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Ashok Kumar Malhotra receives University of Hawai'i Distinguished Alumni Award
The University of Hawai'i Alumni Association (UHAA) has named Ashok
Kumar Malhotra (PhD *69 Manoa, Distinguished Teaching Professor of
Philosophy at State University of New York at Oneonta) as a recipient of
its 2010 Distinguished Alumni Award.
Ninash Foundation celebrates the 'gift of literacy'
Dr. Ashok Malhotra, President of Ninash Foundation recently reported:
While visiting the Ninash Foundation's four Indo-International Schools
during December 2008-January 2009, Linda and I received the most
heartwarming news that two of our underprivileged children had been
accepted into a college of their choice. There were tears in our eyes
and joy in our hearts because these same children, thirteen years ago,
were picking up cow dung as their livelihood, and now they were able
to attend college. While this may not be earth-shattering news for
those living in the West, for these students it was a miracle of great
achievement because by attending college and earning a degree they
would be able to break the age-old caste barrier. Moreover, they would
have an excellent chance of being accepted as equals while taking
advantage of the booming economy of India.
During the past 13 years, you have been partners in the success and
future of these socially outcast children. Through your generous
support to the Ninash Foundation, more than 1000 needy children are
receiving free education in the three Indo-International Elementary
Schools and one High School. Equipped with an education, these
children are asserting their rightful place in society and imparting
the gift of literacy to their siblings, parents and friends.
The Ninash Foundation's goal is to first achieve 100% literacy in the
villages where these schools are located and then adopt this model for
rest of India. We believe in the slogans 'Each One Teach One' and
'Yes, We Can.' In India, if the 700 million literate people follow
these slogans they can teach the remaining 400 million illiterate
people. Thus, India could eventually achieve 100% literacy. Though
this may appear to be a monumental ambition, it can be realized.
Through your generous support and partnership, the Ninash Foundation
has successfully built these four schools, providing an outstanding
education to a disadvantaged class. In order to continue providing
quality education to the needy, we are working to establish an
endowment fund of $250,000, the interest from which will provide the
necessary resources for the yearly recurring expenses of the four
schools. The Watumull Foundation of Hawaii has responded to our
request by giving $10,000 as seed money for the endowment. In this
exciting venture of spreading literacy among the underprivileged, we
are appealing to generous supporters like you to contribute $100,
$200, $500, $1000 or more towards our goal of $250,000. No amount is
ever too small because many drops of different sizes fill a bucket of
water. Your generous contribution will give the gift of literacy to
the needy and save them from becoming the 'slumdog' children.
Your contributions can be sent to the above address or you can visit
our Website at http://www.ninash.org/ and contribute through Pay Pal.
Sincerely,
Dr. Ashok Malhotra
President
Publications by Society Members
James Giles (University of Guam)
announces the paperback publication of his book The Nature of Sexual Desire
(University Press of America, 2008).
The Nature of Sexual Desire
takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the psychology, philosophy,
and anthropology of this most urgent of human desires. Examining both ancient
writings and modern research, both Eastern and Western thought, the author
argues that sexual desire is a continuous element in awareness and can only
be understood in terms of our experience. The experience of sexual desire
is explored and its relation to sexual interaction, erotic pleasure, the
experience of gender, and romantic love, is skilfully unravelled. Sexual
desire is presented in a new light: an existential need that is continually
sweeping through us, pulling us on to one of life's highest fulfilments. For
more information click here.
Reviews
Giles' spiritual understanding of sexual desire and his appreciation for the
richness and exquisiteness of sexual interaction will be refreshing for those
philosophers and sex therapists who believe that biological and physiological
research dehumanize the joys of sexual desire and satisfaction.
—Felicia De la Garza-Mercer, Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy
This readable and well-conceived book represents a lucid, synoptic assessment
of a key and central feature of our humanity. Its approach is both
comprehensive and systematic….The reader will find here a rich and creative
synthesis of both intrapsychic and interpersonal aspects of sexual attraction,
arousal, and response.
—Sanford Lopater, Professor of Psychology,
Christopher Newport University,
co-author (with Ruth "Dr Ruth" Westheimer) of Human Sexuality:
A Psychosocial Perspective
A delightful examination of the way in which cross-cultural theorists,
philosophers, and psychologists have viewed the nature of sexual desire…
genuine insights into human sexuality, gender, and the experience of love.
—Elaine Hatfield, Professor of Psychology, University of Hawaii,
Past President for the Society of Scientific Study of Sex, co-author
(with Richard Rapson) of Love and Sex: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
The Nature of Sexual Desire…presents a rich and thorough exploration of the
subject matter that cuts across historical perspectives and issues of culture.
The author draws on understandings from sexology, psychology, philosophy and
anthropology and by so doing explores all relevant perspectives.
—Helen Startup, Sexual and Relationship Therapy
The receptive awareness that belongs to the nature of sexual desire according
to James Giles belongs also to his phenomenological descriptions of that
desire. Responsive both to what the founder of phenomenology calls
"the things themselves" and to the extensive archive of scholarship on the
subject, this book treats of the exquisite experience it studies so faithfully
in a prose so elegant and direct that it has the makings of a classic
destined to seduce generations of specialist and non-specialist readers.
—John Llewelyn, Retired Reader in Philosophy University of Edinburgh,
author of Margins of Religion
This book is highly recommendable for undergraduate students in psychology,
anthropology, philosophy, communication studies, and women's studies, and an
absolute "must-read" for all graduate students and researchers interested in
sexuality and close relationships.
—Itziar Alonso-Arbiol, Relationship Research News
James Giles University of Guam, CLASS UOG Station, Mangilao Guam 96923,
USA Tel.: (671) 735-2818 Fax: (671) 734-7930 Home page:
www.james-giles.com
Other Society News
SUNY-ONEONTA PHILOSOPHER AWARDED FOR PROMOTING LITERACY
ONEONTA, N.Y. -- Distinguished Teaching Professor Ashok K.
Malhotra of the Philosophy Department at the SUNY College at Oneonta has
been named a recipient of the 2008 Gullands Excellence Award for his
work in promoting literacy among the underprivileged children of India.
Dr. Malhotra received the award, presented by the Association of
Non-Resident Indians at its annual meeting, on September 27 in London.
At the ceremony, Professor Malhotra was presented with a plaque
as one of a dozen recipients of the award worldwide who were recognized
for exemplary service in their areas of specialization, including art,
music, literature, engineering, economy, banking, manufacturing,
engineering, education, and community service.
Gullands of Maidstone, a solicitor firm from England, created
the award to celebrate extraordinary achievements by non-resident
Indians in support of their homeland. Dr. Malhotra was recognized for
establishing four Indo-International Schools through the Ninash
Foundation. The schools now serve more than 750 of the poorest children
of India.
Dr. Malhotra established the Ninash Foundation in 1996 to
support efforts to promote literacy among children and adults throughout
the world. He has received many honors for his work with the schools,
including the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the East-West Center, the
Bharat Excellence Award from the Friendship Forum of India, and the
Spiritual Leadership Award from the Friends of the Religious Center at
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. The Indo-International
School project was recognized as a gift of service to humanity in 1999
and presented to the Dalai Lama during the Parl iament of World Religions
in South Africa.
A member of the SUNY-Oneonta faculty since 1967, Dr. Malhotra
received the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1994
and was promoted to the rank of SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor in
2001. He holds a bachelor's and master's degree from the University of
Rajasthan in India and a doctorate from the University of Hawaii.and
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