Pittsburgh_Patrika_October_2015

The Pittsburgh Patrika, Vol, 21, No. 1, October 2015
1517 FOX CHASE LANE, UPPER ST. CLAIR, PENNSYLVANIA
$995,000
Located in the sought-after Foxchase
neighborhood, this Thomas-built residence
is immaculate and stunning. The striking
to the great room with two-story windows.
A formal dining room with alcove ceiling,
with sunken sitting area and gourmet
main rooms. The master bedroom suite
features a second kitchen, full bathroom,
bedroom suite, dance/exercise area and a
Thomas bar.
For more information on this exclusive Home of Distinction, contact:
Mary Eve Kearns
Email: mekearns@howardhanna.com
Howard Hanna
Homes of Distinction
Further, long-term care for aged parents in their 80s and 90s psychologically
and emotionally drains caregivers who are themselves old, often
leading to a breakdown in relationships among siblings and between
spouses.
Naturally, the topic of death and dying has received a lot of attention.
If you Google-search under Final Exit, Death with Dignity, Compassion
and Choices, Hemlock Society, and Right to Die, you will get a ton of
information and advice from ethicists, psychologists, family counselors,
healthcare professionals, religious scholars, and even government-funded
studies. The well-known pioneer on this topic was Dr. Jack Kevorkian,
the trail blazer, on whose death, we wrote this obituary: http://tinyurl.
com/Patrika-Kevorkian. Dr. Kevorkian was vilified by the religious and
Right-Wing conservatives. His only mistake was his in-your-face approach
to draw public attention to this problem. He was also ahead of his time.
Most anglicized “educated” Indians, Hindus in particular, are
uncomfortable talking about death even though as part of our
ethos, we believe in impermanence and transience (anityam) and rebirth
(punarjanmam). This is paradoxical and unnecessary. This is simply
because only old age (jara) and death (maranam) give meaning to life.
There are stories on this in Hindu puranas, Upanishads, and other texts
(Yoga Vasistham). The Gita’s second chapter elucidates on this very topic.
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