Saturday, March 31, 2012

Videos: Banaras Hindu University Seminar on BEING DIFFERENT

This was an important seminar held at one of India's major centers of traditional learning. The Dean of the Faculty of Arts personally supported this and attended the entire event; and separately we had private discussions about his interest to collaborate with me on establishing a center for inter-cultural studies at BHU. I am very supportive of such an initiative.

 

After my talk on the book, there were four well-known scholars of Banaras who responded. Two were senior Indian scholars of the tradition, and two were foreign born scholars who have each lived for over twenty years in India studying the Indian traditions. Naturally, their views varied.

 

Following their comments, I gave my response, and then we engaged the audience with Q&A.

 

[Disappointment: The video recording arranged by the local organizers was done by a professional company, but they brought a home camcorder as their only equipment!!!]

 

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चुनाव और मीडिया

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 10:26 AM PDT

आनंद प्रधान वोटरों को सचेत और सूचित करने के बजाय चैनल ताकतवर राजनीतिक दलों के औजार बन गए हैं यह किसी से छुपा नहीं है कि समकालीन भारतीय राजनीति और चुनावों में मीडिया खासकर न्यूज चैनलों की भूमिका दिन पर दिन बढ़ती जा रही है. इसका ताजा सबूत है उत्तर प्रदेश समेत पांच राज्यों में [...]

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पश्चिमी अर्थतंत्र का अन्तहीन पतन – 2

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 10:18 AM PDT

नीलोफर भागवत विश्व स्तर पर प्रमुख आर्थिक एवं कार्पोरेट घरानों ने, जिन्हें उमड़ते हुए जन सैलाब का भय सता रहा है जैसा कि ग्रीस में देखा गया है, यह फैसला किया है कि वे लोगों के संवैधानिक अधिकारों को समाप्त करेंगे, हालाँकि इन घरानों के प्रमुख वक्ताओं ने अपने आधिकारिक वक्तव्यों में प्रजातंत्र एवं मानवाधिकारों [...]

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कांग्रेस पार्टी के यह ‘होनहार सलाहकार’

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 10:13 AM PDT

निर्मल रानी भारतीय राष्ट्रीय कांग्रेस देश के सबसे प्राचीन राजनैतिक संगठनों में है। 1885 में अपने अस्तित्व में आने से लेकर आज तक कांग्रेस पार्टी ही देश के सबसे बड़े राजनैतिक संगठन के रूप में अपना स्थान बनाए हुए है। देश की स्वतंत्रता से लेकर स्वतंत्रता के उपरांत देश पर सबसे लंबे समय तक शासन [...]

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एक वह छात्रसंघ, एक यह लोकतंत्र

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 09:55 AM PDT

संजय स्वदेश दिल्ली देश की राजधानी है और संविधान की पटरानी है इसलिए हम अपने लोकतांत्रिक समस्याओं के लिए हमेशा दिल्ली की ओर देखते रहते हैं। लेकिन क्या रे वह ठूंठ संसद और क्या उसके निठल्ले सांसद। सरल सवालों का भी जटिल जवाब मिलता है। समस्या सुलझती नहीं बल्कि उलझ जाती है। अरविन्द केजरीवाल के [...]

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उत्तर-पूर्व के नागरिकों की अवमानना और तिब्बती शरणार्थियों की गिरफ्तारी की निंदा

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 02:31 AM PDT

31 मार्च 2012 प्रैस रिलीज उत्तर-पूर्व के नागरिकों की अवमानना और तिब्बती शरणार्थियों की गिरफ्तारी की निंदा केंद्र सरकार के निर्देश पर दिल्ली पुलिस ने ब्रिक्स सम्मेलन के अवसर पर उत्तर-पूर्व के नागरिकों के साथ जो अपमानजनक व्यवहार किया सोशलिस्ट पार्टी उसकी कड़े शब्दों में निंदा करती है। दिल्ली में 27 मार्च को हुआ ब्रिक्स [...]

