A retired Professor of Technology at Benares Hindu University in Varanasi, Dr. C.V. Agarwal is undoubtedly one of the TOS’s most devoted animal rights activists in India. Through the Beauty Without Cruelty movement, which has centres located in the Theosophical Society campuses at Varanasi and Adyar, Dr. Agarwal and his team have organised a great number of successful (and less successful) campaigns against the exploitation and abuse of our fellow creatures.
The Service Link: Dr. Agarwal, with all the responsibilities and duties you have carried in your life, you have always made time for animal welfare. What inspired you to take on this work?
Dr. Agarwal: If I were asked to put in one word the goal toward which the Theosophical Society and the Theosophical Order of Service are working, it would be Unity. The idea can be expressed in many ways. One Principle dwells in all that is manifested and unmanifested. More correctly, there is nothing but One. The First Truth that the Buddha gave was the Truth of misery (dukkha). He spoke of the totality of misery. He did not compartmentalize misery into yours and mine. The Theosophical Society brings this fact of Oneness to the notice of all.
TSL: Why did you choose animal welfare work rather than another cause through which to alleviate the world’s misery?
Dr. Agarwal: When I first encountered the theosophical teaching of the Unity of all life, it set me on fire. It’s as simple as that. From deep within me sprang the realization that the other kingdoms of nature are an essential part of that Unity. From as early as I can remember, I have held the conviction that animals deserve tenderness and respect. Those of us who choose to work for animals do not ignore human suffering, but try to bring to the notice of human beings that their suffering increases by letting animals suffer. There are a number of well publicised human rights organisations in existence but it seems that more attention is needed for our helpless younger brethren, the animals. None of us has the time and energy to take up all causes.
TSL: What is the Beauty Without Cruelty movement (BWC)?
Dr. Agarwal: BWC was started half a century ago by an Englishwoman, Lady Muriel Dowding, who wanted to draw attention to the pain inflicted on animals in the production of cosmetics. BWC is international in its work and has enlarged its original scope nowadays to promote a way of life that causes no creature of land, sea or air, terror, torture or death. Lady Dowding achieved some remarkable feats in her time, at a period when people saw little wrong with the exploitation of animals for human vanity. She managed, for example, to convince one of India’s Prime Ministers, Sri Morarji Desai, to stop the export of monkeys from India for experimentation.
TSL: Why have you done most of your campaigning through the Beauty Without Cruelty movement?
Dr. Agarwal: Some of us working under the banner of the TOS have chosen not to form separate organizations for our campaigns but rather to associate with national and international societies already in existence, supporting them and giving them a depth that an understanding of the Unity of all life affords.
TSL: Yes, many TOS members choose to work this way. The TOS in England has a long tradition of donating to different service organisations, in latter years principally to those where Theosophists are actively involved. The TOS in America, on the other hand, had until recently its own animal welfare department with a skilled director.
Dr. Agarwal: In India, TOS members donate to other organisations also, such as for flood, drought, epidemic or earthquake relief, in addition to supporting the TOS’s own work running charitable dispensaries, supplying artificial limbs, wheel chairs, etc.
TSL: What has been achieved in India through BWC since Lady Dowding’s time?
Dr. Agarwal: BWC has played an important role in banning the export of frog legs. Also, in 1995 a nation-wide petition was launched against the Indian government policy of encouraging the construction of slaughter houses. Because of the large segment of the Indian population who are vegetarian, the meat industry is relatively under-developed compared with the West.
TSL: What proportion of the population is vegetarian now? Is it falling?
Dr. Agarwal: Statistics are not available. It seems obvious, though, that vegetarianism is slipping amongst the so-called educated and fashionable strata of society, where many imitate the Western lifestyle. These people are victims of improper dietetic information. Foreign investment in the slaughter business and the invasive advertising that accompanies the drive for profit are very hard to resist. In recent times, organised efforts by vegetarian movements have been made to inform people about the nutritional value of a vegetarian diet and the ill-effects of meat consumption. Unfortunately lack of funds prevents widespread distribution of our literature.
TSL: It would seem that the philosophy underpinning the widespread vegetarianism in India is being undermined. . . ?
