December 29th, 2006 — Ayurveda, People
Good bye Sowmya & Bernd and many thanks for the wonderful time spent together at the dinning hall of IVAC. To night was their last diner as they are leaving to morrow.
As is often the case when asked “where I came from”, I would give the inquiring person 5 chances to guess the country and offer a prize of 50 rupees if he or she would successfully give the answer.Most of the time,it would be impossible to get the correct answer.This time Sowmya played the game in reverse to me. I had to guess: where they were living? Sowmya by her looks and for having observed her for a while was Indian from the area as I could make out that she could speak Kannada to the waiters.Her husband by the accent, & complexion would be German.I was not able to guess that they were residing in China Beijing in spite of the hint given to me that they lived in an Indian neighboring country.
I had great fun talking to the newly wed couple and got to know them a little bit better.We discussed quite lengthy on Sowmya’s views of the India’s society and its evolution.She was educated throughout her secondary education by Catholic sisters and she had a balanced and qualified opinions on the motives of such apparent acts of generosity on the part of the sisters.She questioned the freedom of choice given, to the third world countries nuns in India,Switzerland and else where in Europe in serving their “vows”.Are they forced by circumstances, like a way of getting a better living, or do they live up to their vows in total free will?
Bern & Sowmya met in Lausanne, where she was working in the IT department of an international Insurance Company after having worked for sometime in Bangolore. Bern is presently on an overseas posting in China procuring for his company.
Wish them a prosperous & happy married life!
December 28th, 2006 — Ayurveda, books
Before he leaves to San Diego Dr.Talavane Krishna the man who is the creator and engine driving the IVAC’s realization gave a short lecture on yet another Vedic subject which is of great interest to him. His studies in Vaastu was aroused out of necessity. When he started the project of setting up a home in Mysore and an Ayurvedic centre he had so much difficulties.He described:How by getting the positioning and erection of buildings in conformity with the energies changed the course of his life events? He has, by way of this experience learned and studied Vaastu and has now become a Vaastu consultant. Through his studies and his previous Ayurvedic studies, it was relatively easy for him to draw parallels between Vedic Astrology(Jyotish), Avyurveda( the science of well being)and Vaastu( the science of structures) as they all are founded in the same principles and may be sourced in the common Vedic literatures.
During the Q&A session,Dr. Krishna discussed briefly on the similarities & differences between Feng Shiu as there were members of the assembly who were of Chinese origin.Both are art of placement and have their roots in the knowledge of planetary energies and basic elements that govern them.Vaastu considers space, air,fire water and earth whilst Feng shiu Wind,water,fire & air. Height/weight distribution,exalted/debilitated positions and extensions & cuts are additional elements proposed in a more mathematically inclined Vaastu.
He responded to my interrogation on the effects of energies direction when one is situated in the southern hemisphere.According to him the climatic forces orientations being different, in fact opposite,he reckoned that Vaastu reading could be different. The Vedas were observations and writings made for the Northern hemisphere.As to the interplanetary system there would be no changes.
He then presented his book: The Vaastu Workbook, a simple to read book with numerous drawings and practical examples.
Thank you Dr. Krishna for entertaining us and sharing your wide knowledge and experiences.
December 26th, 2006 — Ayurveda, Blogging, Uncategorized
Time came to bid farewell to a number of newly made friends, ayurvedic companions with the wish to exchange emails and photos. Good Bye to the Shah’s sisters presently London UK, residents, Kenya born who fled Arap Moi’s rule. Good Bye to Leslie & Jessie, Canadian, in the prime of adulthood, who are enjoying sabbatical years after the undergraduate University studies.Farewell to Marlyse of Geneva who is continuing her Kerala state visit in research of deeper ayurvedic knowledge.
 
A new lot of rejuvenation & health seekers have landed at IVAC this week. The house keeping staff told me that they are under pressure as the center is almost housefull. The therapist planning center is now a bee hive.We wish that the additional treatment rooms were ready! A therapist told me, that he has been on his foot since 5.am this morning and will not hit bed before 10.00 tonight. This is high tide for them.
I have met couple of Singaporeans Chineses at time lunch time! As an “old†time resident, I see that change as a new wave of water flowing in the cliff!
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December 25th, 2006 — Uncategorized
This afternoon of Christmas, has been a wonderful day in Mysore. Beautiful blue sky , sunny with a very comfortable ambient temperature! The day started off with the official launching of the Department of Clinical research in integrative medicine of Ivac with the University of Mysore and Vikram Hospital. Journalists and other dignitaries were assembled for the occasion in the Yoga Hall when the ceremonial light was ignited in front of the staff and guests.A sweet drink made of herbs and honey was served to grace the moment.All Ayurvedic treatments were delayed for the occasion.
Whilst sitting and chatting at the reception with a guest, I saw walking up the stairs a face that looked familiar. It looked to me to be a franco Mauritian but I was unsure. Then after I re-saw the couple on the terrace sipping their herbal tea. This time, no mistake I could see the face of either a Maujean or a Hein! On hearing the franco accent coming out of his mouth,I made out: Hein! It was Louis Hein , the brother of Philippe Hein who was the Personnel Director of Rogers & Co in the 70’s.They were on visit in India and they have decided to spend 5 days touring Karnataka before a hopping tour of Rajasthan palaces.