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Posted: 30 Mar 2012 09:15 PM PDT

CREATING A FRANKENSTEIN By Justice Markandey Katju             I had been keeping silent throughout the Anna Hazare Movement for creating a Lokpal (Janlokpal) because the media (particularly electronic media) had so much hyped the issue and generated such an emotional storm that anyone who would have raised some logical questions would have immediately been branded [...]

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किसी की लापरवाही बन सकती है खुशनसीब की बदनसीबी

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 09:07 PM PDT

मनीष भारतीय हमारे सरकारी कर्मचारी किस मुस्तैदी से काम करते हैं उसका जीता जागता उदाहरण अपने सुशासन बाबू के राज्य में देखने को मिलता है. तीन दिन पहले मेरे यूनियन के एक सहयोगी चौदह साल के “खुशनसीब” के भाई को मेरे पास लाये. खुशनसीब को गाँव में क्रिकेट खेलते समय चोट लगी है जिसके कारण [...]

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Government to get rid of fish

Hi Urvashi,

Ask Minister Sharad Pawar to protect India’s fish-stock.

No more fish on our plates, in our aquariums or even our seas. A Group of Ministers (GoM) has decided to send all our fish to Taiwan.

According to a report by the Ministry of Olfactory Welfare, fish are the foulest smelling things in the country and should be banned. The GoM consisting of the Prime Minister, ministry of agriculture, tourism and others, is acting on this report.

The livelihood of thousands of fisher-folk will be taken away by this decision. Our future generations will never know what fish is. The Ministry of agriculture, in charge of fisheries, needs to consult fisher-folk and fish-lovers before sending them all away to Taiwan.

You should ask Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar to listen to the people and keep India’s fish in Indian waters.

http://greenpeaceindia.nationbuilder.com/fish_stink

Our fish need our support. Lots of people asking the minister to keep our fish safe will put pressure on him to act.

India is rich in marine biodiversity. Instead of conserving it, our government is selling it to another country.

We need to act before all our fish become the property of Taiwan. Ask Minister Sharad Pawar to protect our fish.

http://greenpeaceindia.nationbuilder.com/fish_stink

Thanks a billion!

Areeba Hamid
Oceans campaigner,
Greenpeace India.

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Skyrocketing Increase in Autism

 



From: Syed Ehtisham syedmae@yahoo.com

 
Published on Thursday, March 29, 2012 by Common Dreams

New Study Finds Skyrocketing Increase in Autism

Group says link to environmental factors shown, gov't should regulate toxic chemicals

- Common Dreams staff
A just released report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that children diagnosed with Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) had a skyrocketing increase of 78% compared to results from a decade ago. The CDC report shows that one in 88 children are now diagnosed with the disorder.
Environmental Working Group (EWG) notes that "a burgeoning body of independent scientific research suggests that one factor that may be in play is environmental exposure to neurotoxic chemicals, most notably mercury," and sees the staggering figures as a call for governmental action to minimize children's exposure to toxic chemicals, especially coal plant caused mercury exposure. "Upending the federal government's approach to regulating toxic chemicals and putting tough emissions standards in place at power plants are two good places to start," said Environmental Working Group President Ken Cook.(photo: hepingting)
The CDC conclusion that "ASDs continue to be an important public health concern" would be a challenge under the House Republican budget which would "cut federal spending on Medicaid — the single largest funding source of funding for autism support — by more than $800 billion below current projections over the next 10 years."
A 2011 Stanford University School of Medicine study found that 62 percent of autism risk was attributable to environmental factors.

