3 quick-thinking women may have prevented an attempted rape

Three women are being celebrated online after authorities say they may have stopped an attempted rape while they were dining in a Santa Monica restaurant on May 26. According to their Facebook post, Sonia Ulrich, Marla Saltzer and Monica Kenyon spotted a fellow customer — whom police have identified as Michael Hsu — putting something in his friend’s drink.

http://time.com/4351812/women-stop-sexual-assault/?xid=newsletter-brief

How the Internet works for these villages in Madhya Pradesh, India

Aham Bhumika, a registered NGO in the region, trains the children of these remote villages on the outskirts of Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh, in arts and craft, and sells their products online. Further, in collaboration with another NGO in the area, they have organised classes conducted by three very skilled artisans from different regions of state, to teach the women embroidery.

The art, craft and embroidery of this region is very distinctive...

http://www.thebetterindia.com/56579/aham-bhumika-bhopal-gonda-art/?utm_source=The+Better+India+Newsletter&utm_campaign=d7b52fb492-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cd579275a4-d7b52fb492-74060141

Message in a bowl

Rajkunwar was 14 years old when she married Chuni Singh, an army man. In 1945, Chuni sent his 15-year-old wife a money order for Rs 50, which was a princely sum in those days. Chuni left the defense forces in 1950 but when he died in 1951, he didn't leave any documents behind. Thus began her battle for survival with the one-month-old son her husband had left behind along with six bighas of land, two goats and a hut in Neem Ka Thana, Sikar district, in Rajasthan. All she had was a payee's slip for that one money order and an army mess bowl. For 64 years since her husband's death, Rajkunwar had had to return empty-handed every time she visited the district Sainik Kalyan Board seeking a defence widow's pension.

Finally, Group Captain S.S. Dholia, a retired air force officer in charge of the district Sainik Kalyan Board, decided to take the matter up. He knew he had a mountain to climb but climb it he did and the result is that now 86-year-old Rajkunwar will receive a monthly pension of Rs 4,000.

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160530/jsp/frontpage/story_88386.jsp#.V0u2FZF97IU

Who doesn't love a hamburger

Comfort food at its best. National Hamburger Day was on Saturday. Let's take time out to find out the history of this all-time favorite food.

http://time.com/4342423/national-hamburger-day-history-origins-inventor/

Braai

Braai “is one thing that can unite us irrespective of all of the things that are trying to tear us apart,” Archbishop Desmond Tutu, an anointed patron of National Braai Day, proclaimed at an event that kicked off the movement.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/25/dining/braai.html?emc=edit_th_20160525&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=58824118&_r=0

What is it about Champagne?

Champagne holds the imagination like no other drink. Whether we can afford it or not is immaterial. One can always imagine.....and dream...

http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20160526-why-were-drinking-more-champagne-than-ever-before

US veterans going back to live in Vietnam

It is estimated that tens of thousands of veterans have returned to Vietnam since the 1990s, mostly for short visits to the places where they once served. Some had difficulty adapting to civilian life in the US. Others have gone back in the hope of atoning for wrongs they believe were committed during the war.


http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-36363537