A more poetic description of the process might be the current title. As the proverb says it is wisdom that we want and much of what we do is aimed at acquiring it. On reflection, the acquisition of wisdom is a two stage process. In the first stage ideas are accumulated and explored; in the second those ideas that have withstood the “experience test” are retained and recounted to others as insig...

able nerve stimulator in a pilot study carried out in a porcine model. The true value of this study lies in the detection of impedance changes that signify intraneural needle placement. Depending on the species, the noted change in impedance may be an increase or a decrease, and it may even be transient in nature. As it is said in a famous Chinese proverb attributed to Deng Xiaoping for his pra...

C. P. Brown was the first to collect the palm-leaf manuscripts of Vemana's verses from different centres. He collected about 2500 verses and published some of them with English translation. A number of edition> with ver ses ranging from 100 to 5000 were brought forth by different editors/publishers. It is therefore difficult to establish the authenticity of these verses. The possibility of attr...

t takes a whole village to raise a child.” The much-quoted African proverb says it can’t be done by an individual teacher, or even by several teachers working independently. Instead, it requires communal effort of many adults, in a variety of roles, who share a unified common purpose, and who help one another to teach and socialize their youth. School restructuring can enhance this sense of com...