“Healing Spices” Author Cooks Global Flavors for Better Health

Courtesy: New America Media (NAM), Question & Answer, Viji Sundaram

NAM Editor’s Note: In his search for safe anti-inflammatory agents, University of Texas research scientist Bharat B. Aggarwal began 20 years ago to research the very spices that had always been a staple of his Indian diet. He found that many of them could be safely moved out of his kitchen cabinet to his medicine cabinet, as he says in his newly released book, Healing Spices.

01/17/12
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US Military’s first Hindu chaplain Pratima Dharm brings a diverse background

WASHINGTON — As a child in New Delhi and other cities of India’s northern Plains, Pratima Dharm moved easily through a kaleidoscopic swirl of religions and cultures.

12/13/11
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Dinyar Devitre Joins the National Board of Directors of Pratham USA

Dinyar S. Devitre, a former senior vice president and CFO of Altria Group, Inc, one of the world's largest tobacco companies, has joined the national board of directors of Pratham USA.

12/10/11
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Murder Conviction Upheld in Death of Atlanta Store Owner

Atlanta -- The Georgia Supreme Court has upheld the murder conviction against a DeKalb County man for the murder of well-known liquor store owner Shamsher “Rocky” Tucker during an attempted robbery.

12/06/11
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Combat Blindness Foundation (CBF) : Turning darkness into light all across the world

(Madison, Wisconsin) -- Combat Blindness Foundation (CBF) has screened more than 650,000 blind or sight-impaired patients, funded more than 162,000 free cataract surgeries on four continents -- including its highest one-year total ever of 16,512 in 2010 -- and helped thousands of children suffering from Vitamin A deficiency. 

09/14/11
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IHS Closes Acquisition of Seismic Micro-Technology For $500M

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.---IHS Inc. (NYSE:IHS), the leading global source of information and analysis has completed the closing of its acquisition of Seismic Micro-Technology (SMT), a market leader for geoscience software. Arshad Matin, an Indian-American, is the President and CEO of SMT.

08/19/11
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Packing on pounds riskier for South Asians - study

Indians are more likely than others to store dangerous fat around their internal organs as they gain weight, according to a new study.

08/02/11
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Reggie Aggarwal’s Cvent raises $136 million in funding

Cvent, the world's largest provider of online event management, meeting site selection and web survey solutions, announced on July 20 it has secured $136 million in funding led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Insight Venture Partners, with Greenspring Associates also participating.

07/30/11
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Gunman kills 4 in pharmacy owned by Indian-American in New York

MEDFORD, N.Y. — A gunman shot four people inside a pharmacy in a New York suburb Sunday morning, killing everyone inside the store in what police said looked like a robbery gone wrong.

Vinoda Kudchadkar is the owner and chief pharmacist of the pharmacy.

06/20/11
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Indian spice Fenugreek ”can spice up sex life”

According to Daily Mail, a herb widely used in Indian curries may also help spice things up outside of the kitchen. New research suggests that fenugreek, which is found throughout Asia, may improve male libido.

06/20/11
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