Cricketer Yuvraj to pen down his fight against cancer

Cricketer Yuvraj Singh on Wednesday said that he is planning to pen down the experience and a change in his thought process during the treatment for cancer in the United States. Asserting that the most important thing in life is happiness, Yuvraj said his thoughts have changed now.
"I am writing about it, what I went through, the people who were around me. I am writing a book, which will come out someday. My thoughts have changed, because you get everything in life but the most important thing is happiness," he said.
Yuvraj further said he was content with his life and would play cricket with less stress on his mind.
"Money is important, but it's important that you are happy in life. When I started playing for India, I always wondered whether I would score runs, field well...these questions were there," said Yuvraj.
"But now, I am happy in life, I am content. Definitely I will play cricket but with less stress on my mind," he added.

Yuvraj, who was adjudged the player of the tournament at the 2011 ICC World Cup, had gone to the United States for treatment in January this year.
He was diagnosed with a golf ball-sized non-malignant tumour. However, later in February, the doctors told him that he was suffering from 'mediastinal seminoma'.

Singh, 30, underwent three sessions of chemotherapy in Indianapolis at the I. U. Simon Cancer Centre at the Indiana University Medical Centre in the care Lawrence H Einhorn, who had in 1996 headed the treatment of cycling champion Lance Armstrong, who was diagnosed with testicular cancer. He also mentioned that he was inspired by two sporting legends Lance Armstrong and Sachin Tendulakr.

Bhagavad Gita faces 'extremist' branding, ban in Russia

Bhagavad Gita, one of the holiest Hindu scriptures, is facing a legal ban and the prospect of being branded as "an extremist" literature across Russia. A court in Siberia's Tomsk city is set to deliver its final verdict Monday in a case filed by state prosecutors.

The final pronouncement in the case will come two days after Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his Dec 15-17 official visit for a bilateral summit with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev consolidated bilateral trade and strategic ties and personal friendship.

The case, which has been going on in Tomsk court since June, seeks ban on a Russian translation of "Bhagavad Gita As It Is" written by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON).

It also wants the Hindu religious text banned in Russia and declared as a literature spreading "social discord", its distribution on Russian soil rendered illegal. 

Holly Book of Hindu BHAGAVAD GITA

In view of the case, Indians settled in Moscow, numbering about 15,000, and followers of the ISKCON religious movement here have appealed to Manmohan Singh and his government to intervene diplomatically to resolve the issue in favour of the scripture, an important part of Indian epic Mahabharata written by sage Ved Vyas.

The ISKCON followers in Russia have also written a letter to the Prime Minister's Office in New Delhi, calling for immediate intervention, lest the religious freedom of Hindus living here be compromised.


"The case is coming up for a final verdict on Monday in Tomsk court. We want all efforts from the Indian government to protect the religious rights of Hindus in Russia," Sadhu Priya Das of ISKCON and a devotee of a 40-year-old Krishna temple in central Moscow, told IANS.
The Hindus pleaded with the court that the case was inspired by religious bias and intolerance from a "majority religious group in Russia", and have sought that their rights to practice their religious beliefs be upheld.

The prosecutor's case also seeks to ban the preachings of Prabhupada and ISKCON's religious beliefs, claiming these were "extremist" in nature and preached "hatred" of other religious beliefs.

"They have not just tried to get the Bhagavad Gita banned, but also brand our religious beliefs and preachings as extremist," Das said.

The ISKCON devotees have taken up the matter with the Indian embassy in Moscow too for an early diplomatic intervention before things get worse and the court passes an adverse verdict banning the Bhagavad Gita and Krishna consciousness teachings.

In the Nov 1 letter addressed to Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Pulok Chatterji, ISKCON's New Delhi branch Governing Body Commissioner Gopal Krishna Goswami, said the prosecutor's affidavit claims Lord Krishna "is evil and not conforming to Christian religious view".

Goswami also urged Manmohan Singh to accord priority to the matter during his Moscow stay and take it up with the Russian authorities.

Indian diplomatic corps officials at the embassy here, who were unwilling to be named, told IANS that they have been following up the case since the time it was brought to their notice earlier this year.

They had also taken up the matter at the appropriate levels in the Russian government to get the case either withdrawn or get the defence to fight the case to obtain a favourable verdict.

Officials at the Indian Prime Minister's Office, who were part of the Indian delegation accompanying Manmohan Singh, confirmed to IANS the case and the letter they received from ISKCON in this regard.

"This matter is receiving the highest attention and the Indian embassy officials in Moscow have been instructed to follow up the case with the Russian authorities," they said.

Handicapped writer Jhamak Ghimire awarded with Madan Puraskar 2067!!!

Thirty-year-old,  Jhamak Kumari Ghimire, a handcapped writer, has bagged this year's Madan Puraskar, Nepal's most prestigious  award in literature , for her autobiography 'Jeevan Kaanda ki Phool' that means  Life Flower or Thorn. Last year the This prize was given to other handicapped writer ,Nar Bahadur Saud of Baitadi last year on his contribution to the agricultural development by writing book  Nepalka Balinali Ra Tinko Digo Kheti (Crops in Nepal and their sustainable cultivation).

Jhamak kumari

Likewise, the Madan Puraskar Guthi has decided to honour poet Durgalal Shrestha with the Jagadamba Shree award for his contribution to the Nepali literature. Shrestha is the lyricist of popular song 'Phool ko Aankha maa Phoolai Sansara', which was sung by Aani Chhoying Dolma.
 The awards would be conferred on Ghimire and Shrestha amid a special function in Patan, Lalitpur later in September on the day of Ghatshthapana .
 Miss Jhamak Kumari was born with a severe disability that has prevented her from using her arms, and suffers from limited movement of her body and slurred speech. Born with cerebral palsy, a group disorder that affects the functions of the brain and the nervous system she proved her as differently abled .

Jhamak kumari with her book

Using her toes to write, she trod into the Nepali literature with the start of new millennium at the age of 19.
 She has penned many anthologies of poems, stories and essays besides regularly contributing to newspapers as a columnist.

Durga lal Shrestha