Her Story will Change Your Perspective about Mountain Life | 30 Years in Himalayas!
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- čas přidán 17. 02. 2022
- Malika Virdi, born in a Punjabi family and brought up in Delhi decided to move to Munsiyari (Uttarakhand) 30 years ago, to live a life close to the land as a farmer. With people desiring to relocate to the mountains now more than ever, I met her with some questions related to this. She shared her story and her learnings with me.
She is in her second term as the sarpanch of the van panchayat and has been an active citizen, vocal about issues concerning ecology and sustainability. She, along with the people of her village, runs a community-owned rural tourism project called The Himalayan Ark www.himalayanark.com. Alongside, through the local rural women’s collective, Maati, she is committed to working on issues concerning rural mountain women.
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This is the kind of content I pay my internet bills for!!
Great work brother.
Thanks for watching Ashutosh!
Yes
Right..loved it every bit.
I'm also from uttrakhand ❤️🙏
One episode worth thousands
She is so well spoken. The fluency, accuracy and the flow. Just perfect
well read too I guess. She reminded me of my school principal who's english was this fluent and whenever she spoke , she commanded the attention of the audience. Just amazing
She has used words I have never heard before. I am in awe.
She has in-depth knowledge of the subject.
The best part is, she knows what she is talking about. Hats off to her.
So condescending. Why would she not be speaking proper?
Her voice, each of her sentence, philosophy truly are meditative, moving and thoughtful. I could close my eyes and could see her walking down the stairs in the morning with deep serenity in her mind looking down the hills in the greenery. What a person she is!
Thank you for reaching her out for us.
She is VANDEVATA.
So, so, SO *impressed* by Ms. Virdi - she's almost poetic in her manner of speaking, so clear on the messages she's conveying and so articulate! Hats off to her, what a strong advocate for her community!!
Beautiful to watch
Ms. Virdi. You spoke so eloquently. It was a pleasure to watch this video. Dil ko bhi bohot sukoon mila.
Absolutely
Enjoyed watching this video
one of the most educative videos I have seen in recent times....this very wise woman...Malika Virdi gave a great crash course on being a responsible person on this planet....the kind of education most people in cities entirely miss and endeavour to make our beautiful planet a miserable place to even exist...bravo to her kind who preserve and prevail along with rural communities....kudos to Ethereal bringing this out to us...
Okay of u want to enjoy life and improve the quality n strength of village life please spend life in villages costs the same to B either in cities or villages spend Ur holidays in villages take care of the villages w one mth of ur salary instead they will give u thr houses and area for u to take care for a mth Nd to enjoy if Intrested pls msg
@@roshanmathew9443 How does one go about this? Am interested in spending holidays in villages taking care of somebody's land for month.
@@vedakumar3808 ur welcome boss send ur no with gaps once I connect del ie write in words will msg u
Bhaskar ji, few people like you, realize the true worth of such lone efforts. More like you must support the cause.
My reply to your comment weng off as an independent post. It is below the few other posts.
She is a revelation. A lighthouse for modern society. How to live our lives responsibly is so beautifully narrated here. We need more Malika Virdis in our lives.
That is what she mentioned we think some others will come and add value, be the part of the solution be the one.
we need TO BE Malika Virdis ourselves!
My biggest smile at “as dangerous as humans or little lesser” perfectly well said. What a wonderful blessed life divine !
Less dangerous than us( human being.).....that sentence touched my ❤
This film is as powerful as like an atom. It can completely change some people's life. I wish this film could have shown in schools, in theaters before the daily show runs.
Moreover this video should be shown to corporate world as well !
Look how clam ( no stress,no anxiety) she is.....I think she must be found meaning for her life
What do you mean clam?
@@elizabethtencer7950 I guess calm is what she meant 😊
its strange people think they need to find the meaning of life when we had those answers all along and we intentionally left them - when people rush after money, greed, are dishonest with each other so someone else ahs to work like a slave, it creates a cycle of rush and anxiety- this is what happened to the west and is creeping in the East- people dont realize it and when they do their lust for money is too strong to leave it and once everyone behaves this way it becomes a part of parcel of society that we can change no more. RIP India that I knew before- no longer the same.
