. He scoured pharmacology and medical texts, often experimenting on himself. He once noticed that a blood pressure drug in trials was causing a peculiar side effect — it made patients’ eyebrows grow together. Fitton figured that if the drug could regrow hair, he could sell it to steroid users to help with the bald patches that sometimes develop from steroid use. Today, you know that drug as minoxidil, the active ingredient in Rogaine. Fitton was also providing steroids to elite athletes. In the course of reporting that story, several NFL players admitted they’d been his clients — but I was surprised by what I saw when I got my hands on his old business ledger, and other documents related to his dealings. The ledger recounted about a year of his sales, and while college football and NFL players, power lifters, professional wrestlers and bodybuilders were among the buyers, the ledger was filled with a diverse smattering of customers, from gym owners to policemen and soldiers to droves of guys who just wanted to have bigger muscles. Years later, when I met with a convicted steroid dealer in Florida who’d been selling to a chiropractor working with the Washington Capitals, he told me that police officers and military personnel were steady clients. And, while he also sold to some competitive athletes, he said that young men who wanted to change their physique comprised most of the demand. He, himself, began taking steroids after admiring Arnold Schwarzenegger carrying a tree trunk in the 1985 film Commando. A year before that movie hit the theaters, Fitton was caught by a customs agent bringing steroids across the border from Mexico, and became the first person to be federally prosecuted for steroid smuggling. Steroids weren’t even controlled substances yet, but they did require a prescription, and he had more than 2,000 boxes worth of the steroid Dianabol in his car. In 1997, he was arrested again — he told me his supply was coming via commercial airline pilots who picked up steroids in countries where they could be purchased legally. By that point, Fitton had been arrested for steroid distribution three times, and had jumped bail twice. He was sentenced to four months in prison, but his punishment was delayed, because a legal dietary supplement company was happy to employ him and had arranged a chance for him to advise the Green Bay Packers on strength training. The Packers declined to comment on why the team would allow Fitton any contact with their players. Fitton, who was ultimately deported, might seem like an odd hire for a supplement company, but the supplement industry has a history of overlap with the steroid world. Patrick Arnold, the chemist who created designer steroids for BALCO, was better known in the workout world for having made muscle-building supplements, including androstenedione, the substance that first started performance-enhancing drug Saathee.com

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living legends: Singers Shailendra Singh Shailendra Singh achieved fame in Raj Kapoor’s classic film Bobby with the song that became a huge hit, “Main Shayar to Nahin.” Born on October 4, 1952 in Mumbai, Singh joined a film institution in Pune to learn acting after graduating from St. Xavier’s college. After he sang the songs in Bobby, all of which became hits, he went on to a short career in playback singing. He told an interviewer, “The song, ‘Sajanawā bairi ho gaye hamār (Singer: Mukesh)’ was the first ever song I rendered on stage. I was just a school-boy back then and I had won the first prize for that song!” Even though he trained for acting, it was his singing that drew director Raj Kapoor’s attention, who introduced him to music duo Laxmikānt-Pyarelal and insisted that he will be a new voice in the movie Bobby. That was his big break as a singer. He said, “In those days, there were no televisions. People only had radios. After Bobby was released, I started hearing only my songs on the radio, wherever I went.” All the songs in this film are hits. He has sung in about a 100 movies since 1972. Though his voice is distinct and robust, it is inconsistent, and that may have caused the impression of a lack of feelings in his songs. As a result of this impression, his popularity was short lived. He remained level-headed even after the offers for singing in films started to evaporate. He acted in a couple of films, but success eluded him. A recording of ghazals, though not outstanding, got him noticed outside of playback singing. When asked if he had leaned any lessons from the film industry, he told an interviewer, “I have learnt an important lesson in life that there are no permanent friends here! And one should never expect gratefulness from people he is helping. I have helped so many upcoming composers to establish in the industry but practically no one bothered to acknowledge that. They hardly, if ever, called me to sing for them once they were established. I believe that melody, words, voices have changed for the worse in today’s music. Most of the composers are just keyboard players and sound recordists.” Singh today remains active recording and occasionally performing.

Lyrics in English: Main shāyar to nahin, magar ai hansin, Jabase dekhā, maine tujhako, mujhako, shāyari, ā gai Main āshiq to nahin, magar ai hasin, Jabase dekhā, maine tujhako, mujhako, āshiqi, ā gai Pyār kā nāma maine sunā thā magar, pyār kyā hai ye mujhako nahin thi khabar, main to ulajhā rahā ulajhano ki tarah Doston men rahā dushmano ki tarah, Main dushman to nahin, magar ai hansin, Jab se dekhā, main ne tujhako, mujhako dosti ā gai Sochatā hun agar main duā māngatā, hātha apane uthākar main kyā māngatā, jab se tujhase muhabbat main karane lagā Tab se aise ibādat main karane lagā, Main qāfir to nahin, magar ai hansin, jab se dekhā, Main ne tujhako, mujhako bandagi ā gai ... Meaning (Summary): I am not a romantic poet, but hey beauty, since the time I saw you, I just came up with romantic poetry. I am not a lover, but hey beauty, since the time I saw you, I learned about love. I had heard the name, love; but I did not know what love is! I remained confused about this mess so, I remained as one of the enemies among my friends. I am not an enemy, but hey beauty, since the time I saw you, I understood what the friendship is. I sometimes think that if I ever prayed, what possibly could I have asked for with my raised hands! Since I fell in love with you I have started worshipping (God) too. I am not a disbeliever in God, but hey beauty, since the time I saw you, I just have learned the prayers...wasting life. (Your mind is known as the mirror!) Lyrics in Hindi:

The lyrics to his big Hindi song hit “Main shāyar to nahin…” are given in this issue of Saathee magazine in on this page.

Note: The contents of this article are compiled from the news, books, internet and my knowledge and love for Indian music.)

Evergreen and Classic lyrics Main Shayar to Nahin Song: Main shāyar to nahin… Film: Bobby Year: 1973 Music: Laxmikānt Pyarelal Singer: Shailendra Singh Lyrics: Ānand Bakshi Saathee.com

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Priyanka Chopra Debuts on American TV and the character were exciting.” We asked her about the former taboo subjects that Bollywood films are increasingly addressing and developing films around and what she thought of that evolution. “Art is art. Hollywood was pretty conservative in the old days. Quentin Tarantino and others pushed the limits anyway.” She feels Bollywood should be the same way. Chopra is also a singer with a couple of hits under her belt and she hasn’t abandoned that part of her career. “My life is so busy with the TV show and Bollywood that unfortunately the singing career is on the back burner, but hopefully singing will still a part of my future.” As far as her launch of American TV is concerned, “The Bollywood community has been extremely supportive. They’re behind me and all the friends, family & fans are all proud of me for trailblazing on American TV as a lead actor.”

Priyanka Chopra is about to become much better known in America. That of course depends on if her new TV series becomes a hit. Chopra plays the lead character Alex Parrish on the new ABC TV series “Quantico.” She is currently in Montreal filming for the series.

Quantico is about a diverse group of recruits that has arrived at the FBI Quantico Base for training. They are the best and the brightest so it seems impossible that one of them is suspected of masterminding the biggest attack on New York City since 9/11. Flashing back and forth between the future— the aftermath of a terrorist attack on Grand Central Station— and the present—a 20-week training course at the FBI Academy in Quantico, VA—the story follow the lives of seven FBI recruits. These young adults are pushed to the brink as the class is gradually whittled down, until only the finest candidates remain. Haunted by questions about her late father and his mysterious career as an undercover agent, Alex Parrish (Priyanka Chopra) joins the FBI searching for answers. When Parrish learns that she’s been framed for the terrorist event, she has to run for her life while trying to figure out which of her former classmates is the real terrorist before they strike again. Chopra landed the part after meeting Keli Lee, Executive Vice President, Casting for ABC, at a SAMMA convention in New York in 2013. That meeting led to further meetings and auditions culminating into the role of Parrish. Chopra told Saathee magazine during a phone interview, “Keli Lee actually came to India to see me working in a Bollywood film. That led to an initial audition followed by script readings for the pilot. I became interested after reading the script but I was a bit skeptical about the commitment of time required for an American TV series.” When asked how she approached portraying the character differently than she would for a feature Bollywood film, she said she prepared for the role the same as she has for the nearly 50 Bollywood films she’s been in. In her mind, a character is a character no matter if it’s American TV or a Bollywood film. Chopra and the rest of the cast are currently shooting the series through the fall. But she’s not putting her film career in India on hold. She will take about a week off in October and return to India to finish her current film, Bajirao Mastani, slated for release in midDecember. She also has another Bollywood film set for release in March 2016. Indian TV is a different ballgame than American TV and she would consider a regular role in Indian TV “if the script Saathee.com

When asked if she sets her Bollywood background aside for international projects, “I’m an actor, not necessarily an Indian actor. It’s time that we come out of the box where we are all artists, not different ethnicities. But that does not mean I am not proud of my heritage. And I’m proud to be a Bollywood actress in Hollywood. Hopefully my work as a lead actor on Quantico will open the doors for other Indian actors to break the mold. I want to thank my India-American fans for their support and blessings as I embark on this adventure on American TV.” Quantico airs Sunday nights at 10pm Eastern time on ABC television network. The series made it’s debut on September 27, 2015. ABC has ordered 13 episodes for season 1 with potential of 9 more. 50

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THE DENTIST VISITS YOU By Vatsal Suthar

A more economical method to replacing one or several teeth is a partial denture. This is an oral appliance with plastic teeth that you must take in and out every day. This type of denture can be an all-synthetic material or have a metal component to give it strength. While it can be one of the least costly ways to replace a couple missing teeth, if you are not diligently cleaning and brushing the partial and natural teeth everyday, you can increase your risk for cavities and gum disease. Some people do not mind having a mouthpiece that you take in and out every day while others may find this unappealing. A modern approach to replacing teeth is dental implants. What this procedure basically entails is a titanium screw being placed into your jawbone. The implant is then left alone for at least four to six months, which allows your bone to grown around it and locks it within the mouth. The procedure is no more traumatic than the extraction appointment. In many cases, patients convey significantly less discomfort than with an extraction. You will never see the dental implant, as the gum will cover the screw. Once it is ready for a crown, the implant will be uncovered, a connecting piece will be attached, and then the final restoration will be placed on top. Implant dentistry has been researched so heavily in the last quarter century and success rates consistently reach over 90% today. Your general dentist or a specialist can surgically place the dental implant for you. The predictability of an implant to lock into the human jaw has opened so many possibilities for replacing teeth like never before. Today, a titanium screw in the mouth can not only hold and attach a single crown; several can be placed around the mouth to hold in bridges, a partial denture, or even a complete denture. In a case where someone is missing all the teeth in their head, implants can be placed around the mouth as anchors and a fixed denture you never remove can be fabricated by your dentist. As always, one is encouraged to visit the dentist for regular exams to determine the health of teeth, surrounding gums and jawbone. To replace a single missing tooth or even several teeth, there are treatment choices your dentist can present to you. All the options have benefits, risks, consequences, advantages, disadvantages, and, of course, a broad range of price points. In order to figure out the best option, you first have to ask yourself what aspect of dental treatment is most important to you. Then take your dentistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s advice into consideration to make the best decision for yourself and situation.

Over 50 years ago, it was common to see a person without teeth in America. In fact, the Center of Disease control has data supporting that about half of the nation was missing all the teeth in their head. There are a couple reasons for this sobering fact: there was lack of fluoride in the drinking water in communities across America, knowledge of periodontal disease and its ravaging effects which promoted tooth loss, and dental treatment of those loose teeth was aimed at only extracting them. Nowadays, the National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research says that a little more than 1 out of 10 people are walking around without a tooth in America. This reduction of people without teeth is now a fraction and is a significant achievement for dental health. Still, there are thousands of people across America still getting a tooth pulled or extracted every day. I described the actual procedure of an extraction last month, now I want to present what life is like after you leave that appointment. The first three days after the appointment are often the most memorable for the patient in terms of pain and discomfort. Because your mouthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tissues were manipulated, the body immediately responds by sending chemicals that begin the healing process. This includes inflammation, blood clotting, and tenderness where the tooth was removed. Those immediate days after surgery is when you will be on a pain medication regimen as prescribed by your dentist, dietary guidelines to aid in healing and comfort, strict instructions on what to do and not to do, as well as tips and tricks for keeping the area clean during the healing phase so you do not develop a secondary infection. Once this initial phase has passed, you will begin to become more comfortable in your everyday regimen of eating, daily activities and resume work or school. The following few weeks you will sense that your gum tissue will be less and less sore, your mouth will not feel as tight from the inflammation, and you will eat, talk, and laugh as you did before. The space from where your tooth was removed will begin to close with gum tissue first, then in the following three to four months fill in with bone using the natural biochemical substances released within your blood. Obviously if you are having several teeth removed, maybe for a denture, these changes will be more pronounced, the healing phase will be longer, and your discomfort level will seem much higher. Readers, if you have any questions or suggestions for this column, Before the tooth is even removed, you may be wondering what are your options are to replace it after you have healed. If send them to us at saatheemag@hotmail.com. We will forward them a tooth is missing in between two natural teeth, a traditional to Dr. Suthar for a potential future article. option is a bridge. Just as the Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link connects Bandra and Worli in Mumbai, a dental bridge connects the space by using the two adjacent teeth as anchors. In essence, it is one piece that appears as three crowns when applied. The Vatsal Suthar bridge is permanently cemented and never has to be removed is a private practice general dentist in for function. Because the two anchors are natural teeth, it is Columbia, SC aiming to increase dental even more crucial to maintain hygiene underneath and awareness for the South Asian Community. surrounding the dental bridge to prevent cavities and gum infection. If the foundation is decaying over years of neglect, the bridge will break off or fracture. Saathee.com

