Yes Madhuri ji Yes it is true, plus it causes Kangri cancer and also skin cancer Here is more informarion
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/27626409/Kangri-Cancer http://www.koausa.org/Misc/kangri.html http://www.flickr.com/photos/mirroroferised/3390081766/ -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 6:09 PM, Madhuri Pejaver <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear Sarji > Not very sure but what i have heard is that there are more cases of lung > problems because of the kangri being very close to chest due to carbon > monoxide ????????? > madhuri > > > --- On *Mon, 17/1/11, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:60580] Re: fruit and vegetable week: > Storytellingtime: Mate > > To: "Na Bha" <[email protected]> > Cc: "tanay bose" <[email protected]>, ""Mahadeswara"" < > [email protected]>, "Pankaj Kumar" <[email protected]>, > [email protected] > Date: Monday, 17 January, 2011, 5:50 PM > > > Sure Nabha ji > I will bring photographs of kangri in next visit, but perhaps it may not be > with person carrying it. I will visit Kashmir mainly in summer when kangri > is not used. May be I can ask some friend of mine to send me. > And yes about carrying kangri under the phiran, I have done it myself > under a blanket, as I have never worn a phiran. As for managing it, we used > to keep kangri under our quilt when we slept, and there are only 2-3 per > cent cases when it gets turned and may burn the bed. Kashmiris know it well > to manage kangri. > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Na Bha > <[email protected]<http://in.mc947.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > > Thanks to all, for your feedback. > Prof. Singh ji, > I searched on net and found some fotos of kangri, but not of a person > carrying kangri below the phiran. I can't imagine how they do that. I am > looking forward to fotos of kangri, you are going to send me after your next > trip to kashmir. > > Mani ji, > I hope, you got the answer to your question in my last mail. > > I am glad, you all liked my writeup. Perhaps there are more occasions of > writing more such stories. This is *Indian* *Tree* group. So unless there > is some relevance to the topic, I can't write stories though they may be > interesting. > > Regards > Nalini > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* Gurcharan > Singh<http://in.mc947.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > *To:* tanay > bose<http://in.mc947.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > *Cc:* Na > Bha<http://in.mc947.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>; Pankaj > Kumar<http://in.mc947.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>; > [email protected]<http://in.mc947.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, January 17, 2011 3:28 AM > *Subject:* Re: [efloraofindia:0] Re: fruit and vegetable week: > Storytellingtime: Mate > > Nabha ji > That is really nice story with ample scientific information and good > photographs. I am sure, in future also we will have many such packets of > information. In Kashmir, especially in winter most people carry two things > with them: a kangri (earthen pot with outer lining and handle of willow > wickerwork, filled with simmering powdered charcoal, mostly from > Chinar-Platanus orientalis, or other leaves) below the phiran (a large loose > gown) to warm; and a samavar (a mini hamam) in which kahva tea (green tea) > with cinnamon, cardamom and powdered almonds, and sugar, with a touch of > saffron and honey. This Kahva tea (chai) is now a fashion in many wedding > parties. Yesterday we went to a wedding party, and the poor kashmiri (they > give it a Kashmiri touch) waiter could not cope with the rush of every one > prefering kahva over coffee. Some kashmiris also carry namkin chai or > Kashmiri chai (with milk (kahva is without milk) and salt, sugar, cinnamon, > cloves, pepper, cardamom and soda bicarbonate to give it characteristic red > colour-hence the name pink tea). > Happy tea drinking > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 6:39 AM, tanay bose > <[email protected]<http://in.mc947.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > > Nice information and the pots too look very nice > I was how they carved the hoofs out to make a pot!! > Thanks for sharing such lovely informations > tanay > > > On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Na Bha > <[email protected]<http://in.mc947.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > > I hate smoking too. > can tell you several stories on that. > If the lady wants to smoke and dring and feed her baby, it is her business. > live and let live. > > The foto I took , with her permission btw., to capture the real life. > > I am going to sleep now. > Asta la vista ( till next) > > Nalini > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pankaj Kumar" > <[email protected]<http://in.mc947.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > To: "Na Bha" > <[email protected]<http://in.mc947.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > Cc: > <[email protected]<http://in.mc947.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2011 11:13 PM > Subject: Re: fruit and vegetable week: Storytellingtime: Mate > > > > Nice information...thanks a lot for sharing.... > I kind of disliked the last pic, a lady with a baby and a cigarette and > mate!!! > I hate smoking.....:(( > Regards > Pankaj > > > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 3:35 AM, Na Bha > <[email protected]<http://in.mc947.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>> > wrote: > > Now I am back, finished the urgent work, and shall tell you the first > story. > > Mate, Mate-tea > > Mate-Tea is a popular drink in tropical southamerica. My Fotos are however > from Buenos Aires. People carry a thermos flask and a Matepot even while > going thru the streets, discussing or arguing with the neighbour, > picknicking. I even saw young people, the boy, with one arm round the > shoulder of his girlfriend and Matepot in the other hand. > > The pot called Mate is made from the fruit of a gourd vine (Iagenaria > vulgaris, cucurbitaceous family). One can choose the form, the decoration > as > one likes. Along with traditional Mate pots you will also find kitschy pots > on sale. After the gourd is dried for a long time, one has to cure it. The > vendor tried to explain me with lots of words and plenty of gesture. But my > spanish is not so good. the curing is done to get rid of the bitterness of > the gourd. Again german wiki http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mate has much > more > information than english wiki. > > Anyway the pot is Mate, comes from the old Indian language quechua. The rod > is called bombilla, it is like a straw and the spoon-end is a sieve. > Mate-tea, called yerba, are leaves of Mate bush (Ilex paraguariensis > A.St.-Hil, auch: Ilex paraguensis D.Don und Ilex paraguayensis Hook). Half > of the Matepot is filled with Yerba and hotwater is poured on it. With > Bombilla you drink (suck) the tea. > It is extremely bitter, not my case. One may drink the tea with suger, > milk, > aromated tea, and what not. But a real Argentinean will drink it the > traditional way, anytime, everywhere. I wonder if they go to bed with a > matepot near the alarmclock. > > Btw. Buenos Aires is a beautiful city, plenty of green, small niches along > the roads to sit and drink mate or to watch the hustle and bustle. Just too > warm. > > Asta la vista > Nalini > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India > > > > > -- > *Tanay Bose* > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > Department of Botany. > University of British Columbia . > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > 604-822-6089 (Fax) > [email protected]<http://in.mc947.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > *Webpages:* > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ > > > > > > > > > >
