Historian-author Audrey Truschkes new book will analyse a hitherto overlooked group of histories on Indo-Muslim or Indo-Persian political events through a few dozen Sanskrit texts that date from the 1190s until 1721.

Published by Penguin India, the book, The Language of History: Sanskrit Narratives of Muslim Pasts, seeks to collect, analyse, and theorize Sanskrit histories of Muslim-led and, later, as Muslims became an integral part of Indian cultural and political worlds, Indo-Muslim rule as a body of historical materials.

Writing The Language of History was an opportunity for me to return to my first love in the study of premodern Indian history: Sanskrit literature. In the book I survey about 3 dozen Sanskrit histories, most of them versified poetry, that discuss Indo-Muslim political figures, Truschke told PTI.

After the Ghurids overthrew the Chauhan kingdom under Prithvi Raj Chauhan and established themselves as the Muslim political figures in northern India, Indian men (and at least one woman) produced dozens of Sanskrit texts on Muslim-initiated political events.

The texts were written between the 1190s and the 1720s. I was surprised again and again while reading these texts, some of which have never been translated. This project cemented, for me, the importance of primary source research for enhancing our understanding of premodern Indian history, said the author of Aurangzeb: The Life and Legacy of Indias Most Controversial King.

Indias premodern learned elite only ceased to write on Indo-Muslim political power in Sanskrit when the Mughal Empire began to fracture beyond repair in the early eighteenth century.

This archive lends insight into formulations and expressions of premodern political, social, cultural and religious identities. Given the current political climate in India, where nationalist claims are often grounded on fabricated visions of Indias premodernity, this book also contributes to ongoing debates in the Indian public sphere, the publisher said in a statement. The book will hit the stands on January 18.

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Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has said that the state proposes to rename dragon fruit as Kamalam. Dragon fruit does not sound appropriate, Rupani said; Kamalam was apt because the characteristic fuchsia spikes or petals of the fruit recall a lotus in bloom.

Dragon fruit is the fruit of a species of wild cactus indigenous to South and Central America, where it is called pitaya or pitahaya. The fruits flesh is usually white or red although there is a less common yellow pitaya too and is studded with tiny seeds rather like the kiwifruit.

The worlds largest producer and exporter of dragon fruit is Vietnam, where the plant was brought by the French in the 19th century. The Vietnamese call it thanh long, which translates to dragons eyes, believed to be the origin of its common English name.

Dragon fruit is also cultivated in apart from its native Latin America Thailand, Taiwan, China, Australia, Israel, and Sri Lanka. It was brought to India in the 1990s, and is grown in Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Odisha, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It grows in all kinds of soil, and does not require much water.

Eating the dragon fruit

To eat directly, halve the fruit and scoop out the flesh with a spoon. Or, cut the ends, pull off the leathery skin, and chop up the egg-shaped white flesh to eat.

Dragon fruit can be made into smoothies or shakes. Despite its spectacular good looks, it has a mild, almost bland flavour, which makes it adaptable for a variety of sweet and savoury dishes from salads and relishes to cakes and tacos.

In Latin America, pitaya juice is popular. Last year, a Ho Chi Minh City bakery made bread with dragon fruit that couldnt be sold due to Covid-19 restrictions.

The idea of renaming

In his Mann Ki Baat broadcast on July 26 last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had lauded the farmers of Kutch for taking up cultivation of dragon fruit and adopting innovative practices, calling it the very spirit of self-reliance.

On August 6, Ram Kumar, additional principal chief conservator of forests (social forestry) in the Gujarat forest department, forwarded to the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) a proposal on renaming the fruit Kamalam. This, Kumar wrote, would boost awareness and expansion, and contribute to reducing our import dependence in line with Atmanirbhar Bharat.

Kamalam is also the name of the BJP headquarters in Koba in Gandhinagar, and the kamal lotus is the BJPs election symbol. Rupani, however, said no politics was involved in the renaming. Gujarat government has decided that dragon fruit is not a suitable word. Across the world it is known as dragon fruit and one thinks of China. So we have given the name Kamalam. It is a fruit like the lotus, he said.

