Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratnas 2025: Double olympic medalist Manu Bhaker; World chess champion D Gukesh; Indian men’s hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh; Paralympian Praveen Kumar.
Arjuna award (lifetime) winners include: Sucha Singh (athletics); Murlikant Rajaram Petkar (Para-swimming). Dronacharya (lifetime) award winners include: S Muralidharan (badminton); Armando Agnelp Colaco (Football).
Rohit Sharma rests for the finalfor final test at Sydney. With Ashwin going, Rohit resting, Virat not up to the mark, It is time India restrategizes, restructures its teams for T20, ODIs, Tests. Even the support, coaching, selection teams too.
India, it appears, got modern humans, Homo sapiens, probably originated in Africa, since 73,000 years agoyears. Sedentariness might have evolved some 10,000 years ago. Settled life – 7,000 years ago. This might be the Indus Valley Civilization period. Vedic period might just be 5,000-7,000 years. Hindu way of life with intermingled paths, streams and emergingemerged non-Abrahamic religions might be in the order of 4,000 years. Caste system might be much younger, less than 4,000 years.
Introversion. Introvert to extrovert is a continuum. Making them two halves of the continuum. About half of the world might tend to be introverts. Most of us tend to be introverts sometimessome time, and extroverts sometimes. We move back and forth on this continuum. It is eminently possible, we have a dominant ‘streak’ this way or that way. Most gifted people (75%+) are introverts, while this world is built for extroverted beings. Being quiet is not bad. Being loud could be, at times. Being social is fine. Being reflective, meditative for a while everyday is useful. Being reactive, proactive has to be learnt. It is learnable. Teams of extroverts-introverts can do more wonders, rather than only extroverts, or only introverts. Of course, they need to be synced teams first. Technologies can help in syncing better. Can we try? We cannot go forward with one half, leaving the other half.
Mind and body need to be in balance. Pace, stress, connectivity may disturb this balance badly. Our wellbeing, wellness is physical, mental, social, spiritual – all hand-in-hand. Intricate interplay. Influencing one another. Unhappy mind causes physical problems and vice-versa. Brain, based on its activities, produces substances that improve health. Quick stress is fine, but not chronic.
Can we reflect, revisit life, lifestyle, reconnect co-lives, coexisting lives? Can we meditate, time without stress, tension, anxiety – may be waking, reading, writing, observing, watching, solving puzzles-crosswords, listening to music, being with children, elderly, friends, people, meaningfully, doing hobbies, travelling, meeting people, being in nature macro, micro? In the present, being mindful, breath centric, body scan, visualization journeys, mantra(s), kindness-giving-loving et al. Attached detachment, detached attachment. Fasting, reduced sugar, carbohydrate consumption. Taking more water. sleeping when sleepy, working till that time. Keep changing activities during the day. Celebrating. Being together, being connected protects us. Isolation and loneliness influence proteins towards serious health conditions. Can we be human, humane, social, natural? Life is friendlyLife friendly, with gratitude, humility, hope, faith. Can we care, promise? Can we always bebe always with ‘universe’?
Yes, we can. If we coexist, keep flowing. Syncing inner-outer, mind-body. In N? sangamayoga for 7L.
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