It is often said that birth does not matter; however, in my case, I was fortunate to have born in an orthodox Brahmana family. It enabled me to understand Vedic Hinduism in its true ambience. At the same time, the mere context of birth could have left me like a frog in a well; that was avoided by exposure to Western style education and a career in the academic world in the area of social sciences.
As I look back from the vantage point of eighty plus, I feel that the first sixty years were spent in a mundane academic environment in which earning the respect of peers was more important than the pursuit of true scholarship. When I retired at sixty years, I changed course and pursued my own interests, uninhibited by peer influence. I mastered Sanskrit and read Hindu scriptures in original Sanskrit, formed my own opinions and gained new insights on my own. It was the independent pursuit of knowledge that helped me to write two ‘original’ works on Hinduism, of which I am now really proud. I have expressed my views not to please anyone nor intentionally offend anyone. For an author/scholar truthfulness alone matters.
Books
1) Hinduism In The Context Of Manusmriti, Vedas & Bhagavad Gita
2) A History OF Hinduism
Dr. Anita Bakshi is a doctor who works in Intensive Care for children. She grew up in Kashmir where she developed a great love for nature and loves to spend holidays in the mountains. She did her schooling and her medical education in the state of Jammu and Kashmir and worked there in the then Children’s Hospital getting a post graduate degree, MD in Pediatrics from the Government Medical College.
She works in a Corporate Hospital in New Delhi and has been associated with the Institution for the past 16 years. Children according to her are the most rewarding patients and dealing with them is a pleasure. She started writing as a hobby in 2013 but over a period of time it has become a passion and she hopes to write many more books.
This book ‘Hippocratic Oath or Hypocrisy ?’ which Dr. Bakshi wrote is an effort to understand why medicine seems to be becoming a profession which is losing respect in the eyes of the public over a period of time. She also feels that the younger generation today may not look upon it as a good career option, which is rather sad since it is a profession which means you can do so much good.
Her first book ‘Living with Merlin’ is a book about dealing with grief and death. Despite the gravity of the topic the book is not a depressing but more like a motivational read stressing as it does on the fact that life is meant to be lived to the fullest. Since her work is centered around children and their health, it was only natural that some medical issues become a source of concern and find their way into a story and that lead to the second book called ‘PICU- the Transplant’ which deals with issues of transplantation of organs in children.
Books
1) Hippocratic Oath or Hypocrisy?: Doctors at Crossroads
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