Janak Didi gave them a brief about her healthy living
Nursing students came to Jimmy McGilligan Centre to learn healthy life Style
Indore
A group of 45 students of Bombay Hospital Nursing College, Indore, B.Sc., came to Jimmy McGilligan Centre for Sustainable Development with their two assistant professors Priya Verma and Kirti Chitambre on a study tour to see how Janak Palta McGilligan “lives a healthy and clean life”. Janak welcomed them and gave them a brief about her healthy living because trash and trash bin free, plastic / chemical free, she eats her own home grown organic food! She showed them a dozen different types of solar cookers including parabolic, foldable, box cookers, showed her drinking water boiling on a solar cooker , dal being solar cooked in an earthen pot and the biggest surprise was when she saw the solar kitchen which was purposely designed and built by her husband, solar Engineer Jimmy McGilligan . This solar dish rotates with the sun using an auto-tracking system, which is completely carbon-free without the use of batteries or silicon photovoltaic panels. Its capacity is to cook Food for 50 people directly from the sun's energy. They were amazed to Food processing devices such as dryers, hot water solar geysers, solar-wind power are shown working. After this, students and teachers were introduced to the lush green trees “This is our Arjun, Bael, Rudraksh, Ramphal, Parijaat, Sitaphal, Ashwagandha. Kathhal, Kadamba, Sonapatti, Neem, Khati Tamarind, Vilayati Tamarind, Beeth, Kachnar, Karonda, Almond, Fig, Sindoor, Shabri Wale Ber, Mulberry, Drumstick, Mango, Jam, Amla, WaterapplePapaya, Karanja, Besharm, Karanja, Lemon, Orange give lots of seasonal fruits. This is a home to Cows, dogs many birds and animals! Nothing is for sale and no need to buy. From the solar cooker and dryer, we get healthy and pure fruit sherbet, jam, dry fruit, chutney, jam, peanut butter etc. throughout the year"
. The students saw pure desi organic grains, pulses, fenugreek and vegitables , bottle gourd, lady fingers, balor, garadu, desi herbs giloy, bone joint, insulin, vajradanti, aloe vera, ank dhatura followed by spices chilli, mustard, fenugreek seeds, fennel, suey, ajwain, turmeric, onion, garlic, tomato, potato, sweet neem, garam masala, ambadi tulsi, marua and lemon-grass. Place is certified completely pure oxygen, water clean for all including air for birds and animals, all of them are living with natural and renewable sources of energy powered by sun and wind as well as chemical free soil, , food and peace of mind without generating any waste. With the commitment of rainwater harvesting making a pond, getting water just from 250 feet deep .whereas the neighbours draw water from 1000 feet below.
After this, during an interactive and question answer session session , Janak Palta McGilligan told that she is a Baha'i pioneer and is trying to follow the purpose of life to thank God because it is our spiritual responsibility to keep ourselves, our family and community and contribute to fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goals and to say "Bharat Maa, Gaumata, Dharti Mata Ki Jai. Whatever I have learned and experienced in the last four decades after leaving Chandigarh and living in Indore and now in this village with my Baha'i husband Jimmy McGilligan, is my greatest wealth and I am trying my best every moment to teach nature conservation to all the children, youth e people free interested in learning without charging any fees . She said that now we have no other option to ignore climate crisis ! We all have to protect nature, if nature is saved then the world will be saved! You should not consider nursing as a job, you should become like Florence Nightingale and along with curing the patients, you should live a healthy life for your own body, mind and soul."
The students and both the faculties said that they are shrt of words to express their gratitude for the opportunity seeing this rare tree - species, natural, garbage free, poison free, pure healthy life in their life for the first time , we have seen in practice that you do not just talk but actualise . We are so inspired by your life and guidance , we will surely do our best. definitely try.
