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Silver Continues to Sparkle in Masks, Consumer Products and Ayurveda

Masks have become a part of the wellness range of products offered by cloth merchants world over. In India, in the hosiery town of Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu, textile units …

May 31, 2020 May 31, 2020 Varsha Venkataraman

Why, How and Where Ayurveda Differs from Allopathy: Prof Rama Jayasundar

Professor Rama Jayasundar, the head of the department of NMR at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi spoke on the difference between Ayurveda and Allopathy and why this …

May 23, 2020 May 23, 2020 Varsha Venkataraman

India’s Ancient Culinary Science from Earth to Hearth

SoftTalk 3: From Earth to Hearth  will look at the journey of food. Every culture has its own culinary traditions and cuisine, and India’s cuisine is so varied it changes …

May 14, 2020 May 14, 2020 Varsha Venkataraman

Worshipping Narasimha: The Connection Between God, Animals and Humans

Animal worship or zoolatry is the worship of animals who are regarded as deities or those animals who have a connection with a deity. Many cultures believed that there is …

May 6, 2020 May 6, 2020 Varsha Venkataraman

India is the Super Soft Power of the World: ICCR president Vinay Sahasrabuddhe

At a recent seminar on India’s Soft Power: Reimagining Role of ICCR, the president of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations Vinay Sahasrabuddhe said the very discovery of India starts …

April 29, 2020 April 29, 2020 Varsha Venkataraman

Plant Extracts For Masks and Oral Medicines Have Roots in Vedic Botany

Two exciting and pathbreaking studies conducted recently in India and South Korea have shown that the use of Indian plants in face masks and as oral medicines help to filter …

April 16, 2020 April 16, 2020 Varsha Venkataraman

Ayurveda Experts on COVID-19 Era And Your Body, Mind and Spirit

There was a time in history when there was a similar situation to now and there was a need to accumulate knowledge on the crisis and give rise to solutions. …

April 7, 2020 April 7, 2020 Varsha Venkataraman

Will the Concept of Immunity Give Rise to a Vaccine

A recent study conducted by Peter Doherty Institute of Infectious and Immunity and the Royal Melbourne Hospital in Australia mapped the immune system’s fight against COVID-19 and how this can …

April 5, 2020 April 5, 2020 Varsha Venkataraman

Antimicrobial Textiles – India’s Natural Fibres Make The Grade

With the rise in coronavirus infections, any move that reduces the spread is readily adopted. COVID-19 is not an airborne virus but rather it is spread via droplets. These viral …

March 21, 2020 March 21, 2020 Varsha Venkataraman

Food, Health and Divinity Come Together During Rama Navami

There are six seasons in the Hindu calendar and each season has a prescribed food system according to Ayurveda. This is known as Ritucharya, Ritu meaning season and charya meaning …

March 28, 2020 March 28, 2020 Varsha Venkataraman

India Always Valued Copper, Now Modern Science Does

COVID-19 is proving again and again, day after day, that ancient Indian practices are deeply scientific and it would augur well to pay heed to them. Over the last few …

March 18, 2020 March 18, 2020 Varsha Venkataraman

Superfood Rasam Replaces Mineral Loss, says Dr Alex Hankey

Rasam is a traditional South Indian dish, prepared almost thrice or more times a week. It is a comfort food and also a dish that is filled with tons of …

March 10, 2020 March 10, 2020 Varsha Venkataraman

Ayurveda can be Understood Using the Science of Epigenetics.

Most westerners have adopted Ayurveda into their lifestyle. But have western medicine practitioners/researchers? To really help them understand and appreciate this traditional medicine, it needs to be explained in terms …

February 27, 2020 February 27, 2020 Varsha Venkataraman

Ayurveda Clinical trials on at Tata Medical Centre for Cancer care

When a person is diagnosed with the C word, one assumes one’s time is almost up. Research has come a long way and there are plenty of drugs available to …

February 10, 2020 February 10, 2020 Varsha Venkataraman

As analgesic debate heats up, Ayurveda offers alternatives

Tylenol in the US, also known by another very familiar name, Paracetamol in India and the UK, might be facing a ban in the state of California, US and subsequent …

January 31, 2020 January 31, 2020 Varsha Venkataraman

Varsha Venkataraman

Varsha is a cancer researcher in the making. A history-buff, fiction-reader and an avid cricket enthusiast!

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