Society : Delhi news
Due to the dereliction of politicians, Mandawali market located in East Delhi is struggling.
SCENE 1: It is 5.30 pm and the headache has started. Metal and sand dumped encroaches the half-side of the small road, some vehicles are parked at other side, the row of two-wheelers and four wheelers to reach home, desperate faces of street vendors and shop owners. And locals, rushing to home with vegetables, fruits etc, looking for a space to walk!
Don’t be surprised. It happened in our capital where the state government and other concerned authorities, are in a hurry by mooting plans to make transportation ease, to welcome Common Wealth Games- 2010 in October.
Mandawali market at Vinod Nagar, one of the main markets, located at East Delhi, is the victim here. Expressing strong dissent, Vimal Nath, an accountant by profession, said “How dare politicians do like this. Walking and driving vehicles via this road has become nightmare. For the time being I opt bus to go office,” he adds.
Echoing the same view Ashwin Kumar (name changed), who runs a provision shop in the market, said due to the dust sitting in the shop it has become tough and there is 20 per cent decrease in sales. “Often traffic jam happens. Nowadays sales also have been decreased. ”
When contacted Tejpal Singh, Councilor of ward number 218, Mandawali, said, “It was dumped for constructing road tarring as part of the development process. Day-by-day New Delhi is growing and is not at all matter a matter of concern.”
When asked why material was put at the center of the road, Tejpal got angry. “Then where we will place it? Can we put it on our head? You may be a Journalist in Kerala, not in Delhi, right. So don’t interfere in this matter."
Anil Kumar, MLA of the area was not available for comment.
Due to the dereliction of politicians, public bears the brunt and for how long they should suffer this?
Friday, July 16, 2010
An exculsive interview with Padma Shree Krishnakumar
Ayurveda
Later, he conceived and implemented a unique seven-and-a-half-year educational programme in Ayurveda totally free. The programme was first affiliated to the Madras University and later to the Bharathiar University. It was also approved by the Central Council for Indian Medicine (CCIM).
Ayurveda honoured
“No practice though I have an Ayurveda degree and no marriage,” he had taken a firm decision. He had only one vision - promote authentic Ayurveda globally. For his selfless contribution to the field, Coimbatore Arya Vaidya Pharmacy chairman and managing director, Krishnakumar was recently honoured with Padma Shree. It was an honour for Ayurveda also.
In a freewheeling chat at the AVP’s Majlis Health Park at Thrissur, Krishnakumar airs his views. Excerpts:
The main challenge that you face today?
FRANKLY, WE are lacking good physicians these days. The peculiarity of Ayurveda is that to know the science we must have thorough knowledge of other subjects such as Sanskrit, Vedas, Astrology etc. Our ancient Ayurveda acharayas were masters of this and they had spiritual consciousness. By just looking at a person, the acharayas were able to diagnose the disease and prescribe treatment. Though, it’s not applicable in this modern world, the present physicians should at least develop spiritual consciousness.
On moulding new generation doctors
Knowing the requirement of good physicians and the need for a bunch of creative youngsters, we set up an Academy – DIVYAM - of values with emphasis on meaningful and value-based education. The main aim of the academy is to enhance and optimise the individual potentiality of each child. Here, the child learns yoga, meditation, dance, music, drawing, painting, craft, karate, astrology and Ayurveda.
More than this, astrology plays an important role in one’s life. So, before giving admission, we will check the horoscope of the child and if the child is fated to be an Ayurveda physician, we will give training for that also in the initial stage.
In short, DIVYAM academy is the heaven of children. Here, they can think according to their interest, no burden of syllabus and home work. And they learn they are the masters of their lives.
On integrating Astrology in Ayurveda
A critical examination of the horoscope of a patient will show the disease of the patient and then the treatment can be prescribed easily. But we cannot rely totally on Astrology as nowadays hoax astrologers are also there. However, it is good if an Ayurveda doctor knows Astrology. It makes the diagnosis easier and helps to give a clear picture of the disease.
According to Astrology, infertility and spinal cord diseases occur due to snake’s curse. From my experience, I can vouch that poojas had brought about good results in some cases.
