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പ്ലഗൈരിസം അഥവാ ആശയമോഷണം

പ്ലഗൈരിസം അഥവാ ആശയമോഷണം 

(ഉടൻ പ്രതീക്ഷിക്കുക )

Tea shops in Malayalam Cinema

CULTURAL HUBS, WHERE ORDINARY BECOMES EXTRAORDINARY: A JOURNEY THROUGH TEASHOPS IN SELECT MALAYALAM MOVIES

            Cinema emerged as a medium of entertainment.  But gradually owing to its mass popularity it acquired the role of creating awareness and educating the public.  To achieve this role it started becoming a document of our lives and a record of our time and space.  A society is molded to a great extent by historical events.  So naturally a popular medium in the society also gets influenced by historical factors. Thus cinema industry also started reflecting the ideals propounded by various historical events.

            If we analyze the history of a state like Kerala we can end up with a handful of such historical movements.  As we all know Kerala has   long tales of sufferings to tell and also many number of movements to share with.  It has emerged as a powerful state as a result of such movements.  We can even go to the extent of saying that as a result of the echoing of the several national movements only we are now what we are.  Thanks to the reformation movements and the reformers.

            The national movements and the ideas propounded by the national leaders started penetrating into Kerala and the people of the region started accepting these ideals as their own.  They were so inspired by those ideals that it became their way of life to form a critical opinion about every issue that came in their way.  Therefore the idea of an ideal place became very essential for the people from various strata of the society to sit and discuss about the issues.  That is how the wayside restaurants popularly known as teashops started appearing on stage.

            The movement called Panthibhojanam or mixed eating was the immediate cause for the emergence of teashops.  This movement propounded the idea of people from various castes and communities sitting together and eating.  This was indeed a revolutionary step especially in a caste ridden society like Kerala.  As a result of such reform movements, the marginalized in the society started acquiring freedom of movement.  They started demanding higher wages for the works they have done.  Thus most of the people in the deprived sections of the society, no longer remained deprived.  They started becoming economically independent.  This economic freedom helped people to get an access into the teashops.  These wayside restaurants welcomed anybody who could pay them for the food they offered.  Thus there was a play of economy based on money and the conditions of the society in these wayside restaurants which helped them to evolve and develop and become a part and parcel of our daily lives and popular media like cinema. 

            This paper attempts to offer an analysis of how the wayside restaurants were a major element in a couple of Malayalam movies and also how they played an important role in the fictions from which these movies were adapted.  I have tried to analyze the films Neelakuyil, Bhargavi Nilayam and Olavum Theeravum adapted from novels by Uroob, Muhammad Basheer and M.T. Vasudevan Nair respectively.  In all these fictions and films the importance of teashops was never belittled.  Teashops were the centre of attraction in all these fictions.   And therefore when films were made out of these fictions, teashops also emerged a powerful mechanism through which the plot developed.

            Cinema is for all the sections of the society.  That is why it has emerged as a popular medium.  Anybody can watch a movie.  Therefore we can say that in a way cinema promotes secularism.  Your caste or religion never determined your right to watch a movie. And such a secular medium can address any issue of the society and provide a solution that can redress the grievances.  So how can a filmmaker ensure his audience about the pain he has taken in ensuring secularism and addressing issues of the society in his film?  It is through such subtle measures like shooting a scene in the wayside restaurants that they do so. 

            The teashops or the wayside restaurants are the abodes of the so called marginalized. The customers in the teashops are treated only as individuals.  People from different strata of the society meet at such places.  They can assert their individuality by raising their opinions on whatever issues, whether they may be on major or minor incidents in these wayside restaurants.  Thus these teashops offer an opportunity to every person who otherwise does not get a chance to express their opinions in the public sphere.  Every person craves for attention.  Everybody wants others to hear their views.  Teashops help them not only to achieve their desires but also in broadening their perspectives.  Assertion of individuality moulds our personality.  Without the characters knowledge, teashops provide them this opportunity.

            Teashops also offer a chance for the audience to see different types of observers.  There are both passive and active observers in the society.  When such people find a place in teashops, the active observers actively involve in discussing the various issues in the society by reading newspapers, exchanging local news or by simply chatting.  In films such active observers have a major role to play.  It is through them that the major concerns or the message of the film gets revealed.  In our real life also such active observers are actively concerned with the issues of the society.  Their opinions form the basis of the critical opinion of the public.  Such opinions can even have an impact on the running of the government machinery.   But only difference between reality and reel is that in real life active observers express their opinions through mass media and also by becoming a part of several organizations whereas in cinema, the wayside restaurants become an ideal place for such discussions. 

            There is yet another group who must be given space at these juncture- Passive observers.  They remain passive both in reality and reel.  This may be because of several reasons.  Either they do not have enough courage to speak out their opinions or they do lack any such critical ideas.  Such characters also get a chance to participate in such discussions simply by nodding or smiling or just passively accepting or opposing in their minds the views of the active observers who both observe and react to the major issues which they also in a sense wanted to do.  Thus such characters are also given a space in teashops.  They enter into them as mere passive individuals but go out as enlightened individuals at least in their minds, so later when a chance comes they can also express their ideas.  Cinema is a reflection of the society and therefore both the passive and active observers form a part of the reel. 

            There is also an innate sincerity even in the items exhibited in the teashops.  What is the typical image of a teashop that we have in mind?  A shed, where there are bunches of bananas,  a glass shelf where various food items are kept, desks, benches, the owner usually in vests, one or two helpers etc.  What does such a scene symbolize?  Poor working class background is brought on screen through teashops.  They come to teashops to spend their free time, trying to relieve themselves from the drudgery of their works.  That is how teashops become the hubs where ordinary is given space and helps the ordinariness to emerge as extraordinary.  When the ordinary working class people are given individuality by offering them a space in the teashops they come out with extraordinary ideas which may become the backbone of the cinema.

            Teashops are in a way cultural hubs.  Every society wants its culture to be imparted into the mindset of the people so that they can be followed by everybody.  Cinema makes the job easier through teashops.  People from various sections of the society come and sit in teashops.  Anything under the sun can become a matter of discussion for them. They discuss and even indulge in a verbal duel to prove their points.  Almost all the characters try to prove their points.  But at the same time everybody will be cautious about their culture and so they try to prove their points by holding on to their cultural concerns.  Anything against their culture won’t be tolerated by the people.  Thus teashops within cinema act as the mouthpiece of the society by trying to create a positive impression in the minds of the audience about one’s own cultural background. 

            Teashops also acted as the newspaper as well as the reference book of an area.  Whenever a person comes to the place for the first time, generally the local teashop is the place where he goes first.  This is done to understand the nature of the place where he has now arrived.  Teashops act as a helping guide to understand the past, present of that area.  It always welcomes anybody into its arms.  That is why in most of the works whether in fiction or in film the protagonist will first step into the teashop of that area where he is a newcomer.  Sometimes teashops can also become a locale where gossips are generated.  In certain instances they generate humor and certain other times they help the plot to take a turning point. 

            This paper tries to give a discussion on the role of the wayside restaurants in bringing out the message of the films Neelakuyil, Bhargavi Nilayam, Olavum Theeravum.  Neelakuyil, a 1954 film is based on a story by Uroob under the same name.  The film, directed by Ramu Kariat and P. Bhaskaran presents teashop as a major character.  Neelakuyil narrates the story of a high born school master Sreedharan Nair played by Satyan and a Dalit woman Neeli played by Kumari.  This school master rejects her when he comes to know that she is pregnant and marries an aristocratic woman.  Neeli dies in childbirth.  Sankaran Nair, the character played by the director P. Bhaskaran himself, looks after the child.  Later Sreedharan Nair admits his mistake and accepts the child. 

            The narrative of Neelakuyil moves between the household world and the outer world.  The household setting is represented by the world of the protagonist Sreedharan Nair.  The most important thing about the protagonist is that he makes his appearance not even once in the teashop.  This is a clear hint of his character.  He likes to live in a secluded and isolated world of his own.  He does not welcome changes.  He believes in his own orthodox principles and therefore he abandons Neeli when he comes to know that she is pregnant.  He never visits the local teashop Bhagavathi Vilasom owned by Manavalan Joseph may be because of his habit of withdrawing himself into his own world.  Teashop being the centre of activity and driving the plot forward must have brought changes in him if he would have visited it at least once.  He should have understood the depth of feelings innate in the minds of ordinary people, which he failed to understand in his relationship with Neeli, if he would have stepped there at least once.  As a contrast to this protagonist, the movie offers another character played by the director himself.  The character Sankaran Nair makes this teashop his favourite hangout.  He is a character who welcomes changes unlike the protagonist.  That is why he looks after the baby boy of Neeli and Sreedharan Nair even when the father is alive and is not ready to look after the baby who is born out of a low caste woman.  He visits the teashop frequently where everybody is given freedom of speech, open thought and physical interactions.  The teashop visited by people from various cross sections of the society like peasants, fishmongers, hawkers etc offer him solace from the dilemma he might have been undergoing in his mind. 

            There was a tendency for the high born to keep away from local teashops.  The only person who is indifferent to this tendency in Neelakuyil is a member of a declining tharavad who frequently visits Bhagavati Vilasom teashop to sell the things he has taken from the tharavad.  But anyways the teashop in the film Neelakuyil has acted as an important tool in the hands of the film makers to convey the important message of the film which is to break the walls of discrimination based on caste, colour, and creed.  Another important element that adds beauty to the film is the songs.  If such an element of embellishment is shot within a teashop, it once again emphasizes the idea that teashops can not only become the mouthpiece of a film but also can enrich the essence of the films.  The song in Neelakuyil, Kayalarikathu, is an example for this.

            Bhargavi Nilayam, a 1964 film is based on Muhammad Basheer’s story Neelavelicham.  The movie directed by A. Vincent utilizes the possibility of teashop to a great extent.  Many major events take place here.  Just like the household world and outer world in Neelakuyil, two faces of that locality are portrayed in Bhargavi Nilayam.  Bhargavi Nilayam, the name of the house which is regarded as a ghost house by the people of that area has a story to tell.  It shares the information of the tragic fate of Bhargavi, a beautiful girl who died mysteriously.  This sharing of information happens in the local teashop. For the people who meet in the teashop, this mansion is a mysterious place where eerie things happen because of Bhargavi who is now a ghost.  This eerie mansion where abnormal things happen is in total contrast to the local teashop where normal things happen as it is a representation of the real world.  The writer who comes to stay in that eerie mansion first visited the local teashop and it is from here that he came to know about the mysteriousness of the place where he lives.  It is here where we meet the alleged murderer of Bhargavi her own ‘muracherukan’.  The writer gradually started accepting the views of people who frequented the local teashop coupled with his own experiences in the house.  He emerges a kind of hero to the people of that locality.  This is because he showed great courage to stay in that haunted mansion.  Thus the most important thing as far as film is concerned is the evolution of a hero and this happens in both the fiction and the film through the people who frequented the teashop. 

