| ITANAGAR EXOTICA - HEALING RAIN | | | | therapies and Beauty Parlour skin treatments |
| | | | put togetner. That is why the skin of |
| DR SUDHAKAR NATARAJAN | | | | Arunachalees is so clear and flawless. The |
| | | | rain here is a free beauty regimen. Come have |
| DEPUTY COMMANDANT | | | | a walk in the pouring Arunachal rain, for a |
| | | | natural whole body massage and |
| INDO TIBETAN BORDER POLICE | | | | detoxification. |
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| SHQ, NE-I, ITANAGAR | | | | A fifteen day stay in Arunachal during the |
| | | | rains will recharge your body and will make |
| All the staid personalities are advised to | | | | it resilient enough to take-on the tough life |
| visit Itanagar between Oct to April, when | | | | at Delhi and other metros. Proper deep sleep |
| the weather remains pleasant but for those | | | | during the day, long walks in the rains and a |
| who like to take life as it comes, this | | | | deeper slumber at night would do wonders to |
| historic capital city is best visited during | | | | your battered body. |
| the peak of the rainy season when the | | | | |
| expression raining cats-and-dogs, takes an | | | | Another detoxification therapy practiced by |
| entirely new dimension. Come to Itanagar | | | | the locals is to collect the pure rain water |
| during the rains and enjoy the pitter-patter | | | | and drink it. It is said that the Arunachal |
| of the musical drops on sloping corrugated | | | | rain is quiet different since it has certain |
| roofs. If you are an insomniac, then Itanagar | | | | micronutrients that enhance tissue repair. I |
| during the rains is preferable to sedatives. | | | | will not be surprised to find some |
| The monotonous drumming of the rain would | | | | enterprising chap bottling the Arunachal rain |
| make you sleep like a baby. Throw away all | | | | water and selling it . This would certainly |
| your anxiolytics, sedatives and | | | | give Bisreli Mountain Water a run for its |
| tranquilisers, come to Itanagar, detoxify | | | | money. This bottle rain water concept is yet |
| your system and wallow in deep undisturbed | | | | to catch up. But once someone starts it, |
| slumber. Dozing off to a seamless and | | | | there would be no stopping it. The |
| dreamless slumber at mid-noon to the beat of | | | | international bottle water brands like Evian |
| the rain on the roof is what mother nature | | | | would set up a Arunachal Rain Water bottling |
| prescribes for the type-A jet-set Delhiwalas | | | | plant if they come to know of this fact. The |
| who live life without knowing what pleasure | | | | world over only mountain spring water is |
| an uninterrupted daytime siesta can give. It | | | | bottled and sold. The bottled rain water |
| literally acts as a balm to the injured soul. | | | | concept is still unexplored. |
| Life-giving rain drops would infuse the | | | | |
| visitor with life. | | | | It is just a matter of time before these |
| | | | little known facts about Arunchal Pradesh |
| In Delhi the rain brings along with it | | | | would be known to Indian and international |
| dissolved sulphur dioxide and other | | | | traveler and this would take the global |
| pollutants, but Itanagar is bestowed with | | | | tourist circuit by storm. |
| pristine quality rain water. The rain here is | | | | |
| known to heal many of the skin afflictions, | | | | Heal your body and soul. Walk in the rains |
| which are a common in city-dwellers. It you | | | | with clouds at your feet and just sleep. Feel |
| want to cleanse your epidermis then a | | | | the rain and heal the poor battered soul. |
| carefree walk in the rain is what the doctor | | | | This is 'soul-food' , Arunachalee style!! |
| has prescribed. When the naturally pure rain | | | | |
| water of Itanagar touches your skin, it is | | | | The writer is a Deputy Commandant in Indo |
| more healing than all the Kerala Ayurvedic | | | | Tibetan Border Police. |