For example, Ravi Shastri had no child for 18 years after marriage. When he consulted Dr KG Raveendran, medical director, AVP, he first checked the horoscope of Shastri and his wife and told them about the curse of snake. Within one year of performing poojas, Shastri was blessed with a kid.
On the need of revamping Ayurveda syllabus
Nowadays, the BAMS students are learning outdated syllabus. Though we submitted several proposals to the Central government, it has not taken any action yet. By this apathy, the authorities concerned are killing our ancient medicine system.
On receiving Padma Shree
It is a recognition for Ayurveda and it’s not at all a personal success. It’s a new beginning in my life and the honour makes me more responsible as I have to do more for the field. Anyway, this award is a green signal for the remaining work and I know I have “miles to go before I sleep…. ’’
Message to the society
All branches of science should think and contribute for the development of Ayurveda. For example, invention of stethoscope was a contribution of Physics to Allopathy. Like that new developments in technology (bio-technology, nano-technology) should work for the development of our medicinal system which has a history of 5000 years.
On expansion plans of AVP
We are not in a hurry to grow. At present, we are aiming at providing quality treatment for the patients rather than opening up new centres in every nook and corner.
However, the dream course (Allopathy and Ayurveda) started by Krishnakumar at Coimbatore is now awaiting a decision from the Supreme Court. He said that if the verdict is not in his favour, he will think about starting the course in foreign countries.
For his selfless contribution to the field, Coimbatore Arya Vaidya Pharmacy chairman and managing director Krishnakumar was recently honoured with Padma Shree. It was an honour for Ayurveda also.
AFTER THE studies at the Ayurveda College in Shornur, Krishnakumar was active in examining the production of quality medicines, promotion of Ayurveda education, research and clinical services. And, Krishnakumar was instrumental in conducting the first-ever clinical research in traditional medicines to study the efficacy of Ayurvedic treatment on Rheumatoid Arthritis under the joint auspices of the WHO and the ICMR in 1977.
Later, he conceived and implemented a unique seven-and-a-half-year educational programme in Ayurveda totally free. The programme was first affiliated to the Madras University and later to the Bharathiar University. It was also approved by the Central Council for Indian Medicine (CCIM).
Ayurveda honoured
“No practice though I have an Ayurveda degree and no marriage,” he had taken a firm decision. He had only one vision - promote authentic Ayurveda globally. For his selfless contribution to the field, Coimbatore Arya Vaidya Pharmacy chairman and managing director, Krishnakumar was recently honoured with Padma Shree. It was an honour for Ayurveda also.
In a freewheeling chat at the AVP’s Majlis Health Park at Thrissur, Krishnakumar airs his views. Excerpts:
The main challenge that you face today?
FRANKLY, WE are lacking good physicians these days. The peculiarity of Ayurveda is that to know the science we must have thorough knowledge of other subjects such as Sanskrit, Vedas, Astrology etc. Our ancient Ayurveda acharayas were masters of this and they had spiritual consciousness. By just looking at a person, the acharayas were able to diagnose the disease and prescribe treatment. Though, it’s not applicable in this modern world, the present physicians should at least develop spiritual consciousness.
On moulding new generation doctors
Knowing the requirement of good physicians and the need for a bunch of creative youngsters, we set up an Academy – DIVYAM - of values with emphasis on meaningful and value-based education. The main aim of the academy is to enhance and optimise the individual potentiality of each child. Here, the child learns yoga, meditation, dance, music, drawing, painting, craft, karate, astrology and Ayurveda.
More than this, astrology plays an important role in one’s life. So, before giving admission, we will check the horoscope of the child and if the child is fated to be an Ayurveda physician, we will give training for that also in the initial stage.
In short, DIVYAM academy is the heaven of children. Here, they can think according to their interest, no burden of syllabus and home work. And they learn they are the masters of their lives.
On integrating Astrology in Ayurveda
A critical examination of the horoscope of a patient will show the disease of the patient and then the treatment can be prescribed easily. But we cannot rely totally on Astrology as nowadays hoax astrologers are also there. However, it is good if an Ayurveda doctor knows Astrology. It makes the diagnosis easier and helps to give a clear picture of the disease.
