The Magic of Madagascar! Isolated from the continent 160 million years ago,Madagascar separated from India 88 million years ago following the breakup of the super continent called Gondwana! The great co- founder of yoga Master Goraksha, taught esoteric yogic secrets under a canopy of a great Baobab tree at Battis – Shirale village in Maharashtra. Madagascar followed a unique evolutionary path. Different species of Lemurs, Chameleons, the world’s most bizarre creatures, the hissing cockroach, the Dracula ants and the Giraffe necked weevil abound here. Flora like rosy periwinkle which produces chemicals used in the treatment of cancer is also found here. Many including columnist Vitthal Nadkarni were inspired to undertake the journey after reading David Attenborough’s “Zoo Quest” which described the island full of exotic creatures, crooning monkeys, towering Baobab trees and extinct elephant birds that sired the myth of the giant bird Roc in Sinbad the Sailor’s adventures. . Madagascar is inhabited by the Malagasy people for whom “Death is the most important part of life” since a tomb is forever, while a house is a temporary dwelling. Tombs are solidly constructed. It must be emphasized that the Malagasy love life too much to fear death and not the other way around. “It is better to die tomorrow than to die today”. As the mystic Khalil Gibran stated “Life is an island in an ocean of loneliness – an island whose rocks are hopes whose trees are dreams, flowers are solitude and whose brooks quench thirst”. If in death it is action you crave, Madagascar’s the place for a rave……- PS Thespian actor, producer Richard Attenborough brother of erstwhile writer David lived a full life like the Malagasy, his tomb will be remembered
Posted on: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 12:29:46 +0000
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