Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Sadness and other negative feelings are all normal reactions to a serious loss and/or tragic event. Also, everyone suffers, now and then, from a mild case of ‘blues.’ Medical research says that there may be a biochemical foundation to such responses. Or, depression, the topic in question, may be ‘biologically- or
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Aesthetics, in art or science, is now no longer a question of “I do my thing, you do yours” — an aphorism incorrectly attributed to Friedrich Nietzsche. As a matter of fact, integrating aesthetic judgment with truth, beauty, and justness is, today, more than absolutely mandatory than ever before. It’s not
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR When we repel our emotions routinely, we disrupt our self-esteem’s applecart. When we, likewise, suppress our emotions, we also lose our touch with our inner self, including the capability to ‘reflect’ with our soul. It is, after all, our soul that makes us human. You and I become empathetic only when
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Diabetes means different things to different people. For some, it is a disease that affects kids. For others, it is something that affects people who are overweight, or fat. It may also, for some people, be something they would never ever get affected with. “It can’t happen to me.” For others,
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Success, as Herman Cain, the American businessman and activist, once said, is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. Intelligence, likewise, is not just a question of destiny. Raising the coffee cup to one’s lips is
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Mindfulness is about guiding our attention inwards, in the present moment, and relating to the sensations we are feeling, and what thoughts and emotions we’re going through. When diversions occur — a child crying, or TV jabbering, a bird singing, a new recollection surfacing — we just let them go. The
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR There is a remarkable connection that exists between psychology and immune function — in health and illness. Harmony between the two is suggested to denote optimal health and well-being. Likewise, a ‘sickening’ imbalance between them is said to be the cause of a host of diseases, including tuberculosis and AIDS. While
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR When a woman stops having menstrual periods, permanently, she is said to have reached a stage of life called menopause. Menopause is also called as ‘change of life;’ it signals the end of a woman’s ability to have children. The use of the term menopause, as a norm, refers to the
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Hot summer days, as the World Economic Forum articulates, are associated with a higher risk of a number of other conditions that are not typically thought to be heat-related, such as kidney problems, skin infections and pre-term birth among pregnant women. In fact, heatstroke, heat exhaustion and dehydration account for a
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Q: A friend of mine has been taking nutritional supplements for his joint and allied issues. He avers that they have helped him greatly. He suggested MSM for me — to addressing my wrist-related issue, or carpal tunnel syndrome. Please fill me with what’s MSM all about — to help me
