Here is a link to a very recent review on the therapeutic values of curcumin/turmeric.
www.springerlink.com/content/18n558v11ru33516/
Most of us are aware of these benefits and of course have been using turmeric as a food additive for ages.
Here is a dramatic announcement by Divya Gandhi in today's issue of the Hindu online.
www.thehindu.com/health/article520903.ece?homepage=true
It is dramatically captioned as well, 'Turmeric, a recipe for trouble too?'
In my opinion, Ms Gandhi is reading too much into the doubtlessly interesting research findings.
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Prologue:
The very large span in seven of the eight aishvaryas (as different from corresponding siddhis which men attain through sadhana) that Bhagavan possesses is indicated in sloka 90 of the Sri Vishnu Sahasranama, along with its significance to the cosmic creation play. Bhagavan is of course Vishnu and Vyapaka, a great spanner of extremes. This sloka has 12 names in it, numbering 839 to 850.
839. Bhagavan is anu: the very first, very minute singularity that was created by his srshtisankalpa. (animaa)
840. He is brhat, huge, the vast expanse of all his creation. (mahimaa)
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Andree-Marie Dussault on the Cell-phone and the Soul
Fast food, tobacco and alcohol are pouring into India, promoting a consumer culture. India should beware. It must not repeat the mistakes of the West, says Andrée-Marie Dussault in his article entitled Cellphone and the Soul, in the Times of India, dated 24th January 2010. Andrée-Marie is a Delhi-based correspondent of a Swiss newspaper.
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A sequel to Shri Matsya Narayana
A sequel to Shri Matsya Narayana
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If we have read the story of the saving of the Vedas by the direct intervention of the Infinite in the Matsya form and are informed that there could be slightly different versions of the story, if we have learnt that at least for the Matsya manifestation of the Lord, the faithful have built two large temples in India at different times, and if we are able to visit one of these temples and offer our loving homage, then what?
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Shri Matsya Narayana
Shri Matsya Narayana
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Gururgurutamo dhaama satyah satyaparaakramah |
Nimisho (a)nimishah sragvee vaachaspatir udaaradheeh ||
Agraneer graamaneeh shreemaan nyaayo netaa sameeranah |
The above three lines constitute the full shloka 23 and the first half of shloka 24 of Sri Vishnu Sahasranama from the Anushaasanika parva of Maharishi Vedavyasa’s ancient epic. The fifteen names numbering 211 to 225 of the Lord are covered by these lines.
1. The first name consists of two words, Guruh and Gurutamah. Together it means the greatest of Gurus.
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Having to do with Jayanth Kaikini's Ondu Jilebi
Having to do with Jayanth Kaikini's Ondu Jilebi
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An inspiring contemporary young Kannada poet has recently published a collection of his poems and there was a formal release in Bangalore.
Sri Ashoka reviewed the book for The Hindu offering sincere tribute in sober terms, referring to the poet's humanism as well as his involvement with the here, now and the immediate.
The review has been reproduced below.
Humanism, in the lyrical mode
Ondu Jilebi by Jayanth Kaikini
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Rama meets Sharad in the Woods
Rama meets Sharad in the Woods
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Yesterday was a special day. Throughout the world, followers of the Sikh path celebrated the birth anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev. It was Ashwin purnima if you computed your months according to the solar calendar and Kartik Purnima for the lunar month observers. Either way, it qualified as Sharad Purnima. Delhi and its neighbourhood had no rains for weeks, and the full moon on a reasonably clear sky would have met the expectations of visitors to Agra and the Taj Mahal or the pilgrims to Amritsar and the golden temple.
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Cows, Commodities, Greenhouse Gases
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Nadaswaram (Nagaswaram) and the US
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The nadaswaram (sometimes spelt nadhaswaram, and also called nagaswaram) is one of the most popular classical (Carnatic style) instruments of South India and acclaimed as the world's loudest non-brass acoustic instrument. It is similar to the North Indian wind instrument shehnai (shahnai), but larger in size. It has a hardwood body and a large flaring bell made of wood or metal.
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