Polling ended. Modi’s meditation ended. It was at the same spot where Vivekananda meditated. It was about the future of India by Vivekananda. He was referring to the all-pervading, all-knowing, all-powerful – who is s/he? The sum total of all souls. He concluded that we have to get rid of poverty and hunger. This work itself, with no reason, is worship. He called for tolerance. He called for accepting all religions as true. He reminded us of how we sheltered the persecuted and refugees from all nations. He confirmed – different streams having their sources in different paths, crooked or straight, all lead to ‘him’. He confirmed – help and not fight; assimilation not destruction; harmony and peace, not dissension. Can we meditate and get this?
Exit polls announced. Average prediction of Exit polls is NDA/BJP – 360 – range: 281-415. My guesstimate, now revised, is 335, with BJP about 300. In Telangana. – TRS may not exceed 1. BJP and Congress – maybe 7-8 each. BJP may get a seat or two each in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Karnataka, it can be 15-16 for BJP. Maharashtra, West Bengal – there is a tug of war. In UP – 60. BJP may lead in Odisha. J&K may not go the BJP way. However, Kharge thinks INDIA would make it. In the states – BJP may sweep Arunachal, Sikkim may go to Sikkim Krantikari Morcha, Odisha may continue with BJD itself, Naveen Patnaik may get a record sixth term, and AP may go to TDP, NDA way.
Results: Sikkim and Arunachal – 2 June. AP, Odisha, Loksabha – 4 June. They may vindicate the above.
Milk. India is the largest milk producer in the world, thanks to Verghese Kurien. India produces 25% of the world’s milk. In India, 40% of farmers have dairy as their supplementary livelihood. Today, India consumes 427 g/day vis-à-vis World 305 g/day. Will the milkman get the Bharat Ratna? MS Swaminathan got this year already. For him, Nitya received it.
Milk contains, other than water, predominantly fat, carbohydrates (mostly lactose) and protein, and a small % of minerals, including calcium, and B vitamins. For example, cow milk typically contains 3.4% protein, 3.6% fat, 4.6% lactose, and 0.7% minerals and provides 66 kcal per 100 gms, as against human milk – 1.1% protein, 4.2% fat, 7% lactose, and 72 kcal per 100 gms. Buffalo will have higher protein – 4.5%, fat – 8%, 100 kcal per 100 gms. The proportions may vary from animal to animal, breed to breed. The process of high temperatures of 72°C in a short time of 15 seconds is called pasteurization, which kills pathogenic bacteria and makes it safe to drink later. Whole milk can be considered low glycemic, with an index of about 40. Its protein quality is considered excellent/high with a score of 1.4.. 600 Crore people drink milk and 100 Crore live in dairy farming. Can these consumers drink chemical-free milk? Can these producers move to ‘natural’ chemical milk, and get a fair share of the consumer rupee? Will their well-being become better off?
Are we going through burnout stages – feeling a strong need to prove ourselves; working harder, harder; neglecting personal needs such as sleep, nutrition, etc.; blaming others, circumstances; changing our values, and goals; denying problems of stress; withdrawing from social life; seeing a change in our behaviour, stopping conversations that matter; feeling detached, empty, numb; substance abuse; depressed, lost, exhausted; mentally and physically collapsed. Can we recognize the stage, and activate coping? We can turn around, and be on the top of burnout, despite its stage. Can we?
Yes, we can. If we coexist, co-flow. In N? In vyyaktika ikshanayoga for 7L.
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