Author Archives: Das

Growing a forest

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Das

Indian Man Single-Handedly Plants 1,360 Acre Forest Inhabitat.com – TIMON SINGH – Apr 4, 2012 Jadav “Molai” Payeng started his project 30 years ago when he was still a teenager. Then, in 1979, flood waters washed a large number of … more →

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Gambling away this human life

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Das

Where does Mega Millions money go after the jackpot? CBS News – ARMEN KETEYLAN – Mar 30, 2012 In 2011, more Americans played the lottery than regularly attended church, bringing in $56 billion last year alone.

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The Exceptional Bhagavad-gita As It Is

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Das

Russian Court Upholds Ruling To Ban Scientology Radio Free Europe – Mar 20, 20212 A Moscow regional court has upheld a lower court decision declaring books on Scientology to be extremist literature and banning publication or distribution of books from … more →

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Standard Books of Knowledge

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Das

Encyclopaedia Britannica to end print edition after 244 years Chicago Tribune – ROBERT CHANNICK – Mar 14, 2012 In the days before the Internet, before television, before radio, before the United States was even a country, there was the Encyclopaedia … more →

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