Dhwani March 2022

Date of Publication 15-03-2022 Vol. XVIII, Issue : 3, Rs. 5/- March - 2022 RNI Reg. No. GUJ BIL/2005/16521

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BIRD WATCHING Murali Menon AT NALSAROVAR Driving to Nalsarovar Lake from Ahmedabad takes resting on the tree-tops, or taking off into the skies all of 90 minutes. The Forest Department Guest in formation. As one flock takes off into the skies, House at Nalsarovar is my home for the next two you can see another group, gliding down to land. I days. I am writing this after a close encounter with chose an open boat and set off to the innermost one of nature's miracles. I had just returned after corners of the lake, as the first rays of light spending a day with hundreds of migratory birds brightened the sky. from Siberia. Boating to the river islands of Nalsarovar in a paddle-boat leads you to local Nature always rewards patience and after an hour villagers who offer millet rotis with potato and long wait on the shores of the lake; I could see a brinjals cooked in mild gravy. Fresh organic delightful formation of migratory birds at the far vegetables are available at the local market. end of the horizon. Hundreds of migratory birds fly Seasonal fruits are also available at the local to Nalsarovar, every winter. Birds like the White market. Lots of small restaurants serving Gujarati, Stork, Brahminy Duck and Saras Crane and Gulls Kutchi and Kathiyawadi vegetarian cuisine dot can be easily sighted here. Groups of avocets, Nalsarovar. Freshly steamed vegetables with herons, curlews, pelicans, swallows, eagles, Gujarati spices, baby brinjals cooked in ginger- pigeons, spoonbills, flamingoes and jacanas can be garlic gravy and alu-methi are served with millet found all around the lake. (bajra) rotis cooked in an earthern oven at most roadside dhabas. There are no diesel powered boats at Nalsarovar and paddling slowly over the placid waters of this As my paddle-boat made its way to the interiors of translucent lake is an extremely relaxing this giant lake, I could see several species of birds experience. The most beautiful sight at Nalsarovar, is to watch a large flock of pink necked flamingoes, 4 Ahmedabad Kerala Samajam - March - 2022

huddling together to provide a picture postcard you have to paddle in pin drop silence. A small view. You can see several birds taking a dip in the whisper is enough to scatter a flock of birds resting waters, as if energizing themselves before they in the waters. The forest department officials and make their flight. Most of these migratory birds local boatmen at Nalsarovar are extremely friendly have flown several thousand miles, landing in and helpful. They ensure that every visitor to the Nalsarovar from early December till late February. lake has a close encounter with a few of the While some of the birds like the Brahminy Duck migratory birds. The sheer number of birds sighted arrive here from Northern Tibet, others have at Nalsarovar is a satisfying experience. The most reached here from Norway, Siberia, Northern touching part of the boat ride was to watch the China and Denmark! It's incredible to even local birds like sparrows, kites, pigeons and crows estimate, how these migratory birds land up at living in harmony with the foreign visitors. There Nalsarovar every winter without fail. Watching are no fights for territorial or air dominance these birds in full flight is a ' trance-forming' between the local birds and visitors. experience. The synchronicity in their flight and the even distance they keep away from one another The locals let the visitors have complete autonomy gives an illusion as if each bird is tied to the other by during their stay in India. The visitors always leave invisible strings. after a brief stay during the coldest part of winter. The locals from the villages around Nalsarovar lake They seem to be guided by a divine force. If you provide the birdwatchers with neera (a sweet drink want to experience the power of our Creator, you taken from the palm tree). As the noon fades into can just watch these feathered friends. As the dusk, the sounds of the birds rise to a crescendo morning turns into noon, more and more birds and many of the birdsreturn to their nesting places start emerging from their nests and hover around around the lake. Watching the sunset over the your boat. A few of the more adventurous birds waters is picturesque. Boating in the dark under a even plonk themselves on the edge of your boat. It moonlit night while watching the starlit sky is is quite a challenge identifying the species of bird another magical experience at Nalsarovar. seen, as the number and variety of birds are many. Many of the birds resemble each other . It is only an Name: Nair Aishwariya Ashokan expert ornithologist who can name the birds sighted. Date of Birth : 21-12-1997 Star : Utram The sounds of the birds are extremely musical to Qualification : Bachelor of Engineering and the ears and you can shut your eyes and identify the bird based on its call. You have to spend time in Master’s in business administration the interiors of the lake, trying to spot the smaller and more elusive birds. Watching hundreds of Height : 5' 10\" Weight : 75 M 483 flamingoes fly over your head is a once in a lifetime Contact : 8530996171 experience. One group is followed by another in a never ending cascade. It's time to be in the present and absorb this soulful experience. It can take almost five hours of slow paddling to cover the interiors of this giant lake to get the opportunity to watch these foreign visitors at close quarters. These birds are extremely sensitive to sounds and Ahmedabad Kerala Samajam - March - 2022 5