            Olavum Theeravum a 1970 P.N. Menon movie is based on M.T. Vasudevan Nair’s novel.  This movie tells the story of a person Bappotty, the hero, proving himself at a teashop near a ferry.  The teashop acts as the source of strength for the hero.  It is here that he interacts with the society and makes exchanges with the people. Many confrontational scenes of the film take place in the teashop.  The film maker has tried to introduce such scenes with the help of certain elements like silence, broken down gramophone, the sound of the river lapping the bramble thick shorelines of the teashop.  The teashop in this film is owned by Kuttan Nair.  It is akin to the title itself.  The title Olavum Theeravum itself is centred around the teashop as the river reflects the sounds produced within the teashop.  The sound is the voice of the society.  The intermingling of voices heard within the teashop, come out of the teashop and echoes in the ripples of the river which carries the storyline forward. This merging of different opinions heard within the teashop where everyone knows everyone else becomes an example for the harmonious existence expected from the people in any society. 

            Fictional works are the outcome of the imaginations and experiences of the writers who tried to present them clothed in the right choice of words and ideas catering to the interests of the reading public.  Once such fictions hit the right track, entertainment promoters indulge in the effort to make such works into films so that they can reach to a larger number of audience.  The main difference between the fiction and the film is that film reproduces the visual imagery hidden within the deep recesses of the minds of the readers.  Film makers undertake painstaking efforts to add colour to the visuals that the readers of the works have in their minds.  They want the effect to stay on in the minds of the audience for a long time.  Keeping such an aim in their mind they try to reproduce the techniques used in fictions and also in films, usually by adding an extra colour to those techniques.  The use of local teashops in movies is one such technique.  The film makers try to recreate the usual scene in a village where teashops are the only hangouts in most cases.  They thus include the images generally associated with a real teashop in their movies also.  The paper till here tried to analyze the major aspects of teashops.  But one thing that I personally felt is that these teashops which acted as the backbone of both the films and the society were the hangouts only for the male gender.  In most cases, women kept out off the scene or simply remained within the interiors of such set ups by doing the works allotted to them. They were not given a chance to participate in the discussion that happened in the teashops.  This may be because of the fact that society at that time had not welcomed such daring steps.  But gradually the attitude of the society changed.  Women started coming into the foray of the discussions that molded the public opinions.  But then the teashops started becoming a part of nostalgia giving way to grand hangouts.  Except for some movies it remained out of the scene.

            Most of the films of the contemporary time present high restaurants and hotels as the favourite areas of the present generation.  Even if some character ventures to go to a teashop it is highlighted as if he or she is doing an extraordinary thing.  Years ago you step into the teashops as an ordinary being as the teashops were the centre of activity for a huge mass of people.  But years later you simply get into the teashop to enjoy the nostalgic reminiscences.  But it is really heartening to see some welcoming changes like Minister Muneer opening his Face Book account in front of a teashop with a group of youngsters.  This shows that today’s society wishes to bring back those cultural hubs where ordinary things once gleamed extraordinary.  Let us wait again for those local teashop scenes both in fictions and in films which once determined the events not only in reel but also in reality.

                       

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PAPAYA LEAF JUICE FOR DENGUE FEVER.....

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Dengue is a viral fever caused by mosquito bites and can be dangerous if not attended in time. Common symptoms are high fever, headache, muscle and joint pain, rashes on the body etc

Papaya leaves are good medicine for dengue fever as it assist human body to increase white blood cells and platelets which is also known as thrombocytes. Since gradual decrease of platelet and white blood causes dengue fever and papaya leaves can cure platelet deficiency in human body. So papaya leaves are good medicine to protect a dengue patient. A dengue patient can drink fresh juice extracted by crushing fresh leaves of papaya.

Besides, papaya leaf contains powerful anti-malarial and anti-cancer properties, important nutrients including vitamins A, C, and E. To fight against dengue disease a person has to strengthen his immune system. As papaya leaf possesses some nutrient elements which help to strengthen our immune system.

It is noteworthy that it is effective only in initial stage of a patient(who is suffering from dengue fever) and nobody should take it as substitute for medical advice.

We know that fresh papaya, rich in vitamins and minerals, is very good for the digestive system. But recently researchers have announced about its having properties that can cure the fatal dengue. According to the Ayurveda researchers at the National Institute for Ayurvedic Drug Development, two enzymes namely chymopapin and papin in the raw papaya leaf can fight viral infections. It also helps revive the white blood cells and the platelet counts (gradual decrease/destruction of which is the reason of many people suffering and dying of dengue). The juice, prepared from fresh papaya leaves, avoiding the veins (of the leaves) and then grinding the green, pulpy part to make a paste, indeed is very bitter in taste.  Physicians advice that 20-25 ml/four to five teaspoons of it twice a day, continuing for at least a week is enough for dengue patient.

I would also like to inform you that fresh papaya leaf extract is proved to have anti-malarial and anti-cancer properties. In some parts of the globe it has been used as a strong preventive to fight malaria. It's said that some American and Japanese physicians/researchers had discovered the useful enzymes in papaya leaf extract having cancer fighting properties (preventing cervix/ breast/liver/lung/pancreatic cancers). Significantly, as it has not been proved during tests examining the toxic effects in papaya leaves, so consumption of it may be said to have no side effects. We really need more research/study on it.

How WEDLOCKS become THREATLOCK

‘Marriage is an institution’, brags lot of people on this so-called life-time commitment. People, they marry their folks, foes, friends sometimes follies and thus the last said sect ends up in ‘divorce’. Most of the marriages are built on financial security and some others on emotional. When they are loose in the bottom, the commitment collapses. Following are some frequently cited reasons for divorce:

1. Lack of commitment towards marriage, sexual incompatibility and infidelity

Commitment may be lacking in one of the partners because marriage happens not always out of love. It could be seen as making a good deal and when it is found that the deal is not what he or she expected divorce happens. Besides, people looking for quick solutions cannot sustain marriage for long.