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THINKING ABOUT THINKING By Balaji Prasad

Solving the SaT Puzzle … and the life Puzzle “I put my heart and soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.” ― Vincent Van Gogh We generally don’t like to sweat, unless the sweat pouring out is a sign that our bodies are getting toned and strengthened. This is what we seek when we do healthy workouts. By exercising our bodies, we build, in ourselves, what we might call “sweat equity.” But sweat has a somewhat unpleasant connotation too: anxiety. That kind of sweating produces pain but is, sadly, unaccompanied by any rewards that offset the pain. The SAT and ACT tests cause both kinds of sweat. I know. I work with many high-schoolers and see either the kids or the parents, or both, sweat. The theory behind the SAT/ACT tests is that there should not be too much prep work if students have been doing what they should in the normal process of schoolwork. But, clearly, that is not the way things are, judging by the fact that there is a whole industry around test-prep. Sweat is not restricted to aptitude tests; it is everywhere. People sweat for various reasons: career, relationships, money, and so on. So, while I use the context of the SAT/ACT as my canvas to paint on, the general nature of what I’ll speak about here is extensible to other walks of life. So what is the best way to solve puzzles and be the big achiever? Work hard, and work hard … and work hard? So they say. I recall an incident from many years ago when one of our acquaintances invited us to a dinner at their house. The dinner was the culmination of a long day of religious ceremonies including a piece at the end with a pastor sermonizing to a bunch of kids about how to succeed in life. We walked in while the priest was going at it with some vigor. His face was lit up in a glow of zeal as his finger wagged sternly at the kids seated on a rug in the large family room. The children, ranging from about eight years old to fifteen, sat there forlorn and helpless as the words of the wise man poured on to them as from an incessant rain that threatened at any time to turn into a hurricane. I saw one of the children look up accidentally from the design on the rug that he seemed to have taken a fascination to, see the pastor’s face, and with as a silent yelp, go back to his intense study of rug design. The man raged on for what seemed an eternity, speaking of gods and life, waxing lyrical on words written by people long dead. The children sat sullenly, wondering whether the life he spoke of was really worth living, if this was the kind of thing that it offered. By and by, he started winding down. He paused to catch his breath for the final climax, and said some words that stay with me to this day: “you must always, always work hard … work hard and …”. He paused again to fill his lungs for the final salvo, and exclaimed, “work hard!!!” “My goodness”, I thought to myself, “I am so fortunate to not be one of those kids on the rug. I would lose my mind!” Saathee.com

lose your mind before your mind loses you “Work” is a word that often has the feel of a four-letter word. Mark Twain brought this to life beautifully in “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” more than a century back. Not much has changed since. Tom, a lazy boy, is imposed upon by his well-meaning but rather stern aunt Polly to whitewash their rather large fence; this is Tom’s just reward for some misdeeds of his. The boy glumly starts the hard work of applying brush to wood, square inch by square inch, to a fence that seems to define infinity. Then the street-smart kid has a stroke of insight, realizing essentially that it’s all in the mind! He redefines the “hard work” of whitewashing the fence as an “experience” – something that people would be eager to do. And, sure enough, Jim and Ben and all the other kids come rolling by, each vying to shower Tom with goodies in exchange for the pleasurable experience of whitewashing the fence. You can almost visualize Tom leaning against the fence, savoring one of the many apples he has “earned” for offering an “experience” to others. The human mind is a flexible thing, capable of looking at the same thing in many different ways, using the power of words to alter the thing. What is felt is not attributable to just the thing, but to the way the thing is imagined to be and spoken about. There are many Tom Sawyers out there. The Starbucks and the Dunkin’ Donuts of this world – and many others – have figured out that people come to them not just, or even because of, what is on the menu, but because they offer an “experience.” Experience is felt by what you might call the heart. Unless something else is being felt. Unless the mind gets in the way. Unless the words get in the way. do what you enjoy or enjoy what you do? Young people are often advised to find their passion and pursue that, rather than what others would have them do. This appeals to a sense of individuality, rebellion and free-spiritedness … until the gravity of the real world pushes back once again against the fascination with oneself. So, while the advice on following your heart is appealing, it can also be a bit like advising someone with an addiction to pursue his or her addiction. It feels good, but leaves one empty and disconnected from reality. Maybe it would be better to not fret as much about pursuing some ideal, and devote oneself instead to enjoyment and experience – not that which comes from altering the state of mind with illusions and chemicals, but from a more wholesome organic source? Maybe we would be better off enjoying what we do, even if circumstances seem to force us to do what we do? I see my SAT/ACT students perform much better when they enjoy the experience of the pleasing clicks they hear inside their brains when the pieces suddenly and almost mysteriously fall into place into a specific pattern that solves the puzzle, unlocking in seconds what oterwise might never be unlocked. Do you enjoy what you do, or do you go in search of enjoyment? If it is the latter, may you find pleasure in the search.

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NUTRITION FOR LIFE By Parul Kharod The Power of Plants The perception among men is that eating meat, or non-veg, is considered to be a sign of manliness. In many Indian households you will find that the men will eat meat while the women are vegetarian. The families that have made their home here in the US also continue this trend and take it a step further. Now the men are enjoying the barbeque and the hot dogs along with their children. According to the latest report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, meat consumption around the world continues to rise. But perhaps time has come to change this perception and behavior for the health and wellness of not just men but mankind. The steady growth of global meat production comes at considerable cost to the health and environment of our people and planet. The production of meat and dairy need large quantities of water. Approximately 1,850 gallons of water are needed to produce a single pound of beef. Compare that to the 39 gallons needed to produce a pound of vegetables! Forests and lands are being cleared to feed the animals. About 70 percent of the planet’s agricultural land is used for animal pasture, and another 10 percent is used to grow There is irrefutable grains fed to livestock. evidence that plant-based According to research, the diets can not only prevent meat industry uses so much but treat chronic diseases energy to produce grain for and in the process save livestock that if instead we millions of dollars in used the grain to feed people health care costs. following a vegetarian diet, it would be enough to feed about 840 million people. Unless this land is used to grow crops to feed the humans, it is estimated that by 2050, we will not have enough food for the projected population of 9 billion people. Livestock now produces 130 times the amount of waste that people do. This waste is poisoning rivers, killing fish and getting into human drinking water. 65% of California’s population is threatened by pollution in drinking water just from dairy cow manure. It isn’t just cows that produce this waste. Factory-raised hogs produce four times the waste in North Carolina than its people. Even the oceans are polluted: 7,000 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico are a dead zone. In the United States, more than 13,000 tons of antibiotics were sold for use for factory farmed animals in 2011—almost four times the medicines used to treat sick people! But let’s say you don’t believe in all this talk about global warming and think that these are just political tactics and don’t concern you as an individual. The health benefits of plant-based diets are well documented. There is irrefutable evidence that plant-based diets can not only prevent but treat chronic diseases and in the process save millions of dollars in health care costs. In 2013, Kaiser Permanente, one of the leading health care groups in the nation, issued the following advice for its physicians. Saathee.com

“Concerns about the rising cost of health care are being voiced nationwide, even as unhealthy lifestyles are contributing to the spread of obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. For these reasons, physicians looking for cost-effective interventions to improve health outcomes are becoming more involved in helping their patients adopt healthier lifestyles. Healthy eating may be best achieved with a plant-based diet, which we define as a regimen that encourages whole, plantbased foods and discourages meats, dairy products, and eggs as well as all refined and processed foods. Research shows that plant-based diets are cost-effective, low-risk interventions that may lower body mass index, blood pressure, HbA1C, and cholesterol levels. They may also reduce the number of medications needed to treat chronic diseases and lower ischemic heart disease mortality rates. Physicians should consider recommending a plant-based diet to all their patients, especially those with high blood pressure, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, or obesity.” A similar recommendation was issued by the United States Department of Health & Human Services and the Department of Agriculture when they updated the Dietary Guidelines for Americans for 2015 earlier this year. The report noted, “the major findings regarding sustainable diets were that a diet higher in plant-based foods, such as vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds, and lower in calories and animal based foods is more health promoting and is associated with less environmental impact than is the current U.S. diet.” A recent local event focused on the same topic. The McKimmon Center at North Carolina State University was the host for a three-day event in September 11-13, 2015 called the Plant-Based Prevention of Disease Conference. The P-POD conference brought together physicians, dietitians, researchers and educators from around the country. The focus was to discuss latest research studies and talk about how to use the evidence and create practical steps for action. There were presentations on various topics including prevention and treatment heart disease, diabetes and cancer. Talks also included bone health and digestive health benefits on a plant based diet. It seems pretty clear that by switching to a plant-based diet, you can have a major impact on your own health in terms of lowering risk for heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, and obesity and improve the nutritional quality of your diet and live a longer healthier life. This can lower health care costs and also lighten up your grocery bill as meat is one of the costliest items in your cart. You can help lower water usage, reduce greenhouse gases, and lower our dependence on fuel, and thus improve our environment. October is celebrated worldwide as Vegetarian Awareness Month. Let us take a pledge this month to make a change for the better.

Parul Kharod, MS, RD, LDN is a registered dietitian and licensed nutritionist and works as a Clinical Dietitian with Outpatient Nutrition Services at WakeMed Hospital in Cary and Raleigh. She can be reached at parulkharod@gmail.com 62

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MASTERING MEANING

Harnessing the Power of American English By Judith L. Bergman M.A. CCC

f. Is dependent on. g. Inviting disaster or misfortune. h. Was carried by a strong force, as if by water. i. Successfully endure and survive j. Seeming to float k. Travels over a surface l. Moves from the proper place, especially clothing. m. Swindle or cheat you by charging an exorbitant price for inferior work. n. Continue without interference o. Filled with, controlled by p. Amusement park devices used for fun and pleasure q. Teasing someone with petty criticism r. Acted with complete disregard s. To appear to be successful because of someone else’s achievements. t. Feeling confident, popular and successful u. To accompany someone for enjoyment and companionship rather than to participate. v. A difficult time w. Any advantage or special treatment x. Means of transportation or the person driving me by car, taxi, limo etc.

This month we will examine your knowledge of the word ride, both as a verb and a noun. We will begin with a grammar quiz and this will be a new “feature” of this column, based on my test findings with clients, as discussed in the September 2015 article. Select the grammatically correct form of the verb “ride” in these sentences from the choices at the end: 1. Every day he _____ to work on the bus. 2. Last year I _____ to work in a carpool. 3. I’ll have to check the route. I haven’t _____ on the bus since I moved here. 4. Today, he worked from home so he didn’t _____ the bus to work. 5. We will all ______ to the fair in my car. 6. We’re _____ our bikes in a benefit race. a. ride b. rides c. rode d. ridden e. riding

Suggested strategies to increase your mastery of meaning this month: See how many uses of ride (rode, rides, ridden, riding) you can find in your local newspaper and in articles in your favorite magazines (including Saathee).

Match these sentences with forms of the verb or noun ride with the correct meaning. 1 7. The president rode into office on a landslide. _____ 8.This car rides very well on rough roads. ___ 9. That’s enough discussion for now; let’s let the matter ride. ___ 10. The final outcome rides on the results of the Board’s vote. ___ 11. Last night I saw a full moon riding among the clouds. ___ 12. That shirt keeps riding up. ___ 13. He takes his children on the rides at the State Fair. _____ 14. With his reckless spending he’s just riding for a fall. ___ 15. Beware of repairmen who go door to door after a storm. They’ll take you for a ride. ___ 16. Because of the threat of flooding and wind damage it would be dangerous to try to ride out the storm at home. ___ 17. After the riots, most people stayed inside because they were ridden by fear. ___ 18. His friends were unkind and kept riding him about his failure to pass his driving test. __ 19. After being chosen as prom queen, his daughter was riding high. ___ 20. The new manager rode roughshod over our carefully established hiring procedures. ____ 21. She was presenting at a conference in San Francisco so her husband decided to go along for the ride. ___ 22. Bill is helpful but not creative so he rides on Dan’s coattails. ___ 23. My ride to the airport is here. ___ 24. He shouldn’t expect a free ride just because he’s the boss’s son. ___ 25. The construction industry had a bumpy ride during the recession. ___

answers: 1-b, 2-c, 3-d 4-a 5-a, 6-e 7-h 8-k, 9-n, 10-f, 11-j 12-l, 13-p 14-g, 15m 16-i, 17-o 18-q, 19-t 20-r, 21-u, 22-s, 23-x, 24-w, 25-v.

