New Delhi: When Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked how he gave up Delhi’s famous Chole Bhature, Indian Cricket team captain Virat Kohli in his reply talked about how simple home cooked meals along with bringing discipline in diet help in increasing fitness levels.
When Modi discussed how to maintain calorie intake, Virat said the body needs to be given time to process the ingested food. The PM talked about the YoYo test, stressing on the importance of bringing in fitness culture.
Virat said with good sleep, food and fitness the body will recover in a week’s time when the PM asked whether he doesn’t feel tired.
Prime Minister Modi, who launched the Age Appropriate Fitness Protocols on the occasion of the first anniversary of the Fit India Movement, via virtual conferencing today, interacted with various sports persons, fitness experts and others during the Fit India Dialogue event organised on the occasion.
Talking to model and actor Milind Soman, Modi referred to him as ‘Made in India Milind’. The Prime Minister said Soman, in his own ways, had been a vocal supporter for Make in India. Milind Soman told him that the Fit India Movement had led to awareness among people and they were now aware of their physical and mental strength.
Soman talked about the fitness of his mother. He said in the past people were fit and they used to walk 40-50 kms in villages to fetch water. “But nowadays due to access to technology in cities we lead a sedentary lifestyle which makes us prone to many problems,” he lamented.
Prime Minister said that fitness knows no age and lauded Milind Soman’s mother for maintaining a fitness regimen which included even push-ups at the age of 81. To this Soman replied that one can remain fit and healthy by using whatever they have, it only requires confidence and determined thought to do so.
Milind asked PM how he handles criticism, and Modi said work done with complete dedication, with the feeling of serving everyone and a sense of duty “does not cause stress”. The Prime Minister said competition symbolizes a healthy way of thinking, but one should focus on competing with self rather than with others.
Paralympic Gold Medallist Devendra Jhajharia narrated the difficult phase after he lost an arm owing to an electric shock and how his mother inspired him to behave as a normal child and work towards fitness. To Prime Minister’s query on how he dealt with his latest shoulder injury and he overcame his mood to retire from the sport, Devendra Jhajharia said that one has to believe in oneself first to overcome mental and physical challenges. He demonstrated some physical exercises and discussed the fitness regimen he followed to overcome his injury.
As for footballer Afsan Ashiq – the goal keeper from Jammu and Kashmir, she said that it was necessary that every woman should keep herself fit, as she plays the role of a mother and caretaker of the family. She discussed how she was inspired by M S Dhoni calm style of functioning and how she meditates daily in the morning to keep herself calm and composed. Modi inquired about the traditional way of people in her state to keep themselves fit despite the extreme weather conditions, Afsan discussed about trekking and how it improves fitness levels. She also said that as people of J&K live in high altitudes they have more lung capacity and that they have no breathing problems when involved in physical activity elsewhere. Afsan also talked about how she needs to mentally focussed and physically flexible as a goal keeper.
PM’s interaction with Swami Shivadhyanam Saraswati of Munger
Swami Shivadhyanam Saraswati, an alumni of IIT and MIT, representing the Bihar School of Yoga told Modi that he derived inspiration from the famous saying sarvajan hitaya, sarvajan sukhaya (सर्वजन हिताय, सर्वजन सुखाय) meaning Welfare of all and Happiness of All. He talked about his gurus and inspiration drawn from them to spread the importance of yoga. He referred to the ways and methods Ancient Teacher-Disciple Gurukul tradition which focussed on the physical and mental development of the student. He termed Yoga as not just an exercise but a way of life, which was inculcated during the Gurukul days.
The Prime Minister talked with him about customizing yoga according to the changing lifestyles.
– globalbihari bureau
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