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HOW OUR THOUGHTS CONTROL OUR DNA, BUT NO HEREDITARY Sajit Pillai The common idea that DNA determines so much of who DNA is coated in a protective sleeve of protein. The we are—not only our eye or hair color, for example, but environmental signals act on that protein, causing it also our addictions, disorders, or susceptibility to to open up and to select certain genes for cancer—is a misconception. You find yourself to be use—genes specifically needed to react to the more or less a victim of your heredity. current environment. This concept “says you are less powerful than your If there are no perceptions, the DNA is inactive. genes.” Genes can't turn themselves on or off … they can't A person's perception, not genetic programming, is control themselves. If a cell is cut off from any what spurs all action in the body: It's actually our beliefs environmental stimuli, it doesn't do anything. Life is that select our genes, that select our behavior, as per due to how the cell responds to the environment. Epigenetic by Dr. Bruce Lipton . 3. Perception of the environment is not necessarily The human body is comprised of 50 to 65 trillion cells. the reality of the environment. In a 1988 study done Cell functions independent of DNA and its perceptions by John Cairns, published in the journal Nature of environmental stimuli affect DNA. This also applies titled “The Origin of Mutants,” he showed that the same principles to the human body as a whole, mutations in DNA were not random, but happened showing the power our perceptions, our beliefs, have in a predetermined way in response to environmen- over DNA. tal stresses. In every one of your cells, you have The following is a simplistic summary: 5-Step genes whose function it is to rewrite and adapt Explanation genes as necessary. In a chart illustrating Cairns findings in the journal, environmental signals were 1. The cell is like a human body and it functions shown to be separate from the organism's percep- without DNA tion of environmental signals. The cell is like a human body. It is capable of A being's perception of the environment acts as a respiration, digestion, reproduction, and other life filter between the reality of the environment and functions. The nucleus, which contains the genes, the biological reaction to it. has traditionally been viewed as the control center—the brain of the cell. Perception rewrites genes! Yet, when the nucleus is removed, the cell 4. Human beliefs, choosing to perceive a positive or continues with all of its life functions and it can still negative environment recognize toxins and nutrients. It appears the nucleus—and the DNA it contains—does not Just as a cell has receptor proteins to perceive the control the cell. environment outside the cell membrane, humans have the five senses. These are what help a person 2. DNA is controlled by the environment determine which genes need to be activated for a given situation. Environmental stimuli that come into contact with the cell membrane are perceived by receptor The genes are like programs on a computer disk. proteins in the membrane. This sets off a chain These programs can be divided into two classes: the reaction of proteins passing on what could be first relates to growth, or reproduction; the second described as messages to other proteins, relates to protection. When a cell encounters motivating action in the cell. nutrients, the growth genes are activated and used. Ahmedabad Kerala Samajam - March - 2022 9