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References: 1, http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ride

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October 2015

Why Some Indians are Fighting for the Right to

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Death not tried to understand what Santhara is,” said A.K. Jain, the founder and president of the Ahimsa Foundation, an umbrella organization for Jain groups. Jain explained that the religion’s scriptures state that the soul does not die, but is transferred from one body to another, or in the case of salvation, released from its earthly form. “When you accept Santhara, it is a process of purification of your soul. You leave all your old karma and start a new life in a new body,” said Jain. He described how a person who takes Santhara must ask his family for permission to do so, and has the opportunity to say goodbye. Death is considered a time of celebration and prayer. “In suicide you are alone, but in Santhara everybody is supporting you. Santhara is nothing but an art of dying.” However, religious freedom in India is not absolute, and must not violate other fundamental rights. The judiciary set the precedent that only a religion’s ‘essential practices’ need to be protected, and those which are not widely practiced or found necessary to belong to a certain faith can be declared illegal if they contradict other laws. While the High Court found that Santhara was not an essential practice, Jains claim that the respondents, who included lawyers and members of the Jain

By Nimisha Jaiswal, GlobalPost.com NEW DELHI, India — India’s Jains may no longer have the right to die in the way of their choosing. Last month, the High Court of Rajasthan ruled that the practice of Santhara — the ancient religious practice of starving to death, practiced by Jains since 300 BC — is against the law. The ruling, which came in response to public interest litigation filed in 2006, found that the ritual constituted a criminal attempt of suicide, and that those who encouraged the practice could be booked for abetment. The court also found that the practice violates the fundamental right to life guaranteed by the Indian constitution. “Suicide is an unnatural termination or extinction of life and, therefore, incompatible and inconsistent with the concept of right to life,” the statement read. In response, thousands in the economically and socially powerful Jain community poured out on the streets in protest. Jains, a religious minority, have argued that the ruling violates their religious freedom, and misreads the practice of ritual self-starvation entirely. “[The Rajasthan High Court] has Saathee.com

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community, did not adequately explain and defend the importance of the ritual. The issue also brings up another non-religious debate India has struggled with — whether the right to life includes the right to death. So far, as euthanasia and mercy killing remain illegal, it does not. “If a person chooses non-violently not to take food or water or medicine, that emanates from their right to life and liberty,” said Alok Prasanna Kumar, a senior resident fellow at the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy. “Santhara should be seen as someone peacefully exercising their right to autonomy over their own body.” The group filed an intervention petition in 2005 supporting the consideration of living wills, which express the desire of an individual regarding their end-of-life medical care, if they are unable to communicate it themselves. Such wills are currently not accepted in India, as the right to life does not include the right to death, or to refuse treatment. Kumar argued that the religious practice of Santhara does not align with suicide, as the latter must be an active measure to end one’s life. The notion of harm to oneself cannot be extended well into the future, according to Kumar. “Are you going to start prosecuting people who have a smoking habit of committing suicide?” he said. “I believe it should be placed at the level of a civil liberty, not just a religious right, to say your right to determine what happens to your body is your own.” Recently, the government has mulled decriminalizing suicide, and to consider it a mental health problem rather than a crime. The Indian Law Commission recommended such a step and the government promised to take up the process last December, but no action has been taken yet. However, there is opposition to the decriminalization of suicide, and the reasons are relevant in the case of Santhara as well. According to Madhav Mitra, the attorney who filed the Rajasthan High Court petition on behalf of Nikhil Soni, India cannot approach the right to death the same way other countries do. “Literacy levels are very poor in India. We cannot ascertain that the person who is giving consent understands the pros and cons,” said Mitra, speaking against including the right to death in the right to life. He felt that such a law could be misused to acquire property or to remove the financial burden of an aged parent, and that doctors could be bribed to comply. In his petition, Soni had given examples from his childhood, of watching aged and helpless Jains die painful deaths as their families forced them to take up Santhara. “Even if it is not a coercive decision, after one or two days of fasting, the relatives do not allow them to revert [from Santhara],” said Mitra. The Jain community went to the Supreme Court to protest the High Court decision, and last month, the ban was stayed until further notice. Further legal arguments will decide if the practice will be declared illegal or not, but for now, the ban cannot be enforced. Mitra expressed disappointment in the Supreme Court action, which he felt did not fully consider the social evil of Santhara. “The [High Court judgement] has been stayed without even hearing us. The SC has stayed the judgement in 60 seconds,” said Mitra. He pointed out that the Hindu practice of sati, where a widow burned herself at her husband’s pyre, was also outlawed by the Rajasthan High Court, but the decision was not appealed at the Supreme Court despite protests. He contrasted this with the effect of the vociferous opposition mounted by Jains. “If you are Jain, if you are a mighty community [you can] demonstrate all over India just in order to prejudice the court.” Saathee.com

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Yet since public schools can’t take such measures, Ram supported the policy of cutting redundant coursework, which would allow government schools to focus more on language and basic mathematics skills. “If the course [load] is reduced, then automatically there will be more stress on the basic skills that are required,” said Ram. Part of the difficulty is that private schools — as well as many parents — are often not eager to drop coursework that they feel could give their children an advantage. At Vasant Valley School, another prestigious private school in the city, a “Raise the Bar” program adds on additional books in almost every subject, according to one parent. “Irrespective of whether the children have completed the basic part of the syllabus, they insist on them following the ‘Raise the Bar’ syllabus,” said the parent, who asked not to be named. “For the English syllabus from class eighth onwards,

our children are doing Shakespeare and another novel with it. In eleventh, every term they are doing two novels.” These heavy demands are matched by some parents’ enthusiasm for them. An excellence award introduced in the school had to be revoked when the frenzy for accolades led parents to push their children even harder, hiring after-school private tutors. It has become common in Delhi for parents of children as young as eight to hire tutors to help them understand and tackle the massive workload, which teachers have not covered well. “There is so much syllabus that everyone is just rushing through. If the child doesn’t understand the concept, nobody takes the time to explain it to them, because they have to finish [the concept] in those two days,” said the parent. Despite the obvious need for relief, some are still unsure about the course reduction being a positive step. Ram points out that what is being removed cannot be ignored in the euphoria over a more manageable load. Critics of the proposal have also expressed concern about government schoolchildren being left behind academically while their private school counterparts continue piling on the material. It’s not just the teachers and administrators who are worrying about the course reduction. The children of a government school in Delhi, where the lessons are taught in Hindi, wanted a shift in educational focus rather than a blanket reduction. “There should be more focus on English grammar. We reach the 11th standard and we still aren’t comfortable with grammar,” said one 11th grader. 70

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experienced during his fourteen-year association with Pramukh Swami. Dr. Kalam is also enamored with Pramukh Swami’s leadership skills, which has helped build the BAPS organization and many temples around the world. Throughout the book, Dr. Kalam quotes and analyzes religious books, philosophers, scientists, and leaders into a philosophical tome that expands his thoughts and work to better India and serve humanity. The focal point of course is Pramukh Swami. Dr. Kalam writes that he saw in Pramukh Swami “a true embodiment of transcendence,” and he and co-author Tiwari decided to title the book to reflect this belief. A month after this book was published Dr. Kalam died of cardiac arrest on July 27, 2015 at the age of 83, but was able to gift copies of the book to Pramukh Swami upon its release. Dr. Kalam’s deep respect for Pramukh Swami is explored throughout the book. Both men enjoyed a close friendship and mutual admiration over a period of many years. Dr. Kalam writes that the first meeting between him and Pramukh Swami took place on June 30, 2001 in New Delhi. He was instantly drawn to Pramukh Swami’s simplicity and spiritual calmness. In fact, he writes about feeling being in the presence of the Divine when he met Pramukh Swami. Later, he elaborates about the incident that inspired him to write the book. He met with Pramukh Swami after the terrorist attack on the Akshardham, Gandhinagar complex in September 2002. Dr. Kalam was moved by Pramukh Swami’s calm spirituality in the aftermath of the attack. Dr. Kalam writes that he resolved to write the book in 2005 during the inauguration of the Swaminarayan Akshardham in New Delhi. Clearly inspired by Pramukh Swami, he also speaks highly of BAPS organization and its works. The book comprises thirty-two chapters, equally divided into four sections. In the first part, Dr. Kalam writes about spiritual experiences and connections with Pramukh Swami Maharaj. In the second part he delves into the notable and charitable works of BAPS sanstha. In the third part, Dr. Kalam elaborates on his own ideas and writes eloquently about the fusion between science and spirituality. It’s something Dr. Kalam is clearly passionate about as he notes examples of famous scientists in history who also held spiritual beliefs. The final part addresses leadership and how one can form functional and creative leadership, again using Pramukh Swami’s example along with others that inspired him. The book is concise, effectively organized and written. It is part biography, autobiography, philosophical tome, spiritual adoration, and an ode to science. It’s not just a salute to his inspirations, but a useful manual for others to unwrap.

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beginning to thin. One time frontrunner Scott Walker dropped from the race in late September. By the time the next debate rolls around in late October, a couple more of the lowest polling candidates are likely to drop off. The Democrats kick off their first of 6 planned debates on Tues, October 13 on CNN. There is pressure to mount more debates, but the Democratic National Committee is so far holding to its 6 debate limit. Don’t get weary yet. These are of course just the battles for the nomination, and then the real war begins for the presidency. Once both parties shuffle through their lot of candidates, the two candidates left standing will take up the podiums for their respective parties and the massive, very expensive fight for the big job kicks off, with both parties accelerating the race with their respective national conventions next July. My hope is that an independent candidate will raise enough money and poll high enough to rev up the race enough to get invited to the final debates next summer and fall leading to the general elections in November. An interesting third candidate would make the other two eventual nominees work harder to maintain their own voters while gain the undecided voters’ trust to get their votes. It would be a good thing for American democracy. Upcoming debates: Democrats: Tues, Oct 13 on CNN in Nevada Wed, Nov 14 on CBS in Iowa Sat, Dec 19 on ABC in Manchester, New Hampshire Sun, Jan 17 on NBC in Charleston, SC Two more unscheduled debates: Either February or March, one on Univision in Miami and another by PBS in Wisconsin. Republicans: Wed, Oct 28 on CNBC, Boulder Colorado November 2015, Fox Business, Wisconsin December 2015, CNN, Nevada January 2016, Fox News, Iowa February 2016, ABC News, New Hampshire February 2016, CBS News, South Carolina February 2016, NBC News, Florida Three more are pending: Fox News, March 2016, location TBD; CNN, March 2016, location TBD; Conservative Media Debate, date TBD, locations TBD

The Bookshelf: Transcendence: My Spiritual Experiences with Pramukh Swamiji Author: A.P.J Abdul Kalam with Arun Tiwari (HarperCollins India) Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam passed away in late July. Transcendence is the final book written by Dr. Kalam, the eleventh President of India and a brilliant, pioneering scientist. It is co-authored by Professor Arun Tiwari. The book describes Dr. Kalam’s spiritual experiences with and reflections on Pramukh Swami Maharaj, the spiritual leader of the BAPS Sanstha. Dr. Kalam recounts the spiritual transformation he Saathee.com

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Two passenger airlines soon will test NASA-developed software designed to help air carriers save time and reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions. During the next three years, Virgin America and Alaska Airlines will use the Traffic Aware Planner (TAP) application, to make “traffic aware strategic aircrew requests” (TASAR). “TAP connects directly to the aircraft avionics information hub on the aircraft,” said David Wing, TASAR project lead at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. “It reads the current position and altitude of the aircraft, its flight route, and other real-time information that defines the plane’s current situation and active flight plan. Then it automatically looks for a variety of route and/or altitude changes that could save fuel or flight time and displays those solutions directly to the flight crew.” TAP also can connect with the plane’s Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) receiver and scan the ADS-B signals of nearby air traffic to avoid potential conflicts in any proposed flight path changes, making it easier for air traffic controllers to approve a pilot’s route change request. For airlines with Internet connectivity in the cockpit, TAP also can access information — such as real-time weather conditions, wind forecast updates and restricted airspace status — to further increase flight efficiency. The software is loaded onto a tablet computer, which many airline pilots already use for charts and flight calculations. Wing and his team already have tested the TASAR software twice aboard a Piaggio P180 Avanti aircraft, a high-performance technology test bed owned and operated by Advanced Aerospace Solutions, LLC of Raleigh, North Carolina. The system worked well on its initial test flight from Virginia to Kentucky, according to its test pilot, former airline captain William Cotton. “We used it to make a route change request from air traffic control, which they granted,” said Cotton. “We got a shortcut that saved four minutes off the flight time.” Even four minutes of flight time shaved off of each leg of a trip made by an airline could result in massive fuel and time savings, according to researchers. The software provided similar results as flight tests continued in the northeast corridor. A Saathee.com

second round of flight tests was recently completed to ensure readiness for operational use by partner airlines. The TASAR flight tests came after a dozen pilots provided feedback on the technology in a simulation at the University of Iowa Operator Performance Laboratory in Iowa City, Iowa. In addition, aerospace systems manufacturer Rockwell Collins of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, analyzed TASAR to make sure it is safe and can be readily certified by the Federal Aviation Administration. “We’re excited to partner with NASA to test this new technology that has the potential to help reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions and save our guests time in the air.” said Virgin America Chief Operating Officer Steve Forte in Burlingame, California. “Up until now there has been no way to deliver comprehensive wind and congestion data to pilots in near-real time,” said Tom Kemp, Alaska Airlines’ vice president of operations in Seattle, Washington. “TASAR is a ‘super app’ that will give our pilots better visibility to what’s happening now versus three hours earlier when the flight plan was prepared.” Developers say the new technology won’t require changes to the roles and responsibilities of pilots or air traffic controllers, which would allow the system to be implemented fast and start producing benefits right away. “The system is meant to help pilots make better route requests that air traffic controllers can more often approve,” said Wing. “This should help pilots and controllers work more effectively together and reduce workload on both sides from unapprovable requests. TASAR takes advantage of NASA’s stateof-the-art TAP software, flight information directly from the aircraft and the emerging ADS-B and Internet infrastructure to help pilots get approved to fly the most efficient or time-saving trajectory possible.” NASA researchers expect this and other aviation technologies under development will help revolutionize the national airspace system, reducing delays and environmental impacts and improving passenger comfort and efficiency, even as the demand for air travel continues to grow. For more information about NASA Aeronautics research, go to: http://aeronautics.nasa.gov October 2015

