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usha manohar replied to the topic Are Non Ayurvedic medicines anti national .
This is the kind of argument put up by narrow and close minded people. Recognising and giving due importance to what is yours does not mean that you disregard others...what a stupid rejoinder !
9 years ago
vijay replied to the topic Are Non Ayurvedic medicines anti national .
Then you should stop using mobiles as they are not developed by Indians.What ridiculous logic to justify a statement by your favorite party person, so you can go to any length to justify it. SIMPLY TOO FUNNY.
9 years ago
usha manohar liked a reply to the topic Literature of new native writers in Indian writings and their English translations.
9 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic Are Non Ayurvedic medicines anti national .
When the minister said it is anti national to advice against Ayurveda , he means that the doctors are not showing the respect or regard that should be shown to essentially what is an Indian based knowledge which is true in a way, depends on how one wants to interpret !
9 years ago
suni51 replied to the topic Does Boddunan Pays by Online transfer or by Cheque!.
So that was in your favor give your details immediately. The site now pays through wire transfer (bank).
9 years ago
suni51 replied to the topic Literature of new native writers in Indian writings and their English translations.
rambabu wrote:
It's clearly understood that Chetan'S intention of writing Novels in English in such down to earth English language is more of business rather than spreading the English language. A writer , who writes in simple language will be more popular than a writer who writes in a bit hard English.
He did not resign his 1 crore job to spread a foreign language but make money :)
9 years ago
Kalyani Nandurkar replied to the topic Literature of new native writers in Indian writings and their English translations.
usha manohar wrote:
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
usha manohar wrote:
Chetan Bhagat is not a bad writer, he is loved by the younger crowds and he is smart and successful having understood what exactly they like to read. He is the typical modern day writer like it was with James Hadley Chase or Mills and Boons romantic novel writers in the west..
Usha, he is not a bad writer in fact, I find his concepts and ideas to be quite relevant and in keeping with the modern times, he has understood the minds of Indian youth quite well. But t is the way he writes, is what I personally do not like much. I feel that reading such books with very easy, small sentences will keep the reader exposed to a very limited vocabulary and does not let the reader to exercise his or her brains in understanding the intricacies of the English language usage that is missing in Bhagat's works. Even James Hadley Chase books, very popular they may be, give us a better understanding of the language.
Chetan Bhagat's English is what most people in India would identify with. It is only the non resident Indians who grew up and studied in Britain , have an excellent command over the language . The other day I happened to read what Queen Elizabeth had to say about American English..." There is no such thing as 'American English', there is English and there are mistakes " . I would agree with that because no one could speak English as well as the British do ! The highly educated classes have perfect diction,grammar, pronunciation and a very attractive manner of speaking the language . It is a pleasure listening to their conversation..
"
I agree, the it is quite delightful to listen to the Queen herself on occasions, and I love the way one of my former clients and now a dear friend speaks. Not just because of the perfect diction and grammar, but the typical sing-son manner in which most British speak with. I grew up reading P. G. Wodehouse, King Arthur and his Knights tales, Gerald Durrel, Jerome, and so many others, not to mentiuon Shakespeare and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, which is why I find it really hard to like Chetan Bhagat books. Not just foreign writers, but I also read many of Ruskin Bond books, every inch an Indian, eve though he may be born a British, Rudyard Kipling, again whom I consider to be more Indian than many others, so kind of difficult to like Bhagat when you have read so many of these celebrated story tellers!
9 years ago
Kalyani Nandurkar said thank you to usha manohar for his/her reply to the topic Literature of new native writers in Indian writings and their English translations.
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
usha manohar wrote:
Chetan Bhagat is not a bad writer, he is loved by the younger crowds and he is smart and successful having understood what exactly they like to read. He is the typical modern day writer like it was with James Hadley Chase or Mills and Boons romantic novel writers in the west..
Usha, he is not a bad writer in fact, I find his concepts and ideas to be quite relevant and in keeping with the modern times, he has understood the minds of Indian youth quite well. But t is the way he writes, is what I personally do not like much. I feel that reading such books with very easy, small sentences will keep the reader exposed to a very limited vocabulary and does not let the reader to exercise his or her brains in understanding the intricacies of the English language usage that is missing in Bhagat's works. Even James Hadley Chase books, very popular they may be, give us a better understanding of the language.
