For an Art of Living, ‘Volunteer For A Better India’, tree plantation activity in the monsoons this year, we went looking at nurseries, and found UP Forest Department’s Nursery at Sector 18, Indiranagar in Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh, India) to be the
The three rivers Ganga, Saraswati and Yamuna symbolise Knowledge, Dispassion and Devotion, respectively. Sangam at Prayag is their meeting point. Seekers have travelled to this place for millennia. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar refers to the Kumbh mela as,
Bhai Dooj (25 October 2017, Kartik Shukla Dwitiya), a festival for celebrating sibling love. It is said, the Lord of death Yamraj visits his sister River Yamuna Maharani to take her blessing.
Dressed in khadi kurta pyjama, and a canvas bag over his shoulders, Acharya Chandra Bhushan Tiwari is following his life’s mission of nurturing plants and children, the future of the earth.
तुम हो नंदलाल जनम के कपटी औरों की गागर नित उठ भरते, मेरी मटकी मझधार में पटकी
My grandmother plucked some leaves from the undergrowth near the garden tap, with great care. She was happy to have found the remedy for her stomachache. It was the Bhangra plant or creeper, or Bhringaraj as it is better known in Ayurvedic medicine.
To my delight most of the vegetation was a challenge even for our gardeners. I went around tasting every leaf, flower and fruit that came my way. Chaangeri or Indian Sorrel was thus discovered. I called it Khatti Patti, going by the deliciously
