Trees had a crucial role to play in ancient Indian medicinal practices like Siddha and Ayurveda. Silent, majestic guardians of health, these medicinal trees of India have healed countless ailments and formed part of our cultural and spiritual lives. Today, many of them are disappearing.
Today's world may give the best comforts but exhaustion comes with the package. The tricky situation is that this exhaustion is not just physical but also mental and emotional. For many women, especially those balancing work and home, handling caregiving and with creative pursuits, this constant fatigue feels like the norm.
Adulterated foods have found their way into our kitchen shelves without our knowledge. It is not vegetables and fruits only anymore. Foods with amazing medicinal properties are targeted for quick profits. Cumin, a spice used all over the world hasn't escaped adulteration.
Between 1990s and 2006, India lost over 99% of its vulture population. This not only left our skies emptier but also posed great risk for our environment. Humans did not make an escape either. Due to the decline of these natural sanitation workers, human population took a severe beating during this declining phase.
Certain animal species are often in the news these days and the news is not comforting. The last century has seen the heartbreaking extinction of several incredible species — many of them wiped out due to human actions. Here are ten animals that disappeared from our world forever, reminding us of the urgent need to protect what remains so ecological balance is maintained.
