Ravi Mantha's Blog
February 27, 2014
Journey, a wonderful poem by Shri Narendra Modi, on companionship
Shri Narendra Modi is an austere, highly disciplined human being. Coming up through the ranks of the RSS over long years of hard work and determination, he has lived the quintessential modern Indian dream. Starting life as a Chaiwallah and right up to his present status as the PM candidate for the BJP, he embodies the [...]
January 15, 2014
A beautiful poem, written by Shri Narendra Modi for Sankranthi
Shri Narendra Modi is not only an amazing politician. He is a wonderful poet and writer as well, in his native Gujarati. On the occasion of Sankranti, Mr. Modi released a poem he had written some time back on the celebration of it Kite flying. Here I have translated it into English, to show you a [...]
June 19, 2013
How to give a killer presentation, by Chris Anderson of TED
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/... Very kind of them to use my picture!
May 27, 2013
March 31, 2013
Review of “All About Bacteria” in Livemint
On March 30th, Livemint newspaper published a review of All About Bacteria, my health book. Here is a link to that review. http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/dr38z... I took exception to some of the comments by the reviewer, and wrote an open letter to him. The letter is below. I am trying to post my comments on the Livemint [...]
January 31, 2013
Why six small meals a day is a totally bogus concept
“Ravi, Ravi , I feel so much better these days”, Aunt Sunitha breezed into the room, out of breath. “I went to my nutritionist recently, and she suggested that instead of three meals a day, I should have six small meals! This has totally controlled my hypoglycemia!” I looked at Aunt Sunitha, who was as [...]
December 17, 2012
Ravi Mantha speaks on health and good bacteria at TEDxDelhi 2012…
Check out my latest talk at TEDxDelhi 2012!
November 29, 2012
Why many people get fat as they get older… muscles are to blame.
Forget metabolism, forget genetics, forget diet, I am going to show you the biggest reason why we get fat. Your body weight is made up of several components, but let’s focus on your muscle and fat in today’s post. Someone with 30% body fat can be the same height and weight as someone with 20% [...]
November 4, 2012
Mystery Solved: Why Fruits And Vegetables In America Have No Flavour
The first time I went to a grocery store after moving to the US, I literally jumped in joy at the opulence of it all. It was 1989, and the Berlin wall was six months away from being toppled. Having grown up in socialist India, I had never before seen anything like this amazing symbol [...]
October 24, 2012
What the fastest animal on land can teach you about your health
We open this week’s blog post with a pop quiz, with only one simple question: what is the fastest land animal? If you answered Cheetah, you would be conventionally correct, of course. Here is a picture of Sarah the Cheetah, the fastest animal in the world on land, courtesy of Mr.Guilt. Over a 100 meter [...]