Dr Agarwal: We animal activists deplore the erosion of the spiritual value of ahimsa and are doing our best to stop the growth of the meat industry. Our BWC group in Varanasi obtained a record number of 15,870 signatures for the petition to the government against slaughterhouses in 2005. We wrote to Theosophists around the world encouraging them to collect signatures and to send them to the Prime Minister of India. All told, around 200,000 signatures were collected by the efforts of Theosophists. A delegation met the Minister of Agriculture, who said that he believed that if people do not eat meat, there will be a food shortage. This is a common misconception, needless to say, and must be dispelled. Dr. Rock of Harvard University has written that to obtain one kilo of beef protein, 21.4 kilos of vegetable protein has to be fed to cattle. The production of meat needs something like two and a half times more land and three times more water than that of cereals. Anyway, as a result of our petition, the Ministry of Agriculture backed down in its policy – only to be replaced by the Ministry of Industry which has since taken the matter up again.
TSL: Have you opposed any specific cases of slaughterhouse construction through picketing or whatever?
Dr Agarwal: In October 1999, BWC members residing in the TS campus in Varanasi, collected money to fight a case in the Supreme Court against the granting of a piece of land in Calcutta for a slaughter house. We have not succeeded in stopping slaughterhouses completely, but in several places our protests have forced the government to shift locations.
A few years ago, our BWC workers engaged in signature campaigns against the Calcutta slaughterhouse, against an unprecedented slaughter of an animal at the opening ceremony of one of the Legislative Assembly sessions and also against an advertisement by a big group of hotels inviting guests to witness (enjoy!) animal shows. We once organised a petition against an elephant show in a South Indian national park. This show was backed by the government to promote tourism, but the show was stopped.
TSL: You mentioned some educational material that funds don’t permit you to distribute as widely as you would like. . .
Dr Agarwal: We have published several leaflets. We have provided some eminent doctors sympathetic to our cause with drafts of articles that have been published in their names in popular papers and journals. This carries greater weight with the public. The BWC Chennai Centre also organized a poster exhibition during the December 1999 International Convention of the TS at Adyar. A number of issues were highlighted, including vegetarianism, the use of animals in sport, experimentation, vivisection, dissection and genetic engineering. The BWC Chennai Centre has visited schools and colleges, suggesting humane alternatives to the use of animals, screening the BWC video documentaries and inviting audience participation. We brought out an excellent resource book, A Vegetarian Lifestyle, and distributed thousands of copies free to members. Following legal battles, dissection has ceased to be compulsory in Indian high schools. The BWC Centre in Varanasi entered this field in 1999, providing sets of compact discs to three theosophical schools. These give all the knowledge that dissection provides. Only lack of funds prevents us from distributing additional equipment.
TSL: BWC India has been very active indeed. Have you tackled any other areas of animal welfare in India?
Dr Agarwal: In July 2000, the BWC Chennai Centre, working from the TS Adyar, launched a big campaign against ostrich farming with a public protest meeting, holding placards and distributing leaflets against ostrich farming. This was followed by a public meeting addressed by Mrs Radha Burnier, among others from the city. This was widely reported in the newspapers and was on the TV news in English as well as in Tamil.
TSL: Although a vegetarian diet is not necessary for membership of the Theosophical Society, many members adopt one. Do you think that some non-vegetarian members feel an unspoken pressure to ‘convert’ to vegetarianism?
Dr. Agarwal: Quite possibly. We must guard against this by being careful not to preach to each other. On the other hand, there seems to be a certain inertia regarding animal welfare once a vegetarian diet has been adopted. Members would do well, perhaps, to consider the inconsistency of shunning meat and yet purchasing battery farmed eggs. And what about articles made out of feathers, animal skin, horn, ivory, shell, etc? Please do not be shocked if I point out that silk is also produced by killing. When members buy exotic birds to keep as pets, are they aware of the number of birds that die in transit for every one that reaches a pet shop abroad? When they want to buy a dog or cat, do they avoid pet shops and go instead to their local animal shelter? Do they boycott circuses?
TSL: There seems cause for pride and even satisfaction at all you have achieved so far in India.
Dr Agarwal: Not at all. To be satisfied is to become lethargic. There will be no rest or peace of mind until our less fortunate brethren live alongside us free from torture and terror.
