Adam Weymouth interviews the inspiring Rajagopal, founder and leader of Ekta Parishad, the landless people's movement in India that was forged on a commitment to Gandhian principles of non-violence. Breaching the seemingly intractable cycles of conflict and violence against the poorest in India has been at the centre of Rajagopal's mission for more than 40 years. It has been a lifetime's endeavour, testifying to the level of commitment his cause has required and he has been willing to bear.
On 2nd October 2012, 50,000 people gathered beneath a vast marquee on the outskirts of Gwailior, in the state of Madhya Pradesh, to hear what Jairam Ramesh, the Rural Development Minister of India, had to say to them. For a year the organisation Ekta Parishad had been crisscrossing the country, twenty campaigners in a caravan of jeeps travelling more than 80,000km, speaking to some of the 400 million Indians who have no land to call their own.
They were the tribal people and the forest dwellers, the nomads and the agricultural labourers, and the dalits, or untouchables, who are outside of the caste system. As the campaigners had travelled, spreading the message of their movement one village at a time, they had also been in negotiation with the government, pushing for reforms that had been promised them five years previously and were yet to be enacted, reforms that centred upon fair and equal access to land for every citizen. Now 50,000 people had made the journey, from every state in the country, to see what the government would offer them.
"We need our land back in our hands," shouted one woman.
"We should be able to teach them that the government of this country is the government of its people," said another. That evening, the assembly took a vote on whether to continue with the original purpose of the gathering, a walk of 350km to New Delhi to put pressure on their government to make good on its word.
Sitting against a white screen in the glare of lights and cameras for our interview, Rajagopal looks as comfortable as he does when out walking for weeks on the national highways of India. He is short, middle-aged and quick to laugh, and he wears a shirt and waistcoat of hand-spun khādī, a hemp cloth promoted by Gandhi as both a means of stimulating rural employment and of sidestepping British control of the cotton industry. That he is halfway through a packed speaker tour does not show, but then Rajagopal is accustomed to long journeys on little sleep. His fight against poverty is focused in India, half a world away, but his lecturing here goes far beyond any abstract notion of fostering solidarity. He is here to build a movement, a movement he believes that we have an obligation to be part of. "Across the globe, wherever I go," he says, "this is what I am finding. People who are suffering are getting organised and acting. People who are not suffering are not acting the way that they should act. They need to wake up to the reality of what is happening in a globalising world." It is a belief developed over more than four decades of work, a slow unearthing of the roots of inequality in a country that is home to one third of the world's poor.
People who are suffering are getting organised and acting. People who are not suffering are not acting the way that they should act.
Those young people left their training and initiated a dialogue with the gangs, and by 1974, 670 people had surrendered themselves and their weapons. It was a remarkable turnaround in such a short space of time. "That inspired me in a big way," he says. "To understand that even in a bandit there is sensitivity. It is a question of you touching it. Do you have the capacity to kindle the good part of the human being so that you can turn them into good people?" It was that inspiration that would drive him for the following forty years.
Poverty, exploitation, and corruption were forms of violence that he came to think of as state-sanctioned, exacerbated by rapacious globalisation and a development model that put corporations before people.
As he continued his work through the 1980s, in various communities across India, he came to realise that he was still failing to tackle the root causes of the problems he was encountering. Hidden by the visceral violence he was experiencing, there was a deeper, indirect violence that was systemic and structural, built into peoples' lives. Poverty, exploitation, and corruption were forms of violence that he came to think of as state-sanctioned, exacerbated by rapacious globalisation and a development model that put corporations before people. "In a country like India, 70% of people depend on land, forest and water. In a globalising world, these are the resources that are being grabbed by powerful forces. The water-bottling companies take the water, the mining companies take the land, tourism and tiger reserves take the forests. Poor people lose everything. We have a responsibility to take a position with them." It is easy to nod along as he speaks about the Western companies that are buying up this land, who are complicit in this injustice, to sit with a sense of mute anger and of impotence. But a globalising world, he reminds me, can be as much connected through protest as it is through capitalism. In a globalising world it becomes harder to maintain that these are someone else's problems.
On paper, India has a land policy that is significantly more radical than we are used to in the West, with no family permitted to hold more than 40 acres. But on paper is more or less where such policies have stayed.