Chetan Bhagat's English is what most people in India would identify with. It is only the non resident Indians who grew up and studied in Britain , have an excellent command over the language . The other day I happened to read what Queen Elizabeth had to say about American English..." There is no such thing as 'American English', there is English and there are mistakes " . I would agree with that because no one could speak English as well as the British do ! The highly educated classes have perfect diction,grammar, pronunciation and a very attractive manner of speaking the language . It is a pleasure listening to their conversation..
"
9 years ago
Kalyani Nandurkar replied to the topic Country is facing Severe Summer this year..
usha manohar wrote:
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
On top of the fast vanishing underground water, setting fires to forests and hillsides is another favorite pastime of Indians that might be worsening the drought problem. Indian farmers are known to set farmers under the belief that it makes the ground more fertile for future crops but experts disagree with it, as fragile ecosystems that are indigenous in nature get destroyed forever. I do not have much knowledge about the relationship of these fires with the depleting water, but such fires do increase pollution and temperatures. One such large scale fire has been raging for weeks in the Uttarakhand and I came to know about it only now through a Facebook page. Wonder why the government and media are both silent on such an important issue.
https://www.facebook.com/uttarakhandfire/
Yes this is being shown on all news channels since more than a week now..Normally when the summer heat is unbearable and tree branches dry out, there can be friction and become the cause of forest fire. I have seen it in western ghats and it is not easy to put it off because of the sheer volume it consumes. Such a pity that precious forest land is being lost !
How come I missed the news then? Anyway, the fires start naturally in many instances too because of friction between bone-dry grasses and branches, but it is also a fact that many people start fires deliberately to make clear ground for planting crops the next season. I know it is a tremendous effort and near impossible to douse such fires but cannot something be modelled to encounter such emergencies?
9 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Are Non Ayurvedic medicines anti national .
Ayurveda is India's own therapeutic Medical System having thousands of years of History. Susruta, known as the First Plastic Surgeon of the world, conducted several surgeries thousands of Years ago which look as mysteries even to the Modern Plastic Surgeons. Similarly YOGA. Seeing its importance and efficacy gaining all over the world UN declared June 21 every year as the International Yoga Day. Ridiculing Such precious indian medical systems and therapeutic methods, is nothing but ridiculing one's self.
9 years ago
Kalyani Nandurkar said thank you to usha manohar for his/her reply to the topic Country is facing Severe Summer this year..
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
On top of the fast vanishing underground water, setting fires to forests and hillsides is another favorite pastime of Indians that might be worsening the drought problem. Indian farmers are known to set farmers under the belief that it makes the ground more fertile for future crops but experts disagree with it, as fragile ecosystems that are indigenous in nature get destroyed forever. I do not have much knowledge about the relationship of these fires with the depleting water, but such fires do increase pollution and temperatures. One such large scale fire has been raging for weeks in the Uttarakhand and I came to know about it only now through a Facebook page. Wonder why the government and media are both silent on such an important issue.
https://www.facebook.com/uttarakhandfire/
Yes this is being shown on all news channels since more than a week now..Normally when the summer heat is unbearable and tree branches dry out, there can be friction and become the cause of forest fire. I have seen it in western ghats and it is not easy to put it off because of the sheer volume it consumes. Such a pity that precious forest land is being lost !
9 years ago
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani replied to the topic Are Non Ayurvedic medicines anti national .
I also don't like ridiculing any branch of medicine. I myself use Homeopathic medicines more often. Many ridicule such medicines also. This is bad. But it is too much to say that preference for any medicine system or opposing is anti national. Nationalism cannot be defined in terms of individual preferences for food, medicine, clothes.
9 years ago
Kalyani Nandurkar liked a reply to the topic Are Non Ayurvedic medicines anti national .
9 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic Are Non Ayurvedic medicines anti national .
I tend to agree with the minister, because as Indians we need to encourage our own system of medicine that has proved to be very useful. Comparing that to eating cake seems absurd .
