November 7, 2007
· Filed under Charitable activity, Service, Seva, Society, Volunteer, Volunteer Management, Volunteering · Tagged Diwali, Diwali gifts, festival of Lights, Fireworks, Happy Diwali, Lakshimi Puja
I find following defination of Diwali at wikipedia.org
Diwali, or Deepawali is a major Indian festival, significant in Hinduism and Jainism and Sikhism. Celebrated by Hindus,Jains and Sikhs across the globe, as the “Festival of Lights,” where the lights or lamps signify the uplighting of darkness and victory of good over the evil within. The day also commemorated the homecoming of King Rama of Ayodhya, after a 14-year exile in the forest, and thus the people of Ayodhya (the capital of his kingdom) welcomed him back by lighting up rows of lamps (deepa-wali), thus its name, Deepawali, or simply shortened as Diwali.
The celebrations focus on lights and lamps, particularly traditional dīpa or deeya (earthen lamp), and fireworks. Though colloquially called Diwali in North India, in South India it is called Deepavali.
Lakshmi Puja is performed in the evening to seek divine blessings of Goddess of Wealth. Diwali gifts are exchanged among all near and dear ones.
Ref:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diwali
November 7, 2007
· Filed under Charitable activity, Free Medical Camp, Medical Camp, NGA, NGO, Service, Seva, Society, Volunteer, Volunteer Management, Volunteering · Tagged , , EI, Non Smokers, Teen Smokers
I find following article in one local English newspaper. I feel let me share. I consider this as part of volunteering to society.
Students who regularly smoke tobacco or cannabis obtain lower scores in questions related to emotional regulation, a team of Spanish researchers has found.
Also, students less able to regulate their emotional state-or those low on Emotional Intelligence (EI) are more tempted to consume tobacco or cannabis, the researcher at Barcelona based UAB University said.
EI is defined as the capacity to perceive, comprehend and regulate one’s own emotions and those of others so as to be able to distinguish between emotions and use this information as a guide for one’s thoughts and actions.As important benefit of EI is the ability to learn how to interact with others and to face an ever changing social and cultural word move effectively.