@@hashh2019 I agree with most of what you said. However, it is possible to change. It happens one choice at a time; one person at a time choosing (with intention) to return to love
I love how seamlessly she flows from english to her native language, it sounds like music, and her message is full of passion ❤️
She is an inspiration and role model for many. Hats off to her
She has done so much for this region which is not mentioned here. So humble, truly an inspiration
Thanks a lot for bringing Malikaji's story to us through Your plaform. Salute to Ma'am, to her passion, her knowledge, her thoughtfulness, her liveliness, her conciousness to give back to nature.
Jabtak dusara bachcha paida karna band nahi karenge mar khate rahenge gadahe
.aabadi 25 % ho to 4 guna makan dukan hotal road anaj sabji fal dudh aadi saplai mile amir ho sabhi
What a wise and special person! Please spread, spread, spread her philosophy! It is so obviously correct.
She is simply stupendous...so inspiring, so settled .....she understands that we are custodians of resources, can't overexploit them....we must preserve them for future generations
Such a beautiful lady. Truely Nsture's child.🙏🏻🙏🏻
The calmness in her voice is inherited from nature. It's so mesmerising to listen to her and watch her story. Being a farmer's son I can relate most of things. It is very essential that we teach our kids a sustainable life.
True
She so elegant , sober , simple her thought process are far far better than any so called intellectual..she is actually know how to be on this beautiful planet 🌎
Munsiyari is love! Malika mam has done so much for the women folk there. Great initiatives
She is fluent in English Hindi and Urdu. ..very brave and outgoing
She definitely has consciousness and enlightenment....she is in balance and one with nature and maintaining a life. she helps people grow and nature flow. Her soul is beautiful.
May God gives us more humans like her,please to keep her safe
I wish she had a CZcams channel to share the life she has up in the mountains ❤ thank you for this video
As long as their is people like her the world has a chance. Thank you for introducing us to this wonderful human being.
Unlimited life lessons in one video ❤
Now this is called contributing to a better environment, a better community, a better India. This kind of consciousness is needed for a better tomorrow, genuine drive not superficiality. Thanks for sharing 🙏🏻
“ Prove yourself!! “
We lost life skills….
The world is not always about digital….
I love everything she said….pure simple wisdom that this generation ignore😢
She is an inspiration. What an amazing perspective she has towards the nature and the ecosystem. Hats off
Her thoughtful use of words to categorically paint a picture of where we stand now and where we could go is inspiring to the core. An excellent presentation.
And not forgetting your thoughtful comments as well, hehe... Wow Excellent 💕 😉
Animals bring us back to a world that they have never left. It is a blessing to give to them because we have taken so much from them.
So beautifully worded. We have lost our basic sense and skills. We have outsourced everything. Modern elites thrives by creating rift between humans and between humans and world around us. It is so heart warming to see people like her .
Ah I long to see the world full of people like her
I have learnt to respect nature not only for our survival but for survival of earth. Excellent motivational video I have seen in my life.
Beautiful soul, with so much to teach us! Learning to live in harmony and respect with all creatures, great and small!
She is truly a person whom we all need to learn from and follow her footsteps to maintain the balance. God bless her.
What a lovely, respectable and strong woman. These are the kind of people I love.
Listening to such people makes me feel so calm. They just radiate calmness. I also feel, that as a South Indian, my staple food is rice but I dont even know how rice is grown, cleaned, differences between white and brown rice. I am not educated about my most staple food even after 20 years of education.
When I was in college (25 years ago) I had predicted if we ask young students in 6th or 7th Std, from where rice comes, they cannot name paddy plant. And when I did this as experiment by asking questions in 2005/06, I was amused & sad my prediction came true. So you are not wrong. Acknowledging our follies and what we missed when we went behind education bandwagon, is the 1st step to move towards richer life with connection to real physical world by learning , learning, learning (not in just academic sense alone).
Came across this video by chance, and what do I watch? A person who is so well balanced in her thinking and actions, it is surprising. I have a small piece of land in the suburbs and would love to stay there on a regular basis and follow her. Would also love to go and visit her, if possible. Hats off, Madam Virdi.