Where the proposal stands

ICAR sources said the Gujarat governments proposal had been forwarded to the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. ICAR does not do everything in this respect. ICAR is the recommending body. Whatever nomenclature, release of varieties, production, it is all done by the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, the other wing, and not the research wing, Dr A K Singh, ICARs deputy director general (agricultural extension), to whom Kumars proposal was addressed, said.

ICAR officers said such a proposal would need approval from the Botanical Survey of India and the National Biodiversity Authority under the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. Dragon fruit is not a species native to India and any change in its nomenclature in official annals can lead to international litigation. Hence, the opinion of BSI and NBA matters, an ICAR official said.

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New Delhi: In a bid to reduce the stress levels of the students, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced that from the upcoming academic session of 2021-22, the board will be introducing two levels of English and Sanskrit in addition to the existent Mathematics and Hindi. The announcement was made by the education ministry earlier on Monday. Also Read - CBSE to Introduce Biometric System to Stop Cheating in Board Exams? Latest Update Students Should Know

As per reports, the suggestion to conduct the two-level exam for English and Sanskrit was taken as part of the National Curriculum Framework under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, and the NEP has also suggested making the board examination low stake, as a reason of which, last year, CBSE introduced Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) or application-based questions. Also Read - CBSE Class 10, 12 Board Exams 2021: Students Wait For Date Sheet as State Boards Release Time Table

According to the Education Ministry, competency-based questions have been already introduced in the Board exams for Class 10 and 12 in a phased manner and the board has decided to increase the number of questions by 10 per cent every year. Also Read - CBSE Board Exam 2021: Students Need Only 23% to Pass This Year? What Govt Said

Apart from this, the central education board is also planning to introduce improvement exams under National Education Policy (NEP) implementation from next academic year, said an official note from the Ministry of Education.

The major portions of NEP will be covered under the new National Curriculum Framework (NCF) and centrally sponsored schemes. The groundwork for NCF is initiated and it is likely to be developed in the next academic session, that is 2021-22, read the ministrys official statement.

Earlier on December 31, 2020, the Education Ministry has released the date of commencement of the CBSE Board Exams 2021, but, the Board has not released the datasheet till now. The CBSE Board Exams 2021 would begin on May 4 and end on June 10. And the practical exams would begin on March 1, giving students enough time to prepare

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Dehradun, Jan 22 (PTI) The Uttarakhand government on Friday authorised the Garhwal Commissioner and the Kumbh Mela official to allocate works up to worth Rs 5 crore and Rs 2 crore respectively to speed up preparations for the forthcoming Kumbh Mela in Haridwar.

The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat here on Friday evening, Cabinet minister Madan Kaushik told reporters.

The mela official has also been authorised to increase the amount to be spent over sanctioned works by 50 per cent if necessary and split works of lengthy nature into two parts, he said.

To promote the Sanskrit language, the cabinet also decided to pay a monthly salary of Rs 15,000 to contractual teachers of the language teaching for more than five years, Rs 25,000 to those teaching for 10 years and Rs 30,000 to those teaching for more than 10 years, Kaushik said.

Contractual teachers of Sanskrit with an M.Phil or PHD degreee will be paid an additional sum of Rs 5,000 per month as per the UGC norms, he said.

As many as 155 contractual teachers of Sanskrit will benefit from the decision, the minister said.

The cabinet also gave its nod to release Rs 3.79 crore for payment of scholarship dues to scheduled caste students of Class 9 and 10 of 2017-18 and 2018-19 sessions.

It also decided to allocate 4.384 hectares of land in Haridwar free of cost to the governing bodies of saints and seers for bhu-samadhi (land burial) of sadhus when they leave for heavenly abode, Kaushik said. PTI ALM AQS AQS

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Dear Editor,

As a recent edition of the Lincoln County Record announced, meetings of the County Commissioners typically begin with an invocation and local faith leaders are often invited to offer it. But according to the Records article, the January 4, 2021, meeting would be quite different.