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This time the Indian army didn’t get away with murder in Kashmir By Nimisha Jaiswal, GlobalPost.com NEW DELHI, India — Kashmir, one of the most beautiful and tormented places in the world, is finally seeing signs of progress for citizens who have long lived under the shadow of geopolitical rivalry and had their rights abused. Earlier this month, six Indian men were given life sentences for killing three Kashmir men in cold blood. This should not be an extraordinary piece of news in a functioning democracy, but in the contested Kashmir region, where Indian soldiers have a history of going unpunished for killing civilians, it is a landmark ruling. Kashmir, a flashpoint between South Asia’s nuclear-armed neighbors, has been claimed in its entirety both by India and Pakistan ever since the subcontinent’s independence from the British in 1947. India contests that the princely state of Kashmir acceded to it according to the terms laid out by the British, but Pakistan alleges coercion and demands a plebiscite, which India has refused to hold. In the last 58 years, both nations have fought wars and issued threats, but the native Kashmiris have somehow been forgotten. The Kashmir Valley has been particularly turbulent since the 1990s, when rising atrocities and human rights violations by the Indian armed forces were met with violent insurgency. The protests started in the late 1980s as a demand for more democratic political participation. A special law called the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) was implemented in Kashmir in 1990, providing legal immunity for armed personnel to take aggressive action, arrest without warrants, or enter and search any premises in “disturbed areas.” But according to an Amnesty International report released in July this year, it has been continually misused by Indian security personnel to avoid accountability for human rights violations. Many independent studies, including those by India’s Human Rights Commission, concur. Human rights activists estimate that 8,000 Kashmiri civilians have gone “missing” after being taken into custody, leaving behind families still unsure about the survival of their relatives. Mass graves of over 6,000 people have been uncovered. Forty-seven thousand have died in the Kashmir insurgency, all because Kashmiris feel they have not been granted a democratic voice and respect by India, and Indian armed personnel find it necessary (and legally possible) to prevent violent insurgency and collaboration with Pakistan using force. There isn’t a lot of support coming from the other side of the border, either. “Pakistan’s aim is to unite Kashmir with Pakistan or make life difficult for India in Kashmir,” said Happymon Jacob, an associate professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University who focuses on the Kashmir conflict and security and strategic studies. “Its concern about the human rights of Kashmiris is just an excuse.” This time, however, the army’s special legal protections did not save erring Indian Army officers from being held Saathee.com

accountable. In June 2010, three civilians from Machil were lured to a place near the Line of Control — the border between India and Pakistan — with promises of well-paying jobs. Six army men, including two officers, shot these men and claimed they were Pakistani militants. Widespread protests in Kashmir followed the incident, and ensuing investigations during which the bodies were exhumed found that the three were in fact unarmed civilians. In the protests that followed, 123 people died. Last November, the soldiers were sentenced to life in prison by an army court, and the Northern Command of the Indian Army confirmed the verdict earlier this month. The decision, the first of its kind, has been hailed as a turning point in the relationship between Delhi and Srinagar, the capital of Kashmir. Indian media is replete with editorials on the significance of the verdict, predicting that the first step has been taken toward peace in the valley. “[The verdict] should give civil society greater confidence in the internal mechanisms of the army in dealing with deviant behaviour by its personnel,” said an editorial in The Hindu. “In the long run, the life sentence handed down to the six men will allow the Army greater room in dealing with militancy in the Valley. The verdict actually reduces the pressure on Army personnel doing their job in Kashmir and other conflict zones in India.” However, experts as well as residents are not so sure. Justice for one incident is a step, but a very small and possibly insignificant one if it is not followed by similar action in all other cases. “There have been occasional convictions of erring armed forces personnel in the past, but that has not brought an end to the human rights violations in the Valley,” said Jacob. “While these convictions are indeed welcome, a few steps in safeguarding the human rights of Kashmiris in an environment which enables human rights violations will not help beyond a point.” Already, last week’s verdict is being challenged by the accused soldiers, and the reversal of convictions is not unusual. The most infamous of past cover-ups is the fake encounter which took place in March 2000. At a time when insurgent activity and protests were already at a peak, five men were killed by the police and security forces in Pathribal village, and buried before any investigations could be carried out. The bodies were exhumed when protests broke out, and the matter was investigated by India’s Central Bureau of Investigation. In 2012, the CBI told the Supreme Court of India that the encounters were in fact “cold-blooded murders,” but the Indian Army closed the case in January 2014 due to a lack of evidence. This historic lack of good faith has made some residents suspicious of the intent behind the latest conviction. “The media is trying to justify the continuation of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act after the verdict, saying that Indian forces in Kashmir have abided by the rules and justice is being done,” said Raies Ul Haq Ahmad Sikander, a Delhi High Court lawyer who hails from Jammu and Kashmir. “But it is just a drop in the ocean.” According to Jacob, dialogue with dissidents and the removal or amendment of AFSPA, and all the other draconian laws effective in Kashmir, is necessary to build peace in the Valley. “If New Delhi is serious about repairing the relationship with Srinagar and want to reach out to the people of Kashmir, it should create an environment in which the people of Kashmir can live with dignity and honor,” he said. 94

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This is a fun event for kite fliers and spectators alike. On the weekend of Oct 24-24 in Atlantic Beach, NC, the sky fills with kite demonstrations and night kite flying. Most of the action takes place between 10am – 4pm with the night fly usually taking place at dusk on Saturday. As long as the wind cooperates, you’ll see everything from colorful kites to team flying to mass ascensions of every size and shape kite imaginable. Kids’ activities such as candy drops and kite building are also part of the event. Admission is free and no vendors will be on site - just the wind, sand, and colorful kites. The event takes place on the beach at the Atlantic Beach public access, 2717 West Fort Macon Road, Atlantic Beach, NC. For more details call 252-247-7011.

Gandhi Unity Fall Festival The annual Gandhi Unity Fall Festival will take place on Sat, October 10 from 3-7 pm at Mecklenburg County Old Courthouse Lawn (700 East Trade St., Charlotte). It’s a celebration of Mahatma Gandhi and his vision of respect for all human beings. There will be food, exhibits, cultural showcase, entertainment, kids’ games, keynote speakers, a candlelight vigil and an “I am AsianAmerican” writing contest awards presentation. For more details write to: asianheritageassociation@gmail.com or call 704-975-0548. Visit www.caacc.weebly.com. There is free parking on the 4th Street Parking Deck – County Courts (4th and McDowell Street). BaPS Health Fair day The BAPS Charities of Charlotte will hold its annual Health Fair on Sat, Oct 10 from 8:30am - 3pm at the BAPS Mandir, 4100 Margaret Wallace Rd., Matthews, NC. Screenings will be held for diabetes, cholesterol, ayurveda, back pain and much more. Blood testing day is on Sat Sept 26 from 7:30am to 11:30am. Registration is $15. For more details write to din2611@gmail.com. Visit www.bapscharities.org.

CMaC Fall Concerts The Classical Music Association of Charlotte (CMAC) presents a vocal concert by Ramakrishnan Murthy accompanied by R.K. Shriramkumar (violin) and Arun Prakash (mridangam) on Sunday, October 25 at CPCC Tate Hall beginning at 3:30 pm. For more details call 704-814-9355 (Muthukrishnan) or 704-4421186 (Jayashree Panduranga) or visit www.onlinecmac.org. US Citizenship Classes in durham County The Main Library in Durham County has teamed up with inStepp in order to host classes to prepare for US Citizenship. Classes include both instructional time and practice sessions for the naturalization interview and citizenship test. It is held every Tues and Thu at 6pm in the 1st floor Computer lab of the Main Library at 300 N. Roxbury St Durham, NC. Classes run through October 29. Class size is limited so call 919-680-8000 to register.

Navratri 2015 The HSNC Navratri Mahotsav will take place on Fri, Oct 16 and Sat Oct, 17 from 8pm – 2am at the Raleigh Convention Center, 500 South Salisbury St., Raleigh. For more details call 919-438-4880 or visit www.hsnconline.org or tickets at www.hsncgarba.yapsody.com. The Hindu Center of Charlotte presents Navratri celebrations on Fri, Oct 16 – Sat, Oct 17 and Sharad Purnima on Fri, Oct 23 – Sat, Oct 24 at the Grady Cole Center in Charlotte. Both weekends the festivities begin at 9:30pm. For more details call 704-488-8145 or 704-548-8454.

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shopping, henna, Vedic culture and arts, and many kid activities. Visitors can expect an event filled with colorful floats, traditional costumes, Hindu rituals, unique music, and dramas. For the schedule and other details visit www.rathayatranc.com. a Conversation with Sir Salman Rushdie The Learning Society of Queens University presents an evening with author Salman Rushdie on Thu, Nov. 5 at 7pm at the Dana Auditorium on the campus of Queens University of Charlotte. Rushdie’s novels, greeted always with anticipation and acclaim, include “The Satanic Verses,” “The Moor’s Last Sigh,” “The Ground Beneath Her Feet” and “The Enchantress of Florence” and his masterwork “Midnight’s Children.” The novel has since been adapted to film by the Academy Award-nominated director Deepa Mehta. His latest novel, “Two Years Eight Months and TwentyEight Nights,” was released in September. An eclectic writer and noted public intellectual, Rushdie has won many of the world’s top literary prizes, published a heralded collection of essays, “Step Across the Line,” and served for two years as president of The PEN American Center, the world’s oldest human rights organization. Tickets are $40. For more details call 704-688-2838 or visit www.queens.edu.

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Fall Fest and dandia Night The Indo-American Society of North Carolina presents “Fall Fest and Dandia Night” at Special Event Center, West Wing B, Greensboro Coliseum, 1921 West Lee Street, Greensboro, NC on Saturday October 10, from 3 – 10pm. There is free admission and free parking. Event includes cultural program (including Ram Leela), Dandia and live DJ music, booths with catered Indian food vendors, jewelry, clothing, henna tattoos and more. Vendor contacts: Krishna Balu 336-686-0410 or committee@iasofnc.org. For participation in cultural programs contact Gauri Sharma 336-864-5833 or Amritha Karkera 336-255-6451.

The 21st annual Festival of India was held in Charlotte on Sept 12-13 at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center and surrounding streets in downtown Charlotte. The festival has become one of the top events in the Queen City, attracting thousands of people over the weekend for dance performances, food, vendors, exhibits, Indian Idol singing competition, henna, Ratha yatra NC 2015 sari wearing demos, crafts and more. Ratha Yatra (a festival of chariots) along with a Festival of India will take place on Sat, October 17. ISKCON New Goloka will present their annual Festival of the Chariots (Ratha Yatra) parade down the major streets of Morrisville, NC. The procession begins promptly at 11am from the Town Hall Drive in Morrisville. Following the 2 mile parade, a grand celebration awaits the crowd, including an exhibition showcasing India´s spirituality and culture. The festival site is Morrisville’s new Church Street Park. The fest will feature 20-plus tents with various forms of entertainment, a free lunch, dancing, live music,

