Ulsoor, Yoga and Opium Wars

<div>What connects the Thai Forest Tradition of Buddhism to the neighbourhood of Ulsoor in Bangalore? (No, its not a Buddhist monastery!). It is in fact a tree whose fruit is the national fruit of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, and the state fruit of Karnataka. This week, in the fifth episode of Exploring your backyard, we move into Ulsoor, which hides the story of two polar opposites. Tune in, to understand what connects Ulsoor to Yoga and the Opium wars, and why our neighbourhoods are like the fruit which gave Ulsoor its name.</div><div>Check out the other episodes on Bombay </div><div>Colaba, Mark Twain and Dr. Ambedkar: https://ivm.today/342dDWM</div><div>Dadar, Railways and Outer Space: </div><a href="https://ivm.today/3xuayw9Cotton" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span data-auto-link="true" data-href="https://ivm.today/3xuayw9Cotton"><div>https://ivm.today/3xuayw9</div><div>Cotton</div></span></a><div> Green, American Civil War and Rise of Bombay: </div><a href="https://ivm.today/3oWu54QYou" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span data-auto-link="true" data-href="https://ivm.today/3oWu54QYou"><div>https://ivm.today/3oWu54Q</div><div>You</div></span></a><div> can check previous episodes of Dark Tourism on IVM Podcasts website </div><div></div><a href="https://ivm.today/3xuayw9You" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span data-auto-link="true" data-href="https://ivm.today/3xuayw9You"><div>https://ivm.today/3xuayw9</div><div>You</div></span></a><div> can reach out to our host Utsav on Instagram: @whywetravel42</div><div>(https://www.instagram.com/whywetravel42)</div><div>You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: <a href="https://ivm.today/android" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span data-auto-link="true" data-href="https://ivm.today/android">https://ivm.today/android</span></a> or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.</div>