The prevalence of asthma in India is very obviously on the rise, and the medical fraternity attributes this trend to the increasing levels of environmental pollution as well as to the increased levels of stress among children. (more…)

Owing to the stresses of modern-day living, many of us have started to feel the aches and pains of old age creep up upon us even as we cross forty. It may be easier to be ‘resigned to one’s fate’ by saying that we’ll just have to live with it, or to just grin and bear it. (more…)

A friend of mine casually asked me one evening what I was doing? I said ‘Nothing in particular’. He told me ‘then why not we join a dance school.’ I asked him ‘if you take a wooden pole and twist it what will happen’. He said it will break. I told him ‘that’s me when it comes to dancing. I do not know how to dance. For dance you need to have grace and flexibility.’ (more…)

Although Ayurveda originated in India, it has taken the West to discover its merits and bring this precious gem back to us. In the pre-Internet era, not many of us could gain access to Ayurvedic treatment because the centres of healing were, with the exception of Kerala, few and far between. (more…)

The Indian grand mom has always played a pivotal role in caring for the new born. Once the exclusive preserve of the maternal grandmother, the paternal ones are also pitching in these days to lend their support upon the arrival of the new baby. (more…)