A traditional water harvesting system helps green a dry region.

The Raika tribals have developed an exhaustive system of veterinary medicine based on local herbs and products.

Though Vedic maths evokes Hindutva connotations, the fact is that it's a system of simple arithmetic, which can be used for intricate calculations.

Extant texts of the Vedas do not contain mathematical formulae, but they have been found in later associated works.

Vedic formulae enable quick calculations, but only if the methods used are understood well.

Forget the hassles of proving to what the square of a hypotenuse is equal. A Vedic formula offers a simple solution.

Ancient Indian mathematics did not include algebra, but the mathematicians could still provide answers to questions that have become modern theorems.

Practitioners of siddha -- a traditional system of medicine, which originated in Tamil Nadu and uses metals such as iron, zinc, copper, gold and silver in treatment -- assert their therapeutic

Ancient health care systems such as ayurveda are gaining popularity once again as people become wary of allopathy and the hazards it involves.

Dr Ram Kumar Kutty Lok Swasthya Parampara Samvardhan Samithy Post Box No 7102 Trichy Road, Ramanathapuram Coimbatore 641 045 Dr T N Manjunath Voluntary Health Association

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