Le monde est petit!
December 24th, 2006 — Reflexion
De ma prison dorée, d’un coin perdu à Mysore dans un centre de réhabilitation ou j’essaie de gagner un peu de mobilité je vous prie de croire qu’ ici également la fête de la naissance de Jésus notre Sauveur fait l’objet d un grande joie. Par contre celui que l’on fête n est pas du tout mentionné ou nommé par les fetards.
La direction du centre, à l’instant même nous prépare une grande fête pour l’occasion. Une grande salle verte est érigée sur la pelouse ou un grand buffet végétarien et ayurvédique nous sera servi. Le parfum suave des épices flotte déjà dans l’air étant transporté vers mon chalet, par ce petit courant d’air frais et revigorant qui chaque après-midi souffle sur notre partie de Mysore. Je peux vous dire avec mon régime de nourriture réduite que ma faim est vivement sollicitée. Au loin, nous entendons le roronement des motos et vélomoteurs avec leurs pots échappements arrangés pour un gain de vitesse qui font la course sur les pistes et les sentiers de la colline de Chamundi Hill à des allures folles. Il appelle cela « Sunday bike Rally ». Le paysage sonore est scandé bien audiblement des quintes de klaxons des plus variées. Nous sont en Inde après tout, voyons voir ! C est la fête : c’est Dimanche jour de détente.
Par contre, vous tous qui connaissent la vrai raison de la réjouissance, ce soir, je vous souhaite Joie et espérance apportées par Lui notre Sauveur!
December 22nd, 2006 — Ayurveda, Uncategorized
Three friends from Frankfurt Germany have decided to spend their holiday to rejuvenate their health.Jorg a much travelled banker at Credit Agricole Frankfurt reported back by email that he was fully satisfied with his stay at IVAC.He came out a new healthy man.Sabine who also accompanied the team returned home refreshed,happily taking up her new job position and is looking to come back at a later date.As for Stephan, a seasoned traveler being a Lufthansa in flight staff senior instructor, he simply had a wonderful different holiday.
All these remarks can only vouch for the services and benefits that are provided here.As for myself,though happy with the courtesy and well being provided to me,I am still awaiting for more progress in my mobility.
December 21st, 2006 — Messe, Reflexion
J’en ai connu des contes de Noel. Mais celui-ci que j’ai recu d’un ami ce matin m’a vraiment èmu.Il fallait que je publie ce conte sur mon blog en guise de souhait.
Le titre : Mon Anniversaire
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Comme tu le sais, nous nous approchons une fois de plus de la date de mon anniversaire. Tous les ans on fait une fête en mon honneur et je crois que cette année ce sera pareil. En ces jours-ci, les gens font beaucoup d’achats, il y a des annonces à la radio et à la télévision, et on ne parle que de cela. Il ne manque plus que d’arriver à ce jour-là .
C’est agréable de savoir qu’au moins un jour par an quelques personnes pensent un peu à moi. Comme tu le sais, il y a de nombreuses années que l’on a commencé à célébrer mon anniversaire. Au début, les gens paraissaient comprendre et remercier ce que j’avais fait pour eux. Mais maintenant il semble que plus personne ne sait ce qu’on célèbre. On se réunit et se divertit beaucoup mais sans savoir de quoi il s’agit.
Je me souviens que l’an passé lorsqu’on est arrivé au jour de mon anniversaire, on a fait une grande fête en mon honneur. Il y avait des mets délicieux sur la table, tout était décoré et il y avait beaucoup de cadeaux. Mais tu sais quoi?…
On ne m’a même pas invité! J’étais le héro du jour et on ne m’avait pas envoyé d’invitation. La fête était pour moi et quand le grand jour est arrivé on m’a fermé la porte…Et moi qui aurais tant voulu partager leur table.
Réellement cela ne m’a pas surpris, car depuis plusieurs années, tous me ferment la porte. De sorte que comme on ne m’avait pas invité. J’ai eu l’idée d’y être, sans faire de bruit, je suis entré et suis resté dans un coin.
Ils étaient tous là , buvant, quelques-uns ivres, racontant des blagues, riant.. Ils s’amusaient vraiment, mais le comble c’est lorsqu’est arrivé lo VIEUX GROS, VÊTU DE ROUGE, avec sa BARBE BLANCHE et criant HO HO HO!!! Il avait l’air d’avoir bu plus que son compte, il se laissa tomber lourdement dans un fauteuil et tous criaient “Père Noël! Père Noël !†comme si la fête était en son honneur.Â
Les 12 coups de minuit ont sonné et ils ont commencé à s’embrasser. Moi j’ai tendu les bras, espérant que quelqu’un m’embrasserait… et tu sais quoi? Personne ne m’a embrassé.
