Gujarati Samaj to celebrate Sardar’s birth anniversary Tuesday, October 30, 2001
By Our Correspondent, AsianAge
Ahmedabad: The Vishwa Gujarati Samaj will celebrate the culmination of the 125 birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on October 31 and November 1.
The samaj will also start Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Vishwa Pratibha Award carrying Rs.2.5 lakh to be given every year to any individual or institutions that may have had a lifetime of remarkable contribution to any filed of activity tending to uphold the life, work, vision and values of Sardar Patel.
The recipient of this year award will be Mr Chuni Gohil for his contribution in promotion of the thinking of Sardar Patel. President of the Samaj Krishnakant Vakharia said that history will forever remember Sardar Patel for his remarkable contribution to fight for freedom, and after the independence, for his epic achievement of the integration of India and the way he stood out as the man of destiny in the colossal work of the reconstruction of the country.
The Gujarati Samaj will try to end the yearlong celebration in a grand manner, he added.
Speaking about the awards the general secretary of the Gujarati Samaj Satyam Patel told that it is for the first time that they will give awards to the outstanding persons or institutions who are doing good work for the promotion of the Indians.
Mr Shambhu Patel of Suruchi Trust donated Rs 20 lakh for the awards, he added. The two day celebrations will include Gujarat Utsav, a cultural programme at town hall on October 31, and seminar on the earthquake in Gujarat, rehabilitation and reconstruction at the law college auditorium on November.
.At the programme on evening of November 1, two books will be released and the award will be presented to Mr Chuni Gohil. Chief minister Narendra Modi, leaders of opposition Amarsinh Chaudhary and prominent Gujaraties from all walks of life will be present at the function.
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Turning to unusual healing methods Tuesday, October 30, 2001
By A Special Correspondent, AsianAge
Ahmedabad: Seventy-two-year-old Shanta was in her first stage of cancer. Premchand Rathore was suffering from asthma. Chandmal Gurjar was suffering from oral cancer. Fate had something different in store for them if had they not undergone the experiment of having gaumutra (cow’s urine).
While many in the field of science fail to believe the benefits of consuming gaumutra, industrialist-turned-gaumutra practitioner Virendrakumar Jain claims that in the last three years he has treated more than 50,000 patients suffering from various ailments.
Mr Jain, who was in the city to propagate the gaumutra therapy, claimed while talking to The Asian Age that any disease that any MBBS doctor is aware of can be treated with this therapy.
Diabetes, asthma, blood pressure, hepatitis B, migraine and cancer are among the few ailments that can be cured by this therapy, he claims, adding the concept of using gaumutra is more than 1,000-year-old in India. Even Aids can be cured, he further claims.
Explaining the benefits of the therapy, Mr Jain says that the gaumutra makes up for various types of deficiencies in the human body. Each patient has to take 100 ml of cow’s urine everyday and the period for which it has to be taken varies depending upon the gravity of problem.
Apart from gaumutra, the patients also have to take bottle gourd juice, methi and other such things. They are also required to follow certain guidelines while eating food at home. Mr Jain says that he had known about the benefits of cow’s urine.
However, he started experimenting for others after his mother benefited by the experiment. She was suffering from cancer. He claims that now she is well. So far the Gaumutra Chikitsa Evam Anusundhan Kendra run by Mr Jain has opened 211 franchises in the country. He says that his aim is to open 10,000 such centres all over the country in another five years.
He has also set a target of training 19,000 people, who can run the kendras by prescribing the therapy. The kendra, with its headquarters in Indore, is to open two more branches in Gujarat on Sunday.
One branch will be opened in Dhansura, about 75-km away from Ahmedabad and another in Rojad in Sabarkantha district. Mr Jain says that he has designed a book on the therapy of gaumutra in such a manner that even a boy, who has passed class 12, can prescribe the quantity of cow’s urine and other homemade medicines.
The gaumutra is provided free of cost and the other homemade remedies are priced reasonably, he claimed.
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Explanation sought from Chanasma MLA Tuesday, October 30, 2001
Ahmedabad: The BJP has served notice to MLA of Chanasma Arvind Patel to explain his utterances in the press against the party government and the chief minister.
Regional coordinator of the discipline committee of the BJP Thakor Desai served the notice Mr Patel on Saturday. Mr Patel had said that Mr Modi’s ministry consists of people who are like rotten vegetables.
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18-year-old kills herself Tuesday, October 30, 2001
Ahmedabad: An 18-year-old resident of Amraiwadi, New Bhavani Nagar committed suicide by consuming acid on Friday evening. The deceased, Mittal Parmar consumed acid at around 6 pm and was rushed to the L.G. Hospital. However, she died there at 10 pm.
Amraiwadi police has registered a case of an accidental death and is investigating further.
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Maruti Udyog Ltd. launches Versa in city Tuesday, October 30, 2001
By a Correspondent, AsianAge
Ahmedabad, Oct. 26: Maruti Udyog Ltd has launched yet another car, this time a multi-purpose luxury vehicle called Versa. The vehicle was formally launched in the city on Thursday along with simultaneous launches at Mumbai, Chandigarh and Indore.
Versa is an eight-seater in three rows of seats. The main qualities of the vehicle are that it is spacious, flexible, has easy maneuverability and very compact turning radius of just 4.5 mt, said regional manager K. Adhinathan.
The vehicle which is meant for long distance driving or for family outings is being endorsed by the father and son duo Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan.
Versa has a price tag ranging from Rs 5.49 lakh to Rs. 6.17 lakh (ex showroom price) in Mumbai.
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