On January 4, 2021, Rajan Zed, President of the alleged Universal Society of Hinduism, would telephonically open the meeting with Hindu Mantras (a sacred utterance or spiritual sound in Hindu considered to possess mystical or spiritual results). He would then deliver the invocation from ancient Sanskrit scriptures, (an ancient Indo-European language of India, in which the Hindu scriptures are written and Indian languages are derived). After his Sanskrit delivery to the Commissioners, he would then read the English interpretation of his presentation.

Because an invocation is usually defined as a prayer invoking Gods presence, especially one said at the beginning of a religious service or public ceremony, questions surfaced by readers of Zeds article to the Record, as to exactly what Rajan Zed was going to deliver as an invocation.

The Founding Fathers of this Country were Judeo-Christian thinkers and believers and their intention for prayers was to one God revealed in the Holy Bible and not to any other god. Our Pledge of Allegiance which recites we are One Nation Under God and our U.S. Currency bearing the phrase, In God We Trust, are two examples of One God that was held by our Nations Founders to be our One True God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. We are a Christian Nation.

God tells us in Exodus 20:3 You shall have no other gods before me.

Hindus worship many gods and goddesses in addition to Brahman, who is believed to be the supreme god force present in all things.

Americas religious freedom is based on true Christian values, not on any contradictory religious value system.

Because of all the uncertainty behind the motives and agenda of Zed, two local Lincoln County Churches, the Berean Baptist Church Pastor and the leader of the Bible Talk Ministries, along with several church members, attended the Commissioners meeting on January 4, 2021, and were also given the opportunity to offer their invocation and to devote their prayers to the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob after the invocation delivered by Rajan Zed. We are a Christian Nation and we are ONE NATION UNDER GOD who have enjoyed a multitude of blessings from God.

America will always need Gods blessings and assistance. He, and only He, must be made a vital part of everything we do then He will guide us because we will be working to accomplish HIS purpose.

Diane Bradshaw Panaca, Nevada

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The Union Ministry of Education on Monday released an implementation plan for school education to achieve the goals and objectives laid down by the new National Education Policy 2020. It stated that the department has already initiated implementation of the NEP by undertaking a few activities in accordance with the recommendations of the policy. One of the most salient features includes the signing of an MoU between Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre (ISLRTC) and NCERT to develop an Indian Sign Language Dictionary for school education. This will ensure the availability of textbooks and other educational material for hearing-impaired children in sign language in all schools across the country.

The NEP entails that students acquire skills at a young age for effective development and thus it is essential to provide them with the suitable educational material as per their learning requirements. Until now, hearing-impaired children studied through the verbal or written medium in schools. With the MoU signed, these kids will now be able to study through a single medium Indian Sign Language which will, in turn, enhance their vocabulary at a tender age and capabilities to understand concepts better.

The Ministry's release also stated that as a part of the Central Board of Secondary Education's examination reforms, the board is set to "introduce an improvement examination from the year 2021 and will also introduce English and Sanskrit in two levels from the session 2021-22 (it already offers Mathematics and Hindi at two levels). Competency-based questions have been introduced in the Board exams for Class X and XII in a phased manner, increasing by 10 per cent every year." The CBSE board was already offering two levels of Mathematics and Hindi one comparatively easy and one advanced to reduce the stress levels of students. READ ALSO:Pokhriyal reviews work done under NEP 2020, recommends task force for proper implementation The release also spoke on E-learning being expanded through the DIKSHA platform. "DIKSHA provides access to a large number of curriculum-linked e-content through several solutions such as QR coded energised textbooks (ETBs), courses for teachers, quizzes etc. Till date, DIKSHA houses over 3600 QR coded textbooks (tagged with e-content) from 29 states, 1.44 lakh e contents and more than 300 courses," it read.

Since the policy has been designed for the next two decades, various recommendations stated in it have different timelines for implementation. This is why the policy would be implemented in a phased manner, the ministry said while announcing the next course of action regarding the NEP 2020 in its release.

