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- Ban Jhankri: Belief in the Existence of Natural Deity in Contemporary Societies of Darjeeling Hills
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1 Department of Political Science and Dinhata College, Dinhata- 736135, District Cooch Behar, West Bengal, IN
2 Department of Botany Dinhata College, Dinhata- 736135, District Cooch Behar, West Bengal, IN
1 Department of Political Science and Dinhata College, Dinhata- 736135, District Cooch Behar, West Bengal, IN
2 Department of Botany Dinhata College, Dinhata- 736135, District Cooch Behar, West Bengal, IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 31, No 1 (2017), Pagination: 28-34Abstract
Ancillary healthcare system in the contemporary society of Darjeeling hills of India have been studied especially on the faith healers. Dhami, Jhankri, Bijuwa, Boomhthing, Baidang, Ojha are found treating people where people's belief is considered as focus of treatment. Interestingly the study observed that there are unique healers who are specialized in spirit healing and other rituals trained by their spirit deity (trainer) called Ban Jhankri. In this modern age too patients come to them for those which modern medical practitioners fail to understand the cause of the ailment especially on psychological disorder. They are believed to act as trance between the physical and spiritual world. The present ethnobiological study finds the existence of Ban Jhankri as a scientific quest. Legacy of such a natural deity in the contemporary rituals need an attention as a cultural heritage and in Sikkim a tourism spot is also made and named as Ban Jhankri falls.
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- Public Health Malaise and the Practices of Ritual Healing:An Analytical Discussion in the Contemporary Societies of Darjeeling Hills
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1 Department of Political Science, Dinhata College, Coochbehar, W.B., IN
1 Department of Political Science, Dinhata College, Coochbehar, W.B., IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 32, No 3 (2018), Pagination: 12-19Abstract
The nature of human life is beyond science. It is perhaps the most precious creation of god on earth. As stated in the Hindu philosophy that life is constituted by the five elements of nature viz; vayu (air), agni (energy), jal (water), prithvi (earth) and aakash (sky). It is believed that the perfect equilibrium in all these elements in human body is often considered as a healthy body and mind. Every human being desires to live his life with optimum peace and dignity which infact is possible only through healthy body and mind. So, good health is an urgent need of human life. It is also well evident that the practices of healthcare system and the methods of diagnosing diseases vary across the world in terms of technological advancement, regional variations and cultural orientations. India, being a highly pluralistic and diversified culture, has always been a witness to such kind of divergent nature of health practices and healthcare system in its various parts. Thus the present study attempts to explore an idea about the healthcare practices and its socio-cultural legacy associated with Gorkha Community of Darjeeling Hills in the larger public health terrain of Indian Union.Full Text
- Cinchona Plantation in Darjeeling Hills:History and Extension
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1 Dinhata College, Dinhata -736135, District Cooch Behar, West Bengal, IN
1 Dinhata College, Dinhata -736135, District Cooch Behar, West Bengal, IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 33, No 6 (2019), Pagination: 57-60Abstract
Man and plant relation is in vogue since existence of mankind. Historical accounts of medicinal plants to cure human diseases dates back to ancient period and man plant relationship is prehistoric. Infectious diseases are cosmopolitan in distribution but they are more prevalent in the tropical region due to favorable conditions for causal organism of diseases. One example of such a tropical disease is malaria which was considered as a killer disease since long time and during the War periods it was an alarming threat to the armies. Three actors have definite role to play for spread of the disease i.e. Plasmodium sp. (the causal organism), female anopheles mosquito (the vector and primary host) and human (the secondary host). A tree called kina kina in local language (later known as cinchona), whose bark dust was found to be effective to relieve fever of wife of viceroy of Peru in 1640 was an outbreak for search of drug against malarial fever. Then the plant was brought to Europe and in due course of time, it was brought in south India in 1858 and subsequently in 1863 some seed were sown the Darjeeling hills of West Bengal. The tree bark contained an alkaloid called quinine which was pharmacologically active to kill the malaria parasite. As the plant acclimatized well in the region near Mongpoo, plantations were extended in the various parts of the district due to demand of the febrifuge which now covers an area of 26000 acres. Due to discovery of synthetic drugs in a large quantity, as usual in all plant based medicine, quinine has lost its demand value as a result cinchona plantation is being diversified.References
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- Traditional Ethno-healing, Environment and Modernity: An Outlook in Darjeeling Himalaya
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1 Science, Dinhata College, West Bengal 736135., IN
2 Department of Botany, Dinhata College, West Bengal 736135., IN
1 Science, Dinhata College, West Bengal 736135., IN
2 Department of Botany, Dinhata College, West Bengal 736135., IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 36, No 4 (2022), Pagination: 33 - 41Abstract
The present work attempts to analyse the diversified nature and perspective of traditional ethno-folk healing practices and the environment in the context of small Himalayan region of Darjeeling Hills. The s the study is based on both theoretical assumption and practical experiences. Both qualitative and quantitative data have been used to carry out the study.Keywords
sustainable development, environmental degradation, ethno-cultural healing, panchamahabhutta philosophy, capitalism.References
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