2. Lack of communication between spouses

Without communication no relationship can be effective. Keeping your resentments simmering within, your partner does not come to know what is happening with you and this is likely to create distance between you and your partner.

3.Abandonment, Alcohol Addiction, Substance Abuse

When one of the partners deserts his or her partner for quite some time or a longer period divorce emerges as the answer. One leaves his or her partner because of the latter’s bad habits.

Alcohol addiction and abuse prevent marital bliss because of the change in behavior pattern which makes an adverse impact upon mental peace and physical security.

4. Physical Abuse, Sexual Abuse and Emotional Abuse
These abuses are not uncommon and tolerating them is not good and a person who loves himself or herself would not put with such abuses.

5.Inability to manage or resolve conflict

Lack of maturity disables one to manage conflicts and handle personality differences or irreconcilable differences’

6.Differences in personal and career goals
People who cohabit before marriage have higher rates of divorce than people who didn’t cohabit before marriage because differences become gigantic in course of time. Initial comfort before marriage was imagined to take things ahead in future but in reality it does not happen.

7. Different expectations about household tasks and financial problems

When expectations do not match it affects relationships most. This leads to personality conflict because none of them are willing to do things or are ready to sacrifice their time and comfort.

Because what one wants the other to do, the other does not do there is dissatisfaction and frustration. In such instances love becomes sour.

8. Intellectual Incompatibility and Inflexibility
Intellectual incompatibility creates misunderstandings. And the smarter person feels frustrated while the less intelligent partner is mad about not reaching the level of intelligence of the other and makes life miserable for himself or herself and for the others also.

9. Mental Instability or Mental Illness

Insanity does not allow space for normal communication.

10. Religious beliefs, cultural and lifestyle differences

Cultural values clash unless we are highly adaptive in nature. Orthodoxy leads to intolerance and conservatism gags the spontaneity of life. So this leads to divorce after some time of marriage

Universal Law of Attraction

Using The Cosmic Universal
Law Of Attraction

What is the Law of Attraction?
The Law of Attraction is just one of many universal laws. The laws of the universe consist of many multitudes of energies that govern the operations of the universe. These cosmic laws exist on what is referred to as the "Sixth Plane" from the Seven Planes of Existence paradigm of creation. The Sixth Plane is the plane of sacred sound, sacred geometry, and the abode of the universal laws.

There are literally hundreds of cosmic laws that exist on the sixth plane in addition to the Law of Attraction which exists under the Law of Magnetism. Some of the others include the Law of Electricity, the Law of Truth (one of my personal favorites!), The Law of Cause and Effect, the Law of Time (where the Akashic records are held), the Law of Justice, the Law of Dimensions, and the Law of Compassion to name just a few.

Using The Law of Attraction
The cosmic laws act as a means by which the entire universe is kept in motion and order. These laws are always affecting us and we are constantly interacting with them whether we realize it or not.

While Some of the laws can be bent, like the law of time, others cannot. However we can learn to work with the laws and learn to better understand how to interact with them in a way that is of benefit to us and our lives.

The same goes for using the Law of Attraction. This cosmic law is always working and playing out in our lives whether we want it to or not. But really understanding how to use this law to better direct the outcome of what we attract and working to change the way we are interacting with it is a different matter.

Understand the Root of The Behavior First
Whenever you set out to change something in your life you must first understand the means and manner by which you are currently relating to and perceiving that which you wish to change. This is the fundamental basis of many psychotherapeutic techniques including but not limited to cognitive therapy.

In cognitive therapy the patient first is taught how they are perceiving their world through the lens of their current emotions, beliefs and behaviors. It is not until the patient has cognitive understanding for the root motivation for their current behaviors that it then becomes possible to make behavioral changes.

Working with the Law of Attraction also requires that you first understand how this law is affecting you in our current situation based on your current beliefs, emotions, and behaviors. Only after a close examination of this will you able to make the conscious choices necessary to begin working with this law in a a way that can and will change your life and help you to manifest your dreams. This is really the secret to using this law and understanding this principle will help you to begin to effectively apply these tools to change your experience of life.

Great Change Begins with Great Dedication and Faith
Please understand that changing your perceptions, beliefs, and behaviors requires dedication and faith. It can be easy but it may also require hard work. At times you may find it very difficult to willingly give up old patterns that have served you so well in the past.

Often this can be the hardest part of healing: the letting go of the negative thoughts and behaviors that you have used in some strange way to make you feel safe, more important, or to keep you in a helpless victim state which can be used to serve one in myriad ways.

There are many alternative healing practices that are extremely effective at helping you to rapidly change limiting beliefs, clear old emotions, heal trauma, shift your perception, get out of victim mode, and begin to work effectively with the cosmic Law of Attraction to not only manifest abundance, but to also effectively and quickly change the very fabric of your life experience for the better.

Law of Attraction Tips
Whenever you set out to create real transformation in your life there are always things that must change and shift. There are always things--people, places, situations, beliefs, belongings, emotions, ways of being--that must be shed if you are to truly access the level of change you want.

This is often the difficult thing for people to understand when they set out to work with the Law of Attraction. We think that if we want good things then we are going to get all good things from the get go. What many people fail to see is that in order to get to the good you have to clear away the crap.

Clearing away the crap can get messy and isn't always fun. If you are going to have the benefit of harvesting eggs from the chickens, well you are going to have to deal with the chicken shit along the way. That's just the way it is!