Environment is not only a subject for her.Kudos to her achievements.👍👍
She is absolutely amazing. I can listen to her all day long. This is the type of content we all want. Great job to Ethereal team.🙏
people like you have kept alive the true aspirations of nature and humanity...great work...keep progressing. beautiful work .❤️
This is beautiful, I had visited Munsiyari and briefly met Malika as well. Her house in the middle of the forest and the whole experience was really beautiful!! Still in touch with lady who put us up in her homestay! Also, really well made video. I really enjoyed it!
Wow! Really a very nice, genuine, real fact & ever memorable, great motivational feedback.
How to contact her? Please.
@@rajpalsingh3535 She runs an NGO that offers homestays. I suppose you can look them up.
Hi mam I am Kimi from Manipur..who had become homeless during the crisis which is still going on...i used to have own a very small vegetable farm which is now destroyed...but i see ur video..i really miss my life which i can never retain in this life..i am here in Delhi with a relative... taking shelter with my 16 months old son ..i want to come to ur place and protect my son from all the bad stories... history of our past life and live there peacefully... please hire me as ur assistant...i have a good knowledge in farming too..
Hi kimi ,
I hope u and ur son are doing well. Sorry to hear abt u losing ur farm.
Im from a farmer's family in Delhi.
Admire how you attend to your environment and all those you share it with. Acceptance of shared responsibility and respect, and the resulting peace and calmness in you. Lovely.
Love her narration.
It’s one of my dreams to go back to my beautiful village and retire there one day. 😊
I think every single kid should watch this in school to be inspired. Boxed in city living is far from natural. Thank you for such amazing content 💕
I met Mrs. Virdi more than ten years back on my first trek to milam glacier, she even arranged a companion for me for the trek from the local Bhutia tribe, his name was Balu I think. I stayed in a home stay arranged by her at one of the tribes house for Rs.600/ including 3 times food. I dont know if she still has the programmes. She was very active among the local people there and well respected by them. It is nice to see her again in this video after a long time.
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I shared this video with several of my friends after watching it (with tears in my eyes... ). I have requested them to just spend less than 20 minutes time and see what happens. I was happy that I had lived in a village for the first portion of my life. For me it was the cleanest and happiest part. Jobs/Money/Fun Travel are not what we call achievements but there is lot more.. This video boosts my thoughts on going back to same place and do what I wanted for a long time.
Oh man you're speaking my heart . I'm from a small town , nd soon moving to Mumbai or Delhi for my undergrad but all I wish for is this sustainable lifestyle, peaceful life , which I won't be getting in those huge cities . For now , I'll be carrying few plants with me , which I can place in my balcony but once when I'm done with everything, I wanna come back to my town and build a lifestyle like this . I cannot be in the hustle & bustle of the cities .
That's a beautiful lens to look through. she spoke about reality in the most authentic way possible. Kudos to her power!
She is an inspiration!!! Hats off to her confidence. She knows exactly what she is dealing with very educative woman.
Loved it. Her wisdom comes from her first hand experiences...not some books and other resources. It really makes you think....to ponder upon. ❤🙂
The way she is connected with nature.. It is just phenomenal.. 💫💫💫💫She doesn't need any cosy chairs..or any Lavis place ..stepping path serving her so well.. Truly commendable.. How people from cities are joining the Himalayan earth with such dedication and regard.. .. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
My heart feels inspired by listening to her. Thankyou for making such people's voices available to us.
Really a very nice, genuine, real fact & ever memorable, great motivational feedback.
Malika ji, you are an enlightened person and a lighthouse for humanity!
THIS LADY LOOKS LIKE A GEM OF A PERSON...❤ SO PEACEFUL...SO CALM...HER WORDS ARE SO FLUENT..SO ACCURATE...A TRUE INSPIRATION...HER LOVE TOWARDS MOTHER NATURE...STAY BLESSED MA'AM ❤❤❤
Wow! This is the kind of people I want to see in Tedx. She is educating people like me who live in city skyscrapers and think I can buy a property someday in hills for leisure. Honestly her explanation changed my perspective about everything I thought about living in a new land with natures abundance . Thank you ❤
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We can boom nature where ever we want to I see many people turn their houses in to full fledged garden .
