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The Nerve-Centre of Indian economy, the Shanghai of India, the Most Cosmopolitan

City of India, the Stomach of India, the Most Populous Indian City, the

Financial Capital of India - the ways to explain Mumbai are as manifold as the

skyscrapers in its skyline. And there are good reasons too for this.

More than 40% of the government’s corporate tax collections come from this city.

The headquarters of India ’s Central Bank - the Reserve Bank of India , The

biggest Stock Exchange of India [bSE], and the corporate head offices of at

least two hundred thousand companies are all positioned in this city. No

wonder, when the city became a sheet of water on the 26th-27th July, 2005 by an

unprecedented and unthinkable world record rainfall of 94.4 cms, it was a

calamity not of Mumbai alone.

It was a national disaster. For, Mumbai city, with only 0.015% of India’s land

area, contributes 5% of India’s total GDP (Gross Domestic Product). Nay, it was

an international disaster, many say, as $5 billion is what international

investors have pumped into this most commercial capital of India and there are

a billion eyes on this city any any moment.

The Mumbai deluge did not affect only the people of low lying areas or the 50%

of population that lives in the slums and shanty towns. All the 17 million

people of Mumbai were affected, some very pathetically, some less. With the

government declaring a two-day holiday, the situation only became worse. There

was distress and despair everywhere and a great need to render help and solace.

And this is what the Sai workers in Mumbai precisely did. And they did it

marvelously. For example, on a single day alone on the 7 th of August, more

than 8000 people were given medical help and more than 6000 food packets were

distributed all over Mumbai.

“The spirit of selfless service of the Sai workers, conducting camps day in and

day out for week after week…not bothered about their meals or personal needs,

was truly inspiring,” says Dr. Agarwal, who along with his wife, was sent by

Swami to Mumbai to render medical help along with the Sai workers.

What exactly was the work that the Sai workers carried out? How did Swami come

to the rescue of these dedicated workers? Why did it flood in Mumbai, in the

first place? And what does Swami say about this? Was it not a natural disaster?

Could it really have been prevented? To find answers to all these and much more,

read our cover story.

The Education Minister of UAE, Shaikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, visited

Prashanthi Nilayam on the 28th of Aug, 2005. You will find pictures of this and

a detailed report of the human vales conference that was held in Dubai a few

months ago in our feature article. It also carries a letter of appreciation

from the Sultanate of Oman for the SAI (Serve and Inspire Group) consisting of

Sai devotees for their wonderful work.

There is a lot happening in the gulf states. We also have an essay competition

again on human values, conducted for school children by Sai devotees in the

miscellaneous section. In the same section, you will also find transcription of

a very scintillating talk given by Mrs. Geeta Mohan Ram, a long time devotee of

Swami, in the US and a wonderful pictorial report of “Walk for Values”

organized in Canada every year by Sai devotees.

If the month of August was very eventful in Prashanti Nilayam with the

Conference of Eminent Educationists on Educare and the Alumni Meet of all MBA

students of Swami’s Institute, the month of September is going to be even more

exciting. There is an International Medical Conference in the first week of

September and then the festivals Ganesh Chaturthi and Onam. Welcoming this, we

have a nice article on Ganesha on the feature article section and a beautiful

photo album of Swami during festive occasions. Do not miss that!

Before we leave you to walk around this issue, here is some good news. Our Sai

Inspires (the daily inspirational email service) subscription is over 3000 now

and growing everyday. It really gives us a great sense of fulfillment whenever

we read the encouraging responses of our readers. In fact, it only motivates us

to stretch ourselves a little more in spreading the message of love and peace of

our beloved Swami.

Let everybody live in love and peace.Let everybody live in Sai.

