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Aruna (Sanskrit: अरुण) is the charioteer of Surya (the sun god) in Hinduism. [1] He is the elder brother of Garuda. Aruna and Garuda are the sons of Vedic sage Kashyapa and his wife Vinata, daughter of Prajapati Daksha. His children were the mighty vultures Sampati and Jatayu. He is also found in Buddhism and Jainism literature and arts.
Pinki Virani (born 30 January 1959) is an Indian writer, journalist, human-rights activist and writer. She is the author of Once was Bombay, [1] Aruna's Story, Bitter Chocolate: Child Sexual Abuse in India (which won the National Award), [2] and Deaf Heaven. [3]
Aruna Asaf Ali (née Ganguly) (Bengali pronunciation:; [1] 16 July 1909 – 29 July 1996) was an Indian educator, political activist, and publisher. An active participant in the Indian independence movement , she is widely remembered for hoisting the Indian National flag at the Gowalia Tank maidan , Bombay during the Quit India Movement in 1942.
Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaug (1 June 1948 – 18 May 2015), was an Indian nurse who was at the centre of attention in a court case on euthanasia after spending over 41 years in a vegetative state as a result of a sexual assault.
The narrative concerning Araunah appears in both 2 Samuel 24 and 1 Chronicles 21.The Samuel version is the final member of a group of narratives which together constitute the "appendix" (2 Samuel 21–24) of the Books of Samuel, and which do not fit into the chronological ordering of the rest of Samuel. [1]
Arunima Sinha was born in Ambedkar Nagar near Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh.Her father was in the Indian Army and her mother was a supervisor in the health department. She has an elder sister and a younger brother.
Aruna Roy (née Jayaram, born 6 June 1946) is an Indian social activist, professor, union organiser and former civil servant. She was the president of the National Federation of Indian Women and founder of the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan .
Arunagirinathar (Aruṇakirinātar, Tamil: [aɾuɳaɡɯɾɯn̪aːdar]) was a Tamil Shaiva [1] saint-poet who lived during the 14th century in Tamil Nadu, India.In his treatise A History of Indian Literature (1974), Czech Indologist Kamil Zvelebil places Arunagirinathar's period between circa 1370 CE and circa 1450 CE.