At last....i get to blog. Weekdays are busy amidst the cacophony of voices trying to scold me.....for not having completed my record....for not having drawn zoo diagrams(for those who read my blog.......this drawing business will last for 5 months if not more).

I was watching a documentary on Kerala.......forcasted by the Discovery Channel for the umpteenth time. Kalaripayattu has to be included into a film...without which the latter can never be done. The performer got a wound.....and the guru...took some leaves in his gornd......extracted the sap...by rolling the leaves between his palms....and poured the juice on the wound.

This screams one of the ancient traditions in our country....that of ayurveda. It does make sense......with me disliking some of the hindu traditions followed at home........ or even anywhere else for that matter.

Ayurveda does not necessarily mean....five-star hotels....with expensive personnel....performing the panchkarma.....with new-found ease. It may be the turmeric...basil leaves...the cloves....etc........simple ingredients found in every hindu household.

One of the best illustrations that i could give...is this-i get this dry cough all of a sudden......which is never cured....with allopathy. Cough syrup with the alcohol makes me sleepy.........with no cure at all. On the other hand.....pepper pods and salt consumed every night before bedtime works like magic. But, the fire that erupts when the pepper is ground in the mouth is maddening. It's worse than pouring down hot milk down the throat...or even dealing with hot extremely hot water(the truth being i've experienced both...so i would rather prefer the hot liquids than pepper pods any day).

Consuming 'english medicine' is rare.....except the hormone supplements that goes in daily. Pepper is really hot.....but that's the only thing which relieves me of the terrible cough.