According to Astrology, infertility and spinal cord diseases occur due to snake’s curse. From my experience, I can vouch that poojas had brought about good results in some cases.
For example, Ravi Shastri had no child for 18 years after marriage. When he consulted Dr KG Raveendran, medical director, AVP, he first checked the horoscope of Shastri and his wife and told them about the curse of snake. Within one year of performing poojas, Shastri was blessed with a kid.
On the need of revamping Ayurveda syllabus
Nowadays, the BAMS students are learning outdated syllabus. Though we submitted several proposals to the Central government, it has not taken any action yet. By this apathy, the authorities concerned are killing our ancient medicine system.
On receiving Padma Shree
It is a recognition for Ayurveda and it’s not at all a personal success. It’s a new beginning in my life and the honour makes me more responsible as I have to do more for the field. Anyway, this award is a green signal for the remaining work and I know I have “miles to go before I sleep…. ’’
Message to the society
All branches of science should think and contribute for the development of Ayurveda. For example, invention of stethoscope was a contribution of Physics to Allopathy. Like that new developments in technology (bio-technology, nano-technology) should work for the development of our medicinal system which has a history of 5000 years.
On expansion plans of AVP
We are not in a hurry to grow. At present, we are aiming at providing quality treatment for the patients rather than opening up new centres in every nook and corner.
However, the dream course (Allopathy and Ayurveda) started by Krishnakumar at Coimbatore is now awaiting a decision from the Supreme Court. He said that if the verdict is not in his favour, he will think about starting the course in foreign countries.
Facing the destiny's music
Life
K Sakubai, a prominent teacher in Mattancherry, struggles to live as destiny took a u-turn. Even after being hit by riots, technology and diseases, she emerged a winner. Her fight continues with destiny, as Sakubai refuses to give in.
WITH ANXIOUS eyes and lean body, she is waiting for customers in her small shop. It’s K Sakubai, a prominent teacher in Mattancherry, who is in dire straits as destiny had taken a u-turn. She started the shop (on the way to Cherlai Road- T D High School) 40 years ago on a small scale. Later, in the 1980s she started typewriting and short hand courses. “Six machines were there and one hour was allotted for each student. From morning 7 am to till 9 pm all the machines were fully occupied”,Sakubai recollected.
In the ‘80s this typewriting institute was one of the crowded learning centres in Mattancherry in addition to the one run by S.Purushothama Mallya and his brother S Narayana Mallya.
Those were the heydays of the institute as students will come before their scheduled time to learn. All classes were jam-packed” , she said.
Beginning of the bad times
The arrival of computer in 1996 drastically changed the course of her life. Till then, she was earning a good income from the institute and stationery items. “Most of the students joined computer courses as there was high demand for that. It badly affected me as the institute constituted 70 per cent of the monthly income”, Sakubai revealed.
When asked whether she had any dislike to computer, she said she loves to learn computer though she is 55. Sakubai confessed, “At that time, I was willing to buy computer but the financial and family situations made me helpless. I still have the passion to learn computer as it is a user-friendly system.”
Testing time
As her life was in paradox, destiny conquered her once again her in the form of cataract. “I found some difficulty to find things and read the newspaper, but did not take it seriously. After that I went for a free medical eye camp conducted at TD High School and realised that I have cataract”, she added. Owing to lack of money, Sakubai postponed the operation, but when it became worse in 2004, she underwent an operation with the help of her sister and her family. Only the vision of right eye was rectified and for left eye she needs another 1.5 lakh, which she cannot afford now!
Communal violence in 1992
Sakubai recollected, “ The day before that ‘Black Day’ there was no panic till 7pm. After that I heard a sound, but couldn’t trace it, as there was heavy crowd. I closed the shop at 11pm and went to the nearby house for sleeping. But in the morning the situation changed. Mob with arms walked through the streets. The police marched around and curfew was imposed. Oh, those fearsome five days (she gasps).” She adds that one day she had prepared food for some 60 policemen, who were satisfied.
