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Sun salutations and yoga synthesis in India

Surya namaskars, or sun salutations, have a long history in South Asia, but their place at the heart of modern yoga is more recent.

  • Book extract

Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life

The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.

  • Interview

Inside the mind of Ayurvedic Man’s curator, Bárbara Rodriguez Muñoz

The choices a curator makes – what goes in? what stays out? why? – are often as fascinating as the exhibition itself.

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Behind the scenes: Drawing the Bombay plague

Ranjit Kandalgaonkar discusses his commission for 'Ayurvedic Man: Encounters with Indian medicine'.

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  • The earth as an eye with a surgical blade pointing at Mumbai; representing support for the sight-impaired in India. Lithograph by M. Walta, 1959.
  • The word 'AIDS' in Hindi across the heads of 2 black silhouettes of a man and woman with a smaller image of a condom being removed from its packet; a safe sex and AIDS prevention advertisement in Marathi. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • The word 'AIDS' in Marathi across the heads of 2 black silhouettes of a man and woman against a blue background with further illustrations below ways in which AIDS is not transmitted; a safe sex and AIDS prevention advertisement in Marathi. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • The word 'AIDS' in Hindi with 4 images showing the multiple silhouettes of a man and woman against a pink background representing the dangers of having multiple partners and contracting AIDS; includes a condom being removed from its packet and the feet of a man and woman below; a safe sex and AIDS prevention advertisement in Hindi. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • The word 'AIDS' in Marathi across the heads of 2 black silhouettes of a man and woman against an orange background with further illustrations below showing the dangers of multiple partners and contracting AIDS; a safe sex and AIDS prevention advertisement in Marathi. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • Illustrated text representing a warning about the dangers of having multiple partners and contracting AIDS: top image shows a group of people/students listening to an older man/teacher holding a paper bearing the word 'AIDS' in Hindi; lower image shows one of the students with numerous different women. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • The word 'AIDS' in Marathi across the heads of 2 black silhouettes of a man and woman against an orange background with further illustrations below showing the dangers of multiple partners and contracting AIDS; a safe sex and AIDS prevention advertisement in Marathi. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • The word 'AIDS' in Marathi across the heads of 2 black silhouettes of a man and woman against a green background with a smaller image of a condom being removed from its packet below; a safe sex and AIDS prevention advertisement in Hindi. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • The word 'AIDS' in Hindi with an image of an Indian family sitting around a table on which sit AIDS pamphlets; the black silhouette of a couple appears on the television screen behind representing the importance of safe sex and AIDS prevention. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • The word 'AIDS' in Marathi across the heads of 2 black silhouettes of a man and woman against a blue background with a smaller image of a condom being removed from its packet below and further illustrations showing how the disease is transmitted; a safe sex and AIDS prevention advertisement in Marathi. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
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