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From the CDC report: Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network Surveillance Year 2008 Principal Investigators
Results: For 2008, the overall estimated prevalence of ASDs among the 14 ADDM sites was 11.3 per 1,000 (one in 88) children aged 8 years who were living in these communities during 2008. Overall ASD prevalence estimates varied widely across all sites (range: 4.8–21.2 per 1,000 children aged 8 years). ASD prevalence estimates also varied widely by sex and by racial/ethnic group. Approximately one in 54 boys and one in 252 girls living in the ADDM Network communities were identified as having ASDs. Comparison of 2008 findings with those for earlier surveillance years indicated an increase in estimated ASD prevalence of 23% when the 2008 data were compared with the data for 2006 (from 9.0 per 1,000 children aged 8 years in 2006 to 11.0 in 2008 for the 11 sites that provided data for both surveillance years) and an estimated increase of 78% when the 2008 data were compared with the data for 2002 (from 6.4 per 1,000 children aged 8 years in 2002 to 11.4 in 2008 for the 13 sites that provided data for both surveillance years). Because the ADDM Network sites do not make up a nationally representative sample, these combined prevalence estimates should not be generalized to the United States as a whole.
Interpretation: These data confirm that the estimated prevalence of ASDs identified in the ADDM network surveillance populations continues to increase. The extent to which these increases reflect better case ascertainment as a result of increases in awareness and access to services or true increases in prevalence of ASD symptoms is not known. ASDs continue to be an important public health concern in the United States, underscoring the need for continued resources to identify potential risk factors and to provide essential supports for persons with ASDs and their families.

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Environmental Working Group (EWG): Autism Rate Surges Among US Children
"These stunning new figures are a call to action among our elected leaders to minimize our children's exposures to mercury and other toxic chemicals," said EWG President Ken Cook. "These stunning new figures are a call to action among our elected leaders to minimize our children's exposures to mercury and other toxic chemicals," said Environmental Working Group President Ken Cook. "Nothing less than an all-hands-on-deck approach to this mounting epidemic is required by Congress, the President and industry."
Though the cause of autism is yet not known, a burgeoning body of independent scientific research suggests that one factor that may be in play is environmental exposure to neurotoxic chemicals, most notably mercury, a common toxic byproduct at coal-fired power plants around the country.
"Upending the federal government's approach to regulating toxic chemicals and putting tough emissions standards in place at power plants are two good places to start," said Cook. The federal Toxic Substances Control Act has allowed the chemical industry to flood the marketplace with toxic chemicals, including neurotoxins, with virtually no proof they are safe for people.

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"The data signal an impending crisis in America's safety net system for people with autism and related disorders."The report comes just as House Republicans prepare to approve a budget that would cut federal spending on Medicaid — the single largest funding source of funding for autism support — by more than $800 billion below current projections over the next 10 years. [...]
The Arc, an advocacy group for people with disabilities, warned against proposed cuts to federal healthcare spending.
"The data signal an impending crisis in America's safety net system for people with autism and related disorders," The Arc CEO Peter Berns said in a statement. "We may be facing a 'perfect storm' as the rapid rise in the prevalence of autism comes at the very same time Congress is proposing to cut hundreds of billions of dollars from the Medicaid program — the single largest funding source of services and support for autism — while slashing funding for public health programs."

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2011 study found that genes account for 38 percent of autism risk, with environmental factors explaining the remaining 62 percent.A new Stanford University School of Medicine study of twins suggests that non-genetic factors play an unexpectedly large role in determining autism risk, turning upside down recent assumptions about the cause of this common, disabling developmental disorder.
From prior studies of shared autism in twins, scientists had estimated that 90 percent of autism risk was attributable to genes and only 10 percent to non-genetic environmental factors. But the new study — the largest ever of twins in which at least one in each pair has autism — shows almost the opposite: It found that genes account for 38 percent of autism risk, with environmental factors explaining the remaining 62 percent. [...]
The finding that autism risk is strongly influenced by environmental factors should alert scientists to the need to study risk factors they haven't been considering, the researchers said. [...]
And what might the unknown environmental risk factors be?
"That's the multimillion dollar question," Hallmayer said. "I think a lot about it." Autism's manifestation in very young children points to something that happens in early life, potentially even during pregnancy, he said.
"Our findings suggest that events during pregnancy should be a focus for future research into the origins of autism," said Lisa Croen, PhD, a co-author on the study. Croen is a senior research scientist and director of the Autism Research Program at the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research.


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