What a coincidence. I was looking into your subha banaras film and remembering you it's been a while you have uploaded any video here on youtube and here it is
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Breath of fresh air ❤️❤️❤️ living with tune in nature is always the right way to live
I was completely engrossed in the video.She is so simple,straight,logical n inspiring.She touches every life.N educates us to understand nature,learn to live with it in harmony and become responsible towards it n future generations..Great job..Kudos
I love this woman's mindset! She is very wise and eloquently spoken. I appreciate her valid points. Bless her for sharing her beautiful wisdom with us!
A proper way of smart living 🙂👏🏼💗
Your understanding is so pure and logical. 🙏🏼
Such a wise lady. So articulate in the way she put her views.
Hello how are you doing?
Really, a very nice, genuine, real fact & ever memorable, great motivational feedback.
This is one the best videos I have seen in a very, very long time. Such simple wisdom and true solutions. What an amazing lady. Thank you for the teaching.
Her life is so inspiring! She is living my dream life 💚
Wow! Really a very nice, genuine, real fact & ever memorable, great motivational feedback.
Do you have a solution for people who crave grass and earth under their feet but are surrounded by buildings? I can't find that solace in parks. Is there a way?
@@WoSarvatraHain Seek for the path and one day you'll be there, keep up the faith...👍
@@iamgroot4706 Thank you.
Beautifully conveyed Sensible, logical and simply explained. Her language, comuunication skill plus her voice makes for real understanding of the mountain life. It is a hard life in a different way but much more blessed as it is living in conjunction with Nature.
I have part of of my life spent in a village and now in a city just like she said feels very hollow at times ,outsourced is the word she used ,so well said ...we have just forgotten how to live ,just consume consume and consume some more we gave forgotten where it all comes from
Malika is really inspiring...We too moved here up in the mountains in Kempty Falls Mussoorie... from Gurgaon and can really connect to what she's saying. Kudos to you guys.
Best wishes
So nicely put…we need more people like you who would actually make a difference
Amazing. We need so many more humans like her! Very inspiring! I would love to have a friend like her!! Thank you for your video!
One of the best interviews I have seen. We need more people like her. ❤
Hello how are you doing?
So beautifully said susmita....such a wonderful interview... God bless you and your family abundantly... keep smiling always
Wow! Really a very nice, genuine, real fact & ever memorable, great motivational feedback.
That's what she mentioned in the video, we wait for others to do and she wanted to be the one.
One of my all time fav place "Munsiyari"... being from beautiful Almora, munisayi always fascinated me❤️❤️
In cities, people when stressed usually say Himalayas chalte hain. The actual responsibility is nowhere one can picture. One of the finest videos ever seen.
So inspiring, the way she talks so calm. she reminds us about our existence.Respect Mam.Thanks to the people behind this vedio as well.
Truly motivational words. She is living a wonderful life there, changing the perspective of locals, spreading awareness about the natural resource management down the lane. I really liked her spirit and choice of words, she says animals are less harmful than us as humans, which is absolutely true.
I don't understand, firstly you people destroy your jungles.. And now lecture us on nature and jungles..
If you people are so smart and fucking intelligent why don't you revive your jungles and natural resources....
Why don't you fucking understand our forefathers ruled these hills..
We have our own ways, when electricity wasn't there our ancestors survive..we are not afraid of bears and keep banging tins
A little advice here...
Bacche wali bear ke pass kabhi mat jao wo attack karegi..
Bear tumharey peeche aye to dhalan ke taraf bhago..
March k tym jungle mai ander mat jao ... hibernation break hote he bear bahut hungry hota hai..
Open ground se jana avoid karo, jaha bushes and grass ho waha se jao..
Kyu agar wo tumko dhek bhi le to bushes mai bhag jayega aur open ground Mai usko chupne ko ne melega to wo attack karega..
Bear without reason attack nahi karta..
Bas gana gate huwe jungle jao bear ko sudden encounter pasand nahi..
Wo human voice sun kar bhag jayega..
Ghar se bhalu ko door rakhna hai to bhuteya dogs palo.. 2 male ek female
Last but not the least don't teach your father how to duck
Thank you for sharing. ❣ So Mountain life is quite healty for both soul and body. Sometimes I dream to take a long trip and live for a month in somewhere peaceful time for peaceful life. No stress and be free from City life for a while - Wild life is still attractive for many people, specially CITY FOLK 😇💖 Have a good time! Best Wishes from STOCKHOLM - SWEDEN
visit uttarakhand(india), the Garhwal amd kumaon regions will rejoice your soul 😋
Awesome...She is living the life and making an effort to bring a positive change
Hats off to her and her family.