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Bibek Debroy has translated the Bhagavad Gita and is well aware that most people have not read it thoroughly. Through the book he explains the text, dispelling myths along the way and taking the tone of a mentora tone which translates between the pages with the requisite personalisation.

He points out that the Gita is part of the Mahabharata and belongs to the smriti tradition of Sanskrit texts; a smriti text, he explains, is one that is handed down in writing and as a result may vary from generation to generation. Thus, nothing in the Bhagavad Gita is cast in stone.

Chapter by chapter, Debroy takes the reader on a voyage of exploration that includes Sanskrit grammar and the nuances of words and metre, covering the anustubh chhanda that became the seminal form of the shloka, though other variations also followed as poets found themselves requiring some creative liberty. He explains the shlokas that most people know, punctiliously setting them in their context and putting out that meanings can depend on whether the text is divorced from the main body of...

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As per an official statement, the number of competency-based questions for the classes 10 and 12 students will be increased by 10 percent every year in phases, along with introducing improvement exams from 2021 onwards.

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The CBSE board exams are getting closer, day by day. CBSE will conduct the board exams from May 4, 2021, to June 10, 2021. Practical exams for the same will start from March 1, 2021, in the respective schools.

According to an official notification, CBSE will increase the number of competency-based questions by 10 percent for the students of classes 10 and 12. With this, the board will also introduce improvement exams from 2021 onwards.

Last year, CBSE introduced the MCQs or application-based questions. And, from this year, CBSE has decided to increase the number of MCQs. Further, the board has also reduced the syllabus by up to 30 percent for the 2020-2021 academic session for classes 9 to 12.

New National Program Framework ( NCF) fundamentals will be released and should be developed during the next academic session i.e. 2021-2022. The level of these MCQs are expected to be tougher in the exam

CBSE will provide more internal options in the question paper. As per information, these internal options in all sections have been increased by 33%.

CBSE will also offer Mathematics and Hindi in two levels to reduce stress for students, but for the academic year 2021-2022, they will introduce English and Sanskrit language papers in two levels.

The skill test will begin on March 1, giving students plenty of time to prepare. However, the council has yet to release the date sheet.

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Your debut novel, The Illuminated (published by HarperCollins), is out this year. What is it about?

It is the story of two women, mother and daughter, who are forced to see the world anew in the wake of a personal tragedy. The husband/father figure, a renowned architect and an all-round giant of a man around whom their lives revolve, dies on page one.

The world the characters inhabit is changing rapidly. There is a rising tide of religious fundamentalism, among other things. The two women harbour very different world views and the novel attempts to explore these tensions.

The Illuminated is scheduled to be published in July so I dont want to give away too much but Id say its a novel about perception. When the light shifts, you see the world differently.

A lot of recent books by women, from Girl in White Cotton to These, Our Bodies, Possessed by Light, to Women, Dreaming have delved into fraught mother-daughter relationships with absent father figures. Why do you think this is so?

That is an interesting observation and its something Ive given a lot of thought to. Weve all grown up consuming the minutiae of the lives of middle-aged men as literature. Like the protagonist in The Sense of An Ending getting his trousers repaired or the inner dialogue of the protagonist in Desire to cite a few examples dont get me wrong, I love Julian Barnes and JM Coetzee. But thats been the dominant nature of literature for a while now, hasnt it? In the last few years, more and more South Asian writers are writing layered female characters. And when women begin to write about women, how can the mother-daughter relationship be far behind? Its the primary relationship a woman has with another woman.

However, my book is not about the mother-daughter relationship really but about how these two women, and several others around them, respond to the world around them. I doubt any novelist wants to be part of a trend. No one spends years of their life to cash in on a trend. It is simply a happy coincidence albeit a much delayed and welcome one.

As a debut author working with a literary agency, what would be your advice to aspiring writers? How has having an agent shaped your literary journey and how, in your opinion, is the publishing industry in India changing?

