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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh PalDr.Abhijit Kanti Dam passed his MBBS with honors from R.G.Kar Medical college, Kolkata in 1990, MD in Anesthesiology from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi in 1995, Fellowship in Palliative Medicine from Poland and Calicut, India, Fellowship in Interventional pain management, and Masters in Palliative Medicine from Cardiff University. He has also done a course in advanced Vedanta, Care of the Elderly and Contemplative practice in end of life. He has extensive experience in the fields of Anesthesiology, Critical care medicine, Pain medicine and Palliative medicine. He is a NatiRead More...
Dr.Abhijit Kanti Dam passed his MBBS with honors from R.G.Kar Medical college, Kolkata in 1990, MD in Anesthesiology from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi in 1995, Fellowship in Palliative Medicine from Poland and Calicut, India, Fellowship in Interventional pain management, and Masters in Palliative Medicine from Cardiff University. He has also done a course in advanced Vedanta, Care of the Elderly and Contemplative practice in end of life. He has extensive experience in the fields of Anesthesiology, Critical care medicine, Pain medicine and Palliative medicine. He is a National faculty of the Indian Association of Palliative Care. He has been associated with KOSISH which is a NGO providing palliative & supportive services in Jharkhand, Bihar & West Bengal. His current passion is developing a Long term care facility for the Elderly and terminally ill providing holistic care, which is nearing completion. He lives in Bokaro Steel City, India.
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Over the long decades of my practice in Medicine, especially caring for the dying patients & their families, I have observed how food suddenly gains importance in the whole process of caregiving in the last days of life.
For food is equated with life…it also brings comfort in the form of rekindled memories of happier days & often helps us to transcend suffering. It helps us to restore ‘meaning’ to our suffering.
It helps in h
Over the long decades of my practice in Medicine, especially caring for the dying patients & their families, I have observed how food suddenly gains importance in the whole process of caregiving in the last days of life.
For food is equated with life…it also brings comfort in the form of rekindled memories of happier days & often helps us to transcend suffering. It helps us to restore ‘meaning’ to our suffering.
It helps in healing.
Not only for the one who partakes the food, but also for the feeder.
The process of creating a meal can be a ‘meditative’ experience as well.
The link that food has with Spirituality continues into the realm of after-life as well where food offerings continue to be made to the dear departed.
This book is a collection of my blog posts over seven years…each blog, for me, has been a teaching. I have also enjoined Spirituality with food, using appropriate quotes when necessary, in an attempt to establish a connection between food & Spirituality.
Did you ever visualize yourself as a hero?
Well, you are one! In spite of all your imperfections, your weakness, your physique, you still are a hero and don’t let anybody tell you otherwise.
Using the help of examples from the ancient Puranas and Prakarma granthas, the author has attempted to restore a sense of meaning and purpose in the lives of the ‘common’ man.
For suffering seeks validation to blossom positively
Did you ever visualize yourself as a hero?
Well, you are one! In spite of all your imperfections, your weakness, your physique, you still are a hero and don’t let anybody tell you otherwise.
Using the help of examples from the ancient Puranas and Prakarma granthas, the author has attempted to restore a sense of meaning and purpose in the lives of the ‘common’ man.
For suffering seeks validation to blossom positively – and here is the validation!
For deep inside, believe me, you will always remain so – a Hero!
After my long years of practice in the field of critical care medicine (since 1993) and disturbed at the state of lonely, painful and undignified deaths that patients face, I embraced palliative medicine in 2006.....working closely with the dying and their families made me reflect upon the unknown facet of spirituality and its close associate, religion. I practice mostly in situations that people frown upon....marginalized population in rural and tribal settin
After my long years of practice in the field of critical care medicine (since 1993) and disturbed at the state of lonely, painful and undignified deaths that patients face, I embraced palliative medicine in 2006.....working closely with the dying and their families made me reflect upon the unknown facet of spirituality and its close associate, religion. I practice mostly in situations that people frown upon....marginalized population in rural and tribal settings in some of the most backward regions of India.....though I did have my share of working with all luxuries, including ready access to morphine.....Let me make one thing very clear....morphine alone cannot cure pain....so even if morphine is available, the scenario in which I am working will not change much! I had recently volunteered to work in a hospice in Rishikesh where morphine was freely available and I did not feel that it made much of a difference. The question to those of you (privileged ones) who work with morphine is “Can you work without morphine”.....and THAT is the challenge.
Addressing SPIRITUAL and RELIGIOUS issues is the key! That is what I have learnt from ground zero...repeatedly...without fail....medications do have a role no doubt, but small in comparison.
This tempted a strong atheist like me to take a peek into religion and I completed a course on Vedanta, which is the backbone of Hinduism.....and then into Buddhism....compassion....and I am still on the path....its bliss for sure....and there has been no looking back....
I even brought out a small handbook on 'Spiritual issues in the last days of life....a perspective of Sanatan Dharma' , which I have incorporated here.
Tat tvam asi.
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