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The news of Sruthi, belonging to a Havyaka Brahmin family in Kasaragod, converting into Islam as Rahmat had become highly controversial. This school teacher was amongst those thousands who had converted due to deception. By the grace of god, this young lady had the good fortune of coming to Aarsha Vidya Samajam and learning Sanatana Dharma. Having realized the folly of converting, she returned to Sanatana Dharma and resolved to be a full-time volunteer with Aarsha Vidya Samajam. She has played a pivotal role in bringing back a thousand others like her. Her video on YouTube has garnered more than 6M views. Through this book, she discusses the real causes behind religious conversions and their solutions. Sruthi hopes that no one else must face the agony and humiliation that her parents had to go through and that no one else must convert falling prey to misconceptions.
Do you want a holiday that bypasses too familiar haunts and gives you a greater depth of experience? Do you want a holiday that is enriching for you - and for the locals at your destination? If you do, and believe that your trip should give local communities a fair deal (so often denied them) as well as being fun, then this book is for you. This fully revised second edition of The Ethical Travel Guide is the essential resource for responsible global travel, providing a wealth of new ideas for your next holiday. The extensive directory has been updated and expanded, listing hundreds of places to visit and stay in countries all over the world. From sustainable farming in Ecuador to luxury culinary breaks in Crete, there is something for every taste and budget. A thorough introduction gives a background to the many ethical and practical issues involved, including a new section on travel and climate change. Combining thoughtful guidance with comprehensive listings, this is the essential guide for anyone interested in ethical, fair and sustainable tourism.
Shruthi is an eight year old orphan living in South East India. She has been caring for her two younger siblings since their parents died two years before. The children were living with relatives until they were sent to an orphanage. They have been neglected, mistreated and abandoned and as a result are quite insecure. Shruthi feels great responsibility for her brother and sister, vowing to keep her little family intact. But when her three year old sister is given the opportunity to be adopted and taken to America, Shruthi decides to sacrifice her heart and let her sister go where she will have a better life. “Shruthi’s Heart” is a story of the struggles and challenges facing Indian orphans and the challenge of transition to a new country, learning a new language and culture. But most of all, it’s a story of healing, not only for the parentless children, but also for a childless couple whose lives are fulfilled by merging two cultures and five hearts to make one family.
Some features of this book: Athira provides a personal account revealing how radical religious groups manipulate individuals into converting, initially fostering a sense of aversion to their own culture and religion, then to their society, country, family, and eventually their own identity. This book offers guidance on how to rehabilitate and help those who have lost their ability to think critically and logically after being influenced by extremist ideologies, through the process of Spiritual Counselling. This book is for all religious converts, and those who are on the verge of converting. A patient reading of this book will surely make you rethink your decision to convert.
"This is a study of the history and documentary records of one of Ireland's most important early monastic communities, the familia of St Columba, between the sixth and twelfth centuries. The federation of Columban, monasteries left three major hagiographical works: the Vita Columbae of Adomnan, the Life of Adomnan, and an Irish Life of Colum Cille. The conventional literary settings in which the Columban texts are presented has tended to obscure the valuable information they contain about the circumstances and prevailing attitudes of the time. Approaching the texts from three points of view, historical, linguistic, and literary, Maire Herbert makes clear how the hagiography reflected, and responded to, significant events. Iona, Kells and Derry gives a unique insight into the aims and attitudes of the Columban monastic federation at critical stages in its history."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Preethi lands in London on her very first on-site assignment – all set to embrace the new life, and to escape the demons of her past. But as her stars would demand, she comes face-to-face with the foes of her past, Vikram and Shiva, the very people she has been trying to run from. From then on starts the roller coaster ride, as the plot switches back and forth between the two months of her life in London, UK, and the four years of her glorious college days in Tirunelveli, India. A unique friendship, an intense romance and a complicated love triangle are sure to take the readers on an epic emotional journey.