DR. NIMAIN CHARAN BISWAL

  TIPS TO CONSUME CUSTARD APPLE (SITA PHAL) HAPPILY   I am writing this note as certain facts struck to my mind while buying some Custard Apple ( Sita Phal, in Odia also called as “Badhial“ ) for home consumption in the morning. Custard Apple is a very nice fruit, very popular and consumed throughout India. This is the season, we get a lot in matured condition in the market, plentily available now in Mumbai (Bombay ). But, there is an issue invariably with this nice fruit. Most of the times you will find some spider-net and miniature whitish type of stuff stuck to the groves of the custard apple sold in the market. This stuff is usually the saliva ( spider net is also saliva of spider ) and spider net looking insects called as "mealy bugs" and eggs of some insects who eat and survive on Custard Apple plants and fruits. If you consume such fruits without properly cleaning it, invariably there may be a possibility of throat infection. During COVID-19 time, even a throat inf...

  RAKSHA BANDHAN ( RAKHI PURNIMA ) IS A TRADITION DRAWING ITS ROOTS FROM LORD KRISHNA PHILOSOPHY …   Lord Krishna Philosophy is such a rich philosophy, there is no other philosophy that can match its depth. Raksha Bandhan which got celebrated today largely among Indians around the Globe, draws its roots from Lord Krishna Philosophy by the following story lines :   1. Once Lord Krishna accidentally cut His finger by Sudarshan chakra and started bleeding profusely. It’s “ Draupadi “ who tore threads from her Saree and tied the finger of Lord Krishna to stop bleeding.   2. Durbasha Rishi who is known for his fire like great anger in mythology, once while taking bath in the Ganges lost his clothes which got washed away by water current of Ganges. “ Draupadi “ was bathing nearby in the Ganges with a group of her lady escorts. Rishi Durbasha went nearer to them while still naked inside water and requested the group of bathing ladies if anyone could donate a piece o...