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COMMUNITY FOCUS selected to receive the 2015 American Nuclear Society (ANS) Mark Mills Award for his recent research article entitled “Dislocation Cross-Slip Controlled Creep in Zircaloy-4 at high stresses.” It is published in Materials Science and Engineering: A623 (2015) 114-123. The official presentation of a plaque and a monetary award will be made during the 2015 ANS Winter Meeting in Dr. Boopathy Kombaiah (right) Washington, DC on November with Dr. K.L. Murty (left) 8-12, 2015. This annual award recognizes the important contributions of the late Mark Mills to nuclear science and engineering. It is awarded to a graduate Run 4 Nepal student author who submits the best original technical paper About 400 people rallied together in Morrisville, NC on August contributing to the advancement of science and engineering 30 and raised about $20,000 to help rebuild elementary schools related to the atomic nucleus. in the earthquake stricken districts of Nepal. The ‘Run4Nepal’ event, organized by Nepal Center of North Carolina (NCNC), Houston Teen Wins 2015 Metlife South asian Spelling Bee was one of the biggest running events in the Research Triangle Park (RTP) region, said the Event Coordinator Dipendra Lamichhane. People from all walks of life and of all age groups participated in the 5K run that also saw huge turnout of Nepalese. “The event was probably one of the most well organized Nepali events in the RTP region”, said Ashish Hada, one of the participants. Live music and dance, Nepali exhibition, food stalls, and face paint were some of the other New Brunswick, NJ – Shourav Dasari correctly spelled the activities followed the word “Psocoptera” (an order of insects including booklice) main event. Addressing during the 2015 MetLife South Asian Spelling Bee finals to the event, Kailash clinch the title of national champion and took home a cash prize Pokhrel, representative of $10,000 from MetLife. During the event on August 14, which from Embassy of Nepal in the United States emphasized on the was taped live for broadcast on Sony Entertainment Television, need for aid in the rebuilding process and thanked all the Dasari along with 23 other finalists competed for the title. participants for joining hands. “Although the runners today Jairam Hathwar from Painted Post New York was the National crossed the finish line, Nepal is still very far from the finish line 1st Runners Up, while Siyona Mishra of Florida and Smrithi and a lot more still needs to be done to help rebuild Nepal”, Upadyayula of Texas were National 2nd runners up. The event Steve Rao, Town of Morrisville representative further was organized by the South Asian advertising firm Touchdown elaborated on the importance of such fund raising events. Media and sponsored by MetLife. Sony Entertainment About $85,000 USD has been raised by NCNC through several Television was the exclusive rights holder and broadcast the activities so far to help in the rebuilding process. “NCNC has event across the globe in over 119 countries. The special guest been already in talks with Educate the Children International at the finals was Gokul Venkatachalam, the 2014 MetLife South about joining hands in the rebuilding process,” Lamichhane Asian Spelling Bee National Champion and 2014 Scripps described on the optimal use of fund raised through the 5K National Co-champion, who helped co-host a portion of the event. Educate the Children International is a New York based event. The event was open to children up to 14 years of age and non-profit organization that works with families and was held in 12 regional centers across the United States, communities to provide educational opportunities to the including New Jersey, DC Metro, Dallas, Houston, Chicago, children. Many local organizations and businesses helped Seattle, New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Bay Area and the sponsor the event. More than 8,800 people lost their lives, nearly newly added center Charlotte. The contest was conducted in 600,000 homes were destroyed and another 280,000 homes were written and oral format at the regional levels which served as damaged in the 7.8 magnitude earthquake on April 25 and a 7.3 the elimination as well as selection process for the finalists. After registering their child online, parents brought them to the aftershock on May 12 in Nepal. designated center and a 25-word written test was administered. Children had to spell 15 or more words correctly to qualify for NC State doctoral Graduate Wins the 2015 american the afternoon oral round and from there the top three were Nuclear Society award Dr. Boopathy Kombaiah, former doctoral student of NC State’s awarded prize money and the top two qualified for the finals. nuclear engineering professor Dr. K.L. Murty and a graduate of Registration for 2016 will open in October. For more NC State’s Dept. of Material Science & Engineering, has been information visit www.SouthAsianSpellingBee.com. Saathee.com

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The inauguration of the BAPS Family Activity Center took place on Sat, Sept 19 in the presence of Sadguru Pujya Swayamprakashdas Swami (Doctor Swami) at BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Raleigh, NC. U.S. Congressman David Price, Morrisville Mayor, Mark Stohlman joined Pujya Doctor Swami for the inauguration. The events of the weekend included a Kirtan Sandhya, Vedic Mahapuja, the opening ceremony, and cultural programs. The Raleigh BAPS Mandir was built in 2004. The new facility will provide a location for many spiritual, cultural, educational, and recreational activities for children, families, and community members. Also in attendance were many of Morrisville’s Town Council Members, Mayor Pro Tem, and Mayor Mark Stohlman. Mayor Stohlman said, “What makes the BAPS community great is not the building you’re in, but the people that are in the building.” BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Raleigh was presented with plaque of congratulation on behalf of the Town of Morrisville Council by Mayor Stolhman and proclaimed September 19, 2015 as “BAPS Family Activity Center Day.”

Sunidhi Chauhan, one of India’s top singers, performed live in Charlotte on Fri, Sept 18, 2015 for over 2,000 fans as a part of her North America five-city tour. The show, held at Ovens Auditorium, was organized by Greater Charlotte Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (GCAPI). Sunidhi Chauhan has been entertaining audiences for over 15 years. She started her career as a playback singer and is best known for her Punjabi and Hindi songs in Bollywood. She is one of the most recorded voices in India today with over 3,000 studio recordings. The event in Charlotte was two-fold, from 4 - 7pm, GCAPI hosted a physicians speakers’ program with over 30 vendor and sponsors supporting the event, and over 100 physicians from Charlotte and surrounding communities attending the session. Charlotte mayoral candidate Jennifer Roberts made an appearance at the event. The show opened with singers Nalini Krishnan and Rakesh Maini, both discovered on “The Voice,” a reality show in India geared at discovering singer talents. The Voice features Sunidhi continued on page 130

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Carolina Khadayata Samaj All Khadayata families of NC and SC are welcome to be part of the Carolina Khadayata Samaj. For Further Details: carolinakhadayatasamaj@yahoo.com Jaswant Mehta 704.839.1965 Rita Shah 704.321.0740 Carolinas Christian assembly - Charlotte Everyone is invited to join for Sunday worship, Bible class, Sunday school: Sundays from 9 am - 12 pm. English and various Indian languages are used in the Sunday services. For Further Details: Rev. Dr. K.C. Paul (704.771.1414) Rajan Mathew (704.756.4969) Jose Varughese (704.453.6177) Charlotte Gita Study Group Beginners and advanced students of the Gita are welcome. The group meets the second and fourth Sunday of each month from 3 - 5 pm. This course is based on the Home Study Course of the Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, Saylorsburg, PA. Each session starts with meditation followed by a recorded lecture in English and discussion among the group. For Further Details: Rishi and Shikha Bhatnagar, rishi@solveron.com, 513.518.5300 Shridhar and Kruti Dave, skdave@hotmail.com, 704.844.9567 www.freewebs.com/gitastudy Charlotte Hindu Center Table Tennis The group meets every Wednesday from 6.30 - 10 pm. There are all levels and types of play. The venue is the Vihar Hall, Hindu Center, 7400 City View Dr., Charlotte, NC. For Further Details: 704.607.8412 Charlotte Indian Christian Fellowship The group meets on the third Saturday of every month at 6:30 pm at Calvary Church, 5801 Pineville-Matthews Rd., Charlotte for Prayer, Bible Study and Fellowship. Anyone who is interested is welcome to come with your family and friends. For Further Details: Hema at 704.841.7060 thecicf@gmail.com Charlotte Kriya yoga Group The group promotes Kriya Yoga Meditation as taught by the lineage of realized masters such as Mahaavatar Baba Ji, Lahri Mahasaya, Sri Yukteshwar Giri, Paramahamsa Yogananda, Hariharananda, and Prajanananada. A sincere seeker who follows the path of Kriya Yoga with love and devotion and a desire for spiritual growth can attain Self-realization. The center hosts two annual initiation programs and a weekly Sunday meditation for initiates. For Further Details: agupta1@carolina.rr.com www.kriya.org

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COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS Charlotte Malayalee association The association promotes and facilitates the cultural, educational, social and economic welfare of the Charlotte Malayalee community. For Further Details: cltma@cltma.org / 704.517.5850 www.cltma.org. Charlotte Marathi Mandal CSMM promotes Maharashtrian culture and language. Maharashtra mandal is committed to serve Carolina Marathi community with various cultural, social and traditional Marathi programs and events. For Further Details: csmmonline@gmail.com www.charlottemarathimandal.com Charlotte Telangana association The association was formed to promote Telangana cultural activities within greater Charlotte area and also bring together all the Telangana people living in the area to discuss, plan, and take action around the development of Telangana focusing both on rural and urban areas. For Further Details: www.charlottetelangana.com Charlotte vipassana Meditation Group Vipassana, which means to see things as they really are, is one of Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most ancient techniques of meditation. It was taught in India more than 2500 years ago as a universal remedy for universal ills. The Charlotte Vipassana Meditation Group holds weekly group sits and monthly all day sits for established students (those who have taken at least one ten day course from S. N. Goenka or one of his assistant teachers). Ten-day courses are also available for all students. There is never a charge for a course. For Further Details: 704.277.5013, rbddesai@gmail.com 704.563.5440, dspranger@gmail.com www.dhamma.org Classical Music association of Charlotte (CMaC) CMAC sponsors many classical concerts during the year in Charlotte. Membership forms are available at shows. Upcoming Events: Sun, Sept. 27: Violin duo concert by Ganesh & Kumersh Party at Davidson College, Tyler-Tallman Hall (3:30 pm) Sun, Oct.25: Vocal concert by Ramakrishnamurthy and Party at CPCC Tate Hall (3:30 pm) For Further Details: 704.814.9355 Lakshmi Muthukrishnan lakshmi7778@yahoo.com 704.541.3361, 704.442.1186 / Jayashree Panduranga cacmusic@yahoo.com www.onlinecmac.org dada Bhagwan Group What is Gnan Vidhi? It is the scientific process of attaining Self Realization in the presence of Atmagnani. It is the gracing of real knowledge that separates the real Self from the non-self. Saathee.com

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COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS India association of Charlotte The organization works to foster better understanding of the rich diversity of Indian culture by the larger community in and around Charlotte. The Festival of India is held in September. For Further Details: Toni Sawhney 704.604.2133 Lal Vishin 704.545.3727 www.indiafestival.net Indian Performing arts association of Charlotte (IPaaC) IPAAC promotes classical Hindustani music by inviting wellknown artists from India and offers music classes at various locations in Charlotte. For Further Details: contact@ipaac.org www.ipaac.org Jain Center of Greater Charlotte (JCGC) The JCGC serves the spiritual, cultural, social, and community needs of Jain families in and around Charlotte area. JCGC is dedicated to the practice, understanding, promotion, and preservation of the Jain faith. Activities include celebrating major religious festivals such as Mahavir Jayanti, Paryushan, and Diwali, and routine programs like Swadhyay, Poojas and children’s Pathshaala. The Center is located at 7631 Mallard Creek Rd., Charlotte, NC 28262. Upcoming Events: All other weekdays: 9:30am - Mon-Friday - Prakshal and Pooja, 7:30pm - Aarti and Mangal Divo Weekends: 10:30am - Prakshal and Pooja, 7:30pm - Aarti and Mangal Divo For Further Details: JCGC President - Vibhakar Modi: 704.258.4507 info@jaincenter.us www.jaincenter.us life Bliss Charlotte Meditation Center The Center works to spread the knowledge of Yoga and meditation by letting people experience the teachings of Vedic Science in its purest form delivered by the enlightened master Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda. Life Bliss Foundation is part of a worldwide movement for meditation and healing. Paramahamsa Nithyananda is a global leader in the science of enlightenment and the author of more than 300 books published in 27 languages. For Further Details: LifeBlissClt@gmail.com 704-766-1420 or 704-992-6114 www.innerawakening.org Net IP Charlotte NetIP Charlotte is the only official Carolinas chapter of North America’s Largest Network of Indian Professionals. NetIP Charlotte provides a forum for on-going Career Developmental and Professional Networking activities. It arranges various events and maintains deeper ties with Businesses & the community. It provides various effective ways for Carolinas’ Indian Professionals to connect with other successful professionals. For Further Details: www.netIPnc.org Saathee.com

Pratham - Charlotte Pratham organizes grassroots programs in the area of primary education. Pratham has made an impact on the learning levels of several million children through its Read India campaign. Pratham has developed an accelerated learning technique which helps children to read and write in two months. With nearly half the children in India who attend schools are not learning to read and write at the required level, Pratham is trying to fill an important gap in the area of primary education. Upcoming Events: Sat, Oct. 10: Annual gala, Pease Auditorium, CPCC For Further Details: Anju Desai (ajdesai66@gmail.com or 980.622.0125) Shubhra Chakraborty (shubhra.chakraborty1@gmail.com or 704.942.4798) www.prathamusa.org Probasi of Charlotte Probasi’s goal is to organize cultural and educational program related to Bengal in the Charlotte area, to increase Bengali cultural awareness, and to provide community service. For Further Details: www.probasi.org Sahaj Marg Meditation Sahaj Marg which means Simple or Natural path is a Raj Yoga system of spiritual training based on the heart centered meditation. The features of this meditation include transmission of divine energy into the heart of the practitioner and cleaning of deep impressions, thereby regulating the mind. Regular practice of this system of meditation integrates the physical, mental and spiritual aspects of human being, while still encouraging people to maintain a normal family and working life. A group meditation is held at the Unity of Charlotte on Sundays and Wednesdays. For Further Details: Srikanth Katakam 704.496.4411 naturalpath.nc@gmail.com www.srcm.org Sangamithra Foundation Sangamithra Foundation is a Charlotte based charity organization formed by a group of people who strive to make a difference in society. The team has taken the path of identifying the needs of underprivileged communities in India and provides support to meet those needs. Sangamithra is reaching out on a global scale and working collectively towards realizing its vision. For Further Details: www.sangamithra.org www.facebook.com/SangamithraFoundation info@sangamithra.org Shantiniketan Senior Center of Carolinas The Shantiniketan Senior Center of Carolinas (SSCC) is located at 1817 Central Ave., Room # 208, Charlotte, NC. The Center is open from 10 am - 3 pm and presents members with activities, outings, access to physical care and mental well being and care. For More Details: Nimish Bhatt 704.560.4910 / 704.491.1186 nimishbhatt@bellsouth.net

