Every year since 2014, Menstrual Hygiene Day (May 28) has been celebrated in all countries under different themes. This year, the focus is on “Making menstruation a normal fact by 2030.” The theme itself explains how to make menstruation a normal fact of life and how to integrate it into all aspects of life. Menstrual … School Menstrual Hygiene Program: Need of the hour for Sustainable Change
Interesting coincidences of centenaries. MGIMS (Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences) began in the Gandhi centenary year. And as we begin to celebrate Swami Rama’s centenary year, MGIMS alumini meet is being hosted today in his karma bhoomi ! Love Serve Remember is the motto of HIHT and Satya Dharm Prem that of MGIMS ! … Gandhiji and Swamiji
While in the country, TB (tuberculosis) treatment was moving from a sanatorium to a comprehensive program, at the Institute, it was the early days of establishment. It was a time when there used to be animated discussions between those trained in the west and those from the east. One of the earliest volunteer who joined … A collaborative effort towards TB
Instruction in meditation should form an integral part of our educational system so that our children, when they grow up, can face the most difficult circumstances in their lives with equanimity and poise and lead a life totally devoid of tension – Swami Rama World across on the full moon day of Vesak is celebrated … Buddha Purnima
It was 2011. We had just successfully conducted years of adolescent girls program through 891 anganwadi centers in three hill districts of Uttarakhand. I had signed up to conduct my first Silence retreat for others at Sadhana Mandir ashram by the Ganges. The opening session was to be at 5pm. That afternoon, received a frantic … Full Circle
A few years back, we were made Regional Trainers for adolescent health for the north-eastern states of India. As part of that, the first training was organised at Guwahati, Assam. With the place intimately connected with Swamiji’s experience with his Mother Teacher, we made way to the Kamakhya temple where he met her. This is … Mother Teacher’s place
Does one flow with the trend or does one follow one’s conscience mandate? What happens when one encounters the gap between one’s Knowing and Being. One such incident happened yesterday. The ushering of the New Year/spring festival is traditionally done in the hills with young girls laying flowers at the doorsteps of the houses and … Digression
Nagthath in Khalsi block of Dehradun district is home to Jaunsari tribes who constitute 33% of the population in the State. Since 2004, RDI has made localized efforts in offering its services to the people from this earlier hard to reach tribal population. Many interventions done include clinical services through our post graduate medical students; … We’ve come of Age !
Phooldei is celebrated on the first day in the month of Chaitra in mid-March. On this day, young girls conduct most of the ceremonies. In some places it is celebrated throughout the month with the advent of spring. The festival is celebrated both in Kumoun and Garhwal region of Uttrakhand. During this day young girls … Phooldei festival