This is one of the most important Law of Attraction Tips--if you want to start to attract better things--experiences, people, objects, feelings, thoughts-into your life, then you are going to have to let go of all the shit, the things that are getting in the way of your being able to do this. This may involve a period where things don't seem to be so rosy.

Many people give up at this point, failing to see the big picture, the light at the end of the tunnel. And so often we are not given the full picture, we have no idea what the universe is conspiring to do on our behalf once we clear all that is getting in our way.

So it may stand to reason that the best tip is to first clear your issues of doubt, fear, and disbelief. In fact these are the three biggest blocks to experiencing miracles on a daily basis and in truth it is a matter of perception. Learn to let go of doubt, fear and disbelief, and you will begin to experience miracles in the smallest things. Miracles will be all around you as they have always been before, only that you will now be able to understand how to see and experience them.

You are the only thing getting in the way of this truth and it is no different when working with the Law of Attraction. Get out of your own way, work hard, let go, and trust that the Universe is unfolding as it should and for your highest good always. Learn more tips in working with this law

Law of Attraction Secrets
The biggest secret to working with this cosmic law is that there is no secret! With this law, it is always evident as to what you are attracting. You only need to look at your life just as it is to see how this law is working in your life. What kind of job do you have? Who are your friends? What kind of living environment are you in? What is your outlook on life? What are your spiritual or religious beliefs? How much debt do you have? How much money do you make? How much money do you have in the bank?

All of these things are directly related to your beliefs about yourself and your world. All of these beliefs are what direct and give off energetic signals to the cosmic universal laws to bring into your life that which you are broadcasting out to the Universe. Yes, it is really true, this is the only secret to the Law of Attraction--the fact that YOU are a fundamental integrative part of its effects in your life!

The sooner that you understand and realize this the easier it will be for you to take responsibility and start to make the necessary changes so that you can stop creating what you don't want, and start creating what you do want.

As long as you continue to deny the fact that you play an integral role in magnetizing the effects of the cosmic universal laws in your life, you will only continue to give all your power away to blame situations and people outside of your control. You will fail to access the greatest gift of all--the gift of choice, free will, and the opportunity to co-create your experience of life with the All That Is. Read more secrets of this cosmic law

Law of Attraction and Money
The secret to co-creating your life with the All That Is and working in harmony with the universal laws begins by a close observation of your own emotions, thoughts and beliefs. This can be done in a number of ways by yourself or with an experienced emotional intuitive or other alternative health practitioner, or therapist.

When specifically working with the Law of Attraction as a means to manifest more money in your life, you must fist begin by a close observation of all of your current beliefs, behaviors and emotions about money and relationships and your life in general. You must dig much deeper than the money. 

Law of Attraction Exercises
There are many exercises that can be used to work effectively with this law. Though many law of attraction exercises can be done on your own, some may be of more benefit to you when facilitated by an experienced alternative health practitioner, such as a certified Theta Healing practitioner, or spiritual counselor, therapist or healer.

Please be advised that the exercises listed on this website are intended as a starting point only. More in depth work on your own and with an experienced healer are recommended for maximum results.

(this is article is completely copied from www.therapyforyoursoul.com.I just want to let you know the magic law of Attraction.Kindly go through the video below to know more about law of attraction.Let miracle happens in your life)

How Yoga Improves Health and Mind..

How Yoga Improves Health and Mind..

Weight loss, a strong and flexible body, glowing beautiful skin, peaceful mind, good health – whatever you may be looking for, yoga has it on offer. However, very often, yoga is only partially understood as being limited to asanas (yoga poses). As such, its benefits are only perceived to be at the body level and we fail to realize the immense benefits yoga offers in uniting the body, mind and breath. When you are in harmony, the journey through life is calmer, happier and more fulfilling.

With all this and much more to offer, the benefits of yoga are felt in a profound yet subtle manner. Here, I would like to enlist he top 10 benefits of regular yoga practice

Top 10 Benefits of doing Yoga

1.All-round fitness. You are truly healthy when you are not just physically fit but also mentally and emotionally balanced. As famous Yoga guru  Sri Sri Ravi Shankar puts it, “Health is not a mere absence of disease. It is a dynamic expression of life – in terms of how joyful, loving and enthusiastic you are.” This is where yoga helps: postures, pranayama (breathing techniques) and meditation are a holistic fitness package.

2.Weight loss. What many want! Yoga benefits here too. Sun Salutations and Kapal Bhati pranayama are some ways to help lose weight with yoga. Moreover, with regular practice of yoga, we tend to become more sensitive to the kind of food our body asks for and when. This can also help keep a check on weight.

3.Stress relief. A few minutes of yoga during the day can be a great way to get rid of stress that accumulates daily – in both the body and mind. Yoga postures, pranayama and meditation are effective techniques to release stress.

4.Inner peace. We all love to visit peaceful, serene spots, rich in natural beauty. Little do we realize that peace can be found right within us and we can take a mini-vacation to experience this any time of the day! Benefit from a small holiday every day with yoga and meditation. Yoga is also one of the best ways to calm a disturbed mind.

5.Improved immunity. Our system is a seamless blend of the body, mind and spirit. An irregularity in the body affects the mind and similarly unpleasantness or restlessness in the mind can manifest as an ailment in the body. Yoga poses massage organs and stregthen muscles; breathing techniques and meditation release stress and improve immunity.

6.Living with greater awareness. The mind is constantly involved in activity – swinging from the past to the future – but never staying in the present. By simply being aware of this tendency of the mind, we can actually save ourselves from getting stressed or worked up and relax the mind. Yoga and pranayama help create that awareness and bring the mind back to the present moment, where it can stay happy and focused.

