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Valuable Lessons from Sant Kabir
Today's Hindu Calendar – November 23, 2012 – Tithi, Vrat, Good Time, Nakshatra, Rashi and Festival
Curse on Yama and Birth of Vidura in Mahabharata
Jai Jag Janani Maa Durga Serial on Colors Television Channel on Goddess Durga

Valuable Lessons from Sant Kabir

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 01:58 PM PST

Give up the pride of clan and caste and devote yourself entirely to God. Give up your faults (lust, anger, greed etc.); don't be an enemy...

Today's Hindu Calendar – November 23, 2012 – Tithi, Vrat, Good Time, Nakshatra, Rashi and Festival

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 10:33 AM PST

Tithi in Hindu Calendar on November 23, 2012 – Shukla Paksha Dasami Tithi or the tenth day during the waxing phase of moon in Hindu...

Curse on Yama and Birth of Vidura in Mahabharata

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 12:34 AM PST

Yama, god of death in Hinduism, appeared as Vidura on earth and was the uncle of Kauravas and Pandavas in Mahabharata. The birth of Yama...

Jai Jag Janani Maa Durga Serial on Colors Television Channel on Goddess Durga

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 04:28 AM PST

Colors TV Channel will be featuring a serial titled Jai Jag Janani Maa Durga based on the stories of Mother Goddess Shakti – Goddess...

Fw: [AASTibet] Fwd: Funding Opportunity for Tibet/Himalaya PhDs

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From: Mills, Dr Martin <m.a.mills@abdn.ac.uk>
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Subject: Funding Opportunity for Tibet/Himalaya PhDs

Dear All,

Please make this doctoral funding opportunity known to any potential Tibetan & Himalayan Studies PhD students that would be interested. Details can be found following the link below; if you have any further questions, I am the main project co-ordinator.

Best,

Martin

Research Project Award Scheme (University of Aberdeen): Comparative Statecraft and Constitutional Thought

The University of Aberdeen provides funding for innovative doctoral-level projects from high-calibre applicants on Comparative Statecraft and Constitutional Thought.

Our understanding of legitimate governance in principle and practice has generally been studied through the lens of western paradigms: the United Nations, the nation-state, the separation of church and state, the will of the people. Seeking to break this mould, the Research Project initiative will support contemporary and historical research from across the humanities and social sciences on the comparative study of indigenous understandings of legitimate governance. In particular, we are looking for research proposals on:

(i) The development of indigenous constitutional documents and frameworks;

(ii) The historical and ethnographic study of systematised modes of statecraft; and

(iii) The intellectual genealogy and writings of non-western constitutional thinkers.

The studentships are open to all nationalities and will cover home/EU or Overseas fees. Deadline for applications (for entry October 2013) is 8 March 2013.

Further information of the research aims of this funding scheme can be found through the link below:

http://www.abdn.ac.uk/cass/graduate/funding/research/

Dr. Martin A. Mills

Senior Lecturer in the Anthropology of Religion,

Co-Director, Scottish Centre for Himalayan Research,

Department of Anthropology, School of Social Sciences,

Room G1, Edward Wright Building, University of Aberdeen,

Aberdeen, SCOTLAND AB24 3QY

Tel. 00-44-1224-272622

E-mail: m.a.mills@abdn.ac.uk

The University of Aberdeen is a charity registered in Scotland, No SC013683.