"There is manipulation," Rajagopal says. "Land is divided in such a way that the father will have 40 acres, the mother will have 40 acres, the daughter will have 40 acres, the son will have 40 acres, the dog will have 40 acres and the cat will have 40 acres." In practice, a vast number of people in the world's most populous democracy (Rajagopal estimates 41%) have no right to land at all. 17% are dalits condemned by the caste system to be labourers instead of landowners. 8% are Adivasis, the tribal groups of India, who had no official record of the lands that they traditionally occupied and who have thus been cast aside by dams, by mines and by nature reserves. Nomadic groups have had the commons upon which they once relied for grazing and shelter subsumed by private companies. Fishermen are losing access to their fishing grounds as coastal developments and nuclear plants proliferate along the shore.
In 1991, with the intention of uniting his many projects within one network, Rajagopal formed Ekta Parishad, which translates from the Hindi as Unity Forum. The training of young people and an unwavering commitment to nonviolence have remained at the organisation's heart. 300 social activists and 12,500 young people, trained by the organisation, led the gathering in Gwailior: this is the core that carries Ekta Parishad's message back into their many thousands of communities throughout India. It is only through a long term commitment to each individual that Rajagopal believes a movement can be built that is sustainable and far-reaching, and, above all, effective. I am impressed by his conviction that change is a hard fought, long run process, accustomed as I am to social movements that gather hundreds of thousands of members with a couple of clicks of the mouse, the signing of a petition or the proliferation of a hashtag, and who then lose them just as quickly.
Yet their aims do not end with governmental and legislative reform. Rajagopal is keen to emphasise that the ultimate goal is to enable communities to become self-sustaining and self-governing, in the way that Gandhi envisioned. "Even the parents will not take responsibility to look after their children, so why should the government take responsibility to look after the people? I think we have failed in terms of articulating a development model where communities will take responsibility for their own well-being. We create a state, a very powerful state, and then people are made to run after the state for the delivery of justice. What we are saying is that you decentralise power, give power to the communities, decentralise control over natural resources. We are not asking for anything more." He draws a comparison with Europe, where now that austerity has truly bitten, those who have become dependent on the welfare system are finding themselves abandoned, with nowhere else to turn. The government, he says, should be working for the people, rather than the other way around, and the current model, where a vote once every five years is all the engagement that citizens are granted, is a far cry from the sort of democracy that Ekta Parishad envisages.
In 2007 Rajagopal convened the first of Ekta Parishad's yatras. Janadesh ("The Verdict of the People") was the largest march that had been seen in India since Gandhi's walks for Independence. A march of such scale would make manifest the extent of the support that the movement had gathered, and it was a form of protest accessible to everyone. "Each one who will be participating in the march is supposed to collect one rupee a day," he tells me.
To that end, 25,000 villagers walked 350km from Gwailior to New Delhi, demanding that the government identify the land available for redistribution to the landless, and that they create a judicial system that would enable that land to be parcelled out swiftly. When they arrived in New Delhi the government agreed to set up a council on land reform, and promised to take action. Yet by 2011 the council had not met once and Ekta Parishad was planning a second march, twice as big as the first.
"Imagine 50,000 people making a step," Rajagopal says. "50,000 steps. That's a political statement, according to me. You are not just walking.
Such walks are part of a long lineage in India, stretching back to the Salt Satyagraha organised by Gandhi to protest the Salt Tax that gave the British a monopoly over the collection and manufacture of salt. Between March and April 1930, Gandhi and his followers walked 240 miles to the coastal village of Dandi, to manufacture their own salt. When he arrived, there were more than 50,000 walking with him. It has been credited with being the first protest of its kind (Solnit, Wanderlust 2000: 58), and since then there have been numerous such walks, both in India and elsewhere, ranging from a few days to many years, from a few miles to the length of continents. From the Jarrow Crusade over mass unemployment, to Satish Kumar's walk from New Delhi to New York for nuclear disarmament, to coast-to-coast walks in America campaigning for Native American rights, the paths and the motives have been winding and diverse. But there is a common thread through all these journeys, the most simple of human acts that connects us to each other and the land, and a common symbol that blurs the boundaries between the political and the spiritual, between protest and pilgrimage.
Ekta Parishad hailed it as a success, and certainly it was, but it seems likely that Jairam Ramesh only capitulated to their demands in Agra to diffuse the arrival of 50,000 people in New Delhi. More than two years on and the government has yet to enact their promises, and now that a new government is in power that signed piece of paper looks ever more insubstantial. The marches have achieved successes: the Forest Rights Act that the 2007 march helped to push through has since returned land to 3.2 million Adivasis; the 2012 march has laid the foundations for the creation of a Homestead Act and a National Land Reforms Policy. Now that these policy documents are drafted Ekta is attempting to have them ratified. They are also somewhat closer to the establishment of fast track courts to manage land redistribution. But there is a gap that the organisation is still failing to bridge. They are very effective at being noticed, but once the marches disperse they are struggling to get the government to implement the reforms they have signed up to. Is it, I ask Rajagopal, a failure of nonviolence? Do the government know, at the end of the day, that they have nothing to really worry about?
