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31267188257?profile=RESIZE_584xNepali hydropower foreman Sanjay Sah was rescued on September 4 after surviving nine days trapped inside a tunnel following the devastating floods and landslides along the Trishuli River. During the long ordeal, Sah told those who found him, “I was chanting Hare Krishna mahamantra for the past nine days,” holding on to hope until rescuers reached him.

The 30-year-old foreman said he had remained behind to warn and help other workers escape after learning of the approaching disaster. By the time

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Victims All? by Vishakha Devi Dasi

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From Back to Godhead

Instead of blaming others for our suffering, we’d do better to understand that we’re all fundamentally complicit in our so-called victimhood.

A victim is a person who suffers from a destructive action. Often we think of victims as innocent and neither responsible nor accountable for what’s happened – for example, people who are randomly shot or children who are abused.

There are victims, however, who may not be completely innocent – for example, a chain smoker who’s a

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