Disciples
Her disciples have found good jobs after completing the course at her institute. As her age advances, her memory fails. She remembers some of her students. “I recall that Rajkumar is working as stenographer in Secretariat, Thiruvananathapuram and Venugopal is in the Parliament.”
Flays hartals
Even now, she opens her shop with the courage to confront the hartal sponsors. “It’s high time to end this ‘evil holiday’ by politicians. People should neglect these kinds of gimmicks. Daily, the cost of living is going up. If we are still making brouhaha for hartals, we cannot survive in this competitive, harsh world,” she said.
A customer asks for a cigarette. Sakubai opens a packet and gives it with a sigh of relief. She earns three more rupees for her daily bread.
Destiny and age has bend Sakubai a little, her frail figure stoops...but people like her cannot be broken. A face in the crowd, it’s people like her that make our nation strong and resolute!
K Sakubai, a prominent teacher in Mattancherry, struggles to live as destiny took a u-turn. Even after being hit by riots, technology and diseases, she emerged a winner. Her fight continues with destiny, as Sakubai refuses to give in.
WITH ANXIOUS eyes and lean body, she is waiting for customers in her small shop. It’s K Sakubai, a prominent teacher in Mattancherry, who is in dire straits as destiny had taken a u-turn. She started the shop (on the way to Cherlai Road- T D High School) 40 years ago on a small scale. Later, in the 1980s she started typewriting and short hand courses. “Six machines were there and one hour was allotted for each student. From morning 7 am to till 9 pm all the machines were fully occupied”,Sakubai recollected.
In the ‘80s this typewriting institute was one of the crowded learning centres in Mattancherry in addition to the one run by S.Purushothama Mallya and his brother S Narayana Mallya.
Those were the heydays of the institute as students will come before their scheduled time to learn. All classes were jam-packed” , she said.
Beginning of the bad times
The arrival of computer in 1996 drastically changed the course of her life. Till then, she was earning a good income from the institute and stationery items. “Most of the students joined computer courses as there was high demand for that. It badly affected me as the institute constituted 70 per cent of the monthly income”, Sakubai revealed.
When asked whether she had any dislike to computer, she said she loves to learn computer though she is 55. Sakubai confessed, “At that time, I was willing to buy computer but the financial and family situations made me helpless. I still have the passion to learn computer as it is a user-friendly system.”
Testing time
As her life was in paradox, destiny conquered her once again her in the form of cataract. “I found some difficulty to find things and read the newspaper, but did not take it seriously. After that I went for a free medical eye camp conducted at TD High School and realised that I have cataract”, she added. Owing to lack of money, Sakubai postponed the operation, but when it became worse in 2004, she underwent an operation with the help of her sister and her family. Only the vision of right eye was rectified and for left eye she needs another 1.5 lakh, which she cannot afford now!
Communal violence in 1992
Sakubai recollected, “ The day before that ‘Black Day’ there was no panic till 7pm. After that I heard a sound, but couldn’t trace it, as there was heavy crowd. I closed the shop at 11pm and went to the nearby house for sleeping. But in the morning the situation changed. Mob with arms walked through the streets. The police marched around and curfew was imposed. Oh, those fearsome five days (she gasps).” She adds that one day she had prepared food for some 60 policemen, who were satisfied.
Disciples
Her disciples have found good jobs after completing the course at her institute. As her age advances, her memory fails. She remembers some of her students. “I recall that Rajkumar is working as stenographer in Secretariat, Thiruvananathapuram and Venugopal is in the Parliament.”
Flays hartals
Even now, she opens her shop with the courage to confront the hartal sponsors. “It’s high time to end this ‘evil holiday’ by politicians. People should neglect these kinds of gimmicks. Daily, the cost of living is going up. If we are still making brouhaha for hartals, we cannot survive in this competitive, harsh world,” she said.
A customer asks for a cigarette. Sakubai opens a packet and gives it with a sigh of relief. She earns three more rupees for her daily bread.
