Millennium Development Goal

Why Indian children are among the shortest in the world?

27 Jun 2013 1 Comment

by Rupesh Malik in Health Tags: access to sanitation, Action Wanted, improved sanitation, improved sanitation facilities, insanitary conditions, lack of sanitation in India, Millennium Development Goal, Open-Defecation Free, Poor sanitation, Rural Sanitation, sanitation facilities in India, sanitation facility access, sanitation in India, Sanitation Issues, sanitation problem, sanitation toilet, sanitation toilets, toilet sanitation, Total Sanitation Campaign, WHO

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It may sound weird to you but the height of your children is directly correlated to their and their neighbourhood’s access to toilets. To add to your surprise: Children in India are shorter, on average, than children in Africa, even though people are poorer, on average, in Africa. The reason behind this irony is More

Quote of the Week # 22

As a child you've been told, ‘You’re no good, you’re no good, you’re no good!’ And we think we are no good! This is not the ancient culture. This is not the path of spirituality. The path of spirituality has always inspired you; it has always said, ‘You are great, you are part of the Divinity, you are love, you are beauty, you are truth!' This knowledge needs to be instilled in people, rather than saying, ‘You are hopeless, you are no good. You are a sinner, and you are good for nothing.’

Whenever you feel, ‘Oh, I can’t do it', then you can’t do it at all. But when you say, ‘I can get over this, I can do it’, then that energy, the courage, enthusiasm, zeal, and everything comes. If you are a smoker and you say, ‘I cannot but smoke’, hey, come on, get up and say, ‘No, I will not touch cigarettes’, and then see what happens. Similarly, if you’re suffering from bulimia and you say, ‘Oh, I’m so weak. I can’t do anything!’ Come on! Wake up! You are not weak.

The spiritual path instills confidence. You’re in the right place. But don’t be in a hurry. If you want to walk ten miles, it won’t happen tomorrow. Practice. First walk one mile, then go to two miles, then five miles, and in two to three months, you can walk ten miles.

Source:-
His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar