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Posted: 20 May 2007
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John-Dorie credits her religion with allowing her to play cricket well into middle age.
She was raised in a strict Hindu household. As an adult, she spent 14 years as a Hindu nun, teaching at the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University and various other schools.
Still deeply religious, John-Dorie meditates daily and keeps vegetarian. Her meditation, she says, gives her the strength to continue playing.
Through it all, John-Dorie has lived a mostly solitary life. She has never married and has no children.
Jan,jannisder wrote:The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has found no merit in the allegations that the BSES Municipal General Hospital managed by Brahma Kumaris at Andheri (West) was overcharging patients for services.
The Hindu wrote:Mount Abu: Asking journalists to engage themselves in responsible and "solution-oriented" work, Union Minister of State for Home Sriparakash Jaiswal has said any misinformation or suppression of truth by the media can cause great damage to society.
"Pursuit of profit has become a priority in almost all professions and media is no exception.
"But in the greater interest of the country and its citizens, let monetary consideration do not dilute media’s responsibility for social uplift," he said.
Mr. Jaiswal, after inaugurating a three-day All India Media Conference organised by Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwavidyalaya here, also spoke on people's expectation for proper guidance from mass media in matters of public interest.
"The act of misinformation and suppression of truth by the media could cause great damage to peace, health, harmony, hope and happiness of the people and the society," he said. — PTI