Destiny and age has bend Sakubai a little, her frail figure stoops...but people like her cannot be broken. A face in the crowd, it’s people like her that make our nation strong and resolute!
Kochi: Gold chain of deity found after 30 years
Temple
A 16-sovereign gold chain, part of the Thiruvabharanam of Janardhana swamy, which was lost 30 years ago, was found on Sunday. The chain was found on the northern side of the basement of the temple, which was being demolished for renovation.
A 16-SOVEREIGN gold chain lost around 30 years ago was found at the Janardhana Swamy Temple at Amaravathi in Kochi on Sunday (September 14). The gold chain was part of the ‘Thiruvabharanam’ of Janardhana Swamy, the presiding deity of the temple.
The chain was found by 22-year-old Harish Rao, a youth wing member of the Vaishya Vani community, on Sunday afternoon, which is managing the temple. The chain was found in a hole on the northern side of the basement of the sanctum sanctorum, which was being demolished as part of the renovation work, which is in progress now. The chain has been entrusted with the temple managing committee.
“In the afternoon, I came to the temple with my friend Rahul around 1.00 pm for Anandavrutham, a special ritual of offering the deity with vegetables and fruit that was cultivated on the house premises of devotees. (After the three-day pooja, these items will be auctioned). When I went to the northern door of the sanctum sanctorum, I found a small gap on the basement. When I examined the gap with my hand I felt the presence of an object inside it. Then, my friend brought an iron rod and removed a stone. The object which I touched was found to be a gold chain! I immediately alerted the temple authorities and they said that this chain was considered lost 30 years ago. Till then, I was not aware of the missing of this gold chain,” Rao, a staff in BSNL, Ernakulam narrated the events leading to the finding of the chain with an excitement.
The temple authorities had filed a case with the Fort Kochi police station in 1978 in connection with the missing of that particular gold chain. At that time, police personnel questioned the then priest and several temple employees as part of the investigation. Later, the case faded into history as the police failed to make any breakthrough.
“The then priest left the temple and the area forever following the ignominy as he was held responsible for the loss of the chain,” said KS Natarajan, convener, temple renovation committee, who has an association with the temple for the last four decades.
The devotees are elated by the miraculous finding of the lost ‘Thiruvabharanam’ of the deity. Their reaction was beyond words as everyone echoed, “It’s Janardhana Swamy’s grace. We are delighted with the news as the ornament was a special one to the lord.”
The renovation work started on July 12 this year following an Ashtamangala Prasna conducted in 2007, which was led by noted astrologer Cherode Narayana Panicker.
A 16-sovereign gold chain, part of the Thiruvabharanam of Janardhana swamy, which was lost 30 years ago, was found on Sunday. The chain was found on the northern side of the basement of the temple, which was being demolished for renovation.
A 16-SOVEREIGN gold chain lost around 30 years ago was found at the Janardhana Swamy Temple at Amaravathi in Kochi on Sunday (September 14). The gold chain was part of the ‘Thiruvabharanam’ of Janardhana Swamy, the presiding deity of the temple.
The chain was found by 22-year-old Harish Rao, a youth wing member of the Vaishya Vani community, on Sunday afternoon, which is managing the temple. The chain was found in a hole on the northern side of the basement of the sanctum sanctorum, which was being demolished as part of the renovation work, which is in progress now. The chain has been entrusted with the temple managing committee.
“In the afternoon, I came to the temple with my friend Rahul around 1.00 pm for Anandavrutham, a special ritual of offering the deity with vegetables and fruit that was cultivated on the house premises of devotees. (After the three-day pooja, these items will be auctioned). When I went to the northern door of the sanctum sanctorum, I found a small gap on the basement. When I examined the gap with my hand I felt the presence of an object inside it. Then, my friend brought an iron rod and removed a stone. The object which I touched was found to be a gold chain! I immediately alerted the temple authorities and they said that this chain was considered lost 30 years ago. Till then, I was not aware of the missing of this gold chain,” Rao, a staff in BSNL, Ernakulam narrated the events leading to the finding of the chain with an excitement.
