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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh Pal
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.
Dr. Abhijit Dam
Dr. Abhijit Dam began his career in medicine with an initial intent to foray into the world of Intensive care medicine, having trained from Calcutta & All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. However, visualizing the suffering & the lonely deaths that patients often undergo in Intensive care units, he made it his mission to ensure relief from pain & suffering coupled with compassion, addressing the person as a ‘whole’, focusing not only on the ‘physical’, but also on the psychological, social & most importantly spiritual. He focused on addressing suffering & to restore a sense of ‘meaning’ & purpose to suffering. He has a Fellowship in Pain medicine, Advanced Vedanta, End-of-life care & Geriatric care in addition to a Masters in Palliative Medicine & a PhD in parapsychology, having trained from UK, Poland & the USA. His current passion lies in exploring the enigmatic world of after-life.
He has created the first rural based Hospice in India & works pro-bono providing Palliative care & care of the rural Elderly in Bokaro, Jharkhand. He also trains the rural women to provide care for the terminally ill & bedridden Elderly.
