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Actress Sara Ali Khan took to her social media to share photos of herself meditating in nature on World Mental Health Day on October 10. The actress is known for practicing yoga and meditation for a healthy lifestyle and her…

Today October 9 is celebrated in the liturgical churches of the West as the feast of Dionysus the Areopagite. He is venerated in the Eastern churches on the 3rd of the same month. In the Acts of the Apostles, the second half of the…

The Leeds Mindfulness Festival is set to return to Kirkstall Abbey this weekend. The festival runs from October 11 to October 22, 2021 with a mix of online and in-person sessions at Kirkstall Abbey. It is organized in collaboration…

Personal notes from disgraced ex-CEO Elizabeth Holmes taken during the sudden rise and fall of the blood testing company she launched show how she idolized Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and overcame the collapse of Theranos.…

The first thing I did was apologize to Sarah Ruhl. For a full decade, I worked on the red carpets on Broadway and off-Broadway as the opening night photographer of TheaterMania, caught in a melee of cameramen desperate to get "the picture"…

The desks of the only school in the impoverished Venezuelan fishing village of Ologa are stacked on top of each other in a dark, dusty room.It has been four years since the classroom doors last opened in this isolated school on the shores…

EXCEPT FOR THE only mistake I spotted on its cover, Julia Lovell's new translation of Monkey King: Journey West is the best English edition of the classic Chinese fantasy novel, Xi You Ji (literally "westward travel record"), I have never…

2021 enters the home stretch, the last quarter, and with that, more books - all vying for the Christmas market. There are 81 days left, if you're curious. We are therefore back for our last part of our AU's most anticipated reads…

Thirteen prominent environmentalists, rights activists and citizens addressed a letter to the Sylhet Divisional Commissioner, demanding the protection of the ancestral and customary lands of the Khasi people living in Daluchhara and…

This book tells the story of why many Australian publishers and journalists fear to upset these people and therefore, in my opinion, to censor themselves. This is the story of how the Israeli-Palestinian issue is the one issue that the…

Home " General " Environment " ITBP recovers two bodies of hikers 18,000 feet in Himachal Posted By: Gopi September 30, 2021 Shimla, September 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a daring operation at an altitude of 18,000 feet, soldiers from…

CLASSICAL MUSICDUO CURRO CASSOMENOS - MANTRAMelbourne Digital Concert Hall, September 29There was no doubt the feeling of triumph as the Melbourne musicians returned to the Athenaeum Theater for the Melbourne Digital Concert Hall after a…

The modern world of improved conciseness and rapidly consumed content is replete with quotes from thinkers, leaders, artists and, perhaps most notably, writers. Memorable quotes are ubiquitous on…

Woman who says she moved from Portsmouth because a town man won't leave her alone warns others that he could be dangerous.Monica Clough, 23, says Portsmouth is a city where people come together to help each other, so she hopes that by…

It happened a night, between 2000 and 2005. She swears it happened, but she couldn't be more precise about the time than that.What Summer Burkes remembers is what she saw. She was deep in the desert with a few friends, wandering deeper -…

By Colonel R HariharanChennai: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in his very first address to the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 22, spoke of transitional justice and reconciliation. But his widely reported…

GUWAHATI, September 26: A collection of poems titled At Tawang Monastery, written by Dr Tapati Baruah Kashyap, was published Saturday at the Pandu Buddhist Temple here in Assam by the famous Buddhist monk and scholar Khemananda Bhikkhu.The…

CONFESSIONS OF A WORLD GITANE By Dr Chandana (Chandi) Jayawardena DPhil President - Chandi J. Associates Inc. Consulting, Canada Founder & Administrator - Global Hospitality Forum [email protected] Classic shows As a…

The results section of an article is of primary interest to readers as it provides new and hitherto unknown facts to the scientific literature. Readers are always eager to read your results. Results are the engine of scientific…

A new 'broad Jewish flavor' music, drama and comedy festival is coming to Golders Green this fall. Named after Hebrew for the ritual fringes worn by Orthodox Jews, Tsitsit is a national festival with events at the King Alfred Phoenix…

The IT manager, from London, helped block the M25 and A13 junction on Monday. She is believed to have been involved in Extinction Rebellion since 2018 and has been involved in actions such as blockades in Waltham Forest. She describes…

Financial website Wallet Hub, as of this week, placed Montana in the ranking of the last 10 safest states in the United States during the COVID pandemic, which means 40 states are safer to live in than the Montana during the pandemic, but…

John Henry Ramirez was ready to be put to death on September 8 for the murder of a Corpus Christi convenience store clerk Pablo Castro in…

