Why Skipping Breakfast Risks Your Wellbeing
I once had a patient who came to me with chronic acidity, migraines, and mood swings. He was a software engineer, living in a PG,...
Author : Dr. Brahmanand Nayak
Why I Still Trust Books More Than Google?
Every April 23rd, my inbox explodes. “Happy World Book Day, Sir!” Some messages come with quotes, others with memes, and a few with innocent questions...
Behind Every Mood, a Movement
She came in, brisk and fiery, her maroon bindi slightly off-centre, like a warning light. Her husband, a mild-mannered man with the permanent look of...
Walking: Ayurvedic Insights
“Doctor, I don’t like walking. It’s boring.” That was an honest confession from a 34-year-old corporate techie with prediabetes and chronic constipation. He was in my...
When Stress Triggers Illness
One sleepy Thursday evening, between two cups of tulsi tea, a patient of mine looked at me with her anxious eyes and asked, “Doctor, why...
Why Sugar Spikes, Not Calories, Are Making You Fat
When my friend Vincent Pinto, a water technology expert with a mind as sharp as a laser and a worldview shaped by chlorination, carbon filtration,...
One Man’s Superstition is Another Man’s Faith: An Ayurvedic Doctor’s Odyssey
Last year, Mrs. Gowda hobbled into my clinic clutching a small cloth pouch dangling from a red thread around her neck. Her other hand gripped...
Why Is Free Health Advice the Hardest to Follow?
The Free Advice Paradox Last Tuesday, Mrs. Sharma—dressed in designer wear—sat across from me, clutching her imported supplements. After reviewing her tests, I suggested: “Try...
Fish and Intelligence: When Cultural Beliefs Meet Neuroscience
The Consultation That Made Me Think Today, an unexpected conversation in my clinic made me think about food myths we rarely question, how they spread...
MahaKumbh 2025: Earth’s Greatest Gathering Bathes in Rivers of Light and Time
Darkness had already claimed the city through the oval window of our evening flight to Prayagraj, but the Triveni Sangam glowed like a constellation fallen...