7.Better relationships. Yoga can even help improve relation with your spouse, parents, friends or loved ones! A mind that is relaxed, happy and contented is better able to deal with sensitive relationship matters. Yoga and meditation work on keeping the mind happy and peaceful; benefit from the strengthened special bond you share with people close to you.

8.Increased energy. Do you feel completely drained out by the end of the day? Shuttling between multiple tasks through the day can sometimes be quite exhausting. A few minutes of yoga everyday provides the secret to feeling fresh and energetic even after a long day. A 10-minute online guided meditation benefits you immensely, leaving you refreshed and recharged in the middle of a hectic day.

9.Better flexibility & posture. You only need to include yoga in your daily routine to benefit from a body that is strong, supple and flexible. Regular yoga practice stretches and tones the body muscles and also makes them strong. It also helps improve your body posture when you stand, sit, sleep or walk. This would, in turn, help relieve you of body pain  due to incorrect posture.

10. Better intuition. Yoga and meditation have the power to improve your intuitive ability so that you effortlessly realize what needs to be done, when and how, to yield positive results. It works. You only need to experience it yourself.

IFFK

My IFFK Experience

Film,as we all know is one of the most influential mass media of our century.It has reached every nook and corner of the world that now every common man regards film to be his favorite medium.Initially film viewing was once in a while process.But nowadays it has become an everyday affair owing to the development of technology.We get many opportunities to see movies today.But rarely we get an opportunity to open a critical eye in analyzing it.This is resolved in the IFFK venues.The term Infotainment becomes a truth here.Information plus Entertainment is the primary motive in organizing IFFKs.Keralites impatiently wait for those days all through the year.Once it starts the capital city becomes crowded with film lovers.A third eye works fruitfully in all of them and they think and act in an elevated manner.They take up issues discussed in the movies with an open mind.They get the rarest opportunity to watch movies from every part of the work.Thus they become blessed with the aesthetic sense which makes them enact the various issues dealt in the movies with the solutions they offer in their everyday lives.This helps them to mould their opinions in many things and reincarnate themselves as new human beings .Thus films and film festivals provide a platform to voice the concerns,anxieties and happiness inherent in the society.

                                  And Iam very happy because this is my first IFFK and I very happy to say its worthy enough for me.I would like to write reviews of 10 movies  i have watched and i liked the most.

1.Parveez

The film is all about the small world of an adult man collapses when his father throws him out of the house. When Parviz is cast out of the community where he has lived for 50 years, he discovers there are other ways to gain respect.

Parviz is a sad figure who is obese and in his 50′s living with his father, in Tehran. He is unemployed and unmarried and does the needs of his apartment neighbours.Things come to a head when the father tells his son he has decided to remarry. Parviz has no other choice but surrender his place to his step-mother and leave home. Parviz finds it difficult to get used to this new solitary life far from his neighborhood and the people he knows. He thus concocts a novel way of fighting back against the injustice done to him. That day he came to know about his presence was only for visible once people need his help, otherwise he is just an invisible soul for them.The film makes you little emotional but the ending went on comical. The camera sticks on to Parviz almost all time from the starting, grabbing even the breaths of him in medium shots. On the whole the film have portraits the life with a lot of realities. The direction by Majid Barzegar have done justice to the storyline. And for no doubt “PARVIZ” is a complete Iranian film.

2.Astu

Word “Astu” literally means “So Be It“, has metaphorical and filial associations. The film is about a father-daughter relationship that reverses the equation between father and daughter, when the father, a retired Sanskrit scholar, suddenly loses his memory and the daughter finds herself mothering him like a child.  ‘Being in the moment’ is a strong subtext in this story as it is in all human relationships.

Veteran theatre and film actor Mohan Agashe, who is also a trained and practicing psychiatrist, plays the father in the film while Irawati Harshe plays the daughter.

The screen peeps into Dr.Chakrapani Shastri, retired director of a research institute ,who is suffering from Alzheimers. His daughter Ira and her partner Dr. Madhav are trying to cope with Appa’s decaying memory. One day Appa (Chakrapani) disappears and and is found by a  couple (Anta and Channamma) who takes care of an elephant (Lakshmi). They are from Andhra Pradesh while Shastri and Ira are Maharashtrian.  Here lies the twist in the story, the film stick on to the magnetic fluxes in relationships, wherein lies the power of script and screenplay.

The film delves into every corner of a perfect family system. Life captured in camera. The character of Channamma appears almost at the end, yet catches the attention of audience. Love, lessons of acceptance and strength, of a mother is highlighted by Channamma. The climactic scenes are very poignant

3.Kaliyachan

The film potraits the life of a GURU and SHISHYA. The character Kunji meets the Kaliyachan , who is the head of Kaliyarangu (group for Kathakali play). The perfomance by Manoj K Jayan , that unravels the underlying conflicts within the mind of a Kathakali artist. The film is based on a poem by Shri. P Kunjiraman, the famous poet. The script as well as the direction did 100% justice to the poem without losing its effect.

Kaliyachan is based on the mind set of Kathakali artist who lives with a chaotic mind. Kunjiraman is an artist who struggles in his life and profession; he feels even the characters for which he done on the plays turning against him. Kalamandalam Sivan Namboodiri kept the role of GURU safer from his side. The love towards Nila, mother and Devu (a girl who is a keep/ sammantham for Kunjiraman) was portaited well perfect. Character of Devu was done by Thirtha Mudbeker , who kept safe the Character.

