‘Swathasya swasthya rakshanam Aturasya vikar prashamanam’. Help retain the good health of a healthy person Treat the person who is suffering from a disease I am Dr. Dipti Mody, an Ayurveda consultant for the last two decades. I was a firm believer in Ayurveda right from my childhood and pursuing the professional qualifications as an Ayurveda doctor added to my beliefs. After completing my education, I was sure of practicing classical Ayurveda rather than a mixed practice. My perseverance and faith

The week began on a very promising note with the headlines that read- ‘Supreme Court shatters glass ceiling for women army officers’. With this decision, the SC dealt a strong blow to the gender parity in the army. The army has been directed to give women permanent commission within three months. The celebratory noises hadn’t died yet when close on its heels came two extremely disturbing news. The first news spoke about the girls (almost sixty of them) in a

After a tiring yet fun filled start to the week, here I am back again with the little snippets of my thoughts. Few days back it was Valentine’s day- the day of love and almost everyone, especially college going youngsters were completely in it. It left me wondering do we really need a day to express our love? And even if we do then why don’t we keep expressing it throughout the years, throughout our life? After conversations with few

I spotted my first grey hair when I was 20. I was a standard Year 2 medical student; exhausted, overworked, surviving on strong coffee and the goodwill of nurses. Over the next few months, that one sneaky grey strand became two. Then five. I was ashamed. I mean, who greys at 20? To make matters worse, my friends had glossy, dark tresses, with nary a hint of silver. So every morning I spent a good 10 minutes, artfully arranging my

We women live many lives : of a mother , wife , sister , daughter , friend, boss , mentor and many more and in the process we tend to neglect ourselves and place all our desires ,wants and even health on the back burner, thinking that we will attend to them sometime soon. But that seldom happens, and eventually we burn ourselves out and our identity too . I still see myself as that 23 year old girl who

Saturday’s here again and so am I. With the Valentine’s day being the week’s flavour, I had expected this piece to be centred around it. But then something else came up and that took precedence over the matters of the heart. (I can almost hear you thank me for not boring you with one more sappy V-Day post.) The only thing that competed with the week of love were the Delhi elections. Ever since I landed back, that’s all I’ve been

Fireworks exploded over the Pacific Ocean, one mile away as we welcomed the new decade. The house was warm from the crackling fireplace and all the kids were snug in their beds. We looked around, with our too big grins. “Happy New Year darling!” and many versions of “I hope 2020 is kind to us”. When you live in an extended family like mine, there are so many brilliant moments of joy. When the baby “agoo”s or we’re in the

In my last post of 2019, I had reiterated that I don’t post about politics and religion because they are extremely personal to me. However, I also hailed the people who did. In my opinion and I quote, ‘they are way more knowledgeable than I am and are making the right noises; hoping to be heard above the din’. To my dismay, I realised that a few readers chose to ignore the latter statement and instead focussed their attention on

SUCCESS – Er Shine on www.thewonderwomenworld.com #Success has many factors involved with the pivotal one being greater players. I consider that # are four pillars on which success can withstand in our life. For instance, in a seed there has to be a desire’ to bloom like a flower by giving it the right support of decision, determination and discipline. Once we have the desire, we need to take a decision that requires our #willpower to get into action. After that during action, we have to

#GetPoeticWithPreeti – Preeti S Manaktala A Poet, as per Wordsworth: #Wordsworth defines a poet as a #person of more comprehensive #soul. A poet is different from others, because he/she has a more lively sensibility, and his/her emotions and passions are more enthusiastic, tenderer and more powerful. A poet has a greater #knowledge of human #nature, the poet is not only a social #instrument but an individual, pleased with his/her own passions and volition. The #poet has a greater degree of imaginative #power than others, a power of looking from #heaven to earth and #earth to heaven. A poet,