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COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS World Family. Art of Living center holds follow-up sessions on Thur, Sat, Sun and Kirtan Satsang every Friday evening. Art of Living Center 4000 Bear Cat Way Suite 102, Morrisville, NC 27560. For Further Details: 919.793.8490 rdu@us.artofliving.org www.behappytriangle.org association for India’s development (aId) duke Chapter AID’s mission is effect social change in India, by supporting projects with grassroots non-governmental organization in India in the areas of literacy, health care, rural credit, women’s empowerment etc. For Further Details: http://www.duke.edu/web/aid/ atlantic Coast Sikh association This is one of the oldest Sikh associations in the Southeastern USA. It meets every Sunday from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm at its gurdwara, located at 3108 Sparger Road, Durham, NC 27705. Kirtan is done by Bhai Dyal Singh Jatha. Classes for Punjabi and religious studies are held for children at the same time. For Further Details: 919.309.1045 - Bhai Dyal Singh www.acsagurdwara.org Balagokulam Gokulam is where Lord Krishna’s magical childhood days were spent. It was here that his divine powers came to light. Every child has that spark of divinity within. Balagokulam is a forum for children (4-15 years age) to discover and manifest that divinity. It will enable Hindu children in the US to appreciate their cultural roots and learn values. This is done through games, yoga, stories, songs, shlokas, arts/crafts, and Seva (selfless service) in the community. Sessions are free for all and are held on Saturdays. For Further Details: balagokulam.rtp@gmail.com (Raleigh) hss.charlotte@hssus.org (Charlotte) www.balagokulam.org BaPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir BAPS Shree Swaminarayan Hindu Mandir invites everyone to the regularly scheduled events: Ravi sabha - every Sunday at 4 - 6 pm followed by Aarti and Maha Prasad. Mahapuja conducted every Purnima at 7 pm. Many classes are conducted. Fresh Indian snacks and sweets available at Shayona. 1020 Aviation Parkway, Morrisville, NC 27560. For Further Details: 919.469.6605 www.swaminarayan.org Bengali association of North Carolina (BaNC) BANC seeks to promote Bengali culture, language, music, arts and social activities by offering varieties of programs for members of INDO-American community within North Carolina and adjacent states. The association is organized exclusively for charitable, cultural, social and educational purposes. Saathee.com

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For Further Details on ISCKON of NC contact below: 919.593.6827 golokanandapriya@hotmail.com www.newgoloka.com Kiran Kiran is a community based South Asian organization promoting self-reliance and empowerment of South Asian women and men who are in domestic violence through crisis counseling and intervention, language assistance and translation and resource referrals in a confidential manner. Services offered at Kiran are confidential and free of charge. The organization spreads awareness about causes and effects of domestic violence in the community and cooperates with organizations in the USA and elsewhere with similar objectives. Kiran assists and provides information on referrals to professional and community services regarding legal issues, health care, short-term child care, psychological counseling, and temporary shelter and housing. For Further Details: 24 Hour Crisis Hotline: 877.625.4726 919.839.6203 kiran@kiraninc.org www.kiraninc.org lakulish yoga and Health Retreat Lakulish Yoga and Health Retreat is a secluded resort in Caswell County, located at 8136 N.C. Highway 119 South, Mebane, NC. It is a place of natural beauty that stimulates a spirit of detachment and inspires and uplifts visitors. This resort is hallowed by a Yogi, a Sannyasi who ensures that the true practice of Dharma and Yoga flourishes here, offering the NC community and visitors an ongoing program of free Yoga Classes. The classes are offered each Wed, from 6 - 8 pm, and each Sat, from 11 am - 1 pm. For Further Details: 336.421.0690 lifemisionusa@gmail.com www.lifemissionusa.org Maitri A student organization at NC State that aims at unifying various cultures at university. The organization works to help and support Indian students at NC State, but also creates opportunities for them to immerse in the global culture while retaining their rich Indian identity. For Further Details: www.maitrincsu.org Nuv yug Nuv Yug is a cultural organization with a mission to promote awareness of Indian cultural arts and heritage. Striving to create synergy among various cultural groups from the South Asian region. For Further Details: www.nuvyug.net Pakistani american association The Pakistani-American Association (NCPAA) promotes 122

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Triangle vipassana Vipassana, which means to see things as they are, is one of India’s most ancient techniques and was taught 2500 years ago as a universal remedy for universal ills. The Triangle Vipassana meditation group holds weekly group sittings in Cary and Raleigh on Thursday, Saturday, and Monday and 3-hour sitting on 3rd Sunday each month, and one day sitting once every few months for established students (those who have taken at least one ten day course). There is no charge for the course. Tamil Cultural association of North Carolina (TCa NC) TCA NC was formed for the purpose of providing youths with For Further Details: 732.213.9660 exposure to Tamil culture. Everyone is invited to join TCA and carync.sittings@gmail.com / www.dhamma.org become part of the organization promoting Tamil culture in the Urdu Majlis Triangle area. Urdu Majlis, the Triangle’s Urdu Literary Society, meets For Further Details: monthly in the FedEx Global Education Center on the campus tca_nc@yahoo.com of UNC Chapel Hill. Meetings include discussions of the life www.tcanc.org and works of major South Asian poets as well as opportunities to share original poetry and other writing. Urdu Majlis is coTriangle area Telugu association (TaTa) TATA is committed to building a vibrant Telugu Community sponsored by the Carolina Asia Center and the South Asia and promoting Telugu culture and language in the Triangle Section of the UNC Dept. of Asian Studies. For Further Details: area of North Carolina. Afroz Taj (taj@unc.edu or 919.851.1119) For Further Details: Ashraf Faruqi (pasbaan@hotmail.com or 919.596.4792) committee@tataonline.org www.tataonline.org vaishnav Samaj of Triangle area A group of like-minded devotees who meet for religious Triangle Bangladesh Society (TBSNC) TBSNC strives to arrange musical programs by artists who have worship and understand Pushti Marg Principles at large. captured the hearts and minds of millions of Bengali-, Urdu- Regular Bhajan recitations are held 2nd Sundays from 4-6 pm and Seniors are requested to encourage youngsters to and Hindi-speaking music fans all around the globe. participate in the activities. For Further Details: Ishtiaquem@gmail.com For Further Details: Arvindbhai Shah 919.233.7677 www.tbsnc.org Vithalbhai Shah 919.803.9027 Triangle Gujarati association (TGa) vibha TGA’s mission is to promote and serve Gujarati culture in the Triangle area by organizing various events and programs Vibha is dedicated to creating a brighter future for throughout the year and impart Gujarati culture and language underprivileged children. The Raleigh Action Center has a group of energetic and enthusiastic volunteers from varied on the youth. backgrounds, including working professionals and students. For Further Details: This group came together through a strong belief in Vibha’s nctga00@gmail.com mission and resolved to create a positive societal impact in www.nctga.org India. The group works to organize social events that spread awareness and raise funds to further the organization’s mission. Triangle Rang Mandal Devotees of Pujya Sri Rang Avdhoot Maharaj meet every For Further Details: raleigh@vibha.org Saturday in Cary or Raleigh from 8:30 - 10:30 pm to sing http://raleigh.vibha.org. devotional Dattatreya Bhajans and Datta-Bavani in a spiritual atmosphere. Special programs are organized on Guru Purnima Regional and Rang Jayanti and on the occasion of Pujya Sri Prem Avdhoot Bapji’s annual visit to the US. Hindu Society of Eastern NC (Greenville, NC) For Further Details: The temple celebrates major festivals and holds regular bhajan rangmandal@gmail.com seesions and Geeta study. South Indian Fine arts academy (SIFaa) SIFAA is a non-profit organization that works to arrange and promote concerts and performances in the Triangle and Triad areas, concentrating on Carnatic music. For Further Details: 919.773.1580 www.sifaa.org

For Further Details: Temple: 252.752.2670 Triangle vegetarian Society (TvS) B.S. Srivatsa: 508.654.0360 The mission of TVS is to build a sense of community between Hindutemplenc@gmail.com current vegetarians and people who are interested in Saathee.com

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second Sunday every month from 5 - 7 pm. Temple is located on 1130 Fairview Church Road in Boiling Springs, SC 29303. For Further Details: 864.599.7048

Hindu Temple and Center (Columbia, SC) The temple is located at 5704 Kiawah Road, Columbia, South Sri Somesvara Temple Carolina 29212. It is open on weekdays between 8:30 am to 12 Sri Somesvara Temple is located near Asheville at 95 Mount noon and between 5 pm and 8:30 pm. On weekends, the temple Soma Blvd., Clyde, NC 28721. There are regular pujas, aarti, is open between 8:30 am to 1:00 pm and 5 pm to 8:30 pm. Bal and special events. Major festivals are celebrated. Gokulam (Sunday School) classes are held every Sunday from For Further Details: 10:30 am to 12:00 noon. Classes are designed to help children 828.476.4073 build physical, mental, cultural, social & spiritual lives. www.srisomesvara.org. For Further Details: 803.772.6940 www.hindutemplesc.org

South Carolina american South asian Cultural assoc. of Columbia, SC The Association’s fundamental goal is to increase cultural awareness and develop cultural understanding among American South Asian Community in Columbia area. A monthly Lunch meeting is held on the Second Sunday of every month between 1 to 3 pm ($9 per person charge). For Further Details: Contact in the evenings: 803.233.7042 512.547.7077

India assoc. of Greater Charleston (IaGC) The IAGC was founded in Charleston to bring together people who were interested in India and to provide a forum to increase the understanding of the heritage of India in US. For Further Details: http://www.indiaassociationofgreatercharleston.com

International Fellowship Church of Greenville, SC The church offers Sunday worship services and other weekly and occasional activities for people of Indian origin. For Further Details: 864.234.1256 (Pastor Suhas Raiborde) Bethel Christian Fellowship www.internationalfellowshipchurch.org The Fellowship offers services in various Indian languages (i.e. Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, etc.) and Sunday Worship Kannada association of Greater Greenville (KaGG) services are at 11:30 a.m. Fort Mill Church of God, Student Life An organization devoted to the awareness and promotion of Center Building, 216 Academy Street, Room 102. Fort Mill, SC. Kannada culture in the Greater Greenville area of SC. KAGG is For Further Details: a primarily run by volunteers and invites Kannadigas living in 803.792.7223 and around Greenville area to participate in the organization. Pastor Rajan Samuel @ pastorofbcf@gmail.com Kannada classes for children are also conducted. www.bethelchristianfellowship.org For Further Details: 864.430.4973 www.kagg-sc.org Carolina Buddhist vihara (Greenville, SC) Masjid Noor-Ul-Huda Regular beginner meditation program conducted by a Buddhist The Mosque is located at 517 Winmet Dr., Columbia, S.C. On Monk. Activities are held Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings: 6:30 pm (puja), 7 pm (meditation), and 8 pm the first and third Saturday of every month from 6 - 8 pm, (“Dhamma” talk or discussion). A “youth program” is also held Islamic session is held by Hafiz Mohammed Basheer. Quranic Reading classes are conducted daily, and everyone is once a month. encouraged to send their children to these sessions. For Further Details: dhammasc@hotmail.com For Further Details: 803.749.0827 (Dr. Shami) Hanahan TableTennis Training Center 803.740.5127 (Qari Abdul Khader Multani) There are no membership fees of any kind to play at HTTTC. 803.754.2632 (Mosque main number) Free open play and training, USATT league. Informal free coaching as time permits. Open to all levels of players from recreational to competitive. The center is located at City of Hanahan Gym, 1255 Yeamans Hall Rd., Hanahan, SC (Adjacent to Police Station). For Further Details: www.ttHanahan.com

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COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS Telugu association of Greater Greenville The Telugu Association of Greater Greenville, SC, serves the Telugu community of the Greenville/Spartanburg area of South Carolina. The group sponsors several events throughout the year. For Further Details:www.taggsc.org vedic Center of Greenville The Center is located at 499 Bethel Road in Mauldin, S.C. 29662. Daily Aarti is conducted Monday to Friday at 8 pm. Bal Vihar classes are conducted Sundays from 11:15 am - 12:30 pm. Sri Venkateshwara Suprabhatam is held on 2nd Saturday of month at 9 am. For Further Details: 864.967.2852

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Chauhan as one of the judges on the show. Chauhan performed for nearly three hours with about a 20 minute break between sets. She performed many of her dance hits as well as did a quieter segment singing some favorite songs of hers including Resham, Mukesh, Lata Mangeshkar, and Mehdi Hassan. The crowd joined in to sing one of her finale numbers, “Shelia Ki Jawani.” A portion of the proceeds from the concert were donated to Levine Cancer Institute for cancer awareness. GCAPI, is a subsidiary of the national AAPI, American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, which has approximately 30,000 physician members. GCAPI has around 130 physicians in all specialties and subspecialties. GCAPI physicians are active volunteers in the community health fairs. GCAPI current President, Santosh Gopalakrishnan, cites the goal of the organization is to continue “to grow, get better and expand community reach.” The convener for the concert, Charlottebased physician Sarjoo “Sam” Bhagia established a core team of volunteers to undertake this concert. She was also slated to perform at the Global Citizen Festival being held on September 26 in Central Park, NY. Chauhan is the only Indian singer invited to perform at the anti-poverty campaign, which will be broadcast internationally. Chauhan’s 2015 North America “Sunidhi Live” tour also included performances in Boston, Atlanta, Columbus, and Montreal.

