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2013-01-01T07:28:36-06:00

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What is an Aura?

Last updated on: January 1, 2013 at 7:28 am By Desh Kapoor

Someone asks Sadhguru about what Aura is. Sadhguru then explains what Aura is and what is the importance of understanding Aura for a Spiritual Seeker. Read more

2012-12-31T23:17:44-06:00

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Welcome 2013, Adios 2012.

Last updated on: December 31, 2012 at 11:17 pm By Desh Kapoor

The year that was in 2012. And the new year 2013. 2012 was the year to end the world. It didn’t. World moves on and we do as well. The coming year and further will test our resolve and commitment to a better world. Read more

2012-12-31T22:57:30-06:00

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Fisherman catches a Shark being eaten by another Shark (amazing pic)

Last updated on: December 31, 2012 at 10:57 pm By Desh Kapoor

In an amazing shot a fisherman from New Zealand caught a shark (School Shark) being eaten by another shark (Blue Shark). He had to let go of them, but not before taking an incredible shot of both. Source Related articles from External Sources It’s a shark-eat-shark world Shark Eating Another Shark In Kaiteriteri, New Zealand Shark footage goes viral Shark-attacks-shark photo goes viral SHARK WEAK: Big shark eaten by giant shark as fisherman reels him in ‘Shark-Eat-Shark’... Read more

2012-12-31T21:40:56-06:00

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PBS on Delhi Gangrape case and protests in Delhi

Last updated on: December 31, 2012 at 9:40 pm By Desh Kapoor

Here is PBS Newshour’s take on the Delhi Gang rape and of other cases. Very interesting program. Read more

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2012-12-31T07:15:11-06:00

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Campaign to stop Rape Rapper Honey Singh from performing in Gurgaon at New Year’s concert

Last updated on: December 31, 2012 at 7:15 am By Desh Kapoor

Honey Singh is a Punjabi rapper from Hoshiarpur, who is going to perform at the Bristol Hotel in Gurgaon. A section of the society has started a campaign to ban this guy from performing in Delhi. Actually he should be banned from performing anywhere in India. He openly sings songs with “Rape themes” containing lyrics which are misogynistic and demeaning. He is known as the Rape Rapper. He has belted out songs like Main Hoon Balaatkari and Ch** – punjabi... Read more

2012-12-30T06:28:49-06:00

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American Woman shoves an Indian infront of a train in NY because she hates “Hindus and Muslims” after 9/11

Last updated on: December 30, 2012 at 6:28 am By Desh Kapoor

An Indian man, a Hindu, was pushed onto the tracks in front of an oncoming train – which crushed him on the spot – at Queens subway station in New York by a lady because she hates Hindus and Muslims after 2001 (9/11)! In a statement released by the district attorney’s office, Brown quoted Menendez, “in sum and substance,” as having told the police: “I pushed a Muslim off the train tracks because I hate Hindus and Muslims ever since... Read more

2012-12-30T06:06:13-06:00

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70 percent of phones sold in China are Chinese-branded, Samsung and Apple losing out

Last updated on: December 30, 2012 at 6:06 am By Desh Kapoor

The smartphones sales in China is soaring. Specifically the Android based phones. But there is a catch! 70 percent of phones sold in China are Chinese-branded. China is increasingly turning away from Samsung and Apple, and instead embracing very low-cost Android phones by Chinese companies such as Xiaomi, HUAWEI or ZTE. The total mobile phones sales in November were 24.59 million, out of which 11.65 mn were through telecom operators. One of the reason why China-made mobile phones take more... Read more

2012-12-30T05:39:03-06:00

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US-wide survey of religions gives interesting stats on Hindus

Last updated on: December 30, 2012 at 5:39 am By Desh Kapoor

An new study – “2010 U.S. Religious Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study (RCMS)” by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) – looks at the congregations and the religious adherents across the US. The statistics for Hindus are very interesting. (link) Approximately 641,200 Hindu adherents and 1,625 congregations were reported across the country. With more than 80,000 Hindu adherents, the greater area of New York, NY-NJ-PA reported the highest number of Hindu adherents, whereas the greater area of... Read more

2012-12-29T14:30:03-06:00

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Ramanujan’s formula proved correct, may help explain Black Holes

Last updated on: December 29, 2012 at 2:30 pm By Desh Kapoor

Ramanujan had made a conjecture on his death bed in a letter to Hardy discussing mock modular forms. Ramanujan’s letter described several new functions that behaved differently from known theta functions, or modular forms, and yet closely mimicked them. Functions are equations that can be drawn as graphs on an axis, like a sine wave, and produce an output when computed for any chosen input or value. Ramanujan conjectured that his mock modular forms corresponded to the ordinary modular forms... Read more

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2012-12-29T13:27:00-06:00

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Sadhguru speaks on Delhi Gang Rape case

Last updated on: December 29, 2012 at 1:27 pm By Desh Kapoor

What kind of humanity are we raising in this society? This rape is not main issue. We need to look at the foundation of such acts of violence. Related articles from External Sources On the Delhi gang-rape, & Indian sexism. Delhi. The gang rape. Murder charges laid in Indian gang-rape case after victim dies in hospital Indian woman’s gang-rape death prompts murder charges Rape Culture, Capitalism and India Charge of the unenlightened brigade Read more

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