[01/09/2015]
PM Modi released digitally
restored recordings of epic ‘Ramcharitmanas’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 31 August 2015 released
digital recordings of epic Ramcharitmanas, as a set of digital CDs produced by
All India Radio (AIR).Digital recordings of the epic is a part of AIR’s
attempt to go digital in a big way so that the public broadcaster can reach
audiences globally.
The recordings of Goswami Tulsidas work, sung by leading
singers of Bhopal gharana, have been done by the AIR over several years and are
regularly broadcast especially in the Hindi heartland.
The Ramcharitmanas was composed and recorded for the first
time in 1980 at Akashvani Bhopal.
Haryana Government
inaugurated Sakhi, one stop center for women in distress
Haryana Women and Child Development Minister Kavita Jain on
31 August 2015 inaugurated state’s first One Stop Centre, known as Sakhi, at
Karnal. The center will play a role in helping the women in distress. This is
the second such centre in the country after Chhattisgarh.
The Center, opened under a Union Government scheme, would provide help to sexually, mentally and emotionally harassed women and others.
The Center, opened under a Union Government scheme, would provide help to sexually, mentally and emotionally harassed women and others.
SC stays Rajasthan HC’s decision declaring ‘Santhara’ ritual illegal
The
Supreme Court (SC) of India has stayed Rajasthan High Court’s order declaring
Santhara, a Jain ritual of voluntary and systematic fasting to death illegal.
The stay order was given by SC Bench comprising Chief Justice of India H.L.
Dattu and Justice Amitava Roy. What is Santhara? Santhara is a religious custom
of Jain religion that embraces voluntary death in order to purge oneself of bad
‘karma’ and attain ‘moksha’. The practitioners of this custom take an oath to
stop eating until they die of starvation. This oath is taken in consultation
with a guru and follows the most detailed of procedures.
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