About a year ago the British newspaper The Guardian published an article titled A robot wrote this whole article. Are you still afraid, human ?, written by an artificial intelligence (AI) robot called GPT-3…

Born into a family that loved music, Satya HindujaThe initiation of began at a very young age. It was the only thing, she said, that attracted him. Cousins ​​often remembered playing jingles on the…

In 2017, while traveling in India, a friend from the northeastern state of Assam told me about the lost tribe Jewish communities in neighboring Mizoram state. Growing up in a Jewish family without ever fully embracing the religion of my…

Extracted with permission from The First Archaeologist of the Indian World: Letters from Alexander Cunningham to JDM Beglar by Upinder Singh. Considering the huge area to be covered and the limited manpower, the expeditions were…

An award-winning author with four titles and two films to her credit, Ruth Ozeki's greatest talent is perhaps her ability to ask the right questions. His fifth novel, “The Book of Form and…

"There are thousands and thousands of people I have helped with religious exemptions," Corrigan calmly assured people who continued to listen to his advice well after 11 pm. "We are the majority and we have been silent."None of the major…

Lotus in the NOMA Fountain by Melanie Warner Spencer About 3,456 days ago, in April, I read a New York Times article on languid. The play described the emotion as follows: “Languir is a feeling of…

About a month after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, LeCount Holmes saw on television that Maryland Governor Larry Hogan was less than a mile from his house for a big announcement.Because Prince George County was one of the regions…

People in creative professions are often inclined to travel. A change of scenery is the surest way to gain inspiration, new emotions and knowledge that will come in handy in a creative career. If you are a writer looking…

The teenager here is Benny Oh, 12 years old when "his father died and his mother started to gain weight". This beloved father, Kenji, jazz clarinetist, dies ignominiously; on his way home from a gig, drunk, high or both, he stumbles down…

THE NEWS CYCLE of the past year has been brutal. Deaths from coronaviruses to anti-vaccines; from anti-China presidential statements to anti-Asian hate crimes; from the murder of George Floyd to QAnon's assault on the capital; From…

In the world of music, there is what is called the “supergroup”; established musicians and artists who come together far from their usual band and / or record company, to create something for…

I can't always define what stories are. As a teaching assistant for a creative writing class, I should have some semblance of definition, but I don't think there is. And that's what I told a student who asked for one. But that…

Knowing KateBrown's work and personality is like unwrapping an Origami Folding Box, subtle layers appear within each other. “KateBrown's work is a very loud silence… vast and…

Something unusual happened last Sunday in Marsh Chapel when Reverend Robert Hill welcomed his flock to the 11 a.m. interfaith service. People were sitting on the benches to listen. The moment marked the long-awaited…

Matt Haig is the novel's best-selling author The midnight library and this summer The Comfort Book, a collection of aphorisms, lists, quotes and stories. Below, he recommends other books that offer wisdom or comfort in difficult…

THIS IS NOT A LUXURY TOUR. The all-caps warning appears halfway through an online brochure about a much-coveted Bengal tour. Abdul Nazar, a young Malayali who lives in Chakla in the north of 24-Parganas, about 50 km from Calcutta, takes…

Home " DEEP DIVING " SL asks India for help to evacuate Lankans in Afghanistan Posted By: Gopi August 22, 2021 By Susitha Fernando Colombo, Aug. 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sri Lanka has asked India for help in evacuating nationals held in…

Residence " General " Health " Now Buddhist monks and foreigners living in UP can benefit from Covid vax Posted By: Gopi August 10, 2021 Lucknow, August 1, August 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Foreigners living in Uttar Pradesh can now avail…

You've hit 35 books that every man should read in their lifetime, and you've made your way through the best new books of 2021. Now, turn your attention to some of the best travel tomes of today and around. yesteryear. We've put…

Southern Granada By Gerald Brenan (1957) 1. Spain attracted many British writers in the interwar period, but Gerald Brenan distinguished himself by settling there, in the small Andalusian village of Yegen. He saw it as a…

You might have thought life was stressful before Covid-19. Add a pandemic to the mix, and it's no surprise if you're feeling exhausted right now. We've all been through huge changes, as we adapt to work in different ways, being…

Powerful art-punk, cello-rock duo, Lung, have a dark and authoritative sound, evoking the catchy mud of the first grunge with ominous undertones layered. The group is Kate wakefield, classically trained opera singer and cellist, and…

STAMFORD, CT - Ready for a family outing? Find out what's new in your Stamford Patch community calendar. See what's going on and what might interest you before making any plans. Planning an event ? Whether you're planning a fundraiser,…

