THE BONNET MACAQUE FAMILY

At Elephanta caves the makaques are so tame that you can get quite close and make a video nearly without any zoom. They also behave very naturaly and don't mind the visitors. But take care if you have a bottle of water or other liquid with you and they are thirsty they will try to steal it from you, especially the kids and small female are targeted. Myself I was attached from the back but holding the bottle quite firmly I could keep my water for me.
One they have stolen a bottle they know how to open it, put it on the floor and trink the water flowing out of the bottle.

ELEPHANTA CAVES- PARVATI SCULPTURES

The last picture is showing Shiva as as male/female

ELEPHANTA CAVES - THE SHIVA STATUES

View from inside the main cave, featuring the right side with several Shiva statues. Inside the small chamber is a giant lingam.

THE TRINITY & TWO GENDER SHIVA

View on the back wall of the main cave on Elephanta Island (Mumbai), with a view on the Trinity (Brahma in the front and on the site Shiva and Vishnu). On the left side Shiva partial male / female...

THE CHILD BRIDES

80 yrs since ban, 45% of girls still married off before 18
48% Of Them Get Pregnant Before Attaining Majority: Survey


From Kounteya Sinha | TNN

Laws banning child marriages were introduced in the country in 1929 but 80 years down the line, the social ill continues to be as grave as ever.
Nearly half the women in India are married off before they reach the legal age of 18, a joint Indo-American study announced in the medical journal ‘Lancet’ on Tuesday.
After looking at data of 22,807 women aged 20-24 years, around 44.5% of these women were found to have got married before the age of 18.
According to researchers specialising in social and behavioural sciences at Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH), economic and educational reforms in India have failed to lower the prevalence of child marriages, fuelling risks of multiple unwanted pregnancies, their termination and sterilisations.
Even worse, it has been found to be associated with poor fertility outcomes, such as unwanted and terminated pregnancies and repeat childbirths in less than 24 months.
Lead author Dr Anita Raj, associate professor at BUSPH, said the study found that more than one in five — 22.6% — were married before age 16, while 2.6% were married before age 13. Women who married younger than 18 were significantly more likely to report no contraceptive use before their first childbirth. Nearly half — 48.4% — of women who were married as children reported giving birth before they turned 18.
“These results suggest that neither recent progress in economic and women’s development, nor programmatic efforts to prevent child marriage and promote maternal and child health, have been sufficient to reduce the prevalence of child marriage in India,” Dr Raj said.
The study found sterilisation rates were higher for women married as children than for those married as adults — 19.5% compared to 4.6%. Overall, more than one in eight women, or 13.4%. had been sterilised. Of those not sterilised, more than three-quarters reported no present contraception use. Child brides were also at greater risk of a fistula — a tear in the genital tract — as well as pregnancy complications and death and sickness as a result of childbirth. India introduced laws against child marriage in 1929 and set the legal age for marriage at 12 years. The legal age for marriage was increased to 18 years in 1978.
The researchers said, “Women who had been child brides were 37% likelier not to have used contraception before their first child was born; seven times likelier to have three or more births; and three times likelier to have a repeat childbirth in less than 24 months.”
They added, “They were also more than twice as likely to have multiple unwanted pregnancies, nearly 50% likelier to have an abortion and more than six times likelier to seek sterilisation compared with counterparts who had married after the age of 18.”
Unicef recently said that child marriage was increasing India’s maternal and infant deaths. Girls who give birth before the age of 15 are five times more likely to die in childbirth than women in their 20s. If a mother is under the age of 18, her infant’s risk of dying in its first year of life is 60% greater than that of an infant born to a mother older than 19. “More than 40% of the world’s child marriages take place in India. Worldwide, more than 60 million women between 20-24 were married before they were 18. Child brides become mothers much before their bodies are physically mature,” Unicef ’s Karin Hulshof said. She added child marriage prevented many girls from continuing education and are less likely to seek medical attention for babies.

