Exit polls project BJP getting absolute majority in Delhi. Congress and other parties other than AAP may be routed fully.
49th imam of Ismailism since 1957, Founder and Chairman of Aga Khan Development Network, Prince Karim Al-Husseini Aga Khan alias Aga Khan IV, 88 [13 Dec 1936 – 4 Feb 2025] rests. He and the secretariat of Imamat have been based at Lisbon since 2018. His net worth – 13B USD. He became Nizari imam when he was 20 – to wake up with serious responsibilities toward millions of other human beings. He talks about the relationship between religion and logic. He talks about consuming alcohol: ‘Our belief is that the thing which separates man from the animals is his power of thought. Anything that impedes this process is wrong. Therefore, alcohol is forbidden. I have never touched alcohol. But this, to me, is not a puritan prohibition. I don’t want to drink. I’ve never wanted to drink. There’s no pressure being placed on me by my religion.’ In 1986, he introduced a universal constitution that guides in spiritual and material matters including ‘talim’.
600M USD per year is the level of his philanthropic work. AKDN includes Aga Khan University that included medical teaching hospital, University of Central Asia, for-profit Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development, Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Aga Khan Foundation, Aga Kahn Health Services including medical centres, Aga Khan Education Services including schools, Aga Khan Planning and Building Services, and Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance. Aga Khan Rural Support Programme(s) are also part of these. AKFED is the main shareholder of the Serena Hotels Group – a chain of luxury hotels and resorts primarily located in Africa and Asia. The Aga Khan Award for Architecture is the largest architectural award in the world. Aga Khan was also the chairman of the Board of Governors of the Institute of Ismaili Studies, which he founded in 1977. He was also a Vice-President of the Royal Commonwealth Society. Focus Humanitarian Assistance is responsible for emergency response. Network of fully residential Aga Khan Academies are functioning.
He received: Padma Vibhushan; Several highest civilian awards/citizenships in several countries including Bahrain, Canada, Comoros, France, Iran, Italy, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania. Morocco, Pakistan, Portugal, Senegal, Spain, Sweden, Tajikistan, Uganda, UK, Upper Volta, US, Uzbekistan, and Zanzibar. 16+ honorary doctorates.
Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini is named as successor, Aga Khan V, 50th imam, in Aga Khan IV’s will.
Ratan Tata has willed. Interesting. Rs.500 Crore to Mohini Mohan Dutta, apart from philanthropy and family members. MMD is an entrepreneur from Jharkhand, Taj old timer, Director of TC (Tata Capital) Travel Services. His daughter also worked with Tata Trusts.
Can we assess ourselves through daily meditation, reflection, and planning? Evolving daily, weekly, and monthly plans with simple and minimal slots of work, with not-so-many parallel activities. It is not always the rigorous training-skilling we need. We need focused slots of work, efficient, effective, and useful. To our rhythms, tunes. With confidence, intuition, listening, and conversations guiding us. Can we ask, prompt rightly? Can we go to basics, ground as required? Can we take Y with a sprinkling of X?
Yes, we can. If we coexist, flowing. Navigating our ways. In N? Sunishitayoga for 7L.
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