The temple authorities had filed a case with the Fort Kochi police station in 1978 in connection with the missing of that particular gold chain. At that time, police personnel questioned the then priest and several temple employees as part of the investigation. Later, the case faded into history as the police failed to make any breakthrough.
“The then priest left the temple and the area forever following the ignominy as he was held responsible for the loss of the chain,” said KS Natarajan, convener, temple renovation committee, who has an association with the temple for the last four decades.
The devotees are elated by the miraculous finding of the lost ‘Thiruvabharanam’ of the deity. Their reaction was beyond words as everyone echoed, “It’s Janardhana Swamy’s grace. We are delighted with the news as the ornament was a special one to the lord.”
The renovation work started on July 12 this year following an Ashtamangala Prasna conducted in 2007, which was led by noted astrologer Cherode Narayana Panicker.
Young talent should be encouraged: Jayachandran
Sports
Jayachandran Harinarayan, gold medalist in sprint in 2004 SAF games, Islamabad, urges the respected games' boards to encourage young talent. He said that the concerned boards should help the country in finding and encouraging the young talents.
PEOPLE SAY, “When the going gets tough, the tough gets going.” This saying is apt in the case of Jayachandran Harinarayan, the gold medalist in sprint in 2004 SAF games, Islamabad. He was not very notable in school level sports meets but his determination and his training under late Shaankaran (former Coimbatore district coach) paved the way for him to come back home in an impressive manner. His major achievements were winning gold medals in long jump and in 200mts running in 1992, All India Inter-varsity meet. He had also captained the Tamil Nadu athletics team in numerous occasions. Besides, he has won silver medal in Asian Grand Prix, Bangkok, 2004 and bronze in Asian Grand Prix, Philippines, 2004.
Currently, Jayachandran is working in Life Insurance Corporation’s Coimbatore branch. In an exclusive interview to CJ Govindan Nampoothiry K, Jayachandran shares his experiences and views.
Q: What do you feel about the relevance of sports in education?
Answer: As a sports person, I feel that we have to inculcate sports culture in our education system. Involvement in games, increases our memory power. So, youth should spend time both in sports and education.
Q: India is a country where young talents are recognised late. What’s your opinion?
A: Before answering that, I want to ask one question. How many people know Anand Devaraj, the world boxing champion who won bronze medal in 1995? At that time, The Hindu gave only one column news about him. If this situation has to improve the attitude of the media and the respected boards must change. They should help the country in finding and encouraging the young talents.
Q: How was the experience with the Shankaran?
A: I have been waiting for a long time to be his student. Our wave lengths were same and he taught me the importance of patience in the career of a sports person.
Q: Nowadays there is a trend to acquire foreign coaches in sports, especially in athletics. What do you think about it?
A: Instead of acquiring foreign coaches, we should adopt the foreign sport system, which gives importance to professionalism rather than reputation. In India, we see some kind of professionalism only in Cricket and Tennis. In the case of Cricket, BCCI has taken many innovative steps to market the game. For example, the latest Indian Premier League formation in 20-20 format. Though it was floated to counter attack Kapil Dev’s ICL, it’s good for the game. Like BCCI, other boards should also take pragmatic approach to imbibe the foreign style.
Q: Youth is very much confused about choosing a career in sports. What’s your advice to them?
A: Yes, it might be a tough decision to choose sports as a career as it takes a lot of time to settle and earn a name. My suggestion is that, they should give equal weightage to both career and sports. For instance, if you win a medal in the Olympics, the public and the media will notice and if not, you will be recognised just as a sports person. One has to tackle this situation. In brief, I would say that the youngsters should balance both sports and career properly.
Q: What about the support from family and office?
A: I am supported tremendously by my family and my office staff. Their prayers keep me determined to achieve new targets.
Jayachandran Harinarayan, gold medalist in sprint in 2004 SAF games, Islamabad, urges the respected games' boards to encourage young talent. He said that the concerned boards should help the country in finding and encouraging the young talents.
