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Thankful for Independent India (WOWfeatured)

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on August 15, 2019 25

The best thing about India? There are so many reasons to be thankful for Independent India.

India is the country of hope. It’s the country of opportunity. It’s a country where the ancient practices of yoga and Ayurveda are discussed along with the latest in medical science. It’s a country where people come to find peace.

But peace is inside you. It’s not a place or thing. It’s not a person who can give you peace. Only you can. This understanding came to me when I started reading Gita. The adventures the Hindu mythology offers for the fertile mind is unmatched in other scriptures.

It’s a country of diversity. It’s a country with myriad colors and beautiful nature. It’s a country which lost its way and is trying to find it back.

It’s a country whose social fabric makes family important. It’s a country which made it possible for me to be a doctor. Expenses of Rupees 250 per year.Books I bought second-hand my mama (maternal uncle helped ) helped.

It’s a country where people everyday struggle to make ends meet and still celebrate all festivals. It’s a country with many promises which only we can keep. It’s a country which had termites eating it from inside, but now things are getting better,

It’s a country where we once believed in see no evil, harm no evil and speak no evil. Unfortunately, we need a new saying!

It’s a country of Satyameva Jayate. The truth alone triumphs. I have long discussions about truth and the relative merits of it with my hubby.

Thankful for Independent India (WOW post)

It’s also a country where we believe Lord Krishna said that

The truth which hurts is worse than the falsehood which heals.

It’s a country where Vivekananda said there’s no worship, greater than the worship of humanity.

It’s a country where we got rid of child marriage. Where Raja Ram Mohan Roy stopped sati and paved the way for widow remarriage.

It’s the country where Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose left Congress when he did not believe in what they wanted for India. A chapter of history very cleverly whitewashed!

It’s a country trapped between good and evil. It’s a country struggling to balance the old with the young. It’s a country trying to keep its history intact and carve a better future. It’s a country which wants its citizens to believe in secularism. It’s a country which wants you to be proud of the national song and national anthem. It’s a country where little girls dare to dream. It’s a country which gave me the chance to have a concurrent second career as an author and a blogger.

It’s a country where I can die for.

Cool India fact:

India is the largest democracy.It is an ancient and still living civilization (at least 10, 000 years old).

‘This post is a part of Write Over the Weekend, an initiative for Indian Bloggers by BlogAdda and I won the WOW badge for it.

It is also my #MondayMommyMoments post for Independence day.

Linking up with Corinne at everydaygyaan .

This post is republished on the occasion of Independence day.

Read 5 Reasons I am thankful for India

How to celebrate Rakhi when you don’t have a brother

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on August 15, 2019 12

I don’t have a brother. I do have cousins. That’s why Rakhi while growing up was not something I thought a great deal about. But my sister who is six years younger wanted to celebrate all festivals. She insisted that since we looked out for each other we should tie Rakhi to each other Raksha Bandhan is just that. Right?

Easy Fun Rakhi Lettering for card

How to celebrate Rakhi when you don't have a brother

Protecting, looking out, and helping each other out. Isn’t that what the spirit of Rakhi all about?

My little girl celebrates Rakhi at school, with loads of fun and little idea about Raksha Bandhan .i did try to explain to her today morning when she got ready for school. She was more interested in learning how to tie it, than why and whom of it.

She has 3 cousin brothers who are not close. So if I do make a point about Raksha Bandhan she will not really understand. I am in two minds.

In the epic Mahabharat, Draupadi tied a Rakhi on Krishna. That’s why taking His name Draupadi always got protection.

Whether to make Rai feel her cousins are the brothers, or she would be better off, tying it to Krishna and make God her protector.Any tips on this?

Comment below to let me know. Writing this for #MondayMommyMoments.

Read about Health is Wealth-Gifts for Rakhi

Rakhi Gifts for Sisters

Today’s Prompt:

How do you celebrate it at our home?

How do you teach your kids about Rakhi ?

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Thankful for India: #Thankful Thursdays week 24

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on August 15, 2019 18

India, Bharat or Hindustan whatever you call it, this beautiful motherland of mine, is a lesson in unity in diversity. Okay, it may be a little on the rocks, but all relationships go through their ups and downs. Doesn’t mean we can’t repair the broken parts. But intentions from all sides must be towards the same goal. I love my country. I adore the variety of natural food, people and clothes offer.

When I lived in Delhi, I loved visiting all the food stalls at Dilli Haat. I loved the Rajasthani thali with moong daal ka halwa.I loved the Jalojog stall selling all things home. I loved Idli dosa and the Gujarati chaat. I liked Malabar parathas, Hyderabadi Biryani, and the northeastern momos and dumplings. Food in India is a tapestry of deliciousness.

