Today in New Delhi a session where students as young as five walked barefoot on shards of glass and smoldering coal. The school called it meditation Kalpesh Patel, director of the River dale Academy school in the Western Indian town of Surat said the students’ parents had given their consent for their childrens participation in the fire-and-glass walk aimed at boosting confidence levels. “No one was injured and no one felt any pain” said Kalpesh Patel even though his own child was among the 80 participants. And that’s what happened today in New Delhi, India.
New Delhi, India
April 23, 2010India
March 16, 2010In India the skyline of Bahrain formed by gleaming high-rises and upscale hotels is all it takes to convey the ambitions of the small Gulf isle. But as the country speeds towards its future, it could be shutting a valuable window into its ancient past. The ancient past of India is that traditional burial mounds dating back to the bronze age once covered the tiny archipelago kingdom that is believed by some to be the site of the Garden of Eden. So that means where the skyline of Bahrain it could be the Garden if Eden. And that’s what happened in India.
India
March 13, 2010In India recycling is a big problem because it pollutes the water, land, and air. It hurts India’s people and animals. The pollution in India is very hurtful and it can cause diseases to other human beings in India.
Yoga/Meditation in India
March 13, 2010People say that breathing patterns helps them relax and be calm. Yoga and meditation was first started in India with the goal of achieving a spiritual connection with a higher power. In the United States yoga classes often have fitness components. Yoga helps the stress in your body go away. So in India many people go and meditate and relax. And now the United States have classes and parks where you can take yoga lessons and meditation lessons.
New Delhi, India
March 12, 2010Today in India India has signed onto a U.N. climate change agreement aimed at reducing global greenhouse gas emissions becoming one of the last major nations to do so, the country’s environment minister told parliament. As Asia’s third largest economy the country has set a goal of reducing carbon emissions 20 to 25 percent by 2020. The goal is based on 2005 levels. And many children are sad because they dont know if the next generation of children will ever see trees, birds, and animals. So thats what happened in New Delhi India, India.
New Delhi, India
March 12, 2010Today in India India’s upper house of parliament has passed a historic bill , aimed at reserving one third of seats for women in federal and state legislatures. Tuesday’s debate and voting followed a day of drama in the Indian parliament, over the legislation which had been stuck for almost 15 years. The country has a female president Pratibha Devisingh Patil who in 2007 became the first woman elected to the post. So now the legislatures in India have to be girls. And thats what happened in India.
New Delhi, India
January 26, 2010Today in India their government apologizes for and advertisement that made and showed to others. This advertisement was for female children, that showed a former Pakistani air force chief. The full-page newspaper advertisement in the Sunday Times of India was put out by India’s woman and child development ministry to mark National Girl-Child Day. This holiday is to make sure that there is respect for all the females in India. So this is what happened in India.
Egypt
January 20, 2010Down pours and heavy flooding have killed six people in the Sinai peninsula and nine others in Aswan in some of the worst storms in over a decade. Rain fell and lightening flashed across Egypt on Sunday, and more than 40 homes and 57 electrical towers have collapsed in cities and villages. it was very bad what happened in egypt and now it is kind of happening in California. And that’s what is happening in Egypt.
Cairo,Egypt
January 6, 2010Today in Egypt a man was making gas out of garbage. This mans name is Soliman. This man has two solar panels on top of the apartment he lives in. He said that “my gas and electricity bills are much less than before.” They shaved nearly 50 percent off the utility bills. Soliman ventured into clean energy in 2008 when he joined Solar CITIES (Connecting Community Catalysts and Integrating Technologies for Industrial Ecology Systems), a development initiative spearheaded by U.S. urban planner Thomas Culhane.
Los Angeles
December 15, 2009On 12/12/09 there was a mud slide that hit Hollywood Hills neighborhood and they had to evacuate all the homes. Department of Public Works spokesman Gary Boze says that sheriff’s deputies on Saturday night were helping people to leave 36 homes in La Canada Flintridge, six in La Crescenta and two in the Big Tujunga area. Now these people are in a shelter where they are safe.