Loving Regards and Sairam,

In Sai ServiceH2H Team

 

 

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A chronicle of Heaven on Earth.Record of events on July 31st, 2005 to August 21st, 2005

 

Educare ConferenceMBA Alumni Meet

Learn the pronunciation, tuneand music of the Bhajan songs"Gajavadana Gananatha"

& "Sadguru Brahma Sanathana Hey"

Serving with the Mind - By Dorothy and Moyia O’ Brien

Seva in St. Louis- A Medical camp in USA

The Real ClosenessCan a disciple die in the Master's presence, that is, when the

Master is alive, irrespective of the physical distance? The question is not

whether one is in the immediate presence of the Master or far off, but whether

one is filled with Love and Trust for the Master. The real closeness is... read

more >>

Human Values Conference in UAEA Conference on Human Values which was held in

Zayed University of Dubai, UAE, on the 26th of Feb, 2005 became a momentous

occasion. More so because it had the patronage of the Minister of Education of

UAE, Shaikh Nahyan. Incidentally, Shaikh Nahyan visited Prashanthi Nilayam for

Baba's Darshan on ... ... read more >>

His Love...Throughout My Life Whenever I talk about my own experiences, the

child growing up at His Feet or about my youth or adulthood, I always go back

in time and enjoy that incident. I was fortunate enough to be born in a family,

where my great grandfather came to Swami in 1943...read more >>

 

Walk For Values In CanadaThe Sri Sathya Sai Baba Centre of Edmonton hosted their

very first Walk for Values at 11am on Saturday, June 25, 2005 in a very busy

location of Edmonton, close to their Centre. The Walk for Values is a national

project initiated by the Sathya Sai School of Canada in Toronto. The purpose of

the Walk every year is . ... ... read more >>

 

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Volume 3 - Issue 9 SEP 2005

 

 

Volume - 1

Aug 31st 2003

Spiritual Blossoms

Sep 15th2003

Inauguration of Prashanti Digital Studio

Oct 1st 2003

Dussera at Prashanthi Nilayam

Oct 15th2003

The Sri Sathya Sai Unity Cup

Nov 15th 2003

Temples of Learning Temple of Healing

Nov 15th2003

The Sathya Sai Story 78th Birthday Special Issue

Dec 1st 2003

The Sri Sathya Sai Drinking Water Project

Dec 15th2003

Christmas at Prashanthi

Volume - 2

Jan 1st 2004

The Festival of Sports

Jan 15th2003

Healing With LoveSSSIHMS Bangalore

Feb 1st 2004

Distress To Relief:Water Project For Chennai

Feb 15th2004

Lingodbhava

Mar 1st 2004

With Baba to Badrinath

Mar 15th2004

Sai Rama - The Indweller of Hearts

Apr 1st 2004

The Divine Sportof Sathya Sai

Apr 15th2004

Teachings of Plato - A Parallism With That of Bhagawan

May 1st 2004

Buddha Poornima Special

May 15th2004

Messengers of Sathya Sai

Jun 1st 2004

Sathya Sai Deena Janoodharana Project

Jun 15th2004

Swami's Visit toEast Africa

Jul 1st 2004

The Story of John S Hislop

Jul 15th2004

Guru Poornima 2004

Aug 1st 2004

A Child Among Children

Aug 15th2004

Rekindiling The Olympic Spirit

Sep 1st 2004

Interview With Sunil Gavaskar

Oct 1st2004

Stealer of Hearts - Krishna-Gopikas Bond of Love

Nov 1st 2004

The Convocation Drama

Dec 1st2004

An Introduction ToThe Vedas

Volume - 3

Jan 1st 2005

BandMaster Divine

Feb 1st2005

Chaitanya Jyothi

Mar 1st 2005

"How Swami Came to Me"- James Sinclair

Apr 1st2005

Amazing Grace

May 1st 2005

Aristotle And Sai Baba

Jun 1st2005

The Gift of Life

Jul 1st 2005

The Divine PlaygroundSwami in Kodai

Aug 1st2005

School of Business Management Prashanti Nilayam

Sep 1st 2005

Mumbai Deluge and Divine Grace (Current Issue)