Doctor Nature!!!

[Guest guest]

The Editor, IE, Camp Newsline, Pune.

 

“Genius Engineer” by Mukund V. Deshpande was an

excellent reading and thought provoking piece (Camp

Newsline, Oct 27). After describing the extremely

intricate method of building the nest by weaver birds,

the author has asked a pertinent question: Is it

necessary to have a big brain to build a nest? Nature

says, “No”.

 

Such innate behavior of birds and animals could be an

eye-opener to human beings. I had a similar

experience. I was bed-ridden for months together due

to acute back pain and sciatica with an added

complication of a slip-disc. When I was unable to move

at all, I watched the intermittent twitching by common

sparrow. It jumps from branch to branch on trees and

goes on twitching.

 

Since I could not move at all, I started twitching my

feet. And l and behold, I started feeling better, the

back pain disappeared instantaneously never to return

again. Similarly, by watching the dogs and cats

stretching their backs for a moment each time they

take to run, I started stretching my back each time I

got up from the bed or after sitting down on a chair

for a while, It has helped strengthen my back even

further.

 

Mother Nature can teach us so many more things.

Hats off to Mother Nature!!

 

S. M. Acharya,

155 St. Patrick’s Town,

Pune 411013, Tel: 26870204.