The problem, he says, is that for the time being it is only the landless that are pressuring the government for change. "What is happening today is that people who are economically poor are continuing this struggle, but people who have jumped out of that situation are ignoring it. It is very important poor people get organised, but it should also be supported by people who have gained economic prosperity, and people who have gained educational qualifications. If they wake up to the reality of what is happening in a globalising world, how structural violence is becoming so acute, and start putting their weight behind the organised communities, I think we will bring about a change." Gandhi spoke not of the well-being of the minority, or even the majority, but of Sarvodaya, the well-being of all. The better off sectors of society have no more right to be complacent than the poorest, he tells me, until this is achieved. This is the message that he wants to bring to Europe.
Over the coming years Ekta Parishad will continue to grow its movement, educating young people, organising conferences, travelling and lecturing. An international woman's training programme is scheduled for 2016, a forum on nonviolent economy in 2018. It is all building towards a march that will begin in 2019 and last for fifteen months: 8000km from New Delhi to Geneva. A couple of hundred young people will carry Ekta Parishad's message across half the planet to the front door of the United Nations, a message that has grown over nearly half a century of Rajagopal's work and is now global in scope, as much as it still pertains to each individual community.
He hopes that during those fifteen months a million people will turn out across the world, organising their own marches, carrying that same message to the World Bank, to the IMF, to the WTO, to anybody that needs to hear it. It is overwhelmingly ambitious, but I have no doubt that he can make it happen.
There is little time for rest. As soon as his plane lands in India, he will be walking twenty days to highlight the displacement of Adivasis by wildlife sanctuaries. In the course of the next five years, he hopes that those of us who perform our activism intellectually, from our armchairs, can be moved by such example to take a more meaningful stand alongside those for whom sitting on the sidelines is not a possibility.


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Miliband went on to say that a Blair presidency would be "very good for Britain as well as very good for Europe" and said he was "puzzled" by Conservative opposition to the prospect of having a British politician in such a senior European role.
Miliband, Tony's "Cronie-in-Chief" appeared to suggest that Blair would only take the job if it gave him actual political power. The EU meets on 29th October to decided upon the remit of its new president.
Of course, absolutely nobody should be in the least bit surprised at this. Mr Miliband, together with his master, Mr. Brown, his cabinet colleague, Mr Straw and his friend, Mr Blair are four British men who share a unique – and utterly treasonous – distinction: that they put their hands to two unique documents.
Messrs. Blair and Straw set their hands to the text of the European Constitution. Messrs. Brown and Miliband set their hands to the text of the Lisbon Treaty.
Before Lisbon their defence counsel could have sought to argue that they were Not Guilty as the United Kingdom had merely co-operated by treaty with other sovereign states and that the legal powers used by the European Union were not its [the EU] own but those of its members, the sovereign states.
Lisbon however changes all that. By giving the European Union a legal personality they give the European Union a status and power of its own, which is independent of and superior to those of its members who are now relegated to the status as suzerain or vassal states.
Lisbon provides but one answer: Blair, Brown, Miliband and Straw are Guilty of High Treason.


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'Baby Shark' blows past 10 billion views on YouTube
It became the most-viewed video on the platform in November 2020
People walk past a shark character from the children's song "Baby Shark" at Seoul Plaza in Seoul on November 3, 2020. Photo by JUNG YEON-JE /AFP via Getty Images
A song many believe to be one of the worst in human history has reached a mind-blowing milestone on YouTube.
The video for 'Baby Shark,' the super-syrupy children's pop song out of South Korea that has become a North American earworm, has surpassed 10 billion views on YouTube . It became the most-viewed video on the platform in November 2020 and is now the only video to reach the 10-billion views milestone.
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The song, which became a hit in Asia when it was released in 2016 but took another three years to become a viral hit in Canada and the United States, was created by South Korean educational entertainment company Pinkfong and sung by Korean-American Hope Segoine.
Baby Shark has become an industry unto itself, with a spinoff Nickelodeon TV show, a breakfast cereal and a live show. It's also the rallying call of the Washington Nationals and earned a nod from Apple TV+ hit show Ted Lasso.