Im a big champion of getting yourself an agent. Even half a decade ago, the scene was very different domestically. You either got yourself an international agent or worked directly with a publisher. But now there are at least 8-10 Indian agencies if not more, so there are lots of options. I must confess, I often hear horror stories from my writing peers so its important to vet your agent and ensure you align on your vision. You want an agent who is in it to support your writing career not just making a quick commission off one book.

For me, I cant imagine the journey of this book without Hemali Sodhi of A Suitable Agency, which represents me in the Indian subcontinent. We were acquaintances but we got seriously talking at the Mountain Echoes festival in Bhutan in August 2019 and she became a champion of my book even before she knew she was going to start an agency. So when the time came for it, I followed my instincts and went with her.

In the book, Tara is a Sanskrit scholar while Shashi is immersed in philosophy. Having studied linguistics yourself, did that come into play while shaping these characters? What were the books you imagined your characters would be well acquainted with?

I have a Masters degree in linguistics but I never studied Sanskrit formally. An interest and immersion in both the poetry and mathematics of language is common to both. Since my characters are rather scholarly in their inclination, I decided to read everything I thought they would be reading. So for Tara, I read a lot of Bhartrhari and Bilhana and Kalidasa in translation she would be reading them in Sanskrit though. And for Shashi, Hegel and Sri Aurobindo. As a result, I hadnt caught up on new books in the last few years at all! Im reading them all now.

In what ways has your experience as a journalist and editor helped in developing your fiction?

It hasnt necessarily helped except that it taught me how to respect deadlines.

In fact, being an editor was often detrimental to drafting because I would constantly self edit. I frequently fantasized whether it would have been more pleasurable to write fiction had my day job not involved writing and editing. Like, if I was a banker or an architect, would I be welcoming the chance to work with words at the end of the day?

Fiction demands an entirely different approach and sometimes the rationality and urgency of journalistic writing can come in the way. I know its romantic to say I woke up at 4 am to write but my daytime attention had to be devoted to the jobs I held so I would write from midnight to 2 am whenever I could and through the day most weekends. That way, I had some sense of a shift from one to the other.

Im quite irritated by the impulses of journalism in the Twitter era, which is so much about a this or that culture, so much about virtue signalling and sparring with people who dont wholly align with you. I feel fiction has the opposite impulse, to inhabit characters without judgement.

You were also a Hawthornden Fellow. How did your experience at a writing residency shape your book and would you recommend the same for other first time writers?

Oh, it was a transformative experience. I always thought writing residencies were pretentious. Any writer knows that actual writing happens in your pajamas in solitude under extremely unglamorous circumstances. But Hawthornden was important for me; it completely upended my daily routine and forced me to look at everything differently. It was five of us and the administrator (who is a poet himself) and the cook (who is a cookbook author herself) isolated for a month in a medieval castle with poor internet and the rule of silence between 9 am-6 pm. You dont picture that kind of thing very often, do you? The castle grounds were stunning with deer and beautiful birds I couldnt name. I took long walks, long bubble baths, went to the local bar once a week to check the status of the magazine I edited, but I still managed to go from 50% to 90% of the novel in my time there. It was the most productive one month of a five year journey. I would very much recommend a residency if one has the opportunity and kind bosses whod give them leave.

How has the pandemic altered your reading and writing schedules?

I finished my first draft just weeks before the lockdown. It felt like a cruel joke because Id been desperately trying to carve out periods of isolation for the last couple of years, then I got done, and the whole world went into isolation. I felt like I had been in preparatory mode. As for right now, the diminished social life makes for good, uninterrupted reading time.

What would you wish to write on next? Any genres that you would like to experiment with in your next literary venture?

Im at the starting stages of my next work of fiction and also writing my first screenplay, which has been a whole new experience for me, exploring a different kind of skill set. It is a collaboration with two New York-based writers and an international producer and filming will begin mid year. Yes, Im looking forward to 2021.

Simar Bhasin is an independent journalist. She lives in New Delhi.

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Mantra therapy for health, peace and protection

Published on: Sunday, January 17, 2021

By: Dr T Selva

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Every individual should know the efficacy of mantras, as sound is the link between man and God.

