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Ayurveda has several sub-parts. It is amazing to know that 2700 years ago, Indian medical science was developed to an extent, that it was divided into 8 exhaustive sub-parts. The 8 sub-parts of Ayurveda are together called ‘Ashtangas’. These constitute-
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Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; Where knowledge is free; Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls; Where words come out from the depth of truth; Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;
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In yesterday’s article, I had mentioned the concept of vata, pitta, kafa in Ayurveda. These three humors together fine tune the balance of a human body. Any imbalance in one of the three may lead to any disease. Ayurveda is all about tipping the balance between these three.
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Ayurveda, the oldest form of medical science in India, has a unique structure. Ayurveda strongly believes in a tripod structure. Tripod, philosophically is a very stable structure, and finds its usage in shooting, photography, etc. According to Ayurveda, the first requirement for healing oneself and others is a clear understanding of the three doshas – Vata-Pitta-Kapha.
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“Many of the advances in the sciences that we consider today to have been made in Europe were in fact made in India centuries ago” -Grant Duff British Historian of India
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In the past, I have tried to identify patterns in portrayal of certain characters or objects, by renowned directors. May it be Hitchcock’s portrayal of mothers, or Farhan Akthar’s portrayal of father-son relationship, or Danny Boyle’s repeated use of shit, these master craftsmen do have some kind of obsession!
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“If there is one place on the face of this Earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when Man began the dream of existence, it is India.” -Romain Rolland ‐ French Philosopher 1886‐1944
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It is good to see media’s effort to expose corruption in the recent Adarsh scam. Congress politicians and Bureaucrats had grabbed the housing meant for widows of Kargil war heroes, and media has done a decent job in exposing them. Well, what is funnier and obvious on the media front, is the competition going amongst…
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“Ancient Indian theories lacked an empirical base, but they were brilliant imaginative explanations of the physical structure of the world, and in a large measure, agreed with the discoveries of modern physics” -A.L. Basham, Australian Indologist
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One of the major issues with Indian democracy is the problem of interest articulation. The very purpose of democracy fails when political parties fail to articulate the interest of majority. That is the very pillar of democracy. But the classes keep victimising themselves and always blame the other.
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सौरभ राय | Sourav Roy 