I have personally seen how doctors ridicule any other branch of medicine other than allopathy, which shows a very restricted , narrow minded and arrogant view.
9 years ago
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani replied to the topic Are Non Ayurvedic medicines anti national .
rambabu wrote:
The Doctor who said That Doctors prescribing Non - Ayurvedic Medicines are anti -Nationals. This is the picture that looks on the surface. But the picture is entirely different. The Union Minister Doctor, Shripad Naik has reportedly said that , some Allopathy Doctors often advise patients not to opt for Ayurveda. And such Doctors are Anti -Nationals. I'm seeing the HAND of that party, which is bent upon malign Modi.
Here there is nobody even naming Modi- much less maligning him. The minister in the union government made a statement on nationalism. So nobody else has a hand in the issue. He said that doctors who oppose prescription of Ayurveda are anti national.
This is the issue. How will you define nationalism. Is preferring or not preferring certain medicine system anti nationalist or nationalist. This way, one day somebody may say that not using Patanjali products is anti nationalistic.
9 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Are Non Ayurvedic medicines anti national .
The Doctor who said That Doctors prescribing Non - Ayurvedic Medicines are anti -Nationals. This is the picture that looks on the surface. But the picture is entirely different. The Union Minister Doctor, Shripad Naik has reportedly said that , some Allopathy Doctors often advise patients not to opt for Ayurveda. And such Doctors are Anti -Nationals. I'm seeing the HAND of that party, which is bent upon malign Modi.
9 years ago
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani created new topic Indian woman's legal rights .
Indian law has armed women with several rights. These rights need be given adequate publicity.
https://in.news.yahoo.com/photos/every-indian-woman-know-8-132140497/
9 years ago
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani created new topic Are Non Ayurvedic medicines anti national .
Is it anti nationalistic to prescribe non Ayurveda medicines? This is wisdom from a minister. Don't be surprised if one day you are told that eating cake is anti national.
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-doctors-prescribing-non-ayurvedic-medicines-are-anti-nationals-says-ayush-minister-shripad-naik-2208258
9 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic Are Non Ayurvedic medicines anti national .
This is the kind of argument put up by narrow and close minded people. Recognising and giving due importance to what is yours does not mean that you disregard others...what a stupid rejoinder !
9 years ago
vijay replied to the topic Are Non Ayurvedic medicines anti national .
Then you should stop using mobiles as they are not developed by Indians.What ridiculous logic to justify a statement by your favorite party person, so you can go to any length to justify it. SIMPLY TOO FUNNY.
9 years ago
usha manohar liked a reply to the topic Literature of new native writers in Indian writings and their English translations.
9 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic Are Non Ayurvedic medicines anti national .
When the minister said it is anti national to advice against Ayurveda , he means that the doctors are not showing the respect or regard that should be shown to essentially what is an Indian based knowledge which is true in a way, depends on how one wants to interpret !
9 years ago
suni51 replied to the topic Does Boddunan Pays by Online transfer or by Cheque!.
So that was in your favor give your details immediately. The site now pays through wire transfer (bank).
9 years ago
suni51 replied to the topic Literature of new native writers in Indian writings and their English translations.
rambabu wrote:
It's clearly understood that Chetan'S intention of writing Novels in English in such down to earth English language is more of business rather than spreading the English language. A writer , who writes in simple language will be more popular than a writer who writes in a bit hard English.
He did not resign his 1 crore job to spread a foreign language but make money :)
9 years ago
Kalyani Nandurkar replied to the topic Literature of new native writers in Indian writings and their English translations.
usha manohar wrote:
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
usha manohar wrote:
Chetan Bhagat is not a bad writer, he is loved by the younger crowds and he is smart and successful having understood what exactly they like to read. He is the typical modern day writer like it was with James Hadley Chase or Mills and Boons romantic novel writers in the west..
Usha, he is not a bad writer in fact, I find his concepts and ideas to be quite relevant and in keeping with the modern times, he has understood the minds of Indian youth quite well. But t is the way he writes, is what I personally do not like much. I feel that reading such books with very easy, small sentences will keep the reader exposed to a very limited vocabulary and does not let the reader to exercise his or her brains in understanding the intricacies of the English language usage that is missing in Bhagat's works. Even James Hadley Chase books, very popular they may be, give us a better understanding of the language.
