Food in the Indian Knowledge Tradition: A Comparative Study of Ancient and Contemporary Indian Food Practices—Changes, Impacts, Causes, and Remedies (With Special Reference to Eastern Nimar/Khandwa District)

Abstract

On this entire earth, the human being is the only creature who holds the ability to direct other animals, birds, and nature according to his own thinking and wisdom. Relying on his intellectual power and physical strength, humanity has created countless histories. Using his intelligence, he developed numerous medicines to protect all living beings from physical and mental ailments. To provide comfort to all creatures, he invented machinery through scientific methods, reducing physical labor and saving time, thereby bringing life into a more convenient state. In the 21st century, we are living with many material comforts. However, day by day, individuals are becoming detached from their surroundings. Within them, problems such as insomnia, frustration, anxiety, the tendency to keep running in the race to achieve everything, the breakdown of families, the near-disappearance of joint families, bitterness in the marital lives of couples in nuclear families, single mothers, single fathers, and the shattered childhoods of innocent children are becoming widespread. Most alarming of all is the growing disorientation among the youth today.