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युहि नही हिन्दू धर्म को महान कहा जाता है| हमारा प्राचीन इतिहास कई बार इस पर मोहर लगा चुका है। इसका कारण यह भी है कि हिन्दू धर्म दुनिया का अकेला ऐसा धर्म है जो मज़बूत वृक्ष की तरह अभी भी अपनी गहरी जड़ो के साथ टिका हुआ है। असल मे हिन्दू धर्म मनुष्य की परिपक्वता का उत्कृष्ट उदहारण है। हम सब जो भारत मे रहते है, भारतवासी कहलाये जाते है। अगर हम अंग्रेज़ी मे इंडियन है, तो हिन्दी मे हिन्दुस्तानी। परंतु कई लोगो को इससे आपत्ति है। वो शायद इसलिए क्योंकि हिन्दू शब्द को धर्म से जोड़कर देखा जाता रहा है। सत्य तो ये है इंडियन और हिन्दुस्तानी दोनो का अर्थ एक ही है जो हमे सिंधु नदी(पर्शियन मे हिन्दू) या इंडस नदी से जोड़ती है। हमारा इतिहास हर दिन हमे हिन्दू होने का गौरव प्रदान करता है।

हिन्दू धर्म और स्वतंत्रता
विश्व मे आज की दौर मे माने जाने वाले धर्म एक ईश्वर की बात करते है। वहीं हिन्दू धर्म हमे हमारे इष्ट चुनने की स्वतंत्रता देता है। जब हम 36 करोड़ देवी देवताओ की बात करते है, तो अक्सर यह भ्रांति फैलाई जाती है कि हिन्दू धर्म मे इतने भगवान है। पर वो यह नही समझ पाते कि हिन्दू धर्म ही एकलौता ऐसा धर्म है जो शून्य से अनंत का सिद्धांत सरलता से धर्म के माध्यम से वर्णित करता है। संसार मे इतने लाखो जीवो मे क्या ईश्वर सिर्फ मनुष्य के ही है? हर जीव ईश्वर को उसी रूप मे देखता है जिस रूप मे वो स्वयं है। इसलिए हिन्दू धर्म मे ईश्वर के इतने अवतारो का व्याख्यान है। और हिन्दू होने के नाते हमे ये स्वतंत्रता है कि हम अपने ईश्वर को किसी भी रूप मे पूज सकते है।

हिन्दू मंदिर
यदि आप यूरोप भ्रमण करने जाएँ तो यह देख के दंग रह जाएंगे की ज़्यादातर यूरोप टूरिज़्म के नाम पर स्मृति स्थान य मकबरो को बढ़ावा देता है। इसके उलट भारत मे एक समय पर मंदिरो को विशेष स्थान दिया जाता था। हमारे मंदिर न केवल अध्यात्म की दृष्टि से उच्च है अपितु उनकी सरंचना अपने आप मे विस्मयकारी है। आज भी इस तरह की उत्कृष्ट संरचना पर्यटको को अचंभित कर देती है। यह कहना गलत नही होगा कि मंदिरो का स्थान हिन्दुओ के जीवन मे भोजन से भी पहले है।

हिन्दू त्यौहार
त्यौहार तो एक सौगात की तरह है। यदि त्यौहार न होते तो जीवन नीरस होता। इसीलिए हिन्दू धर्म मे उत्सवों को इतना महत्व दिया गया है। हर माह मे मनाये जाने वाले विभिन्न हिन्दू उत्सव नई स्फूर्ति और ऊर्जा लाते है और जीवन मे नई सकारात्मकता लाते है।

अध्यात्म से स्वास्थ्य
हिन्दु धर्म ही विश्व का एकमात्र धर्म है जो शाररिक स्वास्थ्य के साथ साथ मानसिक स्वास्थ्य पे भी बल देता है। शायद इसलिए अध्यात्म और योग पर इतना ज़ोर दिया गया है। हमारी आयुर्वेदिक पद्धति लक्षण का इलाज नही बल्कि व्यक्ति के शरीर के इलाज करने की सलाह देता है।

हिन्दू धार्मिक ग्रंथ और पुराण
हिन्दू ग्रंथ और काव्य तो विश्वभर मे प्रसिद्धि पा चुके है। हमारे धार्मिक ग्रंथ अपने आप मे ही सम्पूर्ण विषयो का सार है, जिसमे विज्ञान से लेकर राजनीति तक का वर्णन है।

कुल मिलाकर हिन्दू धर्म से संबंध होने का अर्थ है ईश्वर से संबंध होना। तो अगर अगली बार कोई आप से आपका धर्म पूछे तो गर्व से कहना की आप हिन्दू है।

STRESS FRACTURE

Have you ever wondered what is Stress Fracture? Few months back during ongoing series between India & Australia, Mitchell Starc a pacer from Australian Cricket Team returned to his home, leaving the series in midway after getting diagnosed from stress fracture. It was also believed many atheletes including Great Sachin Tendulkar also suffers from stress fracture. Here are some important facts about it.

1) Stress fracture does not occur due to direct injury but it is the fracture resulted due to overuse.

2) It is most prominently seen in ATHELETES doing repetitive running jumping activities. Observe Bowling action of Mitchell Starc👇. He put load in right foot just before he delivers the ball. This resulted in this overuse injury.

3) The most common sites of stress fractures are Metatarsal( foot bones) , ankle( navicular, calcaneus) bones, spine, tibia( leg bone).

4) March fracture(Metatarsal fracture) commonlyy seen in military soldiers.

5) Symptoms of fracture includes pain, localised swelling & tenderness after end of the activity. Clear Diagnosis confirmed after X ray investigation.

6) Fracture treatment may vary from (rest,compression,ice elevation) to surgery depends upon the grade in which it fall.

7) Wearing, tearing & injuries are common in ATHELETES. But one can prevent it if proper precautions are taken in order to avoid such kind of Fractures.
a) Divide equal weight on both the foots.
b) Avoid high intensity exercise for long duration.
c) Always perform stretching exercise of various muscles before play and practice.
d) Never be in haste to complete warm up session.
e) Shoes are critical. Select them carefully.
f) Get enough Vitamin D and calcium. 

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'Birds' are weather reporter

Introduction

Birds are the indicator of rain. Yes! they can tell whether it will rain or not. For that you have to observe them carefully during the overcast. You don't have to check weather report for that. They may tell you whether you should keep an umbrella or not.

Study
During the late spring in the month of March,rain showers is quite common in India. when the clouds fills your sky, you watch their fly pass. Apart from this there is one more thing you may have noticed. The birds! Have you seen them enjoying flying in cloudy weather. Feathers in the air! Like tiny helicopters moving with the wind. If we want to go outside but reluctant  as you think it may rain, then step out of the home carefree. Because it will not rain. The birds flying high under the clouds are the indicator that it will not rain. These are just alien clouds which will pour down somewhere else. They are just crossing a territory. When birds fly high in the sky, clouds are passing by and if there is no thunder, then most probably there will be no rain. In a certain behaviour it was noticed, birds, moment before the rain, vacates the sky. And they don't fly that high. Their flight is restricted to few metres high from the ground when it's going to rain. On other cloudy windy days, they fly high as they already know it's not going to rain.

Discussion
Do you observe nature carefully? It has all the answers of every question. Every species is important. Mutual understanding among the species is the core. Their behaviour, habits & adaptation to surrounding can tell many things which we are trying to find from ages. In my view I think human know less about the nature. Besides, birds and animals are more tuned with it. They adapted well with the nature. Hence they know better about the natural phenomenons than us.

oxygen is no life saviour...