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Note: * denotes abbreviation of the word or phrase Clues across: 1. The state flower of Indiana State. 5. Pinking shears are designed to cut cloth with a __ edge. 11. Used to suggest sound of laughter. 12. The day of celebration, victory of Lord Rama over demon king Rawana, in Hinduism. (Oct. 23 - Vijayā Dashami) 13. Oregon. (*) 14. A large constellation between Leo and Libra. 16. The inner/back room in the two room cottage. 17. To attack with machine-gun fire from low-flying aircraft. 19. Closely connected or related. 21. Ancient city in S Thessaly, Greece. (48 B. C.) 23. Ampere-hour. (*) 24. Requires by the law. 26. Oklahoma. (*) 27. A young fish. 28. Double play. (*) (baseball) 30. Highly gratifyingly; splendidly . 33. Registered dietician. (*) 35. Experiment. 36. Weird in such a way as to frighten or disturb. 38. A N constellation between Cancer and Virgo. 39. A Spanish dessert of custard covered with burnt syrup. 41. The glassy frozen water. 42. The direction in which sunrise occurs. 44. The one who surrenders. 46. Much higher in some quality or degree. 47. Metal devices to lock or unlock. Saathee.com

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Word Find (Created By Kirit Shukla) Find & circle the words in the puzzle. (Subject: “Words related to Islam”)

Math Magic Use these numbers only once: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] in empty squares, to get = the final given answers. Note: Follow the order of operation per basic math rule: ×,÷, +, The multiplication or division is done before addition and subtraction.

AMIN BASHAR BISMILLAH CALIPH DIN HAJJ HAKIM HARAM HIJAB HIZRI ID ISLAM JAHANNAM JANNAH JIHAD KABBA KHUDAHAFIZ

MADRASAH MASJID MAULVI MEDINA MUHAMMAD MUHARRUM NABI NASIHA PROPHET RAHMAN RAMADAN RUBB RUH SATAN SHAHID SUFI

The unused 5 letters spell ”The religious book of Islam.”

(solution on next page)

EZ-BZ TEST YOUR IQ

(The common letters are “PY” - Fill in the blanks) 1. A person who mimics others. _ _ PY _ _ _ 2. A S constellation between Puppis & Antlia. PY _ _ _ 3. A place where a ships are built & repaired. _ _ _ PY _ _ _ 4. A Government employee hired to watch secretly. _ PY 5. Tailless, web-footed, world’s largest rodent. _ _ PY _ _ _ _ 6. An excessive fear of ﬁre. PY _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7. To hold possession of by tenure to dwell in. _ _ _ _ PY 8. Without fever. (Med.) _ PY _ _ _ _ _ 9. Gloomy; dispirited. _ _ PY 10. A solid ﬁgure with outer triangular faces merging in a vortex at the top: The great ___ of Egypt. PY _ _ _ _ _ 11. Foolish talk; nonsense. (Informal) _ _ PY _ _ _ _ 12. Extremely high fever. (Med.) _ _ _ _ _ PY _ _ _ _ _ 13. A monetary unit of Myanmar = 1/100 of kyat. PY _ 14. A tall water plant of the sedge family, abundantly in the Nile region (Egypt) used as an ornamental. _ _ PY _ _ _ 15. An old, ramshackle automobile. (Slang) _ _ _ _ PY 16. A small telescope. _ PY _ _ _ _ _ 17. A person whose behavior, dress, use of drugs etc. implied a rejection to conventional values. _ _ _ PY 18. A large snake that squeezes its prey to death. PY _ _ _ _ 19. Detecting (something obscure). _ _ PY _ _ _ 20. Drowsy; dull. _ _ _ _ PY 21. Heavenly; sublime. _ _ PY _ _ _ _ 22. A pile of woods on which a corpse is burned. PY _ _ 23. Of the monovalent group atoms C3 H7. _ _ _ PY _ 24. The accumulative of pus in the plural cavity. _ _ PY _ _ _ 25. A young dog. _ _ _ PY (Puzzle solutions are on next page. NO peeking!) Kirit Shukla Contact him at kiritsshukla@hotmail.com

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General Predictions for October 2015

aRIES (Mar 20- apr 20) - It is now time to take action. You will meet old friends while building a strong bond with new people. Life is giving you opportunities, grab wisely. Do not analyze the situation or bring emotions in while making your move, instead try to have fun. A major financial gain is possible this month. Be prepared to act with energy and confidence. Enjoy spending on luxury, traveling and parties. It is time for romance, so enjoy it. Also watch your health and take precautions to avoid major sickness. TaURUS (apr 20 - May 21) - You will feel happy this month. Your friends and parents may become supportive. Reduction in workload at job or business is possible. This time is very good for students. Try to avoid long distance journey or shorten the length of it. There is a slim chance of a minor accident. Financial condition may see minor improvement. Your spouse may not prove to be good support this month. Don’t think too much or stress, avoid worries and enjoy life. GEMINI (May 21 - Jun 21) - A minor mistake may create major consequences this month. You may learn a lot, but it will also damage your reputation. Avoid taking lead at the workplace. You will, however, get cooperation from your associates and friends. Watch your health very carefully. This time is good for traveling. Your spouse may bring good luck for you to boost your income. Don’t rush in to making more money as your calculations may not be accurate. CaNCER (Jun 21 - Jul 22) - You will get mixed results this month. Your workload will decrease. Your spouse will become excellent support in many ways now. You still need to behave more responsibly. Drive carefully and don’t count on your friends. Spend more time with your extended family. Avoid travel, as you may face unexpected problems. A rise in savings should make you feel more comfortable now. If involved in legal dispute, you may misinterpret the language and make the problem worse. Don’t sign any document without proper expert advice. lEo (Jul 22 - aug 23) - Misunderstanding with family members may create problems and damage your reputation. Stay away from unethical activities. You will enjoy good luck this month, but your own actions will put you in a shameful situation. Watch yourself internally. Improvement in relations with family members may start, but don’t make emotional decisions. Your memory will challenge you this month causing confusion. Avoid making egoistic comments and try to stay away from risk-taking tendencies. vIRGo (aug 23 - Sep 23) - You may make mistakes repeatedly during this month. You must control your expenses. An improvement in physical health and as well as self-confidence will lead you towards success. Make your own decisions, but be patient about putting them into action. Be careful about making any investments in real estate or the stock market. You may enjoy success in family politics for now. You may earn respect through religious and cultural activities. Be more social to feel relaxed and happy.

lIBRa (Sep 23 - oct 23) - You will feel relaxed this month. Destiny will start favoring you. Improvement in health will rebuild self-confidence. If involved in a business, your partner will bring good news for you. Your spouse may make a mistake and you will end up paying for it. Don’t expect a major rise in income, but your expenses should go down significantly. Improvement in your relations with siblings should make you feel comfortable. A new opportunity may lead you to relocate. SCoRPIo (oct 23 - Nov 22) - A change in career is possible this month. Take a small break or vacation and relax. Don’t compromise your morals to avoid major personal problems. Don’t trust anyone blindly for now. Avoid unfruitful activities or working extended hours. Destiny may become cruel with you in your social life. Give priority to relaxing and having fun. This is not a bad time, but your own mistakes may create problems. Be careful. SaGITTaRIUS (Nov 22 - dec 21) - You may make mistakes at the workplace and face problems. Errors with expenses will lead you towards religious activities. You may focus on further study and learn new and interesting things. Avoid spending on real estate. A family member’s health may create worries. Luck will help you maintain your income. Your spouse may do something “wrong” and add to your misery. Your religious belief will help you during this month to pass through a tough time. Avoid taking financial risks. CaPRICoRN (dec 21 - Jan 20) - Stay away from disputing with friends this month. You may face major impact in last week of the month from that direction. Listen to your mother and follow her ideology. A dispute with spouse may come to an end. No major changes in financial conditions. You may waste time with unfruitful activities this month. This time is good for students, but they need to focus on career-related education. Try to avoid traveling or picnicking this month. By being more sincere and responsible, you may avoid many problems. aQUaRIUS (Jan 20 - Feb 19) - Don’t live in fantasy this month. You may be forced to work extra hours but an unnecessary rush may lead you towards making mistakes. Family values and culture must be considered in making any decisions. You will enjoy great success in middle of the month, but only with the help of family involvement. Some fun during short distance trips and travel may happen unexpectedly. A rise in income is possible, but at the same time unproductive work may build frustration. Slow down and live within reality. PISCES (Feb 19 - Mar 20) - Now is the time to enjoy success in life, however, problems due to change in government policy are possible. Take risks in order to have fun. You may be able to find ways to restrict your expenses and resolve misunderstanding with family and friends. Life is taking a positive turn, so enjoy it. Your religious knowledge and activities may help you in many ways. Minor disputes with your spouse are possible, it is temporary, so take it easy this time. Watch your health. By Jalendu Vaidya • Contact: 973-223-5047 / jmvaidya.com

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Businesses for Sale in Ohio area. Call Atul Shah for details: 614-216-9094. Convenience Stores/Gas Stations for lease or Sale in NC. Great opportunities with upside potential. Only serious inquiries; must have capital for goodwill / inventory. Please call 803-789-3133.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES: looking for FT/PT-Weekend Nanny in Charlotte. Must know how to Cook + speak Hindi. Driving preferred. Should have Legal Papers. Will pay by check only. Good Pay. E-mail kidsgodspets@gmail.com w/ Contact Number. Help Wanted: 2 phone representatives for Auto Body Repair Shop in Charlotte, NC. Must have phone experience with File Claims. Fluent in English & either Gujarati or Hindi. Contact wrgauto1@gmail.com Seeking reliable babysitter for twin boys starting in October on M/T/Th/F 7-9 am. Applicants should have car. Please contact 484-802-7862 for more info. Eyebrow Threader Needed: Full or parttime in Greenville, NC. Can provide training. Good compensation. Set your own hours. Call Shweta 252-361-8609. Part-time Household Help or Nanny needed in Fort Mill, SC. Must be able to drive. Contact 704-323-7187. Gas station help wanted in Rock Hill, SC. Part time or full time. Good pay for experienced person. Call 803-792-4452. Front desk help wanted: Part-time / Fulltime. Must have experience, honest, reliable, and fluent in English. Call Nick 704-905-7945. Full-time Nanny wanted for infant. Located in Cary, NC. Previous experience a must. Must provide own transportation. $8+/hr. Pay negotiable. Call 919-527-5414. Front desk Help Needed for franchise hotel in Greensboro NC. Accommodations provided, Experience preferred. Fluent English and legal status required. Call JR at 336-558-8195

Hotel Help Wanted: Housekeeping/Laundry Couple needed for motel in Wytheville, VA. Will provide apartment at the hotel. Must have Legal Status. Call 276-614-8477 Eyebrow Threading in Concord Mills Mall now hiring! Contact 630-935-9335 or 704-995-5230. In home Part-time Nanny required: South Charlotte. 2pm to 8pm. Kids 5 to 9 yrs. English speaking and light housework required. 704-650-5098 or joshidev@hotmail.com. Chefs, Tandoor Chefs, Kitchen Helpers, Servers, Hosts & Bartenders needed for Indian restaurant in Greensboro, NC. Contact Biv 336-327-2749 or apply sonasindiancuisine.com under "Careers" section. Nanny needed in North Charlotte/Concord Mills area for infant. 9am-5pm, Mon-Fri. Must drive. Competitive pay. 704-763-5140 /980-248-1628. Help needed with cooking and household work. Driving skills preferred. Picking up & dropping off. Competitive pay. Located in West Cary. Call 806-317-2070. Nanny needed Part-Time for 3.5 month old baby. Driving skills preferred. Contact 704877-9713. Help Wanted: Full-time Couple needed to manage Subway in Kinston, NC. Fluent in English. Must have legal status. Please call 252-521-5656. Help Wanted: Need Nanny for our 14 month daughter. Preferably full time & live in. Call 443-895-7066. Entry level sales position at Amerifab International Inc, in High Point, NC. Candidate must be fluent in English, communicative and friendly. Sales experience preferred. Knowledge of MS office and computer a must. Travel required. Call: 336-558-3410 between 1 pm to 5 pm or email resume to : rajm@amerifabintl.com. live in Nanny needed in Cary, NC. Gujarati speaking. Vegetarian cooking and light housekeeping. Call 919-444-1597. Retail Sales associate needed for Clothing and Sports store in Columbia, SC. Must have legal status and speak fluent English. Contact 706-877-0315.

laundry & dry Cleaner for Sale in Raleigh/Cary, NC. Great opportunity with pick-up stores. Like new equipment with 5300 sqft. $395k. Send email to drycleanersnc@gmail.com.

Manager and Housekeeping Couple needed for limited service property in Rock Hill, SC. Please call 803-517-4662.

2 C-stores / Gas stations for lease or sale. inside 35K+, Lottery commission 2k+, Great Locations. Owner moving. Very motivate. Make an offer. Owner financing available. Call Guru 503-330-8723.

live-in Nanny Needed: Cooking, light housekeeping, laundry and care of 2 & 6 year old girls. Accommodations & vegetarian food provided. Great salary! Job in San Jose, Ca. Call 408-856-4886.

Hotel Help Wanted: Housekeeping in Greensboro, NC. Must speak English. Legal Status required. Contact Harry at 336-314-4101.

Retail / C-Stores: Nebo, NC $169K Closed, With Property .5 acre; Richland Co, SC $1.1M + Inv, GR $1.7M; Catawba, NC $149K + Inv., Closed; 704-821-8888 or visit our website www.Countysouth.biz.

Hotel Help Wanted: Couple needed for Laundry at Comfort Inn of Hillsville, VA. Will furnish 2 bedroom apartment near hotel. Must speak English & have Legal Status. Contact Sanjay Patel at 276-733-9511.

