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Yoga is one of the most important of the five techniques contained in Ayush. Yoga is not a fitness technique. It is a lifestyle. It is disheartening to see Yoga as a multi-billion dollar business today. Yoga, today is misinterpreted as sitting in difficult postures and performing difficult exercises. Yoga is much more than that.
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Vatasseri Paramesvara (1380–1460) was a mathematician and astronomer of the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics. He proposed several corrections to the astronomical parameters which had been in use since the times of Aryabhatta! He was a genius of observational astronomy and spent more than 55 years of his life just observing happenings in the…
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Irrigation had developed in the Harappan Civilization by around 4500 BCE. Sugarcane is believed to have originated from India and parts of New Guinea at around the same time. India has given the world its sweetness. Naveen and Rakesh recently presented a seminar on the local technologies used in transportation and irrigation used in their villages.
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Ever wondered why Jantar-Mantar is named so? Jantar means “instrument”, and Mantar means “formula”, or in this context- “calculation”. Therefore Jantar-Mantar means ‘calculation instruments’. These astronomical wonders are age old observatories and have immense scientific significance.
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Justin Jacob spoke about the nutritional value of jaggery and its health benefits. He explained the various methods of jaggery production practised in different parts of India, and the cultural significance of jaggery. He had done some exhaustive research in the field, and presented a seminar on the same. Watch the video below-
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Vidya recently spoke about how food is preserved in her village. She explained the construction of a fridge that works without electricity. She did some exhaustive research in the field, and presented a seminar on the same. She also spoke about how food can be kept cold or hot for a long time with local household methods,…
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I am in my final year of engineering, and hopefully in the last year of my formal education. In these 20 years of education, I would have written no less than 1000 exams. Unlike my exceptional facebook, kung-fu, bowling and rubik’s cube solving skills, I must admit that I am pretty bad at writing exams.
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Many of us believe that being an entrepreneur is being your own boss. I see friends around me who want to start their own business because it either makes them rich or the boss of their own lives. I think this attitude is wrong. Becoming an entrepreneur does not necessarily make one rich. We hear stories of…
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“Each one prays to God according to his own light.” – Mahatma Gandhi. For the first time, I have attempted to pen down my feelings on the concept of religion and god. Read my latest article on the-NRI
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My friend Shweta recently spoke about natural pesticides that a local farmer in her village uses to yield better crops. She did some exhaustive research in the field, and presented a seminar in one of our Traditional Indian Science and Technology classes. She also spoke about how her father used innovative local techniques to increase…
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सौरभ राय | Sourav Roy 