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A Shot in the Arm for Alternative Medicine
In a quiet government office in the Indian capital, Delhi, some 100 doctors are hunched over computers poring over ancient medical texts and keying in information. These doctors are practitioners of ayurveda, unani and siddha, ancient Indian medical systems that date back thousands of years. One of them is Jaya Saklani Kala, a young ayurveda doctor, who [...]
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26. September 2008
Naadi Shashtra or Palm leaf Astrology is an ancient Indian method of recording data. It is believed that by reading through the writings on these leaves one can learn about one’s past, identify the present and predict the future. It is said that thousands of years ago, the great sages of India had the power to [...]
Continue reading...The Lost Africans of India
16. September 2008
Footcept : The Portuguese imported African slaves into Goa,Daman & Diu, from Mozambique & some east african coastal settlements. Many of the slaves managed to escape the inhuman treatment & settled in the deep forests of the Karnataka/Goa border. Living a nomadic life in the forests, and hunting,fishing,foraging for sustenance. The community was discovered in the early sixties [...]
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12. October 2008
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