When I first read India’s history in school, I realized it was a beautiful melting pot of cultures, thoughts, and religions. I am a woman born in Independent India and in West Bengal. Growing up I was never told, I can’t do this or that. The only time my mum regretted not having a son(at least that’s what she said). was when things had to be bought late at night. Even then, it wasn’t safe to be out late at night. But strangely enough, I managed to grow up and become a doctor, coming home late at night without any major scares. The scare however now is significant. Not only because I am a woman, but I am a doctor. Every second someone is harassing a woman or beating up a doctor. Can anyone do any work when there’s a risk to life?

On a lighter note, this is our #Thankful Thursdays. Counting blessings make me feel more at peace. I feel thankful , that I had the independence to study what I wanted, with gender not being a deterrent.

I am glad can drive a car and have a license. Many countries in the world don’t allow females to drive.

I am glad I have a right in every decision in my marriage and my marital status, is in no way controlled by the state or by religious police.

I am glad I have a right to vote. Women still fight for that right in some countries.

I am glad our country is secular and appreciates the truth about the right to practice all religions.

I am also glad my countrymen are not afraid to stand up for what they believe in.

Simple things which we take for granted, don’t but important for those don’t enjoy the same privileges. It’s easy to ask for our rights, what’s difficult is doing our duties. Focussing on the nays makes them stronger, so I consciously decide to focus on the good.

Writing this for #Thankful Thursdays. What makes you thankful for your country? Comment below to let me know.

#ThankfulThursdays:What are the 5 Things about your country that make you thankful

Blogging in India: Does Alexa rank even make sense?#MyFriendAlexa

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on August 14, 2019 0

Update Amazon’s Alexa rank disappeared and so did my friend Alexa blogging challenge .So right now theres no Alexa rank .On May 1, 2022, Amazon shut down Alexa Internet and subsequently discontinued Alexa Rank.

It’s time for MyfriendAlexa again. Oh if you don’t know what am I talking about, I will go back to when it all started. Back in 2016, I was pretty clueless. I read a lot of blogs and books but was living under a rock, when it came to the Indian Blogging scene. Then one day by Gods grace I had stumbled upon something called Half marathon by Blogchatter and also signed up for something called the MyFriendALexa!But this challenge has nothing to do with the Amazon Alexa devices. But it does have something to do with the Alexa rank of a blog.

Can you cheat the Alexa rank?

Content creators are forever trying to drive traffic to their blogs. Alexa claims to account for all controversial practices of skewering the rank. The better you get at fudging data, the better are their AI.

Why I participate in My Friend Alexa

It pushes me, inspires me and gets my writing inertia all pumped up. In all the years, I have participated in this challenge I have always learned something new. I have even written a book about blogging challenges including My friend Alexa.

3 Reasons I participate every year.

Number one

It’s serious fun. Serious because it’s not for the faint-hearted and definitely not for anyone who is blogging to relax. MFA is not going to help you relax! Know this beforehand so that you can avoid stressing later /Its very important to know what you want from your blogging journey. Personal satisfaction by writing and sharing has nothing to do with numbers but if you want to help people through your words then numbers help you know whether you are going in the right direction.

Number 2

Its great discipline to read and write regularly. You find a new readership for your blog. Blogchatter actively promotes the hashtag and your blog posts get a fresh set of eyes. The Blogchatter team is exceptional in its community-building effort and is easily one of the best around.

Number 3

The resources they share inside the FB group often has high profile experts giving super tips which are hard to get.

Number 4

Your Alexa rank becomes better and is a great boost to morale. The best part is when someone wants to work with and checking your Alexa its a good way of knowing what kind of traffic numbers you have. It’s also a great way of knowing a little about the blog you are reading.

Does ALexa rank make sense? — Blogging in India

For this, you do need the Alexa toolbar installed on your browser though. If you writing good content, optimizing them and promoting your blogs posts your Alexa will already bye good. But we all have scope for improvement, right? Its always good to have different stats for comparison.

5 Things to do Rock My Friend Alexa season 4.0

Plan your posts. It can be around a theme or not. That’s up to you
Write now rough drafts at-least
Schedule
Make creatives
Create optins if you have plans to grow your email list

After one month of the MyfriendAlexa campaign, this was my Global Alexa rank on October first, 2019.

ALEXA RANK of Healthwealthbridge.com on October 1st 2019

Article 370 and Ladakh our Baby UT #Article370

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on August 12, 2019 2

In all the drama about Jammu and Kashmir, everyone forgot the new baby. Ladakh is our baby UT. Beautiful Ladakh never wanted to be ignored.
Their development, their developmental, political aspirations were stamped under lack of political will.

Beautiful people, a cold dessert, but the language was not recognized, the identity was confusing. An unforgettable land where people wanted the same things as you and me. They wanted to feel like they belonged, wanted to build a better future. But they lacked so many things which you and I took for granted.
A good school
Good colleges
Good University
Good hospitals. Work opportunity and a better life seemed to be on the other side, just beyond their reach.No one talked about them, it was always the happening next-door neighbor. The neighbor controlled everything. The purse-string and the fruitation of their aspirations.

BJP MP from Ladakh Jamyang Tsering Namgyal speaks in Parliament on Article 370

Article 370 meant only people of J and K could work in J and K.Even in central jobs only people of J and K could be posted.