PEOPLE SAY, “When the going gets tough, the tough gets going.” This saying is apt in the case of Jayachandran Harinarayan, the gold medalist in sprint in 2004 SAF games, Islamabad. He was not very notable in school level sports meets but his determination and his training under late Shaankaran (former Coimbatore district coach) paved the way for him to come back home in an impressive manner. His major achievements were winning gold medals in long jump and in 200mts running in 1992, All India Inter-varsity meet. He had also captained the Tamil Nadu athletics team in numerous occasions. Besides, he has won silver medal in Asian Grand Prix, Bangkok, 2004 and bronze in Asian Grand Prix, Philippines, 2004.
Currently, Jayachandran is working in Life Insurance Corporation’s Coimbatore branch. In an exclusive interview to CJ Govindan Nampoothiry K, Jayachandran shares his experiences and views.
Q: What do you feel about the relevance of sports in education?
Answer: As a sports person, I feel that we have to inculcate sports culture in our education system. Involvement in games, increases our memory power. So, youth should spend time both in sports and education.
Q: India is a country where young talents are recognised late. What’s your opinion?
A: Before answering that, I want to ask one question. How many people know Anand Devaraj, the world boxing champion who won bronze medal in 1995? At that time, The Hindu gave only one column news about him. If this situation has to improve the attitude of the media and the respected boards must change. They should help the country in finding and encouraging the young talents.
Q: How was the experience with the Shankaran?
A: I have been waiting for a long time to be his student. Our wave lengths were same and he taught me the importance of patience in the career of a sports person.
Q: Nowadays there is a trend to acquire foreign coaches in sports, especially in athletics. What do you think about it?
A: Instead of acquiring foreign coaches, we should adopt the foreign sport system, which gives importance to professionalism rather than reputation. In India, we see some kind of professionalism only in Cricket and Tennis. In the case of Cricket, BCCI has taken many innovative steps to market the game. For example, the latest Indian Premier League formation in 20-20 format. Though it was floated to counter attack Kapil Dev’s ICL, it’s good for the game. Like BCCI, other boards should also take pragmatic approach to imbibe the foreign style.
Q: Youth is very much confused about choosing a career in sports. What’s your advice to them?
A: Yes, it might be a tough decision to choose sports as a career as it takes a lot of time to settle and earn a name. My suggestion is that, they should give equal weightage to both career and sports. For instance, if you win a medal in the Olympics, the public and the media will notice and if not, you will be recognised just as a sports person. One has to tackle this situation. In brief, I would say that the youngsters should balance both sports and career properly.
Q: What about the support from family and office?
A: I am supported tremendously by my family and my office staff. Their prayers keep me determined to achieve new targets.
RUDRA: A new technology to examine patients
Ayurveda
Coimbatore Arya Vaidhya Pharmacy Research has developed a new system, RUDRA, to examine patients and document the proof of medical examination and consultation. The system acts as a 'thrid eye' that monitors doctors while they check patients.
CAN YOU imagine a ’third eye’ monitoring when a doctor examines a patient? The system of examining patients is going to witness a major change as the Coimbatore Arya Vaidhya Pharmacy Research (AVP) director P Ram Manohar has introduced a new system called Random Uninterrupted Documentation for Retrospective Analysis (RUDRA) for the purpose.
The basic operation plan of RUDRA programme is to screen patients through three procedures. First, the registration process where a set of questions is given to the patients to know how many doctors they had consulted so far, which medicine system they had used, why they chose a particular hospital etc.
The second, the documentation room, otherwise known as the Third Eye, where the patients are screened by a team of researchers to analyse the diseases. The programme also helps to know that whether the treament has any postive effect on the patient, the root cause of disease etc.
The third, as usual, the patients would be examined by the doctor. But here the advantage is that the physicians will have a good idea about the disease of the patients even before seeing them,” said Manohar in an exclusive interview.
“Actually, when Ayurveda comes at international level, western doctors seek evidence for treatment as they are following evidence –based system. Often, we fail to provide it. So, in order to avoid that, we have to create a network of practice-based research clinics to generate epidemiological data and evidence of safety and efficacy. It led to the formation of RUDRA,” said Manohar.