I've said it before, but it's probably worth repeating: Theology can be vitally important. However, I've come to a point in my life where I don't think it's the most important. How we see ourselves and others is. Our theology…

The bottom line of all this is self-negation: "It only takes a moment to gently cut yourself / it's a miracle that not everyone does." Thus, the book, ostensibly on healing, opens on evil (the play is made explicit by the…

Photo courtesy of the IFJ Tharindu Jayawardhana is one of Sri Lanka's most remarkable and promising young journalists. His writings and MediaLK, the news site he founded in 2019, are known to highlight some of the most critical…

I'll admit it, I'm someone who rarely carries cash. If I start the day with more than $ 10 or $ 20 in cash, it's extremely unusual. Today, I settle most of my transactions with my Apple Watch.No, I'm not trying to be fancy when making a…

Counter-view office In an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, more than 100 civil servants, protesting against the change in the central civil service retirement rules, said it would reduce "the freedom of speech of retired…

In the history of Nepal, many people have made extraordinary contributions to the nation building process that people will remember forever. To such personalities, the nation grants the title of "rashtriya bibhuti" or "national hero".…

By Maxwell Olin Massa The fiery imagination of the volume is strong enough to compensate for the flaws in its translation. Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge. Translated from Chinese by Jeremy Tiang. Maison Melville, 240 pages, $ 25.99.…

On the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on July 1, the Chinese government pressured churches and mosques to glorify the Communist Party above all else. Jianli Yang, writing in National Review, said that…

England players are dejected after their Euro 2020 final defeat to Italy on penalties at Wembley Stadium in London. (PENNSYLVANIA)Boris Johnson has ruled out having a public holiday to celebrate England's Euro 2020 squad.Downing Street…

“I am not confined to any group,” he said in a 2009 interview for the Sonshi.com website. "I want to stay independent and reach out to those who want to learn directly from my books."Dr Thurman said…

Mai Thi Tra, Hue's famous cook, has been following a strict vegetarian diet since the historic floods that killed hundreds in the city in 1999.Before the floods, she only ate vegetarian food two to ten days a month as part of her Buddhism.…

When Mihiri Tillakaratne was young, a white scholar visited the Sri Lankan Buddhist temple where she had grown up. The Los Angeles Temple was a vibrant hub for many Sri Lankan Americans scattered across Southern California, but the…

(Reuters) - The farming town of Depayin joined Myanmar's broken communities list when the military intervened to crush a local anti-junta militia armed with makeshift weapons.When army trucks arrived in Depayin around dawn last Friday,…

Oscar nominee Sharon Stone has revealed that she was once called "difficult" and that it caused significant damage to her career."I'm just thrilled to see where I belong in the world, to see where my trip is going," the 63-year-old former…

Investment banker and poker enthusiast Prateek Shukla's book weaves a spy story with spiritual overtones The second book from investment banker and poker enthusiast Prateek Shukla The bet of love (Buddha's house of mirrors is his…

ACLS Announces 2021 Scholars and Recipients of the Robert HN Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies “ACLS applauds the range of…

Although Mr. Silva was one of 93 prisoners who were pardoned that day, including 16 LTTE detainees. But his forgiveness, while not unexpected, came as a national shock given his daring and timing. by Rajan PhilipsJune 24 was Poson…

Columnist Angela Mollard was really excited to travel to New Zealand to see her mother for the first time in 18 months - but Covid has struck again.The future, he wrote, will never provide you with the assurance you ask for.Shit, I thought…

For more than two thousand years, translation has been an indispensable part of the history and transmission of Buddhism. When Buddhism arrived in China from India, one of the most important tasks was the translation of Buddhist…

Montana Senator Steve Daines was on the KGVO Montana Morning News Tuesday morning, the same day the Senate would vote on the "For the People" law, for which Daines had a different name."It should be called the 'For Corrupt Politicians'…

WHAT YOU CAN SEE FROM HEREBy Mariana LekyTranslated by Tess LewisEveryone has heard of the kiss that turns a frog into a prince. But the story of the Brothers Grimm “The Frog King; or, Iron Henry ”also…

New Delhi has struggled for decades to tone down secessionist sentiments in what had been its only Muslim-majority state, accusing neighboring Pakistan of supporting insurgencies in the Himalayan region, which Islamabad denies.…

Parul Khakhar, Vishnu PandiaCounter-view office In a strongly worded statement, more than 170 cultural figures, activists and academics from Gujarat strongly protested against the "threats" issued against Gujarati writers in the…