Major-General Farhan Al-Balawi is a loyal soldier in the Saudi Arabian army who dotes on his beloved daughter, Maryam, his pride in her learning and independent spirit sharpened by the death of his elder son and his estrangement from the younger who has opted to pursue a hedonistic western lifestyle in the USA. Despite the love she shares with her family, her respect for her father, the pride she takes in her Arabian heritage and her loyalty to Islam, Maryam yearns for travel and the opportun...

Astrological analysis has two components. The first is the deduction of likely trends in the life of a native. This determines the basic promise of a horoscope. The second, and more important, is to determine the time when the relevant events, according to the promise, would happen. The first part requires astrological knowledge & calculations etc; while for the second part great perception, synthesis, intuition and divine help are required. Astrology is basically the art & science of deci...

The new world of results-driven aid that could put an end to extreme povertyDrawing on 2 decades covering global development as editor in chief of Devex, Raj Kumar explores how nontraditional models of philanthropy and aid are empowering the world’s poorest people to make progress. Old aid was driven by good intentions and relied on big-budget projects from a few government aid agencies, like the World Bank and USAID. Today, corporations, Silicon Valley start-ups, ...

Astrology helps in understanding and adjusting fate and freewill- Prarbdha (results of Dushkarmas and sukarmas done in past lives and in past), fate and Purusharthas (human efforts to ward off their evil effects to accelerate pace of growth).Neither Astrology nor law of Karmas makes a person fatalist. On one hand as per our Rishis, it indicates that one has to reap what he has sown. On the other hand it allows room for operation of freewill whereby the results of Prarbdha Karmas co...

The evolution of human race to its present state is due to constant endeavour of each parent to see that even at the cost of their own discomfort, their children move ahead and achieve, what even they could not for any reason. The aim of education has been to awaken the consciousness of a person. The education liberates a soul from darkness of ignorance to the glory of true knowledge and bliss. To acquire knowledge is a natural trait of all human beings. However these days the stream/ bran...

A keen student/ researcher of astrology will require a large number of horoscopes to test and apply various principles of astrology to ascertain their utility. This book provides this essential aspect for the benefit of keen students/ researchers and also for interest of general readers.Every individual, society or nation respects celebrities. Only some persons are gifted such qualities by nature which make them attractive/ repulsive to others. Then there are persons who find their...

In any horoscope, the 1st, 5th & 9th houses are considered to be the most auspicious ones. It is believed that the soul enters the world through 5th house of Poorva Janam Karma to the ascendant in the form of human body and exit through the 9th house after completing the Karma assigned for the present birth through 10th house. These three houses together constitute the spiritual or Dharma Trikone, which primarily aims at transforming the native to a higher stage of evolution through their ...

The survival and sustenance of human life and all activities on this earth mainly depends on financial prosperity. A vast majority of us think of, talk about and act as per financial considerations.One wants to know how long or with what degree of success/ recognition one would do a work. To understand this one must agree with the theories of past Karmas and of "cause & effect". Astrology delineates the Karmic tendencies of a native with a cause and effect relation. The degree, typ...

The Vargas are the unique feature of Vedic astrology which has given it a definiteedge over any other system in vogue. The primary aim of studying a Varga is twofolds- to study a particular aspect of human life pertaining to a specific house andto find out the true strength of planets related with the house. A horoscope takesinto account linear time and vertical declinations of the planets. Every division ofzodiac has a corresponding division of time. Hen...

UNIQUENESS OF THIS BOOK: The book is a study of about 225 natives who had lived and died in different countries at different time, at different age and of different causes, applying known tools of astrology. The book is an attempt to help clear some mist and enable to have a better judgement of longevity. Detailed Analysis of 60 horoscopes @ five per Lagna-two each of long & medium life and one of short life with another 150 charts @ 12/ 13 charts per Lagna and their anays...

Medical astrology is a specialized branch of Vedic astrology. It is anextraordinary predictive and counseling tool. A horoscope indicates good, bad orindifferent traits and physical, emotional or spiritual characteristics of the nativeas per the Karmic flow. A chart is only the representation of one's Karmic

This succinct volume addresses the production of inactive, potentially toxic proteins in the absence of correct protein folding and the resultant neurodegenerative diseases. Other topics include intrinsic disorder in protein structure and function and the effects of molten globules on protein toxicity. This concise and yet thorough text also discusses using toxin structure as a model for studying structural and functional aspects of protein chemistry.Protein Toxins in Modeling ...