The Lost foods of India : Food & Spirituality

Over the long decades of my practice in Medicine especially caring for the dying patients & their families I have observed how food suddenly gains importance in the whole process of caregiving in the last days of life.For food is equated with life…it also brings comfort in the form of rekindled memories of happier days & often helps us to transcend suffering. It helps us to restore ‘meaning’ to our suffering.It helps in healing.Not only for the one who partakes the food but also for the feeder.The process of creating a meal can be a ‘meditative’ experience as well.The link that food has with Spirituality continues into the realm of after-life as well where food offerings continue to be made to the dear departed.This book is a collection of my blog posts over seven years…each blog for me has been a teaching. I have also enjoined Spirituality with food using appropriate quotes when necessary in an attempt to establish a connection between food & Spirituality.