May I say to readers of this web posting that we members of the TOS in India would be delighted to share with them information and material for adaptation and use in their own countries. We would also welcome any support they care to give the Animal Welfare Fund at Adyar. The need is great and the will to work is there.
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Desde sus orígenes en la antigua Grecia hasta su popularización en el
siglo XX, el culturismo ha ejercido una influencia significativa en la
sociedad, la moda y la percepción del cuerpo humano. El culturismo se ha convertido en un símbolo de disciplina, determinación y superación personal.
Los atletas de culturismo se someten a rigurosos entrenamientos, regímenes dietéticos
estrictos y un compromiso inquebrantable con su desarrollo físico.
¡Bienvenidos a Vidas Ilustres, el lugar donde las vidas extraordinarias cobran vida!
Esta cinta dirigida por Gung Ho y John Milius fue el empujón que condujo a
Arnold a Hollywood, poco después llegaría otra entrega de Conan en 1984, esta
no tendría mucho éxito en E.E. U.U., pero volvió a recaudar
cientos de millones en todo el mundo. Fue una
película que causo furor en los jóvenes de todo el mundo, los críticos señalaron la película como una cinta con un argumento pobre, pero no
fue suficiente para que el filme épico recaudara cientos de millones en taquilla.
Un papel de superhéroe period el indicado y el mismo llegó de la mano del productor
Dino De Laurentiis, el cual se interesó en el cuerpo musculoso de Schwarzenegger para hacer el personaje de un bárbaro que busca
venganza por la muerte de sus padres. La experiencia en el cine de Schwarzenegger ya era indiscutible.
Sin embargo, se disuelven en otros liquidos aceitosos, arnold schwarzenegger volverá a tomar esteroides..
Tambien es esencial conocer la vida media de los esteroides y cuanto tiempo hay que usarlos.
Las mujeres pueden utilizar los esteroides mas seguros como, arnold schwarzenegger volverá
a tomar esteroides. Cuando realizas el ciclo correcto de esteroides femeninos, te dara los mejores
resultados en terminos de culturismo.
Pero todos los efectos secundarios de los esteroides anabólicos dependen de la dosis de esteroides,
la duración del ciclo, la edad del usuario y el sexo.
Por lo tanto, no es necesario que los usuarios enfrenten todos los efectos secundarios de los esteroides anabólicos.
Solo las dosis altas y el uso a largo plazo de esteroides anabólicos pueden causar numerosos efectos secundarios posibles.
Según varios estudios, podemos decir que los esteroides anabólicos son los compuestos más potentes para mejorar
el físico, la fuerza y el rendimiento físico common de los usuarios.
Sin esto, los usuarios de drogas no pueden lograr
los sorprendentes resultados que esperan. Muchos usuarios creen que los esteroides provocan impotencia y arruinan su
poder masculino.
El paciente cuyo caso fue el centro del estudio renal dijo que lo más possible es
que estuviera predispuesto a desarrollar la enfermedad.
“Las drogas no fueron la razón por la que me enfermé”, dijo el hombre, que se negó a ser identificado porque su uso de esteroides era ilegal.
Su enfermedad period peor que en los pacientes obesos con un índice de masa corporal más alto,
lo que sugiere que los esteroides – combinados con las otras prácticas – podrían estar dañando los riñones.
La hormona del crecimiento humano, los suplementos,
los analgésicos y los diuréticos también pueden ser usados para crear los músculos “envueltos” tan apreciados en la estética.
Sin embargo, los entrenadores de varios equipos olímpicos se fijaron en sus efectos androgénicos y decidieron aplicarlos en sus rutinas de ejercicio con los deportistas, sobre todo en los que practicaban levantamiento de pesas (halterofilia).
Primero fue el equipo olímpico de la Unión Soviética,
a partir de 1952, y luego el de Estados Unidos, desde 1960, y el
de Alemania Oriental, territorio de los soviéticos, en 1972.
Según Schwarzenegger, comenzó a usar esteroides en la década de 1960
cuando competía en Europa. Según él, los esteroides eran comunes entre
los culturistas de la época y se consideraban un “secreto sucio” en el
deporte. El nombre de Arnold Schwarzenegger es sinónimo de éxito
en el mundo del fisicoculturismo. Este famoso actor, político y ex culturista austriaco ha ganado diversos títulos en competencias de fisicoculturismo, incluyendo el Mr.