Chetan Bhagat's English is what most people in India would identify with. It is only the non resident Indians who grew up and studied in Britain , have an excellent command over the language . The other day I happened to read what Queen Elizabeth had to say about American English..." There is no such thing as 'American English', there is English and there are mistakes " . I would agree with that because no one could speak English as well as the British do ! The highly educated classes have perfect diction,grammar, pronunciation and a very attractive manner of speaking the language . It is a pleasure listening to their conversation..
"
I agree, the it is quite delightful to listen to the Queen herself on occasions, and I love the way one of my former clients and now a dear friend speaks. Not just because of the perfect diction and grammar, but the typical sing-son manner in which most British speak with. I grew up reading P. G. Wodehouse, King Arthur and his Knights tales, Gerald Durrel, Jerome, and so many others, not to mentiuon Shakespeare and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, which is why I find it really hard to like Chetan Bhagat books. Not just foreign writers, but I also read many of Ruskin Bond books, every inch an Indian, eve though he may be born a British, Rudyard Kipling, again whom I consider to be more Indian than many others, so kind of difficult to like Bhagat when you have read so many of these celebrated story tellers!
9 years ago
Kalyani Nandurkar said thank you to usha manohar for his/her reply to the topic Literature of new native writers in Indian writings and their English translations.
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
usha manohar wrote:
Chetan Bhagat is not a bad writer, he is loved by the younger crowds and he is smart and successful having understood what exactly they like to read. He is the typical modern day writer like it was with James Hadley Chase or Mills and Boons romantic novel writers in the west..
Usha, he is not a bad writer in fact, I find his concepts and ideas to be quite relevant and in keeping with the modern times, he has understood the minds of Indian youth quite well. But t is the way he writes, is what I personally do not like much. I feel that reading such books with very easy, small sentences will keep the reader exposed to a very limited vocabulary and does not let the reader to exercise his or her brains in understanding the intricacies of the English language usage that is missing in Bhagat's works. Even James Hadley Chase books, very popular they may be, give us a better understanding of the language.
Chetan Bhagat's English is what most people in India would identify with. It is only the non resident Indians who grew up and studied in Britain , have an excellent command over the language . The other day I happened to read what Queen Elizabeth had to say about American English..." There is no such thing as 'American English', there is English and there are mistakes " . I would agree with that because no one could speak English as well as the British do ! The highly educated classes have perfect diction,grammar, pronunciation and a very attractive manner of speaking the language . It is a pleasure listening to their conversation..
"
9 years ago
Kalyani Nandurkar replied to the topic Country is facing Severe Summer this year..
usha manohar wrote:
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
On top of the fast vanishing underground water, setting fires to forests and hillsides is another favorite pastime of Indians that might be worsening the drought problem. Indian farmers are known to set farmers under the belief that it makes the ground more fertile for future crops but experts disagree with it, as fragile ecosystems that are indigenous in nature get destroyed forever. I do not have much knowledge about the relationship of these fires with the depleting water, but such fires do increase pollution and temperatures. One such large scale fire has been raging for weeks in the Uttarakhand and I came to know about it only now through a Facebook page. Wonder why the government and media are both silent on such an important issue.
https://www.facebook.com/uttarakhandfire/
Yes this is being shown on all news channels since more than a week now..Normally when the summer heat is unbearable and tree branches dry out, there can be friction and become the cause of forest fire. I have seen it in western ghats and it is not easy to put it off because of the sheer volume it consumes. Such a pity that precious forest land is being lost !
How come I missed the news then? Anyway, the fires start naturally in many instances too because of friction between bone-dry grasses and branches, but it is also a fact that many people start fires deliberately to make clear ground for planting crops the next season. I know it is a tremendous effort and near impossible to douse such fires but cannot something be modelled to encounter such emergencies?
9 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Are Non Ayurvedic medicines anti national .
