Sir Albert Howard was the founder of the Organic farming movement. Incidentally, he worked for 25 years in India as an agricultural investigator. His 20 page booklet ‘An Agriculture Testament’ covers everything you need to know about organic agriculture. In this issue, we have given a few of his quotable quotes on the subject.
Shri.N.Krishnamurthi covers the related topic of ‘Food, Diet, Nutrition and Food security’ by way of dialogue between the Ostrich, Parrot and Swan.
In 1854 Chief Seattle gave a stirring speech about the sanctity of the land and the need for careful stewardship of it.
“I want to know God’s thoughts. The rest is details”. This quotation by Albert Einstein puzzled many. However, Einstein was pantheist – worshiper of all Gods. He may not have believed in any conventional notion of God. But believed that “a spirit is manifested in the laws of the Universe – a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble”.
Vivekananda Kendra Kanyakumari organized 183rd Free Eye Camp in Vivekanandapuram Campus on 3rd August 2016. Dr Tushara, Dr Mansi and 15 member medical team from Aravind Eye Hospital Tirunelveli conducted the camp. United India Insurance Company Ltd; (UII Co Ltd) Nagerkovil branch sponsored the camp.
In this month’s newsletter, ever clever Tenali Raman is explaining the Ruler the holistic approach to Health. In our happenings section, we have our usual training programmes on ‘Sustainable Agriculture’, workshop on Varma practices and Mason training at a far-off Dist of Perumbalore of Tamilnadu.