"We instantly saw that Baby Shark starting performing, even compared to our other best-performing videos on the channel." Pinkfong's U.S. CEO Bin Jeong told CNN in 2019. "We saw it was going to be special. We put more marketing behind it, but that's not how or why it became so viral. To be honest, no matter what you do, the ones that make it, make it on their own."
'Baby Shark' surpassed 2017 hit 'Despacito' by Puerto Rican stars Luis Fonso and Daddy Yankee as the most-viewed video on YouTube. 'Despacito' has been viewed more than 7.7 billion times.
The video for 'Baby Shark,' which has the simplest of lyrics, is a combination of live action — two children demonstrating the 'Baby Shark' dance — and animation of a family of sharks.

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The unique geological formation of Cappadocia in Turkey
by space · August 2, 2018
Cappadocia is a unique geological formation, famous for its unusually interesting landscape, a huge number of cave temples, cells, crypts and monasteries, the history of which stretches from the time of early Christianity, and underground cities created in the 1st millennium BC. This rich cultural heritage is located in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. The territory of Cappadocia covers the provinces of Nevsehir, Nigde, Aksaray, Kyrsehir and Kayseri. The Goreme National Park, located in the central part of Cappadocia, together with the Cappadocian cave settlements, is on the UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage List.
The most famous underground cities are Kaimakli and Derinkuyu, discovered by archaeologists in 1960. For many millennia, water and wind cut out from the volcanic tuff marvelous natural canyons, pillars, towers and pyramids. Surprising is not only the fantastic nature of the area, but also the cultural stratification of the Romans, the Hittites and dozens of other peoples who have left their mark on this land.
The boundaries of Cappadocia varied over time. Today this name is usually called its main core, which is located in the central part of the peninsula of Asia Minor, on the side, which has no access to the sea. It is a desert plateau with a continental climate, located at an altitude of 1000 m above sea level. In the south it is bordered by the mountains of Erciyes and Hassan, to the north it extends by rows of valleys to the salt lake Tuz Gyol and to the river Kyzyl-Irmak. In ancient times, these territories were called Cappadocia Great or Mediterranean. Regularly in the Cappadocia warehouse were included land that went to the Black Sea: Cappadocia Malaya, Upper or Pontus (although in history they are most often indicated under the independent name of Pont, who was periodically an independent state).
Cappadocia is famous for its unique geology – it was formed due to intense volcanic activity. This peculiar structure is due to two periods, a meeting of two opposite forces of nature about 65-62 million years ago: the period of volcanic eruptions, as a result of which the local lands were covered with tuffs and other geological rocks, and a period of erosion and weathering. At a time when mountains began to form here, in particular the Taurus range, deep cracks in the earth formed in middle Anatolia. As a result, magma erupting to the surface formed a series of volcanoes, thus a line of new volcanoes (Develi, Erciyes, Hasan, Keichiboyduran, Gyuludag and Melendiz) was built parallel to the Taurus ridge.
Pouring lava and formed tuff, filling the gaps in the soil, leveled the slopes and valleys, while creating a plateau. So here there were frozen lava flows, cones of extinct volcanoes, placer debris of pyrite and a layer of gray ash. The next stage is characterized by erosion and weathering. Due to the continental climate with significant and sharp temperature changes, cracks began to form in the rocks. The activities of ice and water contributed to the destruction of rocks, together with the impact of rivers and heavy rains. That's how the glorified "stone pillars" of the peri-bajalars ("fairy fireplaces") were formed – the remains in the form of stone pillars and stone mushrooms of the most bizarre shapes and shapes.
The name "Cappadocia" comes from the language of the ancient Hittites, which in translation means "country of purebred horses". The history of Cappadocia dates back to the 5th millennium BC. For the longest period of its existence, this area was at the crossroads of civilizations, alternately entering the Hittite, Persian, Roman and Ottoman empires and other state formations, and serving as a battlefield for numerous wars.
The ownership of the Hittite Empire continued on this territory from the eighteenth to the twelfth centuries BC. She fell under the onslaught of aggressive tribes and "peoples of the sea", who moved to the Armenian Highlands. For several centuries Cappadocia belonged to the Persians. From here, gold, mules, rams and horses were transported regularly to Persia. The invincible cavalry of Darius and his son Xerxes had at their disposal 1500 remarkable Cappadocian horses, which are the pride of the empire.
