tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post5726723991631693021..comments2024-03-26T11:33:59.219-06:00Comments on Religion in American History: The New American Ganges: Hinduism and Health in American Religious HistoryPaul Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881964303772343114noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-87267213960024151502010-04-18T17:57:05.836-06:002010-04-18T17:57:05.836-06:00Once the modern education spreads, the problem of ...Once the modern education spreads, the problem of mass bathing will subside and the scope for spread of water-born epidemics contracts.<br /><br />The real problem is not that of pilgrims bathing in rivers. The problem relates to release of urban wastes and industrial effluents throughout the 2500 km. course of the Ganges River and its tributaries. The Kumbh Mela is a 12 year affair and should not worry more than the urbanisation and municipal drainage release into rivers polution problems. These two problems, even the American rivers like the Hudson, Colarado, Mississipi may be facing as I read from the American books. Scientific Research + awareness of people + Government action will probably by the next decade reduce the risks.<br /><br />The multinational industrial Corporates and the Private Sector Corporates hoodwink the pollution laws throughout the world. They add more dangerous chemical and hazardous metallic wastes when compared to human organic wastes added by the pilgrims.<br /><br />Feeding cows and swine with garbage of meat and chicken in the American and European farms -- is going to create more diseases and export them to the world. London had this experience of the Mad Cow disease. There are Swine Flu and Bird Flu. <br /><br />Cholera, Small Pox, and Polio are rare in India now. That is: the traditional diseases are giving way to the modern diseases. Today Indians are not suffering from much from epidemics. They are suffering from diseases like diabetes, osteoporosis, high BP, cardiological problems which are the result of eating high calorie stuff like Coke, McDowell, Beer-wine-whisky-brandy-rum-gin affairs.<br /><br />A few days, I saw on a Telugu language T.V. channel, the story of a 75 years old woman who is surviving on one plate of Red Gram lentil splits and 2 bottles of local palm-toddy-liquor juice. On the TV she looked healthy with black hair and a face with less wrinkles. A health solution, therefore, seems to be to go for organic, non-industrial foods and goods. I myself do not have a refrigerator in my home and during summer I cool my drinking water in earthenware pots. Simplifying our lives seems to be one health solution. No need to worry about pilgrim-generated epidemics. Spread of scientific health hygiene will automatically take place with English education and Technical education. Superstitions will go. Pub Culture and reckless premarital sex and prostitution for money without condoms will be the new scourges.ybr (alias ybrao a donkey)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13635995478285822763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-88241655820294004662010-04-14T09:28:05.110-06:002010-04-14T09:28:05.110-06:00great to have you on board - and your dissertation...great to have you on board - and your dissertation research looks terrific!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-37169665124623452092010-04-14T05:52:36.044-06:002010-04-14T05:52:36.044-06:00Awesome! I might need to use this in a class or tw...Awesome! I might need to use this in a class or two. Of course, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ9To30Hz7A" rel="nofollow">not everyone is on board with the “new forms of spiritual and religious healing</a>.”Art Remillardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03857242536492717015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-15967221921196748392010-04-13T18:09:06.907-06:002010-04-13T18:09:06.907-06:001. Vivekananda himself suffered from superstitions...1. Vivekananda himself suffered from superstitions.<br />2. Vivekananda himself suffered from numerous diseases.<br /><br />Vivekananda had nothing to do with the good health or ill health of Hindus or Indians of other religions.<br /><br />Our problems mainly stem from an exploding population.<br /><br />www.vivekanandayb.blogspot.comybr (alias ybrao a donkey)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13635995478285822763noreply@blogger.com