Veena was lying on her bed motionless, looking towards the ceiling not even winking her eyes, totally unconcerned with what went around her in the room. She did not notice me when I entered the room, and I doubt if she was even “seeing” the ceiling towards which her look was addressed. Her daughter who [...]
By looking at the plant kingdom we can see similarities in the working of natural laws, there being the same powerful drive to adapt and produce forces for defence and immunity. As an illustration of this, let us consider our experience with DDT. Some years ago, this chemical could kill all but two species of [...]
Life’s constant changeability sometimes presents us with rather unusual questions. For example, is it not strange that, in some parts of the world infectious diseases are declining whereas the death toll from metabolic disorders and other ailments associated with living in an industrialised society is showing a sharp increase? Could this, perhaps, be attributed to [...]