Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Our body functions with a dynamic balance. It is this balance that helps direct all functions of life. This is called homeostasis. In other words, keeping things static or constant. Our body is somewhat like a spinning wheel. So long as it is spinning, or working, dynamically, all our body systems
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Conflicts, as we all know, are part and parcel of life and career. They may sometimes be resolved by a long shot. Sometimes not. Difficult or fluid conflicts often lead to contentious situations. Knowing the basics of effective conflict management is one good way of dealing with conflicts that cannot be
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Air travel is a fact of modern life, what with millions of people opting for it, every day, wherever you look, or turn — this is its huge upside. There is ironically a trifling, albeit tangible downside too — thousands of air-travellers suffer, or have suffered, from ear pain, or discomfort,
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Critics, or sceptics, argue that glucosamine adherents have an ostentatious pitch: that the nutritional supplement has ‘the unique ability’ to provide pain relief and help regenerate damaged tissue in joints. They ask: is this a well-orchestrated, or subtle marketing gimmick, or pitch — one you should run after and take? Some
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Our success and fulfilment depend upon how we respond to challenges of everyday life. The duo is in no way related, or reliant, on privileges, advantages, or disadvantages, that we are all born with, or are not able to surmount as we’d all want, or wish to. Whatever our station in
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Lumbago is pain in mid- and lower-back; however, it is an evocative term that does not specify a cause. Lumbago often presents with mild-to-severe pain, or discomfort, in the area of the lower back. The pain can be sudden and severe [acute], or long-standing [chronic]. The pain most often occurs in
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Colour is, perhaps, the rainbow synthesis of our lives. There’s also a paradox — although we are incessantly fascinated by different colours, hues and tints, we do not always think of their power. We do not also sometimes notice the colours around us. Research testifies that — consciously and subconsciously —
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR A team is best defined as a combination of a highly communicative group of people. Poor communication, therefore, means no team. A team should also, doubtless, have members with different backgrounds, skills and abilities. This would help to ‘pool’ optimal resources for it to be effective. In other words, a team
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR You are cool, calm and collected when you comprehend your own feelings. All of us can attain such a state without being Zen masters by accommodating our and others’ sensitivities and sensibilities. This is because our fellow beings are just like us, our likes, dislikes, moods etc. When you begin to
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Think of the most improbable miniature helicopter of all, or those unbearable ‘drum beats’ in your ear. You gotcha the whole idea right — a hazard you’d not even ‘touch’ from afar, as it were. Now, to the basics. With her brittle body, and spiky arsenal of wings, legs and antennae