Mantras create waves and the more times a mantra is chanted, the more powerful the wave it generates.

I was fortunate to be initiated into mantra therapy under a renowned Sanskrit scholar, Prof Dr R. Thiagarajan from Chennai, India. Learning the hymn under an expert is regarded as being blessed by divine forces.

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Anyone who wants to harness spiritual power should chant the sacred Sanskrit recitals.

This is because when a mantra is chanted, cosmic rhythm and order come into play and its vibrations bring tremendous benefits to the chanter.

In Vasthu Sastra, chanting mantras in a house is highly recommended because it removes negative entities and energises in the enclosed space. It is important to choose the correct chant so as to experience the desired benefits.

How do mantras work?

Mantras work directly upon our karma, the accumulated latencies and tendencies with which we are born.

The vibrations of these ancient formulas work through the chakras to increase the flow of beneficial energy throughout the subtle body, where our past inclinations are stored.

Mantra therapy starts by increasing the total amount of energy available for all of our activities.

Certain mantras, used singly or in combination, can greatly accelerate the quality and quantity of energy used in the healing process.

However, if the karmic inclination for a given condition is overwhelming, mantra therapy will not remove the difficulty any more than conventional therapy will.

In such a case, mantra therapy can lessen the karmic baggage an individual takes into his future lives.

The energy created through chanting mantras may lead a person to forms of therapy that are quite different from those used initially.

Thus, some unexpected new form of treatment may appear as the fruit of mantra practice.

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Spiritual guru Amma

Results from dedicated mantra practice can take time to manifest.

Minor difficulties might be cleared within two weeks, but more deeply rooted problems may take longer to solve.

A guru or spiritual leader like Mata Amritanandamayi better known as the hugging saint Amma should initiate the mantra process for an individual and if he or she gives a particular mantra to the follower, the latter must not share it with others.

Mantras should be chanted 108 times during each daily therapy session. Have the practice every day for a minimum of two weeks and a maximum of 40 days.

The full 40-day chanting process produces the best results. For tougher problems, a 120-day programme is recommended. At the end of each session, the individual should stop daily chanting and take a break for at least one week.

Mantra is an invocation or a mystical formula that helps the person release the self and attain bliss and ultimate fulfilment. The sounds involved in a mantra are significant as they generate an unusual mystic power in the individual.

Mantras produce vibrations in the surrounding atmosphere and their force depend on the attitude of the chanter as well as the intensity of his concentration.

As mantras are performed through faith, their results cannot be analysed, measured, weighed, or seen.

The force of a mantra can be only felt thus it should be performed with complete faith and according to all the rituals.

The individual should know the meaning of the mantra he is reciting and follow the prescribed methods. He will then experience sensation and vibrations during or at the end of the mantra.

How and when to chant mantras?

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A person who chants aloud will see the effects faster than one who plays chants on an audio system. Observing a vegetarian diet is encouraged.

Besides the three transaction periods sunrise, mid-day and sunset the mantra can be sung anywhere in a house and at any hour of the day as long as the person feels he needs to connect to a higher energy level.

Such activities are ideal in the prayer room located in the north-east of the house, so that divinity can be felt easily. And all mantras should be chanted with the holy sound of Aum (pronounced as Om).

There are three ways to perform a mantra. The first is to do it very slowly so that nobody else can hear. There should only be lip movement.

The second way is in the heart, without any sound or lip movement.

And the final method is to recite the mantra in a low, medium or high tone.

The king of all mantras is the Gayatri mantra, which focuses on polishing the chanters intellect. It can be chanted any time of the day.

The science of mantra says that whatever sound comes out of the mouth is the outcome of the interaction of various organs such as the wind-pipe, tongue, teeth and lips.

The different parts of the mouth are interconnected with various parts of the body and chanting specific mantras can help in healing any ailing organ.

- Dr T. Selva is a speaker and author of the bestseller book Vasthu Sastra Guide. To get a copy contact 012-3299713. He can be contacted at [emailprotected] Facebook: Vasthu Sastra and Website: http://www.vasthusastra.com

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