Stories
- Article
Sacred cows and nutritional purity in India
Apoorva Sripathi explores the complex reasons behind India’s recent boom in all things dairy – beginning with a 1970s Western food-aid programme.
- Article
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.
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Providing care across languages
When medics are taught in English but their patients speak other languages, effective communication becomes fraught. Niyoshi Shah explores the linguistic gaps between patient and doctor.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Professor Oliver Wrong
Professor Oliver Wrong (1925-2012)Date: 1946 - 2016Reference: PP/WRO- Books
Feasts and fasts : a history of food in India / Colleen Taylor Sen.
Sen, Colleen TaylorDate: 2015- Books
The Indian pharmaceutical codex. Vol. I - Indigenous drugs / by B. Mukerji.
Mukerji, B. (Bishnu), 1903-Date: 1953- Books
Evaluation of herbal medicinal products : perspectives on quality, safety, and efficacy / edited by Pulok K. Mukherjee, Peter J. Houghton.
Date: 2009- Videos
The knowledge of healing.
Date: 1996