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It is indeed tragic that most Indians across generations are groomed from their formative years to subscribe to a flawed interpretation of the Karma theory and the caste system built on a fatalistic premise, which assumes without second thought that whatever happens (or does not happen) is the outcome of our good or bad karma

Dr. B. S. Ajaikumar

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Winning The War On Cancer

Rising at an alarming rate, cancer is a major healthcare concern in India today. Top oncologists and domain experts share ways to deal with this menace

There is a clear need to evolve a multi-disciplinary system of education that reinforces the integral role of ethics and morality to help healthcare serve the larger cause of humanity. A humanistic education that puts a premium on ethical behaviour may help create doctors who are both competent and conscientious in the same breath By Dr B.S.Ajaikumar

AI And Robotics In Healthcare

Talking of healthcare, technology is making rapid strides in this critical sector as it is becoming more and more user-friendly and powerfully disruptive, enhancing outcomes in close to real time.

Oncologist, entrepreneur, startup mentor: how HCG’s Dr Ajaikumar is using technology to transform cancer

Dr B. S. Ajaikumar gave up a lucrative career in the US to set up a cancer care hospital in India which would not only provide patients the latest in treatment, but also ensure it was affordable and accessible. Today, HCG has 18 centers all across India, as well as one in Kenya, and remains devoted to its cause of ensuring that cancer patients can benefit from the latest global innovations.

Fixing the Fault lines of Democracy: Time for introspection

Socrates, the great philosopher of Athens, was perhaps the first wise man to put democracy in perspective when he likened voting in an election to a skill that needs to be taught systematically to people. Letting citizens vote without an education, he reckoned, was as irresponsible as “putting them in charge of a trireme sailing to Samos in a storm.”

Cancer recurrence: Eliminate Fear, Focus on Prevention

Despite the elimination of cancer, either through chemotherapy, surgical excision, or radiation, cancer cells have an inner engineering mechanism aimed at regeneration, thanks to their genetic roots. Knowingly and unknowingly, this fact induces the fear of cancer recurrence among patients although they may not know the science behind it. Talking of early stage cancers, as many as 10 to 20 percent of cancers can recur, while in advanced stage cancers, as many as 30 to 60 percent can strike again, based on the sites and subsites

Karma in perspective: reconstructing India 4.0 and beyond

In its essence and significance, Hinduism is largely free of dogmatic beliefs and mandatory doctrines. Its all-embracing character has helped it survive, nay thrive over centuries of upheaval and phenomenal change in the social, cultural and political climate of India. Given its high adaptability and tolerance rooted in sterling magnanimity, this religion has gleefully absorbed contrasting beliefs and cultural concepts within its oceanic fold.

Value-Based Universal Healthcare Model in India and key tax reforms: need of the hour

Universal Health Care (UHC) implies an efficient mechanism that ensures effective, equitable, and economical citizen access to needful health services.

Direct Cash Transfers for Poverty Eradication

For several decades, India has been earnestly trying to eradicate poverty – both through public and private initiatives but given the lack of sustainable models and large-scale implementations, none of the efforts have yielded lasting outcomes.

Value-based cancer care in the era of precision medicine

When it comes to diseases like cancer, the usual conversations in India are fixated on the cost. The outcome is not given the importance it deserves. What good will low cost bring about if the outcome itself is ignored.

Healthcare in Tier 2 and 3 cities

Given that the majority of India’s population lives outside the jurisdiction of Tier-1 cities, it is imperative to address the healthcare needs of cities of Tier 2 and 3 (and below) for weeding out the obvious inequality in healthcare and serve the larger cause of India’s health and wellbeing.

Say ‘No’ to Freebies, Say ‘Yes’ to Opportunities

With elections around the corner, many political parties are busy luring prospective voters by offering freebies of various kinds in their respective constituencies: from free food and ration to even free electricity. From the perspective of political parties, it is clear that this ‘band-aid’ of freebies is only a ploy to create loyal vote banks in election after election.

The Roundtable of Work

All labour that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence – Martin Luther King, Jr.

Multiculturalism across the globe: Multiple challenges, Multiple possibilities

The moment we talk of multiculturalism, we tend to fixate on the definitions, which in actuality are only subjective descriptions of multiculturalism’s ethnic, sociological, and political dimensions. Once the definitions are hardcoded, we then move to rank the various cities of the world based on convenient ‘parameters’.