Author: Shailaza Singh

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The rays of the sun danced with the waters of the sea, but there was no one to see this slow waltz.  The crowd was busy listening to the new best-selling author. The session had ended sometime back but the crowd was not willing to let him go.  Someone wanted to ask him a question about writing and then there were others who wanted to talk to him about his new book.

Suddenly a high-pitched scream broke the spell, ‘Look! There is a man walking on water!’

Some of them turned to look at the young girl who was pointing at the sea. Yes, there was something moving in the water but the glare of the sun made it difficult to see it clearly. ‘It is probably some air balloon or a small boat,’ one of boys whispered to his friends.

The author who was busy reading his book aloud, looked up and saw everyone staring at the sea.

He  too looked at the sea and froze. ‘Oh no! Not again,’ he whispered. ‘Don’t do this to me, please!’

By now a huge crowd had gathered to see a figure who seemed to be walking on the water.

He ran to the beach and started shouting. ‘Nancy, please don’t do this. Not this time! Please come back.’

The figure froze for a second before it screamed and started running towards him. The crowd could now make out the outline of a young woman dressed in a shimmering gown.

He opened his arms and whispered, ‘Whatever you want Nancy! I am tired of staying away from you! Just come to me.’

The girl cannoned into his arms. They saw him smiling tenderly at her.  She looked around and clicked her fingers. Both of them disappeared in a streak of lightening.

The next morning’s news headlines read – ‘A Publicity Gimmick? Famous Mystery Writer Goes Missing At The Literary Retreat’.

                                      -Inspired from a conversation with the well-known writer Ms. Namita Gokhale

– To be continued…

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The history of human beings has been riddled with wars, struggles, bloodshed, tears and at times peace. Those hurts of the past still remain in our consciousness and keep coming up to the surface every now and then. These wounds and hurts affect individuals, families, states, nations and perhaps the entire world. Why is it that some countries keep fighting forever over something that happened long ago? Why is it that some people keep fighting over something that happened centuries ago? They keep adding on to the hurt, keep talking about the past and keep the volcano alive.

These were some thoughts when I was at a temple in Kerala which specializes in Pitradosha Puja. People think of Pitradosha Puja as some kind of superstition but to my mind it is more of a transgenerational healing process. Do you know what is really the interesting bit? We don’t heal anyone else in Pitradosha Puja, we heal ourselves!

Don’t believe it? Tell me something. Who are we? If you believe in Pitradosha, then you have to believe in the concept of souls and lifetimes. So, we are souls, travelling through many life times and many births and deaths, some peaceful, some gruesome, some painful, some violent and some plainly unfair and untimely. So, the soul through the lifetimes has experienced all sorts of emotions and deeds (karma- a well known word) which have multiplied through lifetimes. This has caused a cycle of action and reaction which has resulted in the current state of affairs.

For example, let’s say in a particular lifetime, you were someone who had murdered someone. Now this person is your wife. In your current lifetime, your relationship with your wife is stormy. There are times she makes you feel guilty, there are times you feel angry with her, at times you may even want to divorce her or even feel like killing her. But, you cannot do anything because you feel guilty about having these emotions. All these emotions in you cause  havoc with your system. The negativity may cause cancer, the urge to control may cause diabetes, the unexpressed anger may cause blood pressure and many such diseases.

Most of us don’t know why our relationships turn sour without we having done anything wrong in our present lifetimes. Many feel that though they give their children everything, yet their children hate them or don’t love them at all. Perhaps, in these cases, the remnants of the distant past are affecting the present?

I know what you would say next. How are we supposed to remember our past lifetimes? No, you don’t need to remember anything except the feelings that you have with the person in this present lifetime. Deep within yourself, let go of all the grudges that you may have. Forgive the hurts that you may have experienced. Forgive yourself for having all those thoughts. You need to work on creating a new response to the situation rather than the same old pattern.

It is not a one-time process and is definitely not easy. This process is about letting go every day. The pitra dosha puja is not a miracle prayer. It is about letting go of our past. Letting go cannot be complete without completely forgetting. ‘Forgive and forget’ Jesus said and he said it because if you keep remembering you will always recreate the circumstances in your brain and in your life.

Perhaps we could do the same with India and its neighbors.  Perhaps we could think about letting go of the past, of what has been lost and of what happened? Maybe as the youth of the country we could talk about what is instead of what could be, what was because it was, we as a generation who did it in a lifetime and it is, we as a generation who have to let go in our current lifetime.

Think about it!

Would love to know your thoughts!

Regards

Shailaza Singh

Today, the buzz word is data. Every industry, every service, every business talks about data. Data in turn is all about analytics and prediction. If you are able to get the data of the seismic activity in a particular part of the earth, you may be able to predict the tsunamis or the earthquakes in that area and save millions of lives in the process. If you are able to predict the future trends in an industry by analyzing the current data, then you might be able to create a best-selling product. Hence, data is the spell and data analytics is the magic wand that can help in creating a better world.

What if this could be translated to the medical field? What if your doctor could predict your health problems before hand? What if you could be warned about an impending medical problem like a heart attack, weeks or months before it happened and you could take some preventive action?

No, this is not out of a science fiction novel. These and other discussions were very much a part of the two-day international conference on Applied Health Informatics at the Mahatma Gandhi University of Medical Sciences and Technology (MGUMST) in Jaipur, Rajasthan. In this conference, health professionals from different parts of the world such as USA, Denmark, Bangladesh talked about developing workforce in digital health to make the above mentioned scenario a reality. The chief guest of the function was Ms. Mugdha Sinha, IAS, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Government of Rajasthan. The Guest of Honour was Dr. Khalid Moidu, who is a multifaceted man and has worked to make medical informatics a well-recognized discipline in the world. Dr. Vikas Swarankar, the chairman of MGUMST also talked about creating a future where people could live healthier and longer lives. The conference was attended by students of IIHMR, MGUMST and many other such medical colleges.

Today, telemedicine has changed lives of many people in small towns and villages across the country. The patient no longer has to travel long distances for small ailments. A doctor sitting in a big hospital in a big city can examine him with an equipment like a digital stethoscope and prescribe medicines according to his condition.

The stalwarts who came and the students who attended, both benefited from the mutual knowledge sharing that this conference enabled which has been the vision of Major General Dr. Ashok Kumar Singh, a man who dreams of taking the best medical facilities to each and every village in the country and making good health a reality.

News Coverage of the First International Conference on Applied Health Informatics in MGUMST

News Coverage of the First International Conference on Applied Health Informatics in MGUMST

Shailaza Singh

Author Shailaza Singh compered the very first two-day international conference on Applied Health Informatics in Jaipur, Rajasthan which was organized by Mahatama Gandhi University of Medical Science and Technology and Telemedicine Society of India, Rajastan Chapter. The Chief Guest for the occasion was Ms.Mugdha Sinha, IAS, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Rajasthan and Guest of Honour was Dr. Khalid Moidu, Ph.D, Medical Informatics from USA, who talked about a brand new career for the youth of the country.

Nonsense Times discovers a new career option for India’s youth population! This new career option does not require them to study or work for long hours. Read on to know more about the new career option.

Easy Board of Easy Education has introduced a new syllabus for the students and teachers. The syllabus promises to be simple and as easy as it can get. To know more, please check out today’s edition of Nonsense Times by Shailaza Singh.

Why would some one want to travel back into the past or talk about the past unless they have some theory to change it? Nonsense Times, the new newspaper in the town investigates the truth.