The screenplay was the backbone for the film, and the script had a blend with the direction. Farook Abdul did his best on his role as a director. The sound mixing and editing was another wonderful experience. The film had a set of “KATHAKALI PADAMS” which are so soothing. On the whole Kaliyachan is a wonderful set of lives which lived on screen. 

4.Vara - A Blessing

This 2013 English movie directed by the Bhutanese film director, Khyentse Norbu might irk you a little in the beginning , hearing the purely village characters tottering in English. As a movie based on Bengali short story ‘Rakta Aar Kanna'[ Blood And Tears] by Sunil Gangopadyay, the poetic Bengali language would have perfectly blended with the visuals and characters than the cut and throw rendering in English. But the saving grace is that without an option left, we blend in with the flow or rather the beauty of what we are watching deletes it from your mind.

I ran for ‘Vara' reading the festival Booklet that it is based on Devadasis and the classical dance form of Bharatanatyam as it conjures up images of beauty and grace. I assumed that whatever revolving around it will turn out to be good as well. And I was not wrong. Not in recent times have a watched a movie where unlike the way scantly clad heroines are thrown on your face, here ,the sensuousness of a woman is portrayed as if in a painting, through Shahana Goswami as Lila, a dancer who follows her mother's spiritual craving for lord Krishna as a lover and offers herself to the lord through her dance. Even the tight close up of her face speaks volumes.

Lila lives in her own carefree world. She agrees to pose for Shyam [Devesh Ranjan] a low cast to make a statue of Goddess Saraswati. She feels the magic of Krishna emanating from him and dreams of a mesmerizing world of Krishna and Radha, Shyam and herself. But their world is soon broken to bits by the conservative hooligans of the village. Raju [Ruvin De Silva], the young landlord manages to stay away from Lila's vivacious charm but not for long. The film gives a visual treat as the camera laps in the pristine beauty of the location as well as juxtaposing untouchability and rigid conservatism of some with the raw, bold, deeply spiritual and spontaneous emotions of a simple village girl and a boy. Though pregnant from Shyam, in the end Lila plays clever, keeping her dignity as well as that of her lover, Shyam who for her is none other than ‘Ghanashyam' or Krishna.

5.Club Sandwich

The charm of Club Sandwich is that 35 year-old single mother Paloma and her fifteen year-old son Hector, who are vacationing at a resort near the beach, are the very best of friends. They relish their warm and tender relationship, spending all of their time together – whether it be rubbing sun tan lotion into each others backs; bombing into the pool, playing rock-scissor-paper to decide who has the first shower, and simply laying quietly on their twin beds watching television in their hotel room.But while their relationship is wonderfully close, Hector is also changing. Hair is faintly growing on his upper lip; he is keen to keep applying deodorant under his arms; he has started masturbating and – unusually for him – one day he opts to stay in hotel while his mother heads off to the beach.The arrival of Jazmin at the resort complicates matters further. She there with her aged father and his new wife/nurse, but is more interested in getting to know Hector. With their facial expressions rarely changing, the teens start to spend time together – sat side-by-side on a bed, sat by the pool, basking in the water (until, rather amusingly, Paloma ‘bombs’ them – with the sexual chemistry between the two teenagers becoming more and more palpable.The joy of the film is Paloma’s reaction to the prospect of her son/best friend being entranced by Jazmin. Reacting almost like a jealous lover, she seeks to gently sabotage their time together (her face a picture of mixed emotions, while the expressions in the teens’ faces rarely changes) but her best efforts come to nothing –especially funny is a game consequences that she sets up, but turns out to work against her - as the pair kiss and sexually explore, which is all handled in a very tasteful and funny way.

6.Megha Dhaka Tara

The film’s narration starts in 1969, showing Nilkantha being admitted to mental asylum under the supervision of Doctor S. P. Mukherjee.  Dr Mukherjee learns that the Prime Minister of India knows Nilkantha and is fond of his works and may request the hospital authority to take special care of him. In the hospital a police officer meets Nilkantha and tells Doctor Mukherjee that he is a wasted drunkard.  Another patient of hospital mocks Nilkantha as “disgraced intellectual”. Even as a patient, he writes a play and stages it with other asylum patients.

The film shows how Durga (Nilkantha’s wife) wants to leave him saying “separation is essential”. Nilkantha witnessed partition of Bengal and that have relevance to the Bengal’s partition which happened in Indian history.Nilkantha witnessed partition of Bengal and its devastating effect in his childhood which made him attracted to the communist ideologies. He used film as a tool to teach, and make awareness among the people, and he says that he cannot hold on the commercial films. The film canvases all hazardous conditions of Nilkantha likely ,the struggles, contradictions, disappointments as well as the financial problems faced by him. He was not at all comfortable with the India’s communist policies.

Eventhough he is in asylum , he kept on writing his own play, and made the patients there to act in that. When the play comes to and end in success, the camera takes you along with Nilkantha walking with a refugee to a colour shot, which shows some greenary which resembles the hope in future.On the whole Megha Dhaka Tara is not an easy film, being the director Kamalesh Mukherjee have thrown out many questions to the audience. The film also sets back the pride of Bengali films back on the scenario

7.The Rocket

The film opens on the birth of Ahlo , the only surviving member of a pair of twins. But twins, according to Laotian superstition, are thought to be highly problematic, one bringing good luck, the other bad. Ahlo’s mother  has showered him with unconditional love from the outset, flatly rejecting her own mother’s urging that she kill him. Indeed, Ahlo’s grandmother (Bunsri Yindi), the only other person aware of the circumstances of his birth, remains his harshest critic. So when personal disaster strikes the family, she blames Ahlo and reveals his secret to his hitherto unaware father , arousing conflicting emotions in the stalwart paterfamilias.