Olympia en siete ocasiones.
Un ejercicio elementary de fuerza para el tren inferior que ayuda a ejercitar los glúteos,
los cuádriceps, el femoral o el core. Un básico para ganar músculo en los brazos, y alterna la barra recta
con la Z, para que de esta forma puedas estimular los bíceps de maneras distintas.
Puedes colocar la espalda contra la pared y así evitar
balanceos y ralentizar el movimiento al máximo. Posteriormente volvió a ganarlo tres veces más, para volver a Múnich donde se
entrenó durante cuatro y seis horas diarias, mientras asistía a la escuela de negocios
y trabajaba en el gimnasio de Rolf Putzinger. En 1968 volvió a Londres y
ganó su quinto título de Mr. Universo. No tuvo mucho éxito,
pero le sirvió como trampolín para llegar a
estar a la vista de otros productores de Hollywood.
En 1973 se estrena The Long Goodbye y posteriormente en 1976 gana el Golden Globe a mejor actor
principiante en la película Stay Hungry.
Ninguna parte debe ser desproporcionadamente grande o pequeña.
La definición extrema debe mostrar los músculos como si un fino plástico los envolviera.
Desde Vitónica promovemos la salud por encima de la estética siempre, por
lo que nunca vamos a recomendar utilizar
sustancias anabólicas que pueden poner en riesgo la salud.
Lo que también es importante es que se valore el trabajo de estos atletas, porque lo hay, más allá de las sustancias que utilicen para ello.
Mucho han cambiado los cánones estéticos que se muestran en la tarima del culturismo
mundial, especialmente en la categoría Open Bodybuilding o categoría abierta,
es decir, no hay límite de peso. En otras categorías compiten otros atletas con menos peso o un físico
más atlético, pero de enormes dimensiones.
«No hablo del tema porque es mi cagada y ya le he causado
suficiente dolor a mi familia. A gusto en su caricatura, conduciendo gigantescos Hammers y
fumando puros, Arnold sigue metiendo horas en el gimnasio junto a ese chaval que mantuvo oculto
durante catorce años. Es un Terminator viejo, se escucha en la
serie, pero no obsoleto. Armado de las frases de sus personajes, «I’ll be again’» y ‘Hasta la vista,
baby», el actor aprovechó en 2003 el mal momento económico que
atravesaba California y se presentó a gobernador
sin ninguna experiencia política. Si Ronald Reagan había sido presidente, cómo no iba a llevar las riendas del estado más rico del país un culturista austriaco,
que anunció su candidatura en el ‘Tonight Present’ de Jay Leno.
Días antes de las elecciones, el diario ‘La Occasions’ denunció que más de una docena de mujeres habían sufrido abusos sexuales por parte de
la estrella, pero en la era anterior al #MeToo el escándalo se acabó
con unas tibias disculpas.
En conjunto con el Mister Olympia son las dos competencias que todo culturista desea
ganar para consagrarse. Son algunas de las preguntas que muchos se hicieron, y esa fue la chispa de Arnold para visualizar su futuro y construirlo desde la nada.
Incluso, en los años 70 jugaba partidos de tenis en amistosos benéficos, todas las marcas deseaban que Arnold utilizara sus prendas.
Además, en las canchas de tenis sería el lugar donde conocería a Maria Shriver, mujer con la que estuvo casado durante 25
años y con la cual tuvo cuatro hijos. Así comienza la historia de un niño
que paso de cargar baldes de agua para lavarse, a ser el
trigésimo octavo gobernador del Estado de California.
Su historia demuestra que el trabajo arduo y
la determinación pueden llevar a resultados extraordinarios.
Aprovechemos su legado para motivarnos a alcanzar nuestras metas, ya sea
en el ámbito deportivo o en cualquier otro aspecto de la
vida. Sigamos sus pasos, aprendamos de su ejemplo y trabajemos incansablemente para alcanzar
la grandeza. El culturismo ha sido mucho más que una simple actividad física a
lo largo de la historia. Se ha convertido en un fenómeno
cultural y deportivo que ha capturado la atención de millones de personas en todo el mundo.
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