Being Arjuna was Enriching, Being Eklavya is Enlightening!

Is Yoga effective in well-being sensation?

Introduction: Yoga means unity of body and mind which has been as traditional medicine in the East for 3-5 thousands years and recently it is utilized as a complementary/alternative medicine in the West. Many surveys have been undertaken to evaluate the physiologic function and positive effects of yoga in physical, mental and social health. Methods: This semi-experimental study was conducted ...

Being Agile is not Enough

Agile Approaches arose in the world of software development. Frequent releases provide early feedback with respect to requirements, technology and business value. Focused and empowered teams deliver huge amounts of software with very high quality. Transferring these concepts to the world of embedded development, the greatest challenge are frequent releases due to the interdependency of requirem...

Leprosy: what is being "eliminated"?

Being naturalised, being left b

With around five million people accessing anti-retroviral treatment, which significantly reduces mortality and extends life, the HIV pandemic now exists in a context of treatment possibility, if not access. This paper discusses ways in which the pandemic is becoming naturalised through medicalisation, normalisation and marketisation, and how these processes undermine themselves internally. The ...

Being a researcher, being an editor, being an author.

With me, it happened in the beginning of the last decade (1990). When the post of editor of the unit's periodical became vacant, the Director, like most Directors, looked around him in search of his best friend or his worst enemy. He picked me for one of those two reasons, which one of them I have not found out. But it really does not make that much of a difference given the size of the problem...