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Help Wanted: Opening for employment at C-store/ gas station in Matthews, NC. Full or part time. Good working conditions. Good pay. Please call 704-604-4506.

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Business opportunity: If you are a registered Pharmacist in NC and tired of working for somebody else then contact us. rphneeded@mail.com Housekeeping needed for 40 room motel in Rock Hill, SC. Independent. Legal status preferred. Call 803-487-3303 for details. Night audit/ Front desk help wanted for Franchise motel in Charlotte, NC. Full-time / Part-time. Must have experience, honest, reliable, and fluent in English. Call Nina 704-299-3364.

PROPERTY FOR SALE Business opportunity: Learn about land in Apex, NC area.. 2015 is the time to buy land. Land expert Bob Atkinson call 919362-6999 or visit www.learnaboutland.com.

MATRIMONIAL Mumbai based parents invite alliance from Gujarati families for daughter: 27, light complexion, slim, very pretty, MA in English literature. Email details w/ photo to ankunadar@gmail.com.

Gujarati Priest: Devendra Dave Independent priest. Ganesh, Randal, Navratri, Diwali’s Laxmi & Sharda Pujas, Satyanarayan Katha, Weddings, Vastu, Baby Shower, Funeral Seva. Call Daveji 704-780-3563. God Blessings to All. To all Gujarati families: I am student interested learning everything Gujarati (culture, food, language, etc). If willing to add an additional house member Call Nik 803-579-1405. live Band for Garba / Raas, Wedding songs, bhajans. Call 704-568-8206.

Now Hiring! Single or couple for front desk and maintenance at franchise hotel in Greensboro, NC. Evening shift & Night shift avaiable. Fluent in English. Legal status required. Experience required. Call Sheila 336-855-8888.

Canada based parents seeking a professional US/Canadian resident match for their daughter. Fair, beautiful, slim, 29, 5’6”. PhD in Science. Earning excellent salary. Divorced after 2 months of marriage. sbm39@yahoo.com

Priest available for the following services: Shree Satya narayan katha, Shanti hawan, Vastu shanty, Weddings, Baby shower, Bhumi pujan, Mata ki chowki pujan, Funeral, all types of karmakand. Please call Viral Bhatt 704-438-6334.

Nanny needed to take care of 6 month old infant & cooking near Concord Mills. Can pick up and drop off. Live-in nanny also fine. Please call 814-431-3442.

Uncle invites Matrimonial correspondence for doctor Nephew. 26 years old, 5’4”. Gujarati (Valsad-Surat) Patel. Visiting US for USMLE Step II exam. Please contact: bipinpatel@aol.com

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Indian Restaurant in Charlotte, NC looking for Waiter/Server. Must have work experience in Indian Restaurant. Please contact 704-512-9177. Gas Station Help Wanted: Couple, fulltime in McCormick, SC (near Greenwood & Augusta) & Lincolnton, GA. Must speak fluent English & have legal status. Good pay. Please call 704-299-8535. Hotel Help Wanted: Charlotte. Competitive salary and accommodations provided. Front desk - all shifts (experience a plus) & housekeeper. Must be fluent in English. Call 704-765-1447 or e-mail 123nash@gmail.com Subway & store help wanted in Greensboro NC. Single or couple full / part time. Must speak fluent English, have computer knowledge & legal status. Please call Bailey 704-737-1555. Hotel Management Firm Now Hiring: House keepers, front desk (must speak fluent English), and General Manager of franchise hotels. Experience required. Email resumes to abcone@abcinns.com or call 704-649-6833 (M-F, 9AM-5PM). Experienced Threading Practitioners or licensed Esthetician in Charlotte & Raleigh. New locations now open. Full or part-time. Great pay and flexibility. Experience required. Good English skills. Please call 980-322-1110 (M-F 9-5). domestic help needed for Gujarati family in Rock Hill SC. Excellent cooking & cleaning skills required. Benefits include competitive salary & allowance for rent. Must be legal US resident and drive. Call 803-448-4820. Saathee.com

Florida based parents invite alliance for daughter: 24, light complexion, slim, very pretty, on hospital support staff. Details and photos from US or Canadian residents under 28 considered. Email: mera.khat@yahoo.com

SERVICES Henna/Mehndi artist available in Durham, Raleigh, Chapel Hill & other areas in NC. Service for every occasion (Corporate, birthday parties, weddings, etc). Call 832-290-0059. Beauty Parlor in Columbia and Charlotte area: Waxing, Threading, Bridal Henna, Facial. Call for appointment: 704-526-8707. alyssas Garlands: Unique fresh flower garlands. Boutonnieres, bouquets, flower ornaments, Exotic Flowers available on special Request. We ship nationwide. Contact Ila Amin: 803-627-4239 or email: ilaamin49@gmail.com Gujarati Priest in NC & SC for Ganesh, Randal, Laxmi, Sharda Pujan, Satyanarayan Katha, Wedding, Vastu, Baby Shower, Hawan, Grah Shanti. Kishor Trivedi Home: 336-774-0597 Cell: 336-486-7925 E-Mail: kishor7@juno.com Mehandi (Henna): Award-winning artist in the Chapel Hill / Durham, NC area specializes in Mehandi parties. Perfect for weddings, birthdays & get-togethers. Creative & beautiful art! Contact: Krishna Priya Dasi: 919-824-7734; krsnapriyad96@gmail.com; www.lotuslyrics.com/henna.html dholi For Hire: Plays the Dhol (drum) for any occasion! Classes Available! Barat, Doli, Graduation, Birthdays, Baby Showers & any other festivity. Affordable rates! Call Arpan Bhandari 704-843-7202 or email: arpandholi@yahoo.com 139

Hindu Priest: All kinds of puja. Including: havan, katha, weddings, graha pravesh, funeral services & Shraadh. In Hindi, English & Tamil. Call Balaji 704-877-6320 or 704-5457220 or e-mail: priestbalaji@gmail.com Pretty Face - Indian beauty parlour. Threading, facials, waxing etc conveniently located at Ballantyne /South Charlotte area. Please call for appointment 704-726-8928. Neeta’s Beauty Parlor: Charlotte area open 7 days a week. Full service. Call for appointment. 704-968-0270. Pari Beauty In Matthews: Threading, Waxing, Facials, massage for new born and mom & other services. 25 years of experience. Special Deals & Great Service. Call: 704-846-7912.

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Advertisers Index A & V Satellites ....................................................21

DJ Desi (Amit Vasi) ..............................................45

Pardasani, Kamlesh (Real Estate) .........................23

Access Realty & Funding (Chandravadan Shah)....65

DJ Entertainment Services (D2D Entertainment)...87

Passage To India - Fine Indian Cuisine ...............127

Accounting Solutions (Muhammad Kamran Awan) .83

DJ Lalit ...............................................................10

Patel Brothers (Charlotte)...................................125

All Car Care.........................................................38

Eshaan Jewelers .................................................45

Patel, Champa (Real Estate)...............................105

Anand, Versha (Real Estate) ...............................141

Fairview Home Mortgage.....................................61

Patel, Mrugesh (Law Offices) .............................135

Anil Bedi & Associates PC (CPA & Consultants) ....16

First Data (Credit Card Processor) ........................85

Patel, Tony (Real Estate) .......................................35

Anova Groups (Clinical SAS Training & Placement) .45

Fresh Dental .......................................................71

Pathak, Atul (Real Estate) .....................................63

Apna Travels (Morrisville)......................................29

Friends Travel ......................................................85

Payal Groceries ...................................................37

Arboretum Obstetrics & Gynecology.....................56

Gandhi International Market.................................28

Peacock Indian Cuisine (Charlotte) .....................103

Aroma Indian Cuisine (Charlotte area) ..................12

Gem Avenue........................................................25

Persis Indian Grill.................................................22

Around The World Market Charlotte ...................109

Geological Resources, Inc. ...................................16

Piece Of India, Inc..............................................137

Art Of Living Retreat...............................................6

Global Mall / Legacy Jewels ..............................143

Piedmont Health Care (Gastroenterologist V. Trivedi) 31

Asian Divas (Makeup Artist/ Beauty Salon)............10

Goehring & Strang PLLC (Immigration Law)

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Puja Boutique (Charlotte) ...................................103

Asiana Fusion.Sushi ..........................................129

Gohil Law (Law Offices of Sanjay R. Gohil, PLLC) ..19

Rajbhog Foods ....................................................91

Aspect Commerical Realty (Prashant Parmar).......83

H2 Laser & Skin ..................................................79

Rajdeep Video & Photography (Ramesh Panjabi)...91

Austin Village Eye Care (Dr. Keshav Bhat) ...........105

Hindu Center Charlotte (Events) ......................72-77

Red Bow Fitness (Bollywood Dance / Fitness Class)19

Ayesh Mian (Wedding Planning and Décor) ..........33

Idolize Brows & Beauty ......................................27

Ritu Selects - India Inspired Couture.....................41

Ballantyne Tech Academy ....................................41

India Grocers (Charlotte) ......................................43

Robert Brown LLC (Oza, Rishi: Immigration Law) ..91

BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir (Charlotte)........67

Insurance Shopping (Sonal Patel, Independent Agent)37

Roop Beauty (Pooja Patel) ....................................33

Barot, Tushar (Statefarm) .....................................61

International Community Church .........................58

S S Event Services (Event planning, Photo, Video).95

Bashyam & Spiro LLP (Immigration Law)..............57

Jaipur Indian Restaurant (Charlotte)......................39

Saathee Subscription Form................................130

Bhindi Jewellers ................................................2

K & M Accountant................................................35

Saathee.com.......................................................94

Bipin & Smita Parekh (Real Estate).......................47

K & S Novelties Wholesale ...................................11

Saffron Restaurant and Catering ........................113

Blakeney Dental ...............................................129

Kasarla, Gopal & Veena (Real Estate & Mortgage).47

Shah, Anish (Real Estate)...............................48-49

Blooming Buds....................................................65

KD Financial & KMD Realty ..................................17

Shah, Kirti (CPA - Sepa Consulting) ....................95

Bombay Grille (Charlotte) .....................................34

Khanna & Sons Jewelers.....................................15

Shining Star Academy .......................................123

British International School of Charlotte ................55

Kirti Shah CPA .....................................................87

Shukla, Kirit (Music Lession & Band) ..................119

Carolina Law Group (Monty Desai) .......................59

Krut Systems (LED, Signs, Solar) ..........................13

Shyama Beauty Parlour .......................................37

Carolina Wedding Belle (Event Design & Décor) ....61

Kumar, Kokila (Real Estate - Allen Tate)...............119

SJ Iyer Reatly ......................................................39

CaroMont Medical Group (Dr. Manu Patel)............93

LED Lights (Smart Energy Solutions) ..................142

Sleep Inn (Charlotte) .........................................131

Challa Law Offices, PLC (Immigration)................141

Lonestar Video Production & Photography............64

South Char. Endocrinology (K. Narasimhan, MD)...66

Charlotte Chess Club .........................................93

Maadhurya Photography......................................87

Thakkar, Beena (Realty)..................................80-81

Charlotte Eye Ear Nose & Throat .........................42

Maharani Restaurant ...........................................79

The Blue Taj ......................................................117

Charlotte Music School........................................97

Malani Jewelers ................................................144

Travel Universe ....................................................89

Chaupatti (Casual Indina Kitchen - Charlotte)......111

Malaya Kitchen (Charlotte) ...................................53

Travelinks..........................................................135

Chiro-Carolina

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Mathur, Gitanjali (Allen Tate Realtors)....................55

Trimurti Temple Devasthanam (Charlotte) ...............3

Concha, David (Immigration Attorney)...................79

Matthews Family Dentistry ..................................66

Trivedi, Madhusudan (Priest - "Bapu")..................19

Concord Children's Clinic ..................................53

Maxim Tours .......................................................27

Ttravel Guru ........................................................95

Copper..............................................................117

Meena Jewelers Jewelers (Zaveri Bazaar) .............9

Tyagi, Rita (Real Estate)........................................31

County South Realty & Business Brokers............131

Merrill Lynch (Monica Vadhear) ..........................33

UBS (Manish Mehta, CFA, CFP)..........................101

Crown Cab Charlotte ...............................35, 53, 93

MyTripFare (Travel agent)...................................141

Uni World Travel...................................................83

Curry and Cakes (Charlotte) .................................63

Nagpal, Sunil (MetLife).......................................115

Vallabh Pushti Samaj of Carolinas (VPSC).............69

Dentist (Dr. Prashant Rao, Cedar Walk Dentistry).113

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Vemuri, Krishna (Realor).......................................95

Dentist (Pineville Dentistry - Lina V. Mistry, DDS) ...58

Nazaare ............................................................121

Vyas Travels.........................................................87

Desai, Rajarshi (CPA, PLLC) ...............................111

Neeta's Beauty Parlor ........................................121

White Horse Weddings ......................................134

Devam Jewelers....................................................7

North American Bancard ......................................5

Woodlands .........................................................99

Digital Room Photography ...................................33

OM Tech Training ................................................31

Worldwide travels ...............................................51

Disorder (Book by Vanesha Pravin) .......................51

OnCall Mobile Medical and Wellness ...............113

Yafa Halal Market & Café ...................................105

DJ Hangama ....................................................51

Pac N Fly (Travel Agency) .....................................65

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