Thanks Usha ji. From last week someone from NBPGR, New Delhi, is continuously visiting to pankajoudhia.com as per Statcounter. Lets hope they will come forward for the rare herbs.
Last week a magazine titled Agricultural and Industrial Survey from Bengaluru took interest in my work on medicial rice and asked for appointment for online interview. After initial interactions, they disappeared by saying that we are sending questions for interview. Thanks Garg ji, the interactions in this group reaches so far. regards Pankaj Oudhia On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 11:37 AM, ulachungpa <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Vandana, > Pl read email below. > Is there any way NBPGR could get the traditional rice strain (used > also medicinally) and save it? Do pass this on to the relevant person/ > s. > More info about Pankaj Oudhia http://www.pankajoudhia.com/index.html > Kind regards, > Usha > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Pankaj Oudhia <[email protected]> > Date: Aug 28, 12:14 am > Subject: Hoping to meet you all in New Year 2011 > To: efloraofindia > > Thanks all for support. Let me share one interesting story. Please see > this > beautiful image. > > http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20p?see=I_PAO9948&res=640 > > Now the pain!! > > Exactly in this location there were 52 villages. Now submerged due to > construction of dam. I was informed about a Traditional Healer living > in one > of these villages and having expertise in treatment of Sickle Cell > Anaemia > at all stages. He was growing useful herbs in this Badi. After dam > construction no one knows whereabouts of this Traditional Healer. I > took > interest in his search. > > After efforts of many months I found a senior villagers who was fast > friend > of the Healer. He was also not aware of his present address. Based on > his > memory from local artist we prepared sketch of not only the Healer but > also > his family members. I prepared tens of scanned copies and distributed > to the > contacts throughout the state. I received many calls but we failed to > locate > him. Very recently I got a call saying that one similar person is > living in > Balaghat region. I will try to visit the place in coming days. > > The Healer was using Medicinal Rice as part of his treatment. During > survey > I got success in getting seeds of this Medicinal Rice. The growers are > growing it as traditional rice and not at all aware of its medicinal > properties. Many of them are growing it for their workers as wages > considering it as low quality rice. > > I tried to published information about it in local newspaper. In > Chhattisgarh Indira Gandhi Agricultural University is maintaining > germplasm > of plus 20,000 rice collected from different parts of the state. The > newspaper correspondent contacted the in-charge of germplasm. The > concerned > scientist checked the list and the name of this traditional rice was > not > there. The newspaper correspondent refused to publish my work. I was > suggesting the state government to conserve this traditional rice and > use it > for the patients. But I was ignored. > > Back to the Healer. His friend believes that the miraculous herbs were > in > his Badi and he failed to shift it well in time and submergence took > place. > May be now he is not practcing this knowledge. But I am hopeful. > > regards > Pankaj Oudhia >
