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Swami Vivekananda - his influence on the West - AL Bardach WSJ. MAGAZINE Updated March 30, 2012, 2:01 p.m. ET MY SWEET LORD The swami Vivekananda, the Bengali monk who brought yoga to the United States, meditating in London, in 1896. What Did J.D. Salinger, Leo Tolstoy, and Sarah Bernhardt Have in Common? The surprising—and continuing—influence of Swami Vivekananda, the pied piper of the global yoga movement By A. L. BARDACH By the late 1960s, the most famous writer in America had become a recluse, having forsaken his dazzling career. Nevertheless, J.D. Salinger often came to Manhattan, staying at his parents' sprawling apartment on Park Avenue and 91st Street. While he no longer visited with his editors at "The New Yorker," he was keen to spend time with his spiritual teacher, Swami Nikhilananda, the founder of the Ramakrishna- Vivekananda Center, located, then as now, in a townhouse just three blocks away, at 17 East 94th Street. CLOCKWISE FROM T...

State Government Fails to Submit Report on Asbestos Fiber related diseases to NHRC   Villagers to Hold Mahadharana Against White Asbestos Plant on June 14 in Vaishali Ban Use & Manufaturing of Silent Killer Fiber Based Products Patna/New Delhi June 13, 2012: A statement from National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has revealed that State government has failed to submit its report on asbestos related diseases. The statement dated June 5, 2012 is attached. NHRC had issued the notice to Chief Secretary, Bihar Government on July 6, 2011. Meanwhile, Union Railway Ministry has started procuring asbestos free products. ༯span> ToxicsWatch Alliance (TWA) demands immediate steps to prevent environmental and occupational exposure to asbestos' besides non-occupational exposures to asbestos by banning use and manufacturing of white asbestos based products. It will set a healthy precedent for all the other states, the central government and neighboring countries. If a d...

Arunachal gets country's fourth Buddhist centre Arunachal Pradesh, where around 13 per cent of the population follows Buddhism, has got its first full-fledged Buddhist centre after Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. The Central Institute of Himalayan Culture Studies at Dahung in West Kameng district, where a majority of the people follow Tibetan Buddhism, is now a full-fledged central institute, according to its founder Tsona Gontse Rinpoche. The institute, conceived by Rinpoche in 2000, had received the nod of the Union Cabinet on May 26, 2010 with a project cost estimated at Rs 9 crore and recurring annual cost of Rs 124.86 lakh. "It began with a central government grant of Rs 97 lakh and has since grown into a good institute to fill...

Euro 2012: Czech beats Greece; Poland draws with Russia Petr Jiracek and Vaclav Pilar scored in the first six minutes to give the Czech Republic a 2-1 win over Greece, while Poland kept their chances of a quarter-finals berth alive after drawing 1-1 with Russia at the European Championship. Jiracek shot the ball past Greece goalkeeper Costas Chalkias in the third minute after a pass from Tomas Hubschmann sliced through the Greek defense. Three minutes later, Pilar scored his second goal of the tournament, beating Greek defenders to a ball sent across the goal by Czech Republic defender Theodor Gebre Selassie. Substitute Fanis Gekas pulled one back for Greece in 53rd minute with a tap in after Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech spilled the ball ...

Portugal win over Denmark; Germany beat Netherlands Portugal win over Denmark; Germany beat Netherlands      Substitute Silvestre Varela smashed in a late goal to grab a 3-2 victory for Portugal over Denmark, while Germany beat Netherlands 2-1, on Wednesday at Euro 2012.  Varela's 87th-minute strike secured all three points for Portugal in a pulsating match after Denmark had erased their two-goal lead with close-range headers by Nicklas Bendtner in the 41st and 80th minutes. Victory in the Ukrainian city of Lviv put Portugal back in contention in Group B after they lost their first match to Germany, who were playing the Netherlands in Kharkiv. Denmark also have three points in a tight group but could not reproduce the form that spurred them to a shock 1-0 victory over the Dutch. Cristiano Ronaldo, the wor...

11th National Meeting of the State Commissioners  Disabilities to Review Implementation of the Persons with Disablities Act, 1995 held Union Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment Shri.Mukul Wasnik has urged States to appoint fulltime Commissioners for Persons with Disabilities and provide adequate staff and create necessary infrastructure for welfare and development of the disabled persons. Addressing the 11th National Meeting of State Commissioners for Persons with Disabilities here today, Shri Wasnik said that the status of implementation of the existing Persons with Disabilities Act across the country is skewed and uneven. This is attributable to a variety of reasons including absence of full time Commissioners disabilities with independent charge at a state level. He said that his Ministry would extend all possible support in creating barrier free environment in States and UTs. Speaking on the occasion, the Minister sa...

Mario Monti:Italy does not need EU help Italy does not need any bailout from its European partners, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti on Wednesday said in parliament.”We wanted to show with actions in our country that we do not need the paralyzing protection of others,” Monti said during a Senate briefing. He said the pressure on the Italian debt will abate if the EU could adopt measures such as “serious public investment…, and if there will be explicit steps towards the construction of Eurobonds or stability bonds, or the redemption fund.” In his view, these measures would not need to become operational this year, but must “not be excluded from the table.”Italy and Europe as a whole were in a “reinforced situation compared to some months ago,” Monti said, adding that there will be “moments of opinion exchange with U.S. President Barack Obama who is following with understandable interest and concern the eurozone dynamics” before the E...