Skydivers set for new heights over Everest

Dozens of skydivers were to attempt the first parachute jumps over Mount Everest, organizers said on September 23.

At least 34 skydivers from 14 countries, including Britain, the United States, Canada, Denmark and New Zealand were planning to jump from an aircraft flying 465 feet above the Everest summit on October 2.

Hurtling past the 8,850-meter peak, the skydivers plan, weather permitting, to freefall for one minute before deploying their parachutes and cruising for 8-10 minutes to land in a flat drop zone at 12,350 feet.

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Nada Chikitsa ‘Healing and Meditation' concert by Ganapati Swami

Yoga Sangeeta, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting healing through music, presented a concert by its founder Sri Ganapati Sachchidananda Swami with special guest artist, renowned violinist Dr. L. Subramaniam at the Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center in New York City on July 19.

Swamiji presented a musical evening known as ‘Healing and Meditation' playing a Roland Synthesizer and accompanied by his troupe consisting of a mridangist, violinists and Dr. L.Subramaniam.

The concert included some vocals and mainly instrumental rendition of different ragas that promote healing, according to Swamiji.

In an earlier interview to Desi Talk, Swamiji said that in the 1960s, he developed the method of healing through music also called Nada Chikitsa or Raga Ragini Vidya.

He has been researching healing energies of different forms of music and their intricate relationship with the planets, herbs, crystals and gemstones.

He said that he experimented on a dying patient, Krishna Swamy, in India and he was reported to have recovered fully.

Swamiji has been spreading healing energy through music around the world including U.S., Europe, West Indies and Canada

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Exhibitions of Indian real estate properties by ‘Buy Indian Properties'

CineMaya Media Group, Inc.'s new marketing service ‘Buy Indian Properties' held its first series of exhibitions featuring some of India's best real estate offerings to Indian property buyers in the U.S. and Canada.

The exhibitions were held at Toronto's International Center on May 31 and June 1, Houston's Stafford Center for the Performing Arts and Convention Center on June 4 and June 5, and the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center on June 7 and June 8.

Exhibitors included TATA Housing, Lodha Group, Hiranandani Developers, Sheth Developers, Arihant, Sternon, Venus Infrastructure, HSBC Bank, ICICI Bank NRI Services, and Allcheckdeals.com. The exhibitors showcased real estate developments in premier locations in New Delhi, Mumbai, Dubai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore and several other cities across India. The event was supported by Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industries (MCHI) a member of The Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (CREDAI).

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China, Canada have lessons for India's anti-smoking campaign

When it comes to making smokers kick the habit, India has a lot to learn from countries like Canada, New Zealand and even neighboring China.

These countries are shining examples of how the government and civil society can make individuals quit smoking - a sure way of reducing the risk of tuberculosis, cancer and respiratory and heart diseases.

In India, very few people have been able to give up the addiction. For instance, in 2004, only two percent of adults stopped smoking and only when they fell seriously ill, says a new World Health Organization (WHO) supported study published online in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Prabhat Jha, the lead author of the study, "A nationally representative case -control study of smoking and death in India", said China and Thailand had the same percentage of people quitting smoking 10 years ago.

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