Panch Amrit from all over India

Vishwa Samvad Kendra, Chennai
PANCHAAMRITAM 207 Pancha is five in Samskritam, Amritam is nectar
Poornima/ Kali Yugaabda 5112 / Vikruti Panguni 5 (March 19, 2011)
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On March 1, 2011, Ranjita, Kalpana and Satya all students of Chennai
Queen Mary's College were hit by a speeding motor bike driven by two
drunkards. All three were admitted to Hospital with head injuries. Of
these, Rranjita died on Marech 5 owing to the callousness of the
doctors. On information, the workers of ABVP Chennai unit mobilized over
300 students and staged a protest demonstration in the hospital
premises. The students demanded action against erring doctors and
nurses, and compensation to the parents of the deceased student. Soon
the agitation snowballed into Road Roko by students. That led the Dean
of the hospital Shri Kanakasabai to a talk with the students represented
by Malathi, ABVP's national executive committee member, Gangadharan,
joint secretary of the state unit of ABVP and Shaktivel of Law College.
As a result, all demands of the agitating students were met. The ABVP
team organized an instant condolence meet and saw to it that the body of
the student was handed over to her parents without delay. A report in
MAANAVAR SHAKTI, Tamil monthly, March 2011.

THREE

Shailesh (name changed), a 22-year-old US-based medical sciences
student, experienced a sudden loss of vision after accidentally
consuming methanol. For humans, methanol is said to be highly toxic. If
ingested, as little as 10 ml can damage the optic nerve, thereby causing
permanent blindness while 30 ml could be potentially fatal. His
condition was claimed to be irreversible by American doctors. Indian
doctors restored the vision of Shailesh at Chennai (Tamilnadu, Bharat)
on March 15, 2011. Himanshu Bansal, a stem cell therapist who treated
him said, "After diagnosis and treatments, the doctors who were
consulted in the US called his case irreversible and despite intensive
treatment with high dose steroids, his condition continued to
deteriorate, possibly due to cell death." "During the procedure, doctors
aspirated about 120 ml of autologus bone marrow from the lilac crest and
concentrated it to 20 ml, processed it, and injected it into Shailesh's
optic nerve," said Bansal. "A week after the procedure, Shailesh was
able to read and differentiate colours," he added. The procedure was
carried out at Laksha Hospital, Mylapore. "Once I return to the US, I
will revisit my doctors and show them how Indian doctors have succeeded
in treating me while they claimed my condition was irreversible, " said
Shailesh. "We are planning to publish the achievement in a medical
journal," added Bansal. Based on a report in THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS,
March 16, 2011.

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Because of religious persecution, Rajasthan saw immigration of around
one lakh people from Pakistan during the 1965 and 1971 wars," said
Pak Visthapit Sangh and Seemant Lok Sangathan president Hindu Singh
Sodha, a law graduate from Jodhpur (Rajasthan, Bharat). In the past few
years, Sodha and his team of volunteers have worked successfully in
Rajasthan and border areas to provide Indian citizenship for over 13,000
persons displaced from Pakistan. Refugee status, Indian citizenship and
reduction in fees for citizenship registration are the main demands of
these people, said Sodha. Going back is not an option because of
religious discrimination, but staying here also means facing harassment.
Without ration cards and other valid proofs of an Indian identity, these
people cannot send their children to school, or find proper jobs. The
hope that their children will have a better life is the common thread
that strings together these immigrants scattered in different parts of
the country. Based on reports in FLASH LIGHT, Patna, February II, 2011
and THE HINDU December 18, 2010.

FIVE

Didi is a respected Gorkha lady living in the Dinthar locality of Aizol
(Mizoram, Bharat). She was targeted by a Christian padre for conversion.
Leading a group of evangelists, he promised her that if she became a
Christian, she could live in heaven eternally. On hearing this, Didi
replied: "Very good. I did not know this so far. Let all Christians
go to heaven allowing all non Christians to live in peace on earth. May
God bless you people, is my prayer. All of you will be happy and we all
will also be happy". This response caused a quick and silent
departure of the proselytizers from the spot. From PAATHEYA KANN, Hindi
fortnightly, Jaipur, March 1, 2011.