Self employed women need loans for a wide variety of purposes; to buy assets, raw materials, finished goods for resale, redeem old debts, upgrade their homes, buy transportation means such as a handcart or a pedal cart or put in infrastructure in their homes, such as water or electric connections. SEWA Bank has been providing [...]
As almost everyone knows today, yoga (Sanskrit, Pāli: योग yóga) refers to traditional physical and mental disciplines originating in India. The word “yoga” means to unite (in harmony). Yoga is a self-discipline to bring harmony in our lives. It provides tools to harmonize our being at all levels of our existence: physical, mental, social and [...]
Dr. Memhet Oz appears on the Oprah show frequently to answer bizarre and sometimes embarrassing questions for viewers. He has repeatedly given glowing endorsements for the ancient practice of cleansing the nasal cavity using a device called a neti pot. The actual name of the pot, jala neti, is a Sanskrit term referring to an [...]
Sudhir Diwan, M.D., M.S is the Director of Pain Medicine in the Department of Anesthesiology at Weill Cornell. He has been a pioneer of a procedure called radiofrequency lesioning. It uses electrical impulses to destroy the nerves that are causing the pain. He is also the Director of the Tri-Institutional Pain Fellowship Program. As Director [...]
Sanjay Gupta (born October 23, 1969) is an Indian American neurosurgeon and an assistant professor of neurosurgery at Emory University School of Medicine and associate chief of the neurosurgery service at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. Gupta grew up in Novi, Michigan, in suburban Detroit. His parents, Subhash and Damyanti Gupta, moved from India to [...]
Namasté. We, at the Indian International Chamber of Commerce & Culture would like to welcome you to our organization. Our aim is to be of service to you. Namasté is derived from the Sanskrit words namas meaning to bow, and te meaning “to you.” In common usage it may simply mean “I bow (in reverence) [...]
Physicist, mathematician, violinist and jazz pianist are all titles one might confer on Vijay Iyer who was born in New York to South Indian immigrant parents. And now with his album Historicity he has won the Village Voice Jazz Poll for 2009. Background: Born in 1971 and raised in Rochester, New York, Vijay Iyer is [...]
Background: Jay Sean was born Kamaljeet Singh Jhooti in Hounslow, West London, England, to Sharan and Bindi Jhooti, Punjabi Sikh immigrants from India. He was raised in Southall and displayed musical talent at an early age. At age 11, he and his cousin Pritpal Rupra formed a hip hop duo named “Compulsive Disorder”. His stage [...]
Kiva’s mission is to connect people through lending for the sake of alleviating poverty. Kiva is the world’s first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend to unique entrepreneurs around the globe. The people you see on Kiva’s site are real individuals. When you browse entrepreneurs’ profiles on Kiva, choose someone to lend to, and [...]
History and Principles Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in France in 1971. Today, MSF provides aid in nearly 60 countries to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from health care, or [...]