Alexander the Great conquered Cappadocia from the Persians. After his empire disintegrated, the country enjoyed independence for a while, but after 350 years it became a Roman province. The Romans behaved strangely in this situation – they did not alter everything here in their own way, and only managed to build new roads. From ancient times, trade routes from Europe to Asia Minor – from the II millennium BC, passed through this area, the Assyrian merchants had representative offices here – "Karuma".
The grain of Christianity in this land of mountains and shady ravines was sown by the apostle Paul in the first century of our millennium, and the first bishop of Cappadocia became Basil the Great – it was on the local earths after years of pilgrimages through Palestine and Egypt that he found harmony and pacification. The first Christians began to build underground cities here to protect themselves from the raids of the Saracens – so they called the Muslims. The multi-tier labyrinths created in those days are still in excellent form. A small period of time, Cappadocia was owned by the Byzantines, then it fell into the possession of the Seljuk Turks for a long time. They were actively engaged in construction – a large number of mosques, fortresses and madrassas built by them – spiritual schools – were preserved in Turkey. They built powerful "palaces for travelers" – the so-called caravanserais.
Sultan Khan is a caravanserai, which is located on the border of Cappadocia. He was a perfect defense against the vicissitudes of the nomadic life. The merchants could rest here, replenish their supplies, wait out the terrible heat or bad weather. Wanderers were also offered services of a doctor, stables, bath-hamam and mosques. Tourist center of Cappadocia is the town of Goreme. At the entrance to the city there is a beautiful open-air museum, it is a kind of valley where ancient rock churches with frescoes are collected on various subjects from the New Testament.
Cappadocia is famous for its underground cities, carved into the rocks by the first Christians, who fled in the desert corners of Asia Minor during the reign of Emperor Diocletian. For centuries, people lived in these caves. About half a century ago, near the Cappadocian village of Derinkuyu archaeologists discovered underground cities that went deeper into the earth for more than tens of meters, represented by kilometer labyrinths of galleries, residential and utility buildings. On the seven tiers of the dungeon are barns, wells, refectory, ventilation shafts, stables, wine cellars, a prison, a church and a school. The door, which closed the passage to the cave cities, served as huge stone boulders.
To keep the secrets of the dungeon – was the main goal of the inhabitants of the city, on which their life depended. In the days when the Arabs visited the city or even the Mongols, the inhabitants went underground. Reserves and stores were kept in transitions and galleries. All the cities had secret exits. Multilevel, ventilation and secret exits made such a city safe and impregnable.
In a narrow corridor here and there there are steps that have been cut straight in the rock. Inside, there is a twilight and a pleasant coolness – it is especially pleasant to visit after the street heat. Having visited this place, it is necessary to pay attention to the colors of the arrows depicted on the walls, the blue leads to the exit, and the red ones to the bottom of the underground city. On both sides of this passage are spacious rooms – this is the apartment of the inhabitants of the ancient city.
Cappadocia is famous for its masters: potters, winemakers, weavers and stone carvers. Through this locality the longest river of Turkey – Kyzyl-Irmak – the Red river flows. Its name is due to the red color of the water, which is due to the composition of clay, painted with iron salts. Even long before our era, on its clay banks grew a city, which today is called Avanos. Pottery in this area was spread during the rule of the Hittites – their technique to this day used by craftsmen Avanos. Each product is dried in the sun for three days, then sent for firing. Add to the stove, in which the dishes are burned, not only wood, but also bundles of sheep's wool, straw and raisins. Thanks to this special method of processing, the dishes made by local potters ring like a bell if you tap on it.
The rich history of these places inspired the famous poet Joseph Brodsky to write the poem "Cappadocia", which tells about the wars of Mithridates. There is an assumption that the unusual landscapes of Cappadocia and its underground houses were inspired by George Lucas in creating the fantastic landscapes of Tatuin in the film "Star Wars. Episode IV. New Hope". Moreover, residents can show the places where the film was allegedly shot. Those who had the fortune to visit Cappadocia constantly tell us that when twilight gathers over these places, and people immerse themselves in the kingdom of Morpheus, good fairies fly out of their underground hiding places to the top of one of the rocks. But they can only be seen by those who have a pure, kind heart, and who have not lost the ability to believe in magic and fairy tales.
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Various institutes, departments, and private companies from Russia are taking part in the Innovations Day event, according to Russian news agency Tass. The participants will share information about their projects and demonstrate the latest developments in the field of robotics, UAVs, weapons, information technology, and airborne radio-electronic equipment. In addition to the bird-like drone, other major highlights of the event include a robotic mines detection system and an infrared-based system for automatic landing of small aircrafts.
