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Ranwar Village is a tiny hamlet that time forgot - tucked away in the midst of buzzing Bandra, the "Queen of Suburbs" of Mumbai.
The houses here date back a century or more, and the villagers have lived here peacefully for generations, ignoring the big-city madness just a few hundred yards away. Now the city has begun to encroach on their way of life, with empty plots and even some of the old houses being replaced by modern multi-storied buildings, a jarring contrast to the aesthetics of the red tiled eaves.
More than one villager came up during this shoot, and spoke passionately of the heritage of Ranwar, and how they would very much like life in this village to remain as it has been, safe from the predations of builders and modernization.
This photograph was published in "Namaskaar", the in-flight magazine of Air India (Page 68-71, July-2006), as editorial illustration.
Common name: Touch-me-not / Sensitive Plant
Hindi : छुइमुइ पौधा
Tamil : தொட்டாச்சுருங்கி
Bengali : লজ্জাবতী
Malayalam : തൊട്ടാവാടി
Kannada : Nachike / Muttidare muni
Telugu : అత్తిపత్తి
Manipuri : Kangphal / Kangphal ikaithabi
Assamese : Nilajban
Sanskrit : Khadiraka / Lajjalu / Namaskaar / Namaskaari / Raktapaadi / Samangaa / Shamipatra
Gujarati : Reesamani
Marathi : Laajari
Lajwanti : लाजवंती
Bulgarian : Срамежлива мимоза
Catalan : Sensitiva
German : Mimose
Estonian : Häbelik mimoos
Spanish : Mimosa pudica
French : Sensitive
Korean : 미모사
Sorbian : Mimoza
Indonesian : Putri malu
Ido : Sensitivo
Italian : Mimosa pudica
Kapampangan : Malamarine
Lithuanian : Jautrioji mimoza
Malay : Pokok Semalu
Dutch : Kruidje-roer-me-niet
Japanese : オジギソウ
Polish : Mimoza wstydliwa
Portuguese : Dormideira
Russian : Мимоза стыдливая
Sinhalese: Nidikumba
Tagalog : Makahiya
Thai : ไมยราบ
Tongan : Mateloi
Urdu : چھوئی موئی
Vietnamese : Cỏ trinh nữ
West Indies: Mori vivi
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In the land of the Buddha Eyes ...
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Nepali people and Indians greet each other with namaste. The two palms are placed together in front of the chest and the head bows whilst saying the word namaste. This greeting is for all, people younger than us, of our own age, those older than us, friends and even strangers.
There are five forms of formal traditional greeting enjoined in the shaastras of which namaskaram is one. This is understood as prostration but it actually refers to paying homage as we do today when we greet each other with a namaste.
Namaste could be just a casual or formal greeting, a cultural convention or an act of worship. However there is much more to it than meets the eye. In Sanskrit namah + te = namaste. It means : I bow to you.. my greetings, salutations or prostration to you. Namaha can also be literally interpreted as "na ma" (not mine). It has a spiritual significance of negating or reducing one’s ego in the presence of another.
The real meeting between people is the meeting of their minds. When we greet another, we do so with namaste, which means, "may our minds meet," indicated by the folded palms placed before the chest. The bowing down of the head is a gracious form of extending friendship in love and humility.
The spiritual meaning is even deeper. The life force, the divinity, the Self or the Lord in me is the same in all. Recognising this oneness with the meeting of the palms, we salute with head bowed the Divinity in the person we meet. That is why sometimes, we close our eyes as we do namaste to a revered person or the Lord, as if to look within.
When we know this significance, our greeting does not remain just a superficial gesture or word but paves the way for a deeper communion with another in an atmosphere of love and respect.
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Namaste
Namaste komt van het sanskriet - Namaskaar - wat betekent:
Ik eer, of buig voor, het Goddelijke in jou.
Ik eer de plaats in jou waarin het hele universum is.
Ik eer de plaats in jou die liefde is,
waarheid, licht en vrede.
Als jij daar bent, in jou, waar liefde is,
waarheid, licht en vrede
en ik ben daar, in mij, waar liefde is,
waarheid, licht en vrede,
dan zijn we Een
Akali Baba Vajeer Singh with his jaan bhai, Neela (jaan-bhai means life-brother, a term Nihang Singhs use for their horses to show respect)