CHILD BRIDES


22.6% girls married before 16, while 2.6% wedded before 13
48.4% of married girls have a child before they turn 18
37% of them did not use contraception before first baby
They are seven times likelier to have more than three children
Three times likelier to have a child again in less than 24 months
They are also nearly 50% likelier to have an abortion

JAGDISH MANTRA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYIQ_1OS94E

YOGA KEEP THE BRAIN FIT- SAYS CHOA KOK SUI

Yoga can keep brain fit, says Grand Master Choa Kok Sui
The newborn brain contains about 100 billion brain cells and a complex network of nerve wirings or synapses. An average person can store up to one million items in the brain. The human brain is very sophisticated and gives people powerful potential. But to make the most of one’s brain, it needs to be exercised and nurtured like every other part of the human system. Synapsespoints of brain connections- have to be created and conserved for the brain to stay alert and healthy throughout adulthood. Grand Master Choa Kok Sui, the foremost present day authority in utilizing energy or “prana” in healing, wellness and spirituality, deconstructed and analysed scientifically and clairvoyantly occurs when one does yogic exercises. As per Grand Master, the technique called “Superbrain Yoga” can provide the “energy fuel” that helps keep our brain fit and functional. It aids in countering the common mental effects of aging, memory loss, as well as dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. With regular use of Superbrain Yoga, one can learn to gradually improve one’s memory, increase focus and achieve mental clarity with a simple exercise. He has proven its effectiveness through scientific studies showing dramatic improvements in children diagnosed with Autism, ADD, and ADD / ADHD. Superbrain exercise is a modified version of the squats done by students usually as punishment for misbehaviour during early days. The exercise allows the body’s energy centres to “absorb, digest and distribute prana to different parts of the body.” When done correctly, the Superbrain exercise moves the energy trapped in the basic and sex chakras of the body upwards into the crown energy centre that controls the brain health.

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HEPATITIS B OUTBREAK IN GUJARAT- TWO DOCTORS REUSED CONTAMINATED SYRINGES

Two docs held for hepatitis outbreak. 38 People killed up to now

Modasa: A father and son, both doctors who ran a private clinic which recklessly used the same syringe to give injections to multiple patients, have been arrested for causing the tragic outbreak of Hepatitis-B in the north Gujarat town of Modasa. So far 38 people have died since the outbreak two weeks ago.
For the first time after the deaths were reported from the town, police brought criminal charges against the two doctors — Dr Govind Patel and his son Dr Chintan Patel — on Saturday. They face the serious charge of ‘culpable homicide not amounting to murder’. Earlier, seven doctors from the town had been accused of violating the Medical Practitioners Act.
Investigations by the state health department had revealed that a large number of people who were struck by the virus and eventually died, were treated by the two doctors. ‘‘Health officials have mentioned in their complaint that the two doctors were using the same syringe for multiple patients and their clinic did not have a proper biological waste disposal,’’ said K K Mysorewala, Dy SP of Sabarkantha district.
Police said the clinic of the two doctors was opposite the primary health centre in Modasa. The arrests came after Arjunsinh Bhati, the Modasa circle health officer, filed a complaint against the two doctors.
According to the district health office, 12 more people have been infected by the virus in new cases reported at various hospitals.

Woman delivers, dies of hepatitis-B

He is just three days old and is being called a ‘miracle’ amid death and despair in Modasa. His mother, Kokila Raval (28), died of hepatitis-B hours after giving birth to him. In all her agony, it was almost as if the boy was destined to live. After three days in the incubator, the prematurely-born boy is being breast-fed by his aunt Sudha Raval, who gave birth to a daughter just six months back. ‘‘There are chances of the baby being infected by the virus. We will have to keep a close watch because hepatitis-B virus takes a period of 90-180 days to manifest,’’ said Dr Mahendra Patel who treated the baby. Kokila, who used to work with the health department in Modasa, probably caught the infection while serving at the hospital.

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