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For those who always thought suicide would be their last resort when they’d failed at everything else… Indian Criminal Law says you’d better get it right if you’re going to try. Suicide is the work of a skilled person and may not be for people who are not used to getting things right in the first attempt.

Just a quick bit to put out there. As if Rock or Metal Artists need advice from a nobody like myself, I’m going to mention this anyway. If you don’t like the posts and comments about you, your band or your friends on Blabbermouth, don’t mention it on a radio show or in an interview.

credit: babasteve Hindu burning ghats along the banks of the sacred Ganges River in Varanasi, India - site of cremations. Varanasi, also commonly known as Benares, is a city situated on the banks of the river Ganga (Ganges) in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, regarded holy by Hindus, Buddhists and Jains, and one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world.

Madonna has apparently given up her attempt to adopt another child from Africa because of her frustration with the red tape. But, she has her heart and resources set on adopting this time from India. According to the Sun, she could fly out to “choose a baby” after she finished promoting her new album.

I have just found this wonderful slide show of the Jain festival of MAHAMASTAK ABHISHEK - The Grand Anointing Ceremony This magnificent ceremony of the Jains takes place once every12 years, in Karnataka. To pay homage to Bahubali, an18-metre high statue of the saint is anointed with milk, sugarcane juice and herbal powders.

To the novice and the ignorant, no two religions could be as far apart as Jainism and Islam. The former, carries the principals of non-violence to the extreme, wherein even the lowest life forms such as insects are not to be harmed; while in the latter consumption of certain birds and animals for food is a part of everyday life.