RDI BLOG

As Swami Veda says in “WANAM: African & Indian –A spiritual Dialogue… For Forty Days After birth theoretically Mother And Child Remain confined in a room, in a chamber, given complete rest.  This Still happens in many village societies in India, it no longer happens in the city societies, where women go out to work. … Sacrament: Forty days after birth

Who taught meditation for the first time? Indian woman. I am going to give you that history.  Outside every village there is a plaza with a well.  Indian women go there in the evening to fetch water, balancing vessels of water on their heads.  Women like to speak to each other about their pains and … Meditation and Women

On May 25, 1994 Buddha Purnima day, a brown sandstone Buddha was inaugurated at the Himalayan Hospital by the then Finance Minister of India, Sri Manmohan Singhji.  Two beautiful Buddha statues  had come from Orissa – one was this that was installed here at the Himalayan Institute and the other, a beautiful jade green one, … Buddha Purnima

Chakrata and Kalsi are two mountainous blocks of Dehradun district which have the maximum tribal population of Uttarakhand. Both blocks have extreme inaccessibility to basic amenities and healthcare facilities, posing various challenges for the tribal people. Large family size and traditional practices restrict young women to adopt the modern health services hence a large number … Innovative Outreach Primary Health Care Services for Tribal Communities

As the current Covid wave engulfs the nation through encounter with large deaths, the focus rightly has come on the orphans and the need for adoption legally.  Well, it takes us back the memory lane of how we strengthened our scholarship program. Our Founder had enabled set up of libraries in Universities, enabled bright individuals to … Scholarship Program

Once confident that the mother and child programs had gained a certain momentum and continuity, we began the work on the next generation viz the adolescents in the early 2000.  Our first endeavour in this regard began twofold: health and lifestyle management program for 100 adolescents at micro level and at macro level through a … Reaching out to the Adolescents…