How a Daily Walk Can Help Prevent Dementia?
It began with a man who forgot his own shoes. Mr Murthy, seventy-two, retired banker, proud owner of three umbrellas and zero memories.“Doctor,” he said,...
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Karma and Health: What Ayurveda and Science Say About Destiny, Disease, and Healing
In every hospital corridor, one question hangs heavier than disinfectant: Why me?A man who never smoked gets lung cancer. A saintly grandmother loses her memory....
Ayurvedic Insights on Kidney Stones
It begins with a knock that’s more a groan than a greeting.A man stumbles in, clutching his flank, his ID card still swinging from his...
When Pain Became My Professor
This morning, my phone pinged with an image: a tiny foot, swollen and proud.“Doctor,” the message read, “my daughter sprained her ankle at school.”The foot...
When Denial Becomes the Diagnosis
People think the most challenging part of medicine is breaking bad news. It isn’t. The hardest part is convincing a perfectly breathless, sweating, clutching-his-chest patient...
Ayurveda in the Age of Algorithms
Last week, a young techie came into my clinic with the air of someone who had solved the mysteries of the universe. He didn’t hand...
Why Ayurveda Prescribes Sunlight as Daily Medicine?
At seven in the morning, the sun climbs lazily over Bengaluru’s concrete skyline. Stray dogs stretch, school buses honk, and on a thousand balconies, people...
Why Do Mosquitoes Love Me More?
Doctor, why do mosquitoes love me more? A man asked me this question as if he were filing a complaint with the Supreme Court. His...
What Your Walk Secretly Says About You?
A man walked into my clinic with a dragging step, his body speaking before he did. The slight tilt of his hip, the uneven rhythm...
Three Questions That Decide Your Health
A young man once walked into my clinic with a fat bundle of blood reports. Cholesterol: normal. Sugar: borderline. Vitamin D: a little low. “Doctor,...