When a cell encounters toxins, the protection genes \\nivNeX are activated and used. When a human being encounters love, the growth genes are activated. tim`\\ When a human being encounters fear, the protec- tion genes are activated. Icªp Icªv hoØpw Icªv I®pIÄ Ie§nbXp sImØmImw A person may perceive a negative environment where there is actually a supportive or positive hoØpw hoØpw IcªXn\\m environment. When this negative perception Ah ]n¶oSv sXfnªXpsImØpamImw activates the protection genes, the body's response is the programmed “fight or flight.” C\\n Icbnsöp Rm\\pd¨Xv. 5. 'Fight or Flight’ hm¡pIfnse hmfnsâ aqÀ¨ FÃpIÄ IS¶v lrZbw ]ndcp¶Xp Blood flow is directed away from the vital organs to sImØmImw XnI¨pw au\\nbmIm³ the limbs, which are used for fighting and running. The immune system becomes of lesser importance. Rm³ Xocpam\\n¨Xv. If you picture the responses we once needed for running from a lion, for example, the legs would hSn sImSp¯v ASn hm§p¶Xnse have been infinitely more important in that imme- AÀ°iq\\yX AdnªXpsImØmhmw diate situation than the immune system. Thus, the body favors the legs and neglects the immune {]XnIcnt¡Ø C\\n H¶n\\pw system. F¶p Rm³ IcpXnbXv. So, when a person perceives a negative environ- s]mÅbmbnsb¦nepw Xmf`wKntbmsS ment, the body tends to neglect the immune Nncn¡m\\dnbm¯Xp sImØmhmw system and vital organs. Stress also makes us less Ct¸mgpÅ Cu km[mcW Nncn intelligent, less clear-minded. The part of the brain Bcpw CjvSs¸Sp¶nsöv related to reflexes is given more prominence in fight a\\Ênem¡nbXp sImØpw Bhmw or flight mode than the part related to memory and other mental functions. hÃt¸mgpw, HcmtLmj¯nsâ NS§pIÄ t]mse DØmbncp¶ AXpw Rm³ thsضp sh¨Xv..... When a person perceives a loving environment, the body activates growth genes and nurtures the body. a¡Ä¡pw, Ah\\pw thsd BÀ¡pw ]ns¶ Rm\\psئnse´v....? Beliefs act as a filter between the real environment Csænse´v? F¶ KXn and your biology. Thus, people have the power to Fsâ At[mKXn . change their biology. It is important to keep a clear perception because otherwise you won't develop Fsâ ap¶n sXfnªp h¶ the right things biologically for the real environ- Htcsbmcp hgn ment around you. koen§n Xq§p¶ sImfp¯ntebv¡v AXpsImØmhmw Cu \\nanjw C\\n sImfp¯n InS¶v BSm\\pw, ]ns¶ kzNv Oamb \\nivNeXbntebv¡pw Fsâ Xocpam\\w ap«n\\n¶Xv. tai¸pd¯v, Ubdn¡p Xmsg FgpXn¯ocm¯ IhnXbv¡pw Xmsg FÃmhÀ¡pw ImWmhp¶ “Fsâ acW¯n BÀ¡pw ]¦nÔ F¶ hcnIÄ... ]ns¶... \\nXy \\nXm´ \\nivNeX!! 10 Ahmedabad Kerala Samajam - March - 2022

aebmfw anj³ kpKXIpamcn ImhymRvPen aXvkcw – 2022 2021emWv aebmfw anj³ BtKmfXe¯n Ihb{Xn aq¶p Ip«nIÄ ko\\nbÀ hn`mK¯nepw ]s¦Sp¯p. t{ib k p K X I p a m c n b p s S k v a c W m À ° w a n j ³ BÀ \\mbÀ (km_ÀaXn), A\\nI A`ojv tNdmSn hnZymÀ°nIÄ¡mbn 'kpKXIpamcn ImhymRvPen (shP¸qÀ) A£bvIpamÀ ]nÅ (aWn\\KÀ) F¶o aXvkcw' F¶ t]cn Hcp IhnXmem]\\ aXvkcw Ip«nIÄ k_v Pq\\nbÀ hn`mK¯nepw, t{ijvT at\\mPv kwLSn¸n¡phm³ Bcw`n¨Xv. AXnsâ `mKambn Cu (hkv{Xm¸qÀ), [\\pjv Fw Fkv (km_ÀaXn), Znb hÀjs¯ KpPdm¯v Nm]vÁÀ Xe¯nepÅ aXvkc§Ä sNdnbm³ amXyp (hkv{Xm¸qÀ) F¶nhÀ Pq\\nbÀ C¡gnª amkw Hm¬sse\\mbn \\S¶p. Ipamc\\mim³ hn`mK¯nepw, Kucn tKm]meIrjvW³ (shP¸qÀ), IhnXIsf Bkv]Zam¡n \\S¶ Cu aXvkc§Ä¡v k_v sshjvWhn Aizn³ (shP¸qÀ), kzmXn³ IrjvW sI. Pq\\nbÀ, Pq\\nbÀ, ko\\nbÀ F¶o aq¶p hn`mK§fn (hkv{Xm¸qÀ) F¶nhÀ ko\\nbÀ hn`mK¯nepw bYm{Iaw hnhn[ ]T\\tI{µ§fn \\n¶v XpS§n hnhn[ taJem H¶v, cØ,v aq¶v kvYm\\§Ä t\\Sn hnPbnIfmbn. Xe§fnepw XpSÀ¶v Nm]vÁÀ Xe¯nepw DÅ \\nch[n Al½Zm_mZnse `mjm, kmwkvImcnI, kwKoX, aXvkcmÀ°nIfpsS ]¦mfn¯apØmbncp¶p. ]{X{]hÀ¯\\ aÞe§fn \\ndªp \\n¡p¶ hyIvXnXz§fmb {io tKm]n Icph¯v, {io cmaN{µ³ Al½Zm_mZv taJe aXvkc¯n aWn\\KÀ, t_m¸Â, XÂt¯Pv, {io caW³ \\mbÀ, {ioaXn [\\y cmtPjv k_ÀaXn, hkv{Xm¸qÀ, shP¸qÀ ]T\\tI{µ§fn F¶nhÀ Cu aXvkc§fpsS hn[nIÀ¯m¡fmbncp¶p. \\n¶mbn 12 Ip«nIÄ hoXw BZy cØv {]mbXe§fnepw Shreya R Shrestha Manoj Gauri Gopalakrishnan Sub Junior 1st Junior 1st Senior 1st Anika Abhish Dhanush M.S. Vaishnavi Sony Sub Junior 2nd Junior 2nd Senior 2nd Akshay Kumar Pillai Dia Cherian Mathew Swathin Krishna K. Sub Junior 3rd Junior 3rd Senior 3rd Ahmedabad Kerala Samajam - March - 2022 11