“We have developed a special software to monitor the number of patients queued for registration, documentation and consultation. So, we ensure that no patient will have to wait for the doctor for a long time,” he said.
Explaining the difficulties he had earlier faced for implementing the programme, which was launched in 2003, Manohar said that the idea had come during his post graduation studies at Coppa Ayurveda College, Karnataka. “I sought many institutions consent for starting the project but they didn’t come forward. Finally, AVP accepted it and is giving tremendous support,” he said.
To expand the RUDRA as a national-level system, the AVP is planning to set up training centers to groom researchers through Ayush (Department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy under Ministry of Health and Family Welfare). Already, the programme has been implemented at the National Institute of Jaipur and the Central Research Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi. When asked about the patent, Manohar said that rather than publicity and monopoly “we aim at promoting ayurveda.”
“Whole-heartedly, we are happy to dedicate the programme to the nation and our institution will be recongnised for our contribution. We hope, in future with the support of Ayush it can be developed as a private-public partnership for the public", he said. “Tussle between physicians and researchers will be a matter of concern as some doctors won’t like monitoring them. But others feel it’s a good method. Besides, quality control training is another issue as we are the pioneers. Trained people are less in number. So we have to manage the trainees. Sometimes, the patients who are fed up with monitoring the system ask why all these procedures? Then we will convince them that its for their better health," the AVP authorities said.
Coimbatore Arya Vaidhya Pharmacy Research has developed a new system, RUDRA, to examine patients and document the proof of medical examination and consultation. The system acts as a 'thrid eye' that monitors doctors while they check patients.
CAN YOU imagine a ’third eye’ monitoring when a doctor examines a patient? The system of examining patients is going to witness a major change as the Coimbatore Arya Vaidhya Pharmacy Research (AVP) director P Ram Manohar has introduced a new system called Random Uninterrupted Documentation for Retrospective Analysis (RUDRA) for the purpose.
The basic operation plan of RUDRA programme is to screen patients through three procedures. First, the registration process where a set of questions is given to the patients to know how many doctors they had consulted so far, which medicine system they had used, why they chose a particular hospital etc.
The second, the documentation room, otherwise known as the Third Eye, where the patients are screened by a team of researchers to analyse the diseases. The programme also helps to know that whether the treament has any postive effect on the patient, the root cause of disease etc.
The third, as usual, the patients would be examined by the doctor. But here the advantage is that the physicians will have a good idea about the disease of the patients even before seeing them,” said Manohar in an exclusive interview.
“Actually, when Ayurveda comes at international level, western doctors seek evidence for treatment as they are following evidence –based system. Often, we fail to provide it. So, in order to avoid that, we have to create a network of practice-based research clinics to generate epidemiological data and evidence of safety and efficacy. It led to the formation of RUDRA,” said Manohar.
“We have developed a special software to monitor the number of patients queued for registration, documentation and consultation. So, we ensure that no patient will have to wait for the doctor for a long time,” he said.
Explaining the difficulties he had earlier faced for implementing the programme, which was launched in 2003, Manohar said that the idea had come during his post graduation studies at Coppa Ayurveda College, Karnataka. “I sought many institutions consent for starting the project but they didn’t come forward. Finally, AVP accepted it and is giving tremendous support,” he said.
To expand the RUDRA as a national-level system, the AVP is planning to set up training centers to groom researchers through Ayush (Department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy under Ministry of Health and Family Welfare). Already, the programme has been implemented at the National Institute of Jaipur and the Central Research Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi. When asked about the patent, Manohar said that rather than publicity and monopoly “we aim at promoting ayurveda.”
“Whole-heartedly, we are happy to dedicate the programme to the nation and our institution will be recongnised for our contribution. We hope, in future with the support of Ayush it can be developed as a private-public partnership for the public", he said. “Tussle between physicians and researchers will be a matter of concern as some doctors won’t like monitoring them. But others feel it’s a good method. Besides, quality control training is another issue as we are the pioneers. Trained people are less in number. So we have to manage the trainees. Sometimes, the patients who are fed up with monitoring the system ask why all these procedures? Then we will convince them that its for their better health," the AVP authorities said.
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