MONTH THAT WAS
When English thought 'Indian better'
London: A project on ‘Spiritual Healing’, an ancient form of medication, under the aegis of an Indian consultant has bagged 205,000 pounds grant for research and the treatment will soon be offered to British patients, reports PTI.
National Lottery awarded the grant for the two-year study to healing charity, Fresh Winds, which is working with Birmingham University and the National Health Service Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield. Sukhdev Singh, an Indian consultant in gastroenterology who is co-ordinating the research, said he had been encouraged by the results so far, Daily Mail reported. He added: ‘For many of the individuals we see, conventional treatments do not provide the complete answer. By being able to offer healing therapy, we are able to offer complementary methods of treatments which have been showing good results.’
However, critics of this healing form are calling it waste of money pumped into a “voodoo” technique of medication. Simon Singh, the author of Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine on Trial, said, “The 200,000 pounds should have been spent on much better causes.
“There is no worthwhile evidence at all that spiritual healing works in any way, shape or form other than the placebo effect - when the patient feels better just because they are getting some attention.”
HC questions Kalmadi,
‘Is the government in crisis for you to be in Parliament?
New Delhi: CWG case accused Suresh Kalmadi was grilled by Delhi High Court over his plea that he be allowed to attend the Monsoon session of Parliament and was asked to produce his attendance record in Lok Sabha for the last five years.
In a rebuke to Kalmadi, Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw also asked the jailed Congress MP what was the need for him to attend Parliament unless there is voting on a bill or a motion that could lead to the fall of the government. The Monsoon session commences on August one.
There is nothing important like voting is happening in Parliament or government is going to fall for which your presence is required in the Lok Sabha,” the judge said on the plea by the sacked CWG Organising Committee Chief.
Priest Best at his bestial worst
Sydney: victims of sexual abuse by an Australian priest told a court that he robbed them of their innocence and destroyed their childhood.
He even told one victim: “If you tell anyone what happened, I’ll kill you.”
Robert Charles Best, 70, appeared for a pre-sentence plea hearing for 21offences against eight victims committed between 1969 and 1988 at catholic schools in Ballarat, Geelong and Box Hill, the Herald Sun reported.
The victims told him how sick his serial sex attacks were.
“I stay up at night with the bastard on my mind and his hands on my body,” a victim known only as A.B. told the court.
A.B. said he was a “plaything” for the priest, and said the church’s dogged defence of Best “rubbed salt” into his wounds.
“Being schooled at the Geelong school was disturbing. Make the church reel with a heavy sentence on this sadistic predator,” he told the court.
“He’s a bully and a pervert. His Christianity doesn’t mean a thing. A serious sentence is a much-needed slap in the face of this ignorant and arrogant institution.”
Another victim B.C. said Best called him “dirty” after raping him, which left him with a lifelong complex about cleanliness.
He said the abuse caused him to be aggressive as he grew up, intolerant of authority and with a hatred of the church.
Prosecutor Amanda Forester outlined to the court a horrific series of abuses while Best was a teacher and a school principal.
She said he touched the victims, rubbed their genitals, raped them and terrorised them.
Other priests knew of the abuse and were present when it occurred. On other occasions he forced other boys to take part in the abuse, she said.
Best was charged with sodomy and indecent assault against a male under 16. He pleaded guilty in May to charges involving three boys.
St. Don Bosco relic on pilgrimage
Mumbai: The relic of Don Bosco, which arrived in India in May, arrived in Mumbai on August 11, 2011. The Worldwide Relic Pilgrimage of this Salesian founder came to Resurrection Church, Vihar (E) on Aug. 11. From there it will move to St. James Church, Agashi, Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace, Vasai.
It arrived at Don Bosco, Borivli on Aug. 12 and from there to Our Lady of Dolours Church, Wadala, a day later. From Aug. 13-16 the relic, placed in a casket made of aluminum, bronze and glass, will be kept at the Shrine of Don Bosco, Matunga for devotees throng in thousands, to pay their homage.
Don Bosco was champion of youth, especially the ones on the street.
He took utmost care to polish these rough diamonds, some of who went on to achieve greatness, emulating the one who loved, educated and gave them a reason to live.
Thrown among the wolves, so to speak, in the early 19th century, St. John Bosco, faced umpteen odds in his quest to care for those neglected by society.
He relied solely on the help from our Blessed Mother who appeared in a dream to him when he was just 8 years old.
The Salesians all over India have been preparing for this once in a lifetime event since the past one year. Salesian institutes have been in existence all over India for over a hundred years, and Don Bosco is certainly a much-loved saint in India.
Child born with teeth
Mumbai: Imisha, a 6-year old baby girl is the second child in two weeks, to have been born with two teeth grown already on her lower jaw. This little angel’s teeth, who was born to Bhavya and Sunny Shrimankar on a rainy afternoon of July 23, were noticed by doctors at Vatsalya Hospital in Ghatkopar, when the baby was taken in for her first check up post delivery.
“I was informed by the doctor that my baby has two fetal teeth so we were asked to see a paedodentist to get her teeth removed. I was told that the teeth might be naturally weak and there could be a possibility of the baby swallowing-in the teeth which could lead to choking of the wind or the food pipe,” said Bhavya, Imisha’s mother.
Consulting paedodentist in this case, Dr. Anand revealed that such cases are very rare. “Almost 1 in 3000 occurrences sees a baby born with fetal teeth. Normally root of the tooth is firmed downwards in gum which further leads to growth, however in such cases the root is not firmed and starts growing upward prematurely, hence the teeth are weak and need to be removed,” elaborated Dr. Anand.
He further said, “Milk teeth which usually appear at 1-2 years of age are different from fetal teeth which appear at birth. A baby with fetal teeth will later go on to have normal milk teeth.