For the past few years, Russia has been trying to develop a wide range of UAVs for use in different scenarios. Last month, Russian newspaper Izvestia reported that Russia is working on a mysterious unmanned strike drone belonging to the same general class as the General Atomics Avenger. According to Izvestia, a contract for this drone was awarded to the Simonov Design Bureau. This unmanned vehicle will feature a turbojet engine to give it speeds of 600 mph, about two times more than the speed of similar propeller drones. This drone is also expected to be equipped with intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities so that it could be used in moderately contested airspace.
Last month, a leaked draft of the Pentagon's Nuclear Posture Review confirmed that Russia has developed an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) capable of carrying nuclear warheads. According to the Defense News, details about this AUV appeared in a chart (of the draft) describing multiple nuclear delivery vehicles currently possessed by Russia.
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The Pentagon's leaked draft also notes that Russia is currently working to enhance the number of platforms that could be armed with conventional or nuclear payloads in the future. The draft reiterates the need for a proven nuclear triad for the U.S.


The word 'Ayurveda' literally means 'the science of life'; 'ayus' means 'life' and 'veda' means 'knowledge'. So Ayurveda represents a way of living that brings mind, body and soul into harmony and results in extremely good health and longevity. Ayurveda emerged in the Vedic age (1500-500 BC) and became the traditional medical system of India. It addresses all aspects of health and wellbeing.
In Ayurveda, health is defined as the balance between three fundamental Doshas (bodily humours): Vata, Pitta and Kapha. The three Doshas are made up from the five elements - earth, water, fire, air and space. All physical, mental and emotional problems can be traced back to an imbalance in the Doshas and elements. Imbalances can occur at any time in one's life and can be 'stored' in our mind/body. Stress, poor diet, pollution and many other factors in our everyday life can also contribute to an imbalance in our bodily systems.
In Traditional Ayurveda which is also known as Siddha Medicine, the body is defined not just in terms of bones, muscles, ligments, blood, nerves, organs etc. but it is also said to be composed of energy pathways called 'nadis' which carry the various bodily 'vayus/energy winds'. These vayus are responsible for all our bodily functions. This includes all movement and it's opposite - inactivity (resting/sleeping), digestion, elimination, reproduction, the ability to interact with our environment (seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, feeling), as well as speaking, sneezing, coughing, blinking, hiccuping etc. If the body's vayus are not flowing freely in the correct nadi pathway then imbalances will occur in the Doshas and the person will not feel right/well. The energy pathways or 'nadis' have very precise routes within the physical body and they intersect with the physical body at 'marma points'. Marma points can be thought of as similar to Acupressure points.
In Western countries Ayurveda is often seen as a pleasurable treatment for relaxation. Traditional Ayurvedic treatments reach deep into old blockages and toxins which may have been in the bodily systems for many years. Such powerful cleansing is an intense experience.
Ayurvedic treatments purify the physical and energetic body as well as the mind and they rebalance the Doshas by correcting the flow of the vayus. This potentialy gives one the capacity for self healing. In Ayurveda Self-healing is the greatest form of Self-realisation.


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The FTA has welcomed the government's decision to slash the cost of using the Severn Bridges but said it should have gone further. The DfT has revealed a plan to slash the Severn Bridge toll by 50% for HGVs when the bridge enters public ownership next year. Trucks will pay £10 to cross, rather than the current fee of £20, when the bridge changes ownership. Vans, which currently pay £13.50 to cross the bridge, will pay £3 along with small […]
ARR Craib happy with performance despite oil and gas recession
West Yorkshire haulier takes 'stay at home' message on the road
April 28, 2020 Tim Wallace
A West Yorkshire haulier has introduced new livery on its trailers to promote the government's 'stay at home' message.
Glasgow Commonwealth Games logistics plans lagging behind, warns FTA
March 24, 2014 Hayley Pink
Logistics planning for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow this summer will now have to be "done in a rush", the Freight Transport Association (FTA) has claimed.
Sainsbury's gets FTA Van Excellence accreditation
Sainsbury's has received accreditation to the FTA's Van Excellence scheme, the 25th van operator to do so since the scheme began in 2010. The retailer runs a fleet of 1,400 vans, and employs some 4,000 drivers, and it satisfactorily achieved the standards laid out in Van Excellence code – which are agreed by a governance group of leading van fleet operators. Mark Cartwright, the FTA's head of vans and light commercial vehicles, says: "Achievement of this standard has been a […]


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