{"id":214927,"date":"2022-07-18T12:00:03","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T11:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=214927"},"modified":"2022-06-11T06:21:54","modified_gmt":"2022-06-11T05:21:54","slug":"varieties-ups-and-downs-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/07\/varieties-ups-and-downs-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Varieties, Ups and Downs in the World"},"content":{"rendered":"

Life for most of us today has incredible types of varieties or ups and downs
\nWe have different physical conditions \u2014 coldest and hottest regions
\nDon\u2019t forget the wettest and the driest place\u00a0in the same nations
\nWeather conditions – daylight, temperatures vary from nation to nation.<\/p>\n

People have different looks and sizes in the world \u2014 even in one country
\nWe can see different features \u2014 Chinese Tibetan, negroid in people in India
\nMany natives from Africa had come to India in the past hundreds of years
\nThere are tall, thin folks \u2014 running like athletes and rejuvenating those eras<\/p>\n

Physical features apart, culturally, artistically and architecturally,
\nThere are differences galore between Europe and India
\nIn the west there is\u00a0ballroom for<\/em>\u00a0men and women dancing together
\nIn addition there is the ballet dance generally for women artistes.<\/p>\n

In India dozens of dance forms for women and men are on test
\nPeople of Kerala have their own distinctive dance form
\nThe state of Panjab has a robust\u00a0Bhangra<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0dance form
\nPeople express their joy after a rich agricultural harvest<\/p>\n

Similarly music forms \u2014 both vocal and instrumental are varied
\nOne can applaud the artist who calls upon talents that are buried<\/p>\n

An important activity is agriculture that varies from region to region
\nSome produce wheat others rice, varied forms of vegetables and dal<\/em>
\nFishing and meat from different animals also show regional variation
\nMany people prefer vegetarian diets; the milk shows fine distinction<\/p>\n

Have we seen the ferocious lions and tigers \u2014 maybe not in jungles
\nBut in videos of these animals, we are often frightened by the roaring lions
\nElephants in India are huge but peaceful \u2014 often allow tourists to ride them
\nThe camels of regions like Rajasthan are also popular and tourists like them<\/p>\n

Sports and games are for young \u2014 also the rich elderly who play golf
\nDon\u2019t forget the card games for the rich \u2014 making or losing wealth<\/p>\n

Indian children especially the poor, play\u00a0gulli danda\u00a0<\/em>or\u00a0keekli<\/em>
\nThere are universal games like football, basketball and hockey
\nCricket was a British game is now becoming popular in many regions
\nDifferent forms of cricket \u2014 for 5 or 3 days, even the day night forms<\/p>\n

Its not only games or sports \u2014 industry\u00a0\u00a0produces many products
\nMany villagers or the poor employed in industry for a decent living
\nNot to forget the railways \u2014 some trains running as fast as jet planes
\nAnd the Metro trains which make you forget your difficulties or by-lanes<\/p>\n

Technology that produce huge cars or bikes running like mad
\nAlso kitchenware, computers TVs or mobile phones making us glad<\/p>\n

I can go on and on my friends to dwell on these different aspects
\nToday I am inviting you to know the ancient and modern prospects<\/p>\n

______________________________________________<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> Dr Ravi P Bhatia is a member of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace Development Environment<\/a>, an<\/em> educationist, Gandhian scholar and peace researcher. Retired professor, Delhi University. His new book, <\/em>A Garland of Ideas\u2014Gandhian, Religious, Educational, Environmental was published recently in Delhi.<\/em> ravipbhatia@gmail.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Life for most of us today has incredible types of varieties or ups and downs
\nWe have different physical conditions \u2014 coldest and hottest regions
\nDon\u2019t forget the wettest and the driest place\u00a0in the same nations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":115817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[868],"class_list":["post-214927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry-format","tag-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}