क्या सच में ऑक्सीजन लाइफ saviour  है?  इसका उत्तर है हाँ और  ना दोनों।  हम जानते है ऑक्सीजन जीवनदायनी है। पर क्या आप को पता है , यही ऑक्सीजन शरीर के लिए नुकसानदायक है। ऑक्सीजन जीवन के लिए आवश्यक है. परन्तु यही ऑक्सीजन फ्री रेडिकल्स (free  Radicals ) भी बनाते है। फ्री रेडिकल्स एक तरह के highly रिएक्टिव molecules होते है. जब ये molecule शरीर के cells  से interact करते है , तब ये शरीर को डैमेज करते है।  और शरीर में बीमारी और रोग पैदा करते है. क्या कभी सोचाः है कुत्ता इतना कम  क्यों जीता है?  शायद इसलिए क्यूंकि वो तेज़ सांस लेता है।  ऑक्सीजन ज़्यादा लेने की वजह से फ्री रेडिकल्स की मात्रा  उसके शरीर में ज़्यादा  बन जाते होंगे. जिससे  डैमेज और ageing  जल्दी हो जाती होगी ।

जैसा antidote हर poison के लिए होता है, वैसे ही antioxidants फ्री रेडिकल्स के लिए होते है। हमारे शरीर में ऐसे एंटीऑक्सीडेंट्स प्राकर्तिक रूप से मौजूद होते है। पर जब फ्री रेडिकल्स की मात्रा शरीर में एंटीऑक्सीडेंट्स से ज़्यादा हो  है, तब शरीर में stress produce होता है। जिसे free radical stress कहते है।
Do you know oxygen is both good and bad for the body? We know oxygen gives life to us. But do you know , that oxygen takes life too. Oxygen produces free radicles in the body. Free radicles are highly reactive molecules. When these free radicals interacts with body cells, they damages the cells. These damaged cells makes you ill and also these are the main culprit of pre mature ageing. To tackle these highly dangerous molecules, body creates antioxidants naturally. But when antioxidants becomes less in number in comparison to free radicals , this stressed the body , which is known as free radical stress.

Dwarka and Atlantis

Lost Empires

The two empires what i am referring here are not just few years old. These empires had their roots in ancient world, as far as mythological books are concerned . Here i am talking about ancient empires : The DWARKA of Indian and the ATLANTIS of Greeks. The interesting fact between these two empires is their nature of destruction. Both of them were destroyed when a high Tsunami came in the great ocean and everything in and around got lost. And the great empire lost  like as they were never there. Empires got buried deep inside the ocean and the proof of their existence came under question mark. No one from that world is alive who can claim that these two were really there. However recent archaeological survey claims that they have found Dwarka city Inside the Arabian sea. And the carbon dating points out the same age old empire of Krishna. We found some positive clues about the DWARKA, but scientists and researchers still not convinced about the ATLANTIS. They think Atlantis is just a Fabled empire. Atlantis was first mentioned in the book where the Greek Philospher Plato describes the great Empire of Atlantis in "Tameus" a Socratic dialogue written in 360 b.c. The description claimed Atlantis to be very beautiful empire. Every story has some basis. We cannot be so sure that these kingdoms were not there in past. Like every religious book has Adam and Eve, may be ancient worlds described in books are same but their names are different.

Hologram not an Unusual Technology?

I was watching television. One of the channel was telecasting a mythological serial. In the show one sage was shown doing severe penance. Suddenly lord Shiva appears before him from no where, give him boon  and blessings and then he disappeared. People used to laugh on such kind of serials and do not believe in such stories. It was like a joke for them. May be this was our inability to understand the super technology used by the Gods what we call today as "Hologram". Hologram are like a living images. They are like a photographic ghosts which seems to be moving. We have long association with this technique but realisation of the technology is more practical now. I remember, with a big bubble or boomer chewing gum a sticker used to be free. Sticker had properties like if we tilt it , the image on it changed to other character. For example image of Mickey mouse changed to minnie mouse which again changed to Mickey mouse whenever we slightly tilt the sticker. Now days with the advancement of technology Hologram seems to be more significant . We can relate now why mythological stories have examples of such technologies. It is the good way to communicate with people even if you are miles apart. Our great gods and sages were not only super souls but they were super scientists as well. The basis of hologram technology is mentioned much earlier and it was in practice at that time. Hologram technology is definitely a revolutionary science and with the advancement, it will be more evident and practical. May be then we will start respecting our great Mythology.

Tobacco injurious to Health

When we say smokeless, it means anything which involves no burning and it is not difficult for us to guess what smokeless tobacco signifies. Tobacco product which is taken orally or which involves engulfing of that particular product, categorise under smokeless tobacco. On television commercials we have seen warning that alerts about the harmful effects of cigarette smoking. But hazardous consequences of smokeless tobacco is still yet to discourage strongly. Smokeless tobacco also causes various types of cancer and diseases.

Types of Smokeless Tobacco

1) Chewing : Available in the form of loose leaves of nicotine and placed in between the cheeks and lower lips. It is usually chewed, swallowed and spitted.

2) Snuffing: snuff is either moisy or dry and it is powdered form of tobacco. It is taken orally but some people also inhales it.

Composition of Tobacco

Smokeless tobacco is equally injurious and has dangerous components like nitrosamines, radioactive substances like Polonium-210, and Aromatic Hydrocarbons.

Diseases it cause

Apart from oral cancer, oesophageal cancer and pancreatic cancers, smokeless tobacco can cause heart diseases, gum disease, and leukoplakia.

Things to be done

Tobacco consumption in any manner should be strongly discouraged. People should be educated and awared about the ill effects of tobacco. Mass media campaign, government policies and responsibilities of medical professionals and health promoters is critical in this regard.

For all those who makes fun of Hindu Mythology

Human head transplant: Reality?

Its not very usual when we get to know about the things which we often laugh at when we were kid. All those western influenced people who laughs at mythology especially Indian mythology when a God called Shiva transplant head of elephant on a human body(first Xeno transplant), has seriously need to introspect. Recent claim by Italy scientists that they may come up with technique of head transplant in coming years. It can create fresh debate over the topic 'Mythology based on science' or 'science based on mythology'! I don't know which claim is true, but i know mythology holds some truth as nothing can be written in air.  A story or folklore itself has basis and study of this story makes it MYTHOLOGY. I remember my biology teacher in school used to say lord Shiva was super physician and surgeon. For all the indians who are obsessed with western knowledge, i want to say-Stop criticising the culture we represent. We as an Indian have to look within. There is no intelligence in making fun of our history and tradition and demeaning our practices and believing false notions. If we try to figure out how it happened in past and what was the theory behind it, then surely we might explain our rich heritage which is purely scientific and logical.

So next time you read mythology don't laugh on it. Instead expand your thinking and try to find out high level science and technology behind it.

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE AWARENESS WEEK (13TH Nov 2017 - 19TH Nov 2017) PART-5

HOW TO TACKLE ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE?

In my previous post, i mentioned about how antibiotic resistance is threatening our lives. We know antibiotic resistance is bigger challenge now. Over dependency on medicines and alteration in genetic make-up of microbes, both have bought the monstrous problem of antibiotic resistance. As of now communicable diseases were some how managed well. If we see trends in latest research, it is non communicable diseases that are taking lead in claiming live. But with new findings, antibiotic resistance can allow entry of communicable diseases from back door. Overuse of antimicrobials has pulled us back to the point where it all started. Yes, indeed we returned to the situation when we had no treatment for curing infections. This time situation is more grim as the standard drugs are failing. Superbug is reality now. So what we should do now? To tackle Antibiotic resistance, should we make Super Antibiotic or Super Drug? What we do after 50 years from now when these drugs fails too? Instead of making Super Drug, can't we concentrate on building immunity? Look at the bacterias. They shielded themselves from the effect of antibiotics. They are doing best for their survival. Can't we do same? Rather relying on suppressor drugs which suppress the activity of microbes, we should focus on immunity boosters. Anything that builds immunity must be promoted. If our immunity is strong then no bacteria can harm us. Even to the patients of Tuberculosis, Hepatitis, Dengue and many other diseases, good diet is key to get back to the normal. Many vaccines can be introduced which can prevent any such infections thereby building immunity against the diseases. 

Some Preventive measures to control antibiotic resistance

• Never take medicines by your own
• Always follow prescription suggested by doctor
• Wash Hand whenever it is necessary
• Always eat well which is hygienic
• WHO Five Keys to Safer Food (keep clean, separate raw and cooked, cook thoroughly, keep food at safe temperatures, use safe water and raw materials)
• Keep your environment clean
• As a health practitioner never prescribe medicines to the patients which are not needed
• Safer sex
• Vaccinate animals