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Bengaluru: Regular walkers and visitors to Cubbon Park, one of the favourite destinations of all nature lovers have been for a treat since 29 November, thanks to the flower show intended to educate children on science and nature. Floral sculptures depict hallmarks of progress: The four-day show concludes on Monday, 02 December, and showcases accomplishments in several areas in addition to dwelling on the significance of flora and fauna. Some floral structures have been installed near Jawahar Bal Bhavan in this connection. The heart becomes a major attraction: The state Horticultural Department is hosting the beautiful floral arrangement show in collaboration with the Women and Child Development Department, while the massive heart sign turns out to be a big attraction as the enthusiastic visitors keep crowding to have a glimpse, snap and take a selfie before it. Peacocks, World Cup, Rocket...: Apart from the heart carved out of Red roses and button Chrysanthemums, the Peacock couple,...

Dr Gauri Rokkam is a well-known Holistic Nutritionist with experience in helping thousands of people worldwide for more than two decades. She firmly believes that healthy food and lifestyle can change lives, for good. It does not mend the body in parts but as a “whole” and is candid enough to claim: “When the body is rightly fed(in every sense), it wins battles while one experiences true health”. In an interaction, Dr Gauri Rokkam spoke on several issues revolving around human health, current practices of dealing with disease and the way out. Here are her viewpoints on a few issues: Holistic health is from a “whole person” perspective: Neither food nor body should be broken down into its parts. Food is a complex chemical factory. It should not be broken down into its components or specific nutrients because the components of food work in synergy with each other to produce desired effects. The body can work to its best and be in the best of health with whole foods, the way plants produ...

People travelling abroad and also being rigid vegetarians really had a tough time throughout their journey abroad, but not these days. Says NV Raghuram, co-founder of Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandana Samsthana Arogyadhama(S-VYASA), here. image source: Mantra Care Vegetarianism continues to surge: In a freewheeling chat, he shared his opinion on the present developments of vegetarianism making a surge in leaps and bounds elsewhere-“There has been a lot of awareness among the people these days and there is no requirement of mentioning any religion while talking about these aspects. Many a top achiever has been vegetarians just because they had the practice of adhering to vegetarianism”. Vegetarian burgers in abundance: He continues-“Now vegetarian burgers are available in abundance. Gone are the days of vegetarians forced to starve for lack of vegan foodstuff. A top-notch Tennis player’s remarks of admitting being a disciple of Lord Krishna and also a vegetarian have given altogether ...

No one in Kerala wants to learn anything from History What we learn from history is we don't learn anything from history-Bertrand Russel. Strange it may appear but that's what ultimately remains to be a hardcore fact.Dr DS Poornananda,Professor and former Head of Department of PG Studies Research in Journalism and Mass Communications,Kuvempu University Shivamogga recalled the Nobel laureate's well known quote after touring the state of Kerala for eight days to study the after effects and the reasons behind the August calamity. He also opined:If business interests were to be a parameter for your existence then why blame the nature for your whims and fancies.In spite of several expert committees vociferously recommending a ban on human interference in the Eco sensitive Western Ghats region no commercial activity stops and people in general have no thoughts about avoiding similar holocausts in the future.Then how do you think of giving them an adieu? The people of...

Kerala tourism business limping back to normal as none have any time to think of conserving nature Thanks to promotional activities by the state government agencies tourism is gradually limping back to normal over a period of time in the state of Kerala.The way tourists,both domestic and international have started flocking the coastal state makes you wonder whether this was the same state which met with the century's unheard catastrophe just a couple of months back! Although the man made calamity took place on the night of Independence day and the tremors as a result of such traumatic experiences kept on being experienced almost for a month later it looks things have started improving for tourism in a very big way.At the same time the developments continue to reiterate that people in the business or those in the administration nor the political masters have least botheration about efforts to conserve nature. Interestingly just a couple of weeks ago the same touris...

Cochin airport now experienced enough to handle future flood situations' Cochin International Airport Limited(CIAL) in fact has carved a niche for itself by becoming the world's first fully solar energy powered airport.CIAL gained this accomplishment during May 2018 and the achievement was officially recognized and declared by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) chief Erik Solheim.But the international airport which also earned the distinction of handling 10 million passengers in a year was at the receiving end within a few months.It was marooned during the August holocaust and had to be shut for 11 days! The flood situation in the state due to discharge of large quantum of waters from the Idukki dam is no strange phenomenon for the people of the state.A similar occasion arose during 1992 when the crest gates of the Idukki dam were opened for the first time.But luckily then there was no airport here and rightly the staff had literally no experience of handli...

Kerala exhibits great courage post flood havoc                         Looking back at the massive casualties,heavy loss to properties including landed,residential and commercial;had it been the case elsewhere it would have taken years together for the people to wake up from the fatal effects of the gruesome tragedy but not in Kerala.A whirlwind tour of the state for eight days proved the ground situation to be otherwise contrary to similar junctures in many other states. Going by the usual normal life as before unaffected in any manner due to the recent traumatic disaster was both surprising and shocking as a onlooker.The traffic on national and state highways,business in shops and commercial establishments,people moving around for their daily chores gave a sight as usual like much before in the terrifically thickly populated coastal state. Malayalis or Mallus as they are popularly referred to seem to be ...

Dams mismanagement,culprit to Kerala disaster                             There could be any number of theories and logical reasons for the August 2018 disaster in God's own country apart from man's actions against nature.But persistent efforts to unravel the real causes leads you to the crucial task of failure of management of dams in the state,according to experts here and elsewhere. In fact Kerala has less number of huge dams in comparison to many such in the neighboring states but maintenance of the same has now been found to be terrifically unprofessional.The dams management seems to be a great worrisome factor here,feel many concerned citizens. In spite of more than a month being over after the century's big tragedy in the small state the blame game over the reasons behind still doesn't look to be far from over.An official from the Electricity board claims that the people living on the downstr...