Ayurveda Initiative For Global Health

Chapter 3 - Adolescent & The Elderly  Day 4  Part 1 - The Teenage Years  You know, the "teens" are the most confusing age. You are no longer a kid, who can be pacified with toys or sweets, but neither are you emotionally mature enough. A new world has just opened up in front of you and it's such a difficult time.  On one hand, there are big highs, on the other hand, there are a lot of lows. There's also loneliness. A child doesn't feel lonely, but a teenager starts feeling lonely. Not only that , there are also so many hormonal changes happening in the body.  So he (or she) is getting familiar with his (or her) own body, mind, emotions, urges and difficulties. Suddenly, teenagers feel nobody understands them because what parents say from their standpoint - good or bad - doesn't appeal to them.  Long-term plans don't exist. They want immediate solutions, immediate gratification, everything should happen now. Teenagers feel that adults do not...

Kadlekai Parishe - Groundnut Fair, Bangalore Did you know that the Kadlekai Parishe - Groundnut Fair, was initiated by Hirya Kempegowda in the year 1537 by the founder of Bangalure, to appease Nandi, the Bull, near Dodda Basava temple, near the Bull Temple road at Basavanagudi in Bangalore city? Kadlekai Parishe, also spelled Kadalekai Parishe, ಕಡಲೆಕಾಯಿ ಪರಿಷೆ in Kannada, is an annual groundnut fair held in Basavanagudi suburb of Bangalore city on the last Monday of Karthika Masa (month of November), a grand colourful festival that celebrates groundnuts in all its varities, forms and glory. The initiative to celebrate this festival of groundnuts was taken by Hirya Kempegowda, the founder of Bangalore (now Bengaluru) in the year 1537 to help farmers of the region from the marauding onslaught of rogue bulls destroying their groundnut agricutlurual fields during the harvest season on the particular day of Full Moon in the month of Kartik (November-De...

Groundnut Did you know that Groundnuut is one of the most popular and universal crops cultivated in more than 100 countries in six continents, including Indian subcontinent? Did you know that Groundnut, which is called 'Poor Man's Almond", is believed to be originated from South America, and is one of the most important crops in the world, both for vegetative oil and as a protein source? Groundnuut, with botanical name Arachis hypogaea, is a species in the legume or "bean" family. It is also known as earthnuts, ground nuts, goobers, goober peas, pindas, jack nuts, pinders, manila nuts and monkey nuts; the last of these is often used to mean the entire pod. Botanical name 'Arachis hypogaea' is derived from two Greek words, Arachis means a legume and hypogaea means below ground, referring to the formation of pods in the soil. The groundnut or peanut is a very commonly used food plant, valued mainly for its edible seed and oil, but a...

Chapter 2 - Interpersonal Relationships  Day 3 It is very important to know about interpersonal relationships. What keeps them going and what really disturbs them. Interpersonal relationships get disturbed, when disagreement begins. As long as there is agreement, they don't get disturbed at all.  So what disturbs a relationship? Disagreement. Now, take a look at yourself. Have you always agreed with yourself? You all have not agreed. You had an idea yesterday and today, you have a different idea.  Five years back, you had different ideas, and they did not necessarily agree with the ideas, you have today. So, when you can have a disagreement with yourself, why not with someone else, next to you?  The person, with whom you have a disagreement, is just an old photocopy of your own self, a copy of your old self - or maybe even a new copy. What you disagree with today, you may agree on, three years from now.  So, you need to take a look at your own though...

Chapter 6 - The Nature Of God  Day 15 There is a story of two lizards. One lizard was up on the ceiling and another came up from the wall and told the first lizard, "Why don't you come for a walk? It is a nice sunny day outside.  All winter we have been inside. Why don't we go out in the sun?" The first lizard said, "Oh, no, no. What are you saying? If I move, the ceiling will fall down. How can I move out of here? Don't you have any sense?" This is what we also think.  You make no difference in the world whether you live or you don't live. Whatever is happening, happens. Even that is not under your control. Whatever has to happen for you is going to happen. You have this big question, what is free will, what is destiny? When things happen according to the thought that came to you, you claim it to be your free will. When your thought was contrary to what happened, you call it destiny.  People write big volumes on free will and destiny. Yo...