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If you smoke then YOU MUST read this: May 31 Is World No Tobacco Day! Estimated 800,000-900,000 tobacco-attributable deaths per year in India, experts say.According to Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) - India 2010, tobacco use is a major preventable cause of death and disease and is responsible 1 in 10 death among adults worldwide. Approximately 5500000 /5.5 million people die around the world  every year - with India accounting for nearly a fifth of this. If you use tobacco, there are compelling reasons for you to quit. The rewards of quitting are tremendous, and they begin immediately. You’ll experience the benefits of not using tobacco within 20 minutes of quitting, and as your tobacco-free days accumulate, the benefits will accumulate, too. Quitting tobacco will improve your health, your finances, your self-esteem and your everyday life – immediately and over the long term – in ways you may never have imagined. Quit for Your Health ------------------------ Smoking is the leadi

Importance of Prasad in Hinduism   The word ‘prasad’ means that which gives peace.  During any form of worship, ritual or ceremony, Hindus offer some items of food to the Lord. Puja is done with Bael leaves, flowers, Tulasi (Basil plant), Vibhuti and these are given as Prasada from the Lord. After offering to the god, the Prasad is shared between the devotees, members of their families and friends. It is believed that the lord is pleased even with the smallest offering with devotion and love. As Krishna says in the Bhagavadgita: "Patram Pushpam Phalam Toyam Yo Me Bhaktya Prayacchati; Tadaham Bhaktyupahritamasanami Prayatatmanah" It means that the lord accepts it with a loving heart, a leaf, a flower, a fruit or even water whoever offers with devotion. There is no need to offer costly items to god like gold, silver, dress etc. The mental attitude of the devotee offering to the lord is important. It is believed that the grace of the lord descends to the devotee through Prasa

War memorial vandalised, mosque firebombed and ugly clashes on the street : Tensions rise after slaughter of British soldier Help for Heroes rejects money raised for it by English Defence League Said it did not want the charity to be used for 'political purposes' Thugs sprayed the word 'Islam' across two war memorials Bomber Command Memorial and Animals In War Memorial vandalised Mosque fire-bombed in wake of Lee Rigby's execution in Woolwich 1,000 EDL chant, sing and march from Trafalgar Square to Downing Street The word 'Islam' daubed on the Animals In War Memorial   London : Thugs sprayed the word ‘Islam’ across two war memorials in a provocative vandalism attack yesterday. Memorials to members of RAF Bomber Command and animals killed at war were targeted in London, as police forces across the country dealt with a spate of ugly attacks fuelled by hatred after soldier Lee Rigby’s

By Harold Maass Rampaging immigrant youths have upended the country's reputation as a prosperous refuge Stockholm is burning. Yes, Stockholm, the Swedish capital, is in flames, after hundreds of immigrant youths rampaged through the streets for four straight nights, torching cars and buildings, hurling rocks through windows, and attacking police. The chaotic scenes are at odds with Sweden's reputation as a liberal model of prosperity, social security, and openness. The riots reportedly started in reaction to Swedish police killing a 69-year-old machete-wielding man earlier this month. But the ferocity and duration of the violence has shocked locals, who say they're at a loss to explain it. "It's difficult to say why they're doing this," Selcuk Cekenhe, who works at a youth center in one of the affected suburbs, tells NBC News. "Maybe it's anger at the law and order forces, maybe it's anger at their own perso

By Dr. Vijaya Rajiva In the last two to three years that the present writer has been watching the two major English news channels, NDTV and CNN-IBN, there has hardly been even any mention of the young Hindu nun Sadhvi Pragya who has been incarcerated in Indian jails(without evidence) and has been suffering from a variety of illnesses not to mention narco tests and so on. There have also been allegations of torture against her. Apart from an old motorcycle belonging to her (and sold by her before the blasts) and the retracted confession of Aseemanand there seems to be no serious evidence against her in the 2006 Malegaon blast. The liberal press, of course , has tossed words around such as 'Hindu terror'. The latest news is that the NIA will be issuing a supplementary charge sheet against her , Aseemanand and Colonel Purohit. And the NIA has dismissed the cases against some Muslim youths who it is claimed were falsely accused of the blasts.

California (USA) : Hanford City Council in California (USA), incorporated in 1891, will start its day with Hindu invocation on August six, containing verses from world's oldest existing scripture. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed will deliver the invocation from ancient Sanskrit scriptures before the City Council. After Sanskrit delivery, he then will read the English translation of the prayer.Sanskrit is considered a sacred language in Hinduism and root language of Indo-European languages. Zed, who is the President of Universal Society of Hinduism, will recite from Rig-Veda, the oldest scripture of the world still in common use, besides lines from Upanishads and Bhagavad-Gita (Song of the Lord), both ancient Hindu scriptures. He plans to start and end the prayer with “Om”, the mystical syllable containing the universe, which in Hinduism is used to introduce and conclude religious work. Zed is a global Hindu and interfaith leader, who besides taking up

P. Deivamuthu, Editor, Hindu Voice (hinduvoicemumbai@gmail.com)   Every country has a religion. USA (whom we try to ape), UK, Australia, Canada, etc. (although Democratic and Secular), proudly say that they are Christian countries. Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, etc. proudly say that they are Islamic countries, although there is no democracy and ‘secularism’. Even Sri Lanka proudly says it is a Buddhist country.   What is the Religion of Bharat? – Islam or Christianity? No. Can it be anything other than Hindu (Sanatan Hindu Dharm)?   If the culture of America is Christian and that of Saudi Arabia and Pakistan is Islam, the culture of India is Hindu. Any one trying to hide this Hindu identity is dishonest. Even hard core anti-Hindus like Brinda Karat, Medha Patkar, Teesta Setalvad, Mallika Sarabai, Arundathi Roy, Barkha Dutt, Ambika Soni, and many others, are testifying to this, showing up in saree with a big Bindi on their foreheads. They can hate Hindu religion but not Hindu cu