Sant Rajinder Singh guest speaker at IAMA
Spiritual leader Sant Rajinder Singh was the honoured guest and speaker at the reputed IAMA’s (Indian American Medical Association of Illinois) 33rd Meadows Club in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, USA. In his address as an honoured guest and speaker to the audience which included Illinois Governor Pat Quinn, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and Congressman George Foster, Singh noted that it is an universal truth that the health of our body and mind depend unequivocally on our spiritual health. He spoke on the importance of meditation, citing national journals that have published research into the physical, mental, and emotional advantages of meditation.
Art aficionados celebrate Boita Bandana Utsav
On a chilly morning with India Gate as backdrop, people of Odisha and art aficionados of Delhi gathered at Boat Club to celebrate the 10th Boita Bandana Utsav, the traditional boat sailing festival of ancient Odisha, organised by Bal Jagruti Association of Delhi, an association working for downtrodden people since 16 years. The function started with traditional Veda chanting by anchor Hrusikesh Panigrahi to an open and early November sky of Delhi, who also moderated a seminar held by the Association later in the afternoon. The festival, which falls on the full moon day of month of Kartika, is to remind the ancient maritime trade of the then Kalinga Sadhabas.