'Another Way to Live' - A Psychiatrist among Indian Ascetics by Prof. RL Kapur
The intermingling of science and spirituality especially Indian spiritual traditions has had a long journey and witnessed many debates, discussions, fawning acceptance and equally acrimonious negations, but has also seen many concerted and dedicated efforts to understand it. Though was aware of many academic and rather pedantic works which dealt with the subject, a work for public consumption and common aficionados like myself wasn't in my purview. This is important because the current popular discourse on the intermingling of science and spirituality has either been lopsided or plain caustic on both sides. My personal interest in the subject had my antennas searching for such a work for quiet sometime. Thanks to Prof. Sangeetha Menon of NIAS who introduced Prof RL Kapurs seminal work 'Another Way to Live' to amateurs like me through her post on FB, that lacunae too was addressed. Prof RL Kapur was a internationally well known psychiatrist and had held visiting posi...