Ayurveda is India's own therapeutic Medical System having thousands of years of History. Susruta, known as the First Plastic Surgeon of the world, conducted several surgeries thousands of Years ago which look as mysteries even to the Modern Plastic Surgeons. Similarly YOGA. Seeing its importance and efficacy gaining all over the world UN declared June 21 every year as the International Yoga Day. Ridiculing Such precious indian medical systems and therapeutic methods, is nothing but ridiculing one's self.
9 years ago
Kalyani Nandurkar said thank you to usha manohar for his/her reply to the topic Country is facing Severe Summer this year..
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
On top of the fast vanishing underground water, setting fires to forests and hillsides is another favorite pastime of Indians that might be worsening the drought problem. Indian farmers are known to set farmers under the belief that it makes the ground more fertile for future crops but experts disagree with it, as fragile ecosystems that are indigenous in nature get destroyed forever. I do not have much knowledge about the relationship of these fires with the depleting water, but such fires do increase pollution and temperatures. One such large scale fire has been raging for weeks in the Uttarakhand and I came to know about it only now through a Facebook page. Wonder why the government and media are both silent on such an important issue.
https://www.facebook.com/uttarakhandfire/
Yes this is being shown on all news channels since more than a week now..Normally when the summer heat is unbearable and tree branches dry out, there can be friction and become the cause of forest fire. I have seen it in western ghats and it is not easy to put it off because of the sheer volume it consumes. Such a pity that precious forest land is being lost !
9 years ago
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani replied to the topic Are Non Ayurvedic medicines anti national .
I also don't like ridiculing any branch of medicine. I myself use Homeopathic medicines more often. Many ridicule such medicines also. This is bad. But it is too much to say that preference for any medicine system or opposing is anti national. Nationalism cannot be defined in terms of individual preferences for food, medicine, clothes.
9 years ago
Kalyani Nandurkar liked a reply to the topic Are Non Ayurvedic medicines anti national .
9 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic Are Non Ayurvedic medicines anti national .
I tend to agree with the minister, because as Indians we need to encourage our own system of medicine that has proved to be very useful. Comparing that to eating cake seems absurd .
I have personally seen how doctors ridicule any other branch of medicine other than allopathy, which shows a very restricted , narrow minded and arrogant view.
9 years ago
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani replied to the topic Are Non Ayurvedic medicines anti national .
rambabu wrote:
The Doctor who said That Doctors prescribing Non - Ayurvedic Medicines are anti -Nationals. This is the picture that looks on the surface. But the picture is entirely different. The Union Minister Doctor, Shripad Naik has reportedly said that , some Allopathy Doctors often advise patients not to opt for Ayurveda. And such Doctors are Anti -Nationals. I'm seeing the HAND of that party, which is bent upon malign Modi.
Here there is nobody even naming Modi- much less maligning him. The minister in the union government made a statement on nationalism. So nobody else has a hand in the issue. He said that doctors who oppose prescription of Ayurveda are anti national.
This is the issue. How will you define nationalism. Is preferring or not preferring certain medicine system anti nationalist or nationalist. This way, one day somebody may say that not using Patanjali products is anti nationalistic.
9 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Are Non Ayurvedic medicines anti national .
The Doctor who said That Doctors prescribing Non - Ayurvedic Medicines are anti -Nationals. This is the picture that looks on the surface. But the picture is entirely different. The Union Minister Doctor, Shripad Naik has reportedly said that , some Allopathy Doctors often advise patients not to opt for Ayurveda. And such Doctors are Anti -Nationals. I'm seeing the HAND of that party, which is bent upon malign Modi.
9 years ago
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani created new topic Indian woman's legal rights .
Indian law has armed women with several rights. These rights need be given adequate publicity.
https://in.news.yahoo.com/photos/every-indian-woman-know-8-132140497/
9 years ago
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani created new topic Are Non Ayurvedic medicines anti national .
Is it anti nationalistic to prescribe non Ayurveda medicines? This is wisdom from a minister. Don't be surprised if one day you are told that eating cake is anti national.
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-doctors-prescribing-non-ayurvedic-medicines-are-anti-nationals-says-ayush-minister-shripad-naik-2208258
9 years ago