November 2011 issue – Stress & You

Whether one lives in an urban area or a rural setting, life has become quite different from what it used to be a few decades ago. Today in the fast paced world and changing life styles, people are going through various kinds of health problems with stress and tension topping the list. Stress refers to the consequence of the failure of a person to respond adequately to mental, emotional, or physical demands, whether actual or imagined. With increasing stress in all areas of life, there has been an increase in the number of cases with depression and anxiety. Stress has now become an inevitable part of daily life and conversation. OIOP’s November 2011 issue has Stress as its theme, where experts give their opinion on how to cope with stress, but more importantly on how to live a stress free life.

In the lead article, ‘Adopt a healthy lifestyle’, eminent psychiatrist and founder of Mindtemple, Dr. Anjali Chhabria recommends simple solutions to decrease stress in your life and achieve mental fitness at a time when work-life imbalance, family and marital conflicts, low tolerance level and hectic lifestyle are increasing stress levels of people today.

In ‘A healthy mind for a healthy body’, Assistant Honorary Consultant, Psychiatry, B. J. Wadia Hospital for Children in Mumbai, Dr. Vani Kulhalli says that as mental stress affects every part of the body, we must take care of our mind to have a healthy body.

Eminent psychiatrist Dr. Harish Shetty in ‘Student life: Beating the blues’, emphasises that if corrective measures are not taken in dealing with stress in students, things can aggravate and lead to more serious problems. Therefore, he suggests that parents should seek a counsellor’s advice before things get out of control. Professor and Head, Dept. of Psychiatry, Sion Hospital, Dr. Nilesh Shah and Consultant psychiatrist and psychotherapist, Dr. Avinash De Sousa in their article offer excellent tips on managing stress.

Consultant and Head, Human Strategies Organisation, Mr. Jolly J Mathews talks about the significant role of HR in devising policies in reducing and managing stress at work place and to create an organization with happy, productive and passionate employees.

Prominent spiritual leader Shri Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev says stress is unpleasantness and is self created. It can be dropped and a stress free life can be created by ‘Inner Engineering”. His article guides the reader to inner engineering technique.

Practising Ayurveda doctor, certified yoga teacher and yoga therapist, Dr. Aashish Phadke highlights the role of ayurveda and yoga in effectively dealing with stress. 

Secretary and Research Coordinator, The International Board of Yoga, Mumbai, Dr. Shantharam Shetty writes that meditation can reduce stress but it requires hard work to reach the state of higher consciousness through meditation.

In Know India Better, travel writer Akul Tripathi rides, walks and climbs from Dehradun to Ghangria in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand to play with the fairies in the Valley of Flowers and cleanse his soul with a dip in the icy waters of Hemkund Sahib.

Former Central Vigilance Commissioner N. Vittal in the column Patriotism Redefined asks if the idea of patriotism is becoming irrelevant in a borderless world.

In Face to Face senior journalist Pamela Philipose speaks to Radha Kumar,  one of the three interlocutors appointed by the Government of India to initiate a sustained dialogue with people in Jammu and Kashmir and search for a way to peace in the troubled state. Kumar narrates her experience as a woman interlocutor and her hope for a resolution of conflict in the state.

Three Great Indians who have been profiled include:

Rt. Hon. V. S. Srinivasa Shastri –  a powerful orator, an ardent nationalist, he was a multi-faceted personality. His contribution to the country as a statesman is invaluable.

Saraswathi Gora – Brave, an incorrigible optimist, social reformer and progressive thinker, she was a great champion of women’s rights and individual dignity.

 

Lt. Triveni Singh AC – The young officer knew no fear. His raw courage averted what could have been a blood bath of innocent citizens.

Also read the regular columns on culture, vedic mathematics, nature and contemporary issues.

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