Thanks Usha di, You must visit Bandhavgarh and stay with Satyendra ji and his family. He has the most interesting variety of trees in his large garden visited by a host of butterflies and birds. He also took us out on his jeep for a ride through the jungle which was one of the best i have ever enjoyed.
:-) On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 10:01 PM, Ushadi micromini < microminipho...@gmail.com> wrote: > Rakesh: I only included you in this because you are an > educationist... > not to propagandize myself... > am learning botany/taxonomy right now.. > > anyway that plant used for itching is most likely cassia alata... may > not be cassia tora... > however I would not dare contradict mr Oudhia.. I prefer to keep my > hide.. :):) .. > > > I am not surprised the highly specialized physician did not know > anything about what to prescribe for skin itching... most villagers > are farmers... farmers get many varieties of contact and photo- > dermatitis...and small skin parasites.. cassia alata is only grown > as an exotic in USA ... and not as a herbal plant of wonderful > usage... and one has to go to local bot garden and dig in... but most > physicians have no time... poor things... > > anyway ... I envy you sitting in Bandhavgarh today ... may be I'll > come next year... > > Usha di > ====== > > From: Rakesh Biswas <rakesh7bis...@gmail.com> > Date: Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 12:30 PM > Subject: Re: guidance for future > To: indiantreepix <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > > > Thanks everyone for this very interesting thread on 'education.' > > I am currently in Bandhavgarh with Satyendraji and Kay and we were just > sitting in their tree and bird laden garden having this conversation on > "the current problems in Indian Education" when i noticed this thread on > 'how to build a career given the current resources in the "Indian System of > Education." > > Balkar ji's last line of advice to Ankush actually for me highlights an > important 'problem' with Indian Education. > > Getting a good percentage in BSc is unfortunately currently based on a > student's rote memorization skills rather than his/her ability to engage > emotionally with his/her subject of interest (correct me if i am wrong)? > > I wonder what percentage of Indian students who could have done really > good research with their critical thinking and discovery based learning > abilities are unfortunately sidelined because of our current education > system's fascination with a student's rote memorization skills which is > essential to getting a good percentage? > > :-) > > regards, > > rakesh > http://www.linkedin.com/pub/rakesh-biswas/5/893/988 > > PS: Also copied in bcc to a few other Indian Educationists to build on > this thread if possible. Thanks Usha di for the inspiring lines from > Campbell. I am sure some of our medical students from Kolkata ( who i have > copied in this email) would love to meet you in Kolkata and learn both > medicine and botany from you. Satyendra ji was just relating a very > interesting story about a US based Indian physician-surgeon who came to > Bandhavgarh and set up a medical camp and to his utter dismay found that > 80% of the villagers were just complaining of ' body itching' ( which was > not within his area of expertise) and Satyendraji communicated this to > Pankaj Oudhia ji (a group member here) who promptly suggested that the > villagers should rub this herb ('cassia tora' if i remember correctly) > which is anyway abundantly available in the region. The physician > communicated 80% of the villagers to rub this herb for itching and when he > came back from US a year later, Satyendra ji took him again to the > villagers who thanked the doctor profusely for having suggested the herb as > their most important problem (that of itching) had been taken care of. This > could be an interesting illustration of how modern day education systems > evolving through 'modern day communication' can cut across entrenched > disciplines and traditions and possibly some day have the power to > transform our field of education with a resultant improvement on human > quality of life? :-) > > > > From: Ushadi micromini <microminipho...@gmail.com> > Date: Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 5:47 AM > Subject: Re: guidance for future > To: efloraindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > Cc: Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>, Balkar Arya < > balkara...@gmail.com>, "J. M. Garg" <jmga...@gmail.com>, Pankaj Kumar < > sahanipan...@gmail.com>, Madhuri Pejaver <formpeja...@yahoo.com>, Rakesh > Biswas <rakesh7bis...@gmail.com>, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com>, > Neil Soares <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com> > > > Ankush : > > If you are undecided by now.... > you are not being pushed in one direction by family or friends > or personal ambition based on other's lives and status . > Thats a very good sign... a very good sign.. > > Joseph Campbell (who was responsible for the ultimate story line and > characters of the starwars trilogy of Lucas) was a professor in USA of > Mythology and our collective human wisdom and heritage... used to > say : follow your bliss... money and success will follow that... > google lucas, star wars and Joseph campbell...or go to wikipedia and > get the stories... > > to find what is your bliss... (Bliss: = your soul's propensity, > desires, needs, karmic fulfillment etc) > I have found that one can take many roads... one or all at the same > time.. > > 1: meditate and pay attention to what god is trying to tell you... > do not pray ..to ask... keep quiet so you can hear what the universe > or your own higher self is trying to convey to you... takes patience > and practice...may take months..but it always works > > 2: pay attention to what comes out of your own mouth or pen > ie what you talk about the most , or write the most > > 3: read books .. go to library repeatedly and notice which stacks you > always end up at > > 4: take tests.. there are many personality and eneagram like tests > that universities give to prospective students... I know Jadavpur > University in Kolkata gives one... but I dont have access to their > tests...top secret it seems, but I have seen their real life effects.. > very good effects... ask around there must be Councillors in your > part of India who can help... One test on the net is meyer > briggs ...but it costs to get results back... but you can research > it ... there are books on this test ... will classify you into a > line in life and then subclassify expertise that your personality is > suitable for... I find they are pretty good ... > > but as to your own soul's need and desire, only you know... and that > you only you can know or find out... > > 5: take some job... in a field you think you like... see if that gets > your imagination and enthusiasm going up..good.... otherwise quit and > move to some fresh field... do it while you are young... two or > three... jobs in different fields... young age you can be research > assistant etc... you are bound to find it > > Hope you find your path or two > > Usha di > ======== > > >