Ensuite ils ont commencé a distribuer les cadeaux, un à un, et ils les ouvrirent jusqu’au dernier. Je me suis approché pour voir si par hasard il y en avait un pour moi, mais il n’y avait rien. Qu’est-ce que tu ressentirais si le jour de ton anniversaire tous s’échangeraient des cadeaux et qu’il n’y en aurait pas pour toi? C’est alors que j’ai compris que j’étais de trop dans cette fête. Je suis sorti sans bruit, et je me suis retiré en fermant la porte derrière moi.
 Chaque année c’est pire. Les gens se souviennent du réveillon, des cadeaux et des fêtes, et personne ne se souvient de moi
J’aimerais que cette année, à Noël, tu me permettes d’entrer dans ta vie, que tu reconnaisses qu’il y a 2000 ans je suis venu en ce monde pour donner ma vie pour toi sur la croix et ainsi pouvoir te sauver. Aujourd’hui, je désire seulement que tu crois cela de tout ton coeur.
 Je vais te dire quelque chose. J’ai pensé que comme beaucoup ne m’invitent pas à la fête qu’ils préparent, moi je vais faire ma propre fête, grandiose comme jamais personne ne l’a imaginé, une fête spectaculaire. Je suis encore dans les préparatifs, j’envoie beaucoup d’invitations et aujourd’hui, il y en a une spéciale pour toi. Tout ce que je te demande, c’est que tu me dises si tu veux y assister et je te réserverai une place et j’écrirai ton nom dans ma grande liste d’invités avec réservation anticipée. Mais ceux qui n’auront pas répondu devront rester dehors.
Prépare-toi car lorsque tout sera prêt, le jour où tu y penseras le moins, je donnerai ma grande fête..
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Et oui, trop souvent perdu dans la tourmente de notre societe de consommation, nous nous attachons à l’accessoire au lieu de conserver  l’e s s e n t i e l !
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 Bonne Anniversaire Jesus!
December 20th, 2006 — Blogging
Google in entering in partnership with GoDaddy.com and eNom wil be selling domain names for 10 Dollars inclusive with a package of services.
This is good news for world wide users and e-commerce. It is predicted that this move would further the growth of Blogging.
On the other hand the action of the almighty Google threatens a number of companies who have made registration and sales of domain names their bread & butter. These companies, for fear of being displaced,they have to evolve fast and change their strategies in the face of bulldozer Google!
The only constant is change as the saying goes!
December 19th, 2006 — Uncategorized
This is the title of Ori Brafman & Rod Beckstrom’s recent book. I was enthused reading about a centralized and a decentralized management system.What I enjoyed most was the characteristic of a catalyst!
I include herewith a brief summary of the book which should wet your appetite to reading the book.The path line and experiences of both authors is very interesting too.
A spider is a creature with eight legs coming out of a central body. It
has a tiny head and usually eight eyes. If you chop off the spider’s head, it
dies. That’s exactly what happens with a centralized organization. A centralized
organization has a clear leader who’s in charge, and there’s a specific
place where decisions are made. Get rid of the leader and you paralyze
the organization.
A decentralized organization is a different animal –– it is actually a
starfish. At first glance, a starfish is similar to a spider in appearance. But
the starfish is decentralized. The starfish doesn’t have a head. The major
organs are replicated throughout each and every arm. In reality, a starfish
is a neural network –– basically a network of cells. Instead of having a
head, like a spider, the starfish functions as a decentralized network.
In The Starfish and the Spider, Ori Brafman and Rod A. Beckstrom
address the fundamental differences between the starfish organization and
the spider organization. They demonstrate with examples why starfish organizations
are sometimes confused with spiders, how difficult it is to attack
or destroy a starfish organization and why a smart business model for the
future is a hybrid organization –– part starfish, part spider.
In addition, this summary will address:
✓ The right questions to ask when distinguishing a starfish organization
from a spider organization.
✓ The rise of successful starfish organizations, such as Skype, craigslist
and Wikipedia.
✓ The importance of circles, catalysts and ideology to the starfish
organization.
✓ The key differences between catalysts and CEOs.
✓ Specific strategies to defeat starfish organizations.
✓ Rules for living in the new world of decentralization.
Entrepreneurs might look up to take on board this type of management, which is very much in the line of today’s development network style. Wiki! Ebay!Apache!Neural networks!
December 18th, 2006 — Ayurveda, Uncategorized
Ever since the departure of Marie Anne, Dr Muralidhar insisted that I have somebody with me day and night. What a service!These few days were assigned to me Moncy, a young lad who recently joined the organization.Boy of 18 years, Moncy came from Punalur of the state of Kerala. He only got another sister who is now 22years old and presently working in Kuwait as a nurse.He misses his parents being 16 hours away from home, some 600 kms afar. His Mom is the most affected of his absence as she all so often phones him on his friend’s mobile phone.She is a staunch Christian and spends daily more than 3 hours praying and reading the bible.She finds solace in Christ her Saviour. Moncy is determined to learn and be trained as a ayurveda therapist.
Meanwhile I am so pleased and pampered to have an angel guardian to look after me.