Very inspiring
I could listen to her speak all day, she's a wise, well spoken woman! She really understands the meaning of life!
Interpreuner & inspirational woman. Left city & settled in beautiful hilly land.
Prefered closeness with nature.
She cherishes nature so nature also cherish her.
Most beautiful landscape & greenery rivers & plants.
Really dream destination.
Nice video.
As a pahadi, Watching those desolate houses really broke my heart. 😖
Pahadi are most wannabe run away migrates they want to live in west because those hills are modified...they dont want to invest in their Bakhli
Wonderful video! My dream is to life my life like her... It's a shame that a huge part of humanity forgot that we are part of mother nature.
Hats off to this lady. I am a Pahadi living in the plains and can identify with what she is saying. Her amazing wisdom, yet down to earth approach, her eloquence and presentation, everything is beyond words. Thank you very much for sharing such motivational stories.
Great interview .made my day....mam's msg should be passed globally and our country needs more and more people like mam. Respect🙏
Munshiyari My hometown ❤
The story brings me a different type of happiness and you know what last week I watched the Avatar 2 and after seeing avatar one and the second one I can relate why it brings me happiness. Because among many other traits its the cultivation of happiness one can do in one's own life and not only they can be impacted but also can impact others' lives as well
Thank you so much for sharing this video.. it’s full of intensity.. understanding nature is not everyone’s understanding.. we need depth ❤
Wow! What a very nice, genuine, real fact & ever memorable, great motivational feedback.
Sometimes a random conversation video is also peaceful and soothing to watch. The lady in the video is smart, experienced, beautiful and courageous. It takes guts to choose a path thats rarely chosen by anyone, specially when neither you or none of the people you know has any knowledge or experience of that route to be taken. ❤
It’s extremely difficult to lead such life being city dwellers!! She has guts! Said nice words wherever you go people don’t accept, you have to proved yourself.
She's absolutely correct. I wish we had more of her . Shame,we have changed. The most intelligent beings behave the worst. I bow down to her.❤
So articulate. Her vocabulary is extensive!
I agreed with Mrs. Malika, the earth is so beautiful and amazing. But humanity has destroyed it! Here I am looking at this video & it surely takes my breath away. Thanks for sharing. Blessings 💖🌷🙋♀️
Very articulate, yet humble person. Inspiring. God bless her.
बहुत बढ़िया जी,
सबसे बढ़िया बात ये है कि जो आप nature की respect कर रही हो ,वो सिर्फ बातों में ही नहीं है 🙏
What a blessed and beautiful soul she is!
The actual consiousness, The actual vertues, The actual happiness. I love it. Thank you for video.
I don't know why you are not getting as many views as you should have. This is not just a video but I guess a journey towards nature. All the best for future endeavours. Let me know if there's anyway I could join your team.
I love the words of wisdom from this lady. A great role model🙏
Such a well spoken, self aware, educated lady. This is right education.
Excellent conversation 😌 She is just a beautiful peice of nature or a human being par excellence fully integrated into the nature. Lovely video indeed!!!
I found this to be a highly educative string of responses by Malika'ji. Moreover, it is her peaceful, calm, modest demeanour which is subtly infectious as well as convincing.
Only a truly sensitive one can so seamlessly blend back into the natural environment which we have sprouted from.
I am now convinced that the best way to unspoil ourselves is to revert to the basics of life and of living.
Thank you 🙏
I share her vibes and vision, I myself moved to mountains in uttarakhand after pandemic. Working through each day to drop off the bagge of city living. It's a work in progress but still a long way to go. Thanks for this wonderful video, would love to meet her one day and chat over a cup of tea.
I visited that area last year, the view of the mountains the greenery the hills all was breathtaking. I told my husband I could live there and be very happy. Maybe in the future!! I enjoyed listening to your reasoning on nature and conservation, you are so right, people needs to feel envolved, be convinced they can be part of the solution, that feeling is very empowering it moves peoples minds, rooted beliefs. The world need more individuals like yourself, with your clear view point on every day matters. One who respect nature!! Who wants to live in harmony with it! So proud of this amazing Mind!