Al½Zm_mZv, _tdmU, IOv–2, hm¸n taJeIÄ ItÃIpf§c), {ioaXn kn {]oX (]me¡mSv, ]pXp]cnbmcw) ]s¦Sp¯ Nm]vÁÀ Xe aXvkc¯nsâ DXvLmS\\w F¶nhÀ Nm]vÁÀ Xe k_v Pq\\nbÀ aXvkc¯n\\v aqey \\nÀÆln¨Xv aebmfw anj³ UbdIvSdpw kp{]kn² \\nÀ®bw \\S¯n. `mjm ]ÞnX·mcpw kmlnXycwK¯v Ihnbpamb {io apcpI³ Im«m¡SbmWv. aXvkc¯n \\ndªp \\n¡p¶hcpamb tUm. sUman\\n¡v Im«qÀ k_v Pq\\nbÀ hn`mK¯n lcntZhv BÀ \\mbÀ (tIm«bw), {io Ggpamhn cho{µ\\mYv (N§\\mtÈcn), {io (kp`m³]pc, _tdmU), {io]qÀ® ]n (^t¯K©v, _tdmU), APnIpamÀ tat\\m³ (tIm«bw) F¶nhÀ Pq\\nbÀ ku]À®nI cmPp (Kp³P³, hm¸n), Pq\\nbÀ hn`mK¯n ko\\nbÀ aXvkcmÀ°nIfpsS hn[nIÀ¯m¡fmbncp¶p. AssZzXv bp ssIaÄ (knÂhmk, hm¸n), _\\nÁ _nPn (tJU _tdmU), \\µ\\ BÀ ]n IpamÀ (kp`m³]pc, FÃm aXvkc§fpw XXvkab {]t£]Ww _tdmU), ko\\nbÀ hn`mK¯n PnjvWp inip]me³ \\S¯nbncp¶p. {]hmkn aebmfnIfpsS Cfw (hXvkmUv, hm¸n), tcjva Fkv \\mbÀ (Kp©³, hm¸n) Xeapd¡mÀ Ipamc\\mim³ IhnXIÄ C{X BXnc D®n¡rjvW³ (Nt\\mZv, hm¸n) F¶nhcpw `wKntbmSpw A£ckv]pSXtbmSpw IqSn bYm{Iaw H¶pw, cØpw, aq¶pw kvYm\\§Ä t\\Sn. AhXcn¸n¡p¶Xv tNtXmlcamb Hcp apXnÀ¶ A²ym]Icpw ]e IemthZnIfnepw A\\p`hambncp¶psh¶v hn[nIÀ¯m¡fpw, hn[nIÀ¯m¡fmbn {]hÀ¯n¨hcpamb {io Kncojv t{]£Icpw Htct]mse A`n{]mbs¸SpIbpØmbn. sNdpImSv (]me¡mSv), {ioaXn Un eknX (]me¡mSv, Haridev R Nair Adwaid U Kaimal Jishnu Shishupalan Subjunuior 1st Junior 1st Senior 1st Shreepoorna P Benita Susan Biji Nair Reshma Sajeev Subjunior 2nd Junior 2nd Seniors 2nd Sauparnika Raju Nandana RP Kumar Athira Krishna subjuniors 3rd Junior 3rd Seniors 3rd Ahmedabad Kerala Samajam - March - 2022 11