London: A project on ‘Spiritual Healing’, an ancient form of medication, under the aegis of an Indian consultant has bagged 205,000 pounds grant for research and the treatment will soon be offered to British patients, reports PTI.
National Lottery awarded the grant for the two-year study to healing charity, Fresh Winds, which is working with Birmingham University and the National Health Service Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield. Sukhdev Singh, an Indian consultant in gastroenterology who is co-ordinating the research, said he had been encouraged by the results so far, Daily Mail reported. He added: ‘For many of the individuals we see, conventional treatments do not provide the complete answer. By being able to offer healing therapy, we are able to offer complementary methods of treatments which have been showing good results.’
However, critics of this healing form are calling it waste of money pumped into a “voodoo” technique of medication. Simon Singh, the author of Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine on Trial, said, “The 200,000 pounds should have been spent on much better causes.
“There is no worthwhile evidence at all that spiritual healing works in any way, shape or form other than the placebo effect - when the patient feels better just because they are getting some attention.”
HC questions Kalmadi,
‘Is the government in crisis for you to be in Parliament?
New Delhi: CWG case accused Suresh Kalmadi was grilled by Delhi High Court over his plea that he be allowed to attend the Monsoon session of Parliament and was asked to produce his attendance record in Lok Sabha for the last five years.
In a rebuke to Kalmadi, Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw also asked the jailed Congress MP what was the need for him to attend Parliament unless there is voting on a bill or a motion that could lead to the fall of the government. The Monsoon session commences on August one.
There is nothing important like voting is happening in Parliament or government is going to fall for which your presence is required in the Lok Sabha,” the judge said on the plea by the sacked CWG Organising Committee Chief.
Priest Best at his bestial worst
Sydney: victims of sexual abuse by an Australian priest told a court that he robbed them of their innocence and destroyed their childhood.
He even told one victim: “If you tell anyone what happened, I’ll kill you.”
Robert Charles Best, 70, appeared for a pre-sentence plea hearing for 21offences against eight victims committed between 1969 and 1988 at catholic schools in Ballarat, Geelong and Box Hill, the Herald Sun reported.
The victims told him how sick his serial sex attacks were.
“I stay up at night with the bastard on my mind and his hands on my body,” a victim known only as A.B. told the court.
A.B. said he was a “plaything” for the priest, and said the church’s dogged defence of Best “rubbed salt” into his wounds.
“Being schooled at the Geelong school was disturbing. Make the church reel with a heavy sentence on this sadistic predator,” he told the court.
“He’s a bully and a pervert. His Christianity doesn’t mean a thing. A serious sentence is a much-needed slap in the face of this ignorant and arrogant institution.”
Another victim B.C. said Best called him “dirty” after raping him, which left him with a lifelong complex about cleanliness.
He said the abuse caused him to be aggressive as he grew up, intolerant of authority and with a hatred of the church.
Prosecutor Amanda Forester outlined to the court a horrific series of abuses while Best was a teacher and a school principal.
She said he touched the victims, rubbed their genitals, raped them and terrorised them.
Other priests knew of the abuse and were present when it occurred. On other occasions he forced other boys to take part in the abuse, she said.
Best was charged with sodomy and indecent assault against a male under 16. He pleaded guilty in May to charges involving three boys.
St. Don Bosco relic on pilgrimage
Mumbai: The relic of Don Bosco, which arrived in India in May, arrived in Mumbai on August 11, 2011. The Worldwide Relic Pilgrimage of this Salesian founder came to Resurrection Church, Vihar (E) on Aug. 11. From there it will move to St. James Church, Agashi, Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace, Vasai.
It arrived at Don Bosco, Borivli on Aug. 12 and from there to Our Lady of Dolours Church, Wadala, a day later. From Aug. 13-16 the relic, placed in a casket made of aluminum, bronze and glass, will be kept at the Shrine of Don Bosco, Matunga for devotees throng in thousands, to pay their homage.
Don Bosco was champion of youth, especially the ones on the street.
He took utmost care to polish these rough diamonds, some of who went on to achieve greatness, emulating the one who loved, educated and gave them a reason to live.
Thrown among the wolves, so to speak, in the early 19th century, St. John Bosco, faced umpteen odds in his quest to care for those neglected by society.
He relied solely on the help from our Blessed Mother who appeared in a dream to him when he was just 8 years old.
The Salesians all over India have been preparing for this once in a lifetime event since the past one year. Salesian institutes have been in existence all over India for over a hundred years, and Don Bosco is certainly a much-loved saint in India.
Child born with teeth
Mumbai: Imisha, a 6-year old baby girl is the second child in two weeks, to have been born with two teeth grown already on her lower jaw. This little angel’s teeth, who was born to Bhavya and Sunny Shrimankar on a rainy afternoon of July 23, were noticed by doctors at Vatsalya Hospital in Ghatkopar, when the baby was taken in for her first check up post delivery.
“I was informed by the doctor that my baby has two fetal teeth so we were asked to see a paedodentist to get her teeth removed. I was told that the teeth might be naturally weak and there could be a possibility of the baby swallowing-in the teeth which could lead to choking of the wind or the food pipe,” said Bhavya, Imisha’s mother.
Consulting paedodentist in this case, Dr. Anand revealed that such cases are very rare. “Almost 1 in 3000 occurrences sees a baby born with fetal teeth. Normally root of the tooth is firmed downwards in gum which further leads to growth, however in such cases the root is not firmed and starts growing upward prematurely, hence the teeth are weak and need to be removed,” elaborated Dr. Anand.
He further said, “Milk teeth which usually appear at 1-2 years of age are different from fetal teeth which appear at birth. A baby with fetal teeth will later go on to have normal milk teeth.
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