Vaccine Myths Debunked By Science
Mahi Wants You Healthy and Happy - A column using science to focus on physical health and myths associated with disease. The modern age has seen a surge in po
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The Asian Penchant For Boiled Water
Engage! – Discussions on active involvement in personal health and global wellness. Bhageeratha performed austerities for a thousand years to bring goddess
Can the Extraordinary Become Ordinary?
Poetry As Sanctuary – A monthly column where poets from the Poetry of Diaspora of Silicon Valley pen their South Asian experiences. As a community in the Bay
Vaccines Are Living Up To Their Promise, Says Dr. Monica Gandhi
“I want you to take three messages away from this outbreak,” said Dr. Monica Gandhi, Professor of Medicine at UCSF at a July 30 EMS panel discussion on the
Stop! You Could Be Eating 5 Grams Of Plastic Every Week!
At the Front Door: Plastic Waste is Everywhere – a column on climate change in our lives. If you have recently walked along the Guadalupe river, you know you
Ikigai: A Roadmap for Sukham
Sukham Blog – A monthly column focused on South Asian health and wellbeing. All of us want fulfillment, joy, and contentment – Sukham – in our lives. Who
Zoonotic Infectious Diseases: Local Origins, Global consequences
Engage! – Discussions on active involvement in personal health and global wellness. On December 31, 2019, twenty-seven cases of pneumonia of unknown origin
Kalaripayattu: Indian Martial Arts Harnessing Female Power
Shakthi! Power! Feminine Energy! In today's world women have broken the frontiers of space, air, and water. There is no mountain that they have not climbed, no
To Mask Or Not to Mask: With the Delta Variant, Why is That Still a Question?
COVID-19 manifested itself in a new variant this year: The Delta Variant. The beginning of the variant was found in India, where the original strain has already
I Am A Born-Again Vegetarian!
Desi Roots, Global Wings – a monthly column focused on the Indian immigrant experience. About a decade ago, I chose vegetarianism again, because vegetarianis
Tending to Your Tulsi Can Provide Psychological Relief
Growing up in a South Kolkata apartment overlooking a busy street, Amartya would often see his mother, steal herself away from the daily household chores and sp
Neanderthal DNA Present in South Asians is a Risk Factor For COVID-19
People of South Asian descent possess a set of genes inherited from Neanderthals that makes them more susceptible to hospitalization from COVID-19, according to