I was surprised that the beautiful roads in Leh were empty. The shops were basic. Talking to people we realized the terrain made for a low population, but jobs and entrepreneurship help was even lesser.

370 had to go. Doing the same things for seventy years, yielded roughly the same result. It’s time to make a change .Adapting to change and embracing the new today is a good idea, just like Ladakh did. I sincerely hope all the politicians who are busy causing chaos over J and K, realize this. Their children were educated outside Kashmir. If they cared about J and K ‘S people, they would have focussed on building schools,colleges, and hospitals and stopped the stone-throwing business long back. A few people with vested interest tried destroying the youth for their petty gains. Terrorism helped make a few rich in J and K. If you trace their trajectory and their wealth, you will find the answer to why J and K had so much trouble.

Many wrongs doesn’t make a right!
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In Ladakh, we stayed at the Grand Dragon. A stunning hotel whose staff helped us get settled down. Our trip was of very short duration and acclimatization needs time. I was already under the weather and on the way I wrote this post.
Those cold stark mountains. The views of the snow-capped mountains looked close by. But was far away. Ladakh is far away. So is Jammu and Kashmir, but now is the time to help the people in whichever way we can.

I hear you. You want to help. Now you can. Keep your eyes open that when you can you can. Help open educational and healthcare institutions.

Social justice prosperity and peace takes a long time. But a start is needed. We started finally after so many years of Independence Ladakh will finally have a voice. As Marie Forleo famously says

Everything is Figureoutable!
Marie Forleo

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It’s important to have the political will and the inner strength, that only optimism brings. There will always be naysayers, you need to focus on the big picture of a united India! Faiths and religions are not above humanity. Human aspirations everywhere are the same! I wonder why no one is talking about what the people of Ladakh want? Is their voice not important too?

We want peace, harmony and our children to be happy, healthy and well-fed and have wisdom. That needs some work and now we can say India remembers and just time doesn’t make wrongs right! Neither does multiple wrongs make right. Finally, India stopped paying the price for past mistakes. Its time to make some changes.For the better!

Freedom from Bad Nutrition Advice

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on August 8, 2019 26

A few days back I was asked to write about the nutrition myths that bamboozle us from everywhere. I had just finished writing my sixth book on Nutrition Diet Myths and Life (It’s free for download on the 9th,10th and 11th of August) and this was a good way of putting the word out.

As a doctor whenever I write medicines for any illness people ask me what they should eat ? This was the case from the time we started our clinical rotation. The favorite being anaar ka juice or pomegranate. While it’s an excellent fruit and very tasty, it’s definitely not the only thing you should be eating when sick. But today I will not tell you about nutrition myths. You can read it by downloading my books below.

Originally published https://theeducationpost.in/the-dangers-of-misunderstanding-nutrition/

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I will not tell you what to eat and what not. Instead, I will tell you what your body says when you eat something which is not good for you. But remember, this only works if you have an active conscious and your thyroid gland is active.

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What your Body says

When you order the extra cold drink and you can hardly swallow.

When you take the puff and can’t stop coughing.

When you took a second helping of fried and extra spicy drumsticks. When you just finished an extra heavy dinner at midnight.

When your tooth started tingling and you had a headache after eating that chocolate bar.

When you had a constant sour taste in the mouth.

When you couldn’t swallow, because of that burning sensation in your throat.

The bloating and burn in the pit of the stomach and those sleepless nights will all tell you if your diet and lifestyle is working for you. You don’t need anyone else to tell you that. But a little timely reminder may just make you look closer. The question is what will you do after you have looked?

Will you make some changes? Will you take out another health insurance? Will you eat fresher and better ? Will you start exercising?

Life is for you to enjoy, why would you want to work hard, save your money for only buying medicines? Shouldn’t you take care of your body today, so that your health needs the support of nutrients and not medicines?

Ignore the myths about Probiotic that ads sell! This book is free on Kindle unlimited:Enjoy freedom from bad nutrition advice!

Can you do this for your body? If that’s a decision you don’t want to take that’s fine. I am sure Big Pharma will thank you. But not your body. Wake up and do the right thing.

Now some Bad Nutrition Advice which needs breaking

1)Diet cola is good: Not
2)Skipping food groups is good for you: Not
3)Skip carbohydrates: You definitely shouldn’t get rid of all complex carbs from your diet as they provide a lot of benefits. It’s the simple sugars which you should skip.
4)Anyone can give diet and nutrition advice: Not
5)Processed food from organic brands are great: Not
6)You can just take supplements instead of a balanced diet: Not

How to check whether its Bad Nutrition advice?

1)It’s given by someone who shows no proof of their qualifications.
2)Shared by someone with no authority to share health advice.
3)Their research is sketchy.
4)They make it look too easy.
5)They will promote a food type, food group or food product specifically.
6)You will need to spend money to get advice.

What have you done for your health this year? Write to me in the comments below.

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