27th Sept.

Completed morning program. Met Pravesh in his office. In chamber from 1.30pm to 4.30pm.
While at Hyderabad on 24th/25th instant, I saw a photograph of an old couple in the Deccan Herald. In this photograph, I saw the old man cutting a plate of hair of his wife at Sangam in Allahabad. The news stated that the plate of hair was to be thrown in Sangam waters after a pooja. It is done with the belief and prayer that the couple should be united again in next 7 births. According to another practice to get the same result, the couples take a dip in the Sangam waters holding each other's hands. When I told this to Venita. She heard it with interest.
News of the Day :  "Nasa plans 'stepping stone to Mars' deep space base beyond the dark side of the moon

• Nasa will make use of 'gravity fields' behind the moon so that spaceship can be 'parked' in space Base which will be 277,000 miles from Earth

Nasa wants to build a manned base which can be 'parked' beyond the dark side of the moon as a 'gateway spacecraft', to serve as a starting point for manned expeditions to Mars.

It would remain permanently in space 277,000 miles from Earth - in context, the International Space Station is just 230 miles away.

The spaceship would expand man's horizons - but it will require much problem-solving to figure out how to protect astronauts from radiation, and how to re-supply the ship from a quarter of a million miles away." Mail on line, dt,, 27th Sept ,2012.