THE FADED MEMORY OF ROSES Krishma Shinu As a part of Women’s day celebration, It is frank to see___ AKS Stree Shakti Thaltej Ward raised a fund of The rolled petals attached, Rs.50,000.00 for the needy students of Appearing in the Octobers, AKS School. Blooming within spring-waves, Birth of merriment, O, the roses…. O, the roses Praising thy love 'Flora'. It was frank to see___ Never to be detached, Despite, blown within Junes, Nostalgic in Autumn-waves, Craving for her rebirth, O, the roses….O, the roses Praising thy love 'Flora'. It arise in those lines, Of ROMEO AND JULIET, IN THE LAYERS OF MYTH, 'A TALE OF APHRODITE' And so and so and so O, the roses…. O, the roses Praising thy love 'Flora'. It arose in those lines, OF SHAKESPEARE WORLD, WRITTEN within BLOOD AS TRAGEDY, 'A VANISHED perhaps FADED TALE' By, each-each-each an everyone O, the roses…. O, the roses Praising thy love 'Flora'. 12 Ahmedabad Kerala Samajam - March - 2022

hmÀUv hntij§Ä Glimpses of Women’s Day Celebrations at AKS Vejalpur Ward held on 13-3-2022 Ahmedabad Kerala Samajam - March - 2022 13

“Gananjali” a Tribute to Late Legend Lata Mangeshkar by AKS Kaladeepam Team on 26th February 2022 14 Ahmedabad Kerala Samajam - March - 2022

Women’s Day Celebrations at AKS Central Office (8-3-2022) The Women’s day celebrations at the AKS office were indeed wonderful! The exemplary real life stories of our members shared by them were not only thought-provoking and motivational but also strong examples for all of us to learn from and emulate! The way our members have braved through the toughest situations in life are precious learnings for all times to come! This experience-sharing programme proved beyond doubt that with sheer determination coupled with utmost commitment and dedication, one can face and sail through all challenges in life. Presence of such exemplary real-life “Sheroes” was truly remarkable. Respected Ms. Mini Jose, Assistant Commissioner of Police, spent good time with participants sharing with them her experience nuggets and making them feel at home and open up! Ahmedabad Kerala Samajam - March - 2022 15

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\\ncymXcmbn Smt. Vilasini Amma, aged 85 years, Mother of our Shri Parameshwara Pillai 94 years member Shri Binu P Nair, Mother-in- (beloved father of Shri Ajayan bhai, law of Smt. Bindu Binu, passed away Vinayaka Kerala Stores, Bopal) left on 13-3-22 morning at Trivandrum, for heavenly abode 12-03-2022 Kerala. evening at his native at Kollam Address: C4, Shanti Sadan Apts. District. Thaltej, Ahmedabad. Our heartfelt condolence. Our member Shri Vasudeva Panicker Shri.M.V Sukumaran (77 years) (72 Years) passed away on 26-02-2022 residing in Bhagyodaya Society-1, at 10.30 pm. Opp.Bangla Bus stand, Nr.Pushkar Address: complex, Naroda, Ahmadabad) and D/117 Rushabdev nagar, father of our ward member Mr.Sajith Adinath nagar, Odhav. Pillai, Lekshmi Villa Green, Naroda, May the departed soul Rest in Peace. Ahmedabad passed away on 18/02/2022 due to old age. Shri E. K. Balan (72 years), father of our Member Mr. Binoj Balan and Shri C. P. George Father in law of Mr. Susheel Dharman husband of Mary George & Mr. Ajay Dharman passed away on (income tax - retired), father of Jeo 07/03/2022 at 11.32 pm. and Grishma, formerly residing at Address - A/156 Saraswati Park. Arohi Apts, Thaltej, Ahmedabad Narayan Nagar, Khodiyar Nagar, Bapu expired on 08-03-2022 at Kerala nagar, Ahmedabad. ]tcXmßmhn\\v \\nXyim´n t\\À¶p sImØv 17 ZpxJmÀ¯cmb IpSpw_mwK§Ä. Anv O³ - (Late) {io P\\mÀ±\\³ \\mbÀ A½ - ImÀXymb\\nIp«n Father in-law - `mkvIc³ Mother in-law - (Late) {ioaXn Iuamcn `mkvIc³ `mcy
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