Ahlo’s pariah status increases when he befriends an impish 9-year-old beauty, Kia, and her disreputable “Uncle Purple”, a shirtless, purple-suited James Brown aficionado who collaborated with Americans during the Vietnam War, and who proves endearing and wise as well as drunkenly irresponsible.Mordaunt previously directed a docu in Laos that featured kids who sold unexploded bombs for scrap metal, and that earlier experience invests this feature’s characters and milieu with an absolute integrity. No cheap exoticism or sentimental cuteness mars the authenticity of Ahlo’s everyday rhythms as he attempts to figure out the logic of his circumstances.  Similarly, the helmer never resorts to any outside reading of the political forces at play; instead, the exploitation and flooding of entire villages to make way for a dam that serves no local interests are seen through the eyes of a child who must surmount his own image as the source of all malediction.

8. 101 Chodyangal

The story begins with Sivanandan losing his job in the sugar mill because he was the leader of its striking employees.He has two kids Anil Kumar Bokaro  and Anagha , the boy is in the fifth grade and girl is mentally challenged. His wife Sati  does manual labour under the Government's Employment Gaurantee Scheme to keep the family from starving. Anil getting midday meal from the school is an added advantage.

We see the first crisis in the family as the school stops the midday meals due to lack of funds and the children who can afford to bring food are requested to bring it and even share it with others.Anil promises his favourite teacher Mukundan Mater  that he too will bring his share. The first day Anil gets his way with his mother with his tantrums, but, the next day he does not go to school because his mother refuses to give him food. It takes little convincing from Mukundan Master that he can attend classes even if he cannot bring food.

The crux of the film comes when Mukundan Master, who compiles cheap General Knowledge books that are sold in trains, for some additional income, decides to tap into Anil's curiosity and tells him to come up with 101 questions and promises that he will get Rupee one per question. And, how this mission transforms Anil and how he reacts to the happenings around him. 

Sidhartha keeps the narrative simple and the technical gimmicks to the minimum (except for a digitally generated butterfly that flutters on the screen once in a while). This does not mean that the story is simple in any way, profound things from hunger to death are discussed without their weight being felt by the viewer beyond a point.These things do have a tendency to become manipulative and tug at the heartstrings but care is taken to see that they do not cross the threshold till the very end. 

Coming to the performances, there is not much to pick and choose from as everyone is consistently good just revolving around Master Minon (the little star deserves every recognition coming his way for this role), may it be Indrajith as his teacher or Lena as his mother. Initially, we do wonder why the father figure is not someone strong whom the child can look up to. But we realise that Murugan has aptly cast as we go along with the story. 

9.Kanyaka Talkies

The priest who comes to Kuyyali village in Kerala to spread the word of the Lord is haunted by a woman’s voice. Whose voice does he hallucinate? It is the voice of the countless heroines from C grade movies which were screened in theatre on which the Church is built. The voices of the soft pornography linger in the premises. What a wonderful way to express the interconnection between lust & religion, that abhors it completely. 

It is a movie that also talks about the degradation of films & the end of an era in films where 35mm film projectors are out of use. A theatre owner does everything to keep his theatre running in the midst of changing technology. Life for him has meant running this theatre, he is passionate about these films & can’t do anything beyond this. Times have changed. Now he has few spectators for these films & the youth is all entertained by their cell phones through which they access pornography.

The hallucinations that the priest goes through are a sound marvel created by Rajivan Ayyappan. To absorb Kerala which is a nature’s delight you need to have a production designer like Marthandam Rajasekharan. The contribution & the combination of art & sound in the movie give it completeness. Each scene speaks about how things are gradually changing for the people in Kerala. It reflects on the influence of religion & films on their society.

The end is left for the audience to interpret. The interconnections between lust & religion that Manoj wants to show get depicted in the hallucinations. Also these hallucinations are a sense of guilt that the priest goes through. But, religion cannot deny the drive of desires. But, it is a complex matter that is best left to the intellect, perception & insight of the viewer.

10.Blue is the warmest colour

 "Blue Is The Warmest Color" lies not so much in the fact that it tells the story of a same-sex first love than in that it tells this story in what some would consider epic detail. The cockeyed open-heartedness of Kechiche's conception yields a girl-meets-girl-and-so-on story of three hours.

First Kechiche throws the viewer into the world of Adèle, a wide-eyed high-school beauty who should, by the standards of her classmates, be wowing the boys, but instead almost breaks the heart of the one fellow she experimentally dates. Feeling no spark with him, or any other guys, she fixates on a blue-haired older girl she sees on the streets of her provincial French town. And once Adèle really finds Emma, in a lesbian bar, it's not long before the student and the soon-to-be artiste begin having intense, soul-searching conversations on a soon-to-be-iconic (for Adele) park bench.

Soon after that they're discovering each other's keys to sensual ecstasy, in the movie's already much-talked-about sex scenes. Kechiche has a sense of rapture that extends to all the human senses; Adèle and Emma, in the first throes of romance, eat as much, and as ravenously, as they make love, and there's particular attention given to Emma teaching Adèle how to appreciate oysters.

The movie's transportive quality lies almost entirely with its lead actresses. They are committed to their roles to a degree that could be called exuberant. Neither gives off the slightest hint of working to achieve or inhabit an emotional effect. As the two lovers go, inevitably, out of the state of white-hot attraction and voraciousness and into a domesticity that presents the typical, and typically ugly, problems that an acolyte arrangement presents, Adèle seems to grow up before the viewer's eyes in a way that makes Emma's self-possessed confidence look kind of complacent.