Source: happydays.blogs.nytimes.com

NEW YORK, USA, June 25, 2009: There is a strong link between chronic anger and heart disease, according to a recent meta-analysis of 44 prospective studies in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. It confirms a strong relationship between anger and both the onset and outcome from coronary heart disease.

Many people believe that unexpressed anger must necessarily “build up,” leading to resentment, high blood pressure, a heart attack or stroke. This mistaken idea, based on the concept that anger is a substance, leads to the belief that anger should be “released” so that we do not fall ill or explode in a fit of rage.

Challenging times increase the tendency for negative moods and aggressive behavior. Contemporary society subjects us to a constant barrage of annoyances. Moreover, many of us are angry at our former employers for loss of jobs or at the financial service industry’s inability to protect our life savings. However, giving way to anger makes nearly any situation worse. We may feel a temporary satisfaction when we lash out at another in anger, but this only fuels a vicious cycle as the other person seeks his own revenge.

The author, Robert Allan, is a clinical psychologist who works at the Weill Cornell Medical College, author of “Getting Control of Your Anger” and co-editor of “Heart and Mind: the Practice of Cardiac Psychology.”

Source: www.sindhtoday.net

GUWAHATI, INDIA, June 23, 2009: At a revered Hindu temple in India’s northeastern state of Assam, hundreds of mystics and seers make claims of performing wonders with their miraculous supernatural powers.

Giri Baba, an elderly Hindu seer is among thousands of mystics gathered for the Ambubachi Mela, a four-day festival that began Monday.

“One cannot deny miracles and the existence of mystical powers in this world. My blessings help childless couples conceive, besides treating patients with chronic ailments,” Giri Baba said.

The Kamakhya temple has long been considered the highest seat of tantricism, an integral part of India’s lore and religion for centuries.

Source: news.bbc.co.uk

BELFAST, IRELAND, June 24, 2008: A Hindu priest and his family who live at the Indian Community Centre in north Belfast they are planning to move out, following an attack last week which they believe was racially motivated.

A gang of youths tried to break down the door of the centre while the priest’s wife was alone inside. Stones were thrown at the building, and the gang tried to take grills off the windows to get inside.

Bidit Dey, who works at the centre, says that police did not make any contact with the priest’s wife after the attack. “They did not actually stop by or call in to see her. This would have reassured them.”

Source: www.hindu.com

JAMMU & KASHMIR, INDIA, June 26, 2009: Indian and Pakistani troops gathered with their families to remember the 18th century saint Baba Chambliyal, highly revered on both sides of the border.

There is little place for hostility as Pakistani border officials cross over to India to celebrate the three-day border festival at the nondescript shrine of Baba Dileep Singh Manhas, popularly known as Baba Chambliyal, located 28 miles from Jammu and barely one third mile from the Zero Line.

Baba Chambliyal, after whom the village is named, lived about 300 years ago and was revered by the people for his spiritual powers.

While nearly 20,000 people thronged the shrine here, over 40,000 took part in the week-long mela on the Pakistani side.

Source: www.hinduismtoday.com

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