Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR It would be too superfluous to say that the cause of civility enjoys token lip-service. In fact, impoliteness, or rudeness, has become a badge of individual growth. Get into the first-class compartment of any Mumbai local train, and you will know. You have smart, tie-sporting, sweaty executives, who sport more than
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Matter, as we all know, stores and also radiates energy. Distilled [most often, double purified] water, or alcohol, the substance used to make homeopathic medicines, or remedies, is also matter — it stores wavelengths. All things produce their own wavelengths, and like a flower, each substance is unique. Research says that
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Each of us can achieve eminence in life and career. Agreed that it isn’t easy — but, what helps one to attain distinction is focused thought and a constant desire to be what one wants to be. You can’t, of course, achieve just by thinking alone until you internalise your thoughts
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Each of us is endowed with extraordinary internal strength. Not all of us always summon, or employ, it though, thanks to our own frailties. In like manner, we all aim to reach the top with everything we do — but, just a select, or a handful, few among us achieve what
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR The classification of eating disorders is subject to inconsistency. The diverse frames of reference too ‘mirror’ beliefs about cause and pathology, no less, along with varied psychological underpinnings. Besides, what may have led to gender-related ‘apepsia hysterica’ in the early nineteenth century, has a new name today — anorexia nervosa. In
Words: Dr Robert KALADISH December was mild for a Toronto winter, but the steel grey skies were familiar. Janey, my receptionist, handed me the intake form indicative of a new patient waiting to begin our 2-hour initial visit. On reviewing the form and seeing the reason for the visit to be a peripheral neuropathy with
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Pain is relative. It is also specific. Pain can emanate from previous illness and trauma, or from underlying causes, such as arthritis. In certain cases, there is no obvious cause of pain — or, one may erroneously attribute pain to a recent activity rather than a serious causal effect. Besides, it
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Women face unique health challenges. Their bodies are regulated by rhythmic monthly cycles. As a rule, their cycles flow with computerised regularity — naturally and effortlessly. However, certain subtle interactions of hormones, stress, environmental pollutants and diet can sometimes disturb the rhythm and cause imbalances. This is where natural Ayurveda and
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR You got it right. That trust is the core of our being — it is delicate like culture. However, it is, in other words, a palpable entity — one, we’d think of as possibly an extension, or outcome, that emanates from perceptible processes. Every literature, or culture, addresses itself to trust
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR As the cool waft of winter cuffs our face, it ushers in an early nightfall. To use a metaphor, winter strikes a chord. It reminds us that it is time for leaves to wobble in the air and bring in more radiance into our life. Yet, when the leaves slowly shed,
