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An Uncatalogued Beginning
Aarav, Rohan, and Kabir, three teenagers who had just completed their 11th-grade exams, stepped into…
Lesson-1: The Expedition
A forest Gurukula near the banks of a quiet river. Morning mist still hangs in…
Reflection-1
Next evening, at Dr. Azad’s clinic. He is seated on a wooden chair, reading a…
Lesson-2: From Nature to Dosha
Charaka, the ancient physician and teacher, leads his students to a nearby fig tree. The…
Reflection-2
Dr. Azad’s clinic. Photocopies of the mysterious text lie open. The students have just read…
Lesson-3: How People Differ
The students sit beneath the Peepal tree. The sun leans westward. Charaka arrives and sits…
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Dr. Azad’s clinic. He is sorting out his patients’ files in a cupboard nearby. Kabir,…
Lesson-4: The Breath of Life
It had been the driest summer in memory. One night, lightning struck the parched forest,…
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Dr. Azad’s clinic. Late afternoon. The boys have just arrived, still holding the book they…
Lesson-5: The Act of Expulsion
On a sunny afternoon, within the campus of his Gurukula, Charaka gathers his disciples beneath…
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As Dr. Aazad writes the prescription for his last patient and his assistant closes the…
Lesson-6: Three Other Kinds of Vayu
It is Śiśira, the season of cold and dry weather. The morning sun is pale,…
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Dr. Azad’s clinic. The boys return, notebooks in hand, thoughtful after their reading on the…
Lesson-7: How Does the Body Handle Water?
It was early morning. The students sat in silence as their teacher Sushruta arrived, holding…
Reflection-7
Dr. Azad’s clinic. The boys are seated across from Dr. Azad, the chapter freshly read…
Lesson 8: How does body handle food?
It is early spring. The forest Gurukula is quiet, the air scented with new blossoms….
Reflection-8
The clinic smells faintly of some medicated oil and old paper. Aarav, Rohan, and Kabir…
Lesson-9: Five Fires Corresponding to the Five Types of Pitta
It is a warm afternoon in the courtyard of the Gurukula in Kashi. Sushruta sits…
Reflection-9
Late afternoon. The clinic is quiet. Kabir, Aarav, and Rohan sit around a wooden desk…
Lesson-10: The Sequence of Seven Tissues
[A quiet grove on the banks of the Ganga. The morning air is cool and…
Reflection-10
Dr. Azad’s clinic, late evening. The clinic is quiet, the last patients already gone. A…
Lesson 11: The Essence that Guards Life
The morning sun shines on the hermitage in Kashi. A soft wind moves through the…
Reflection-11
The evening sun glows dim through the glass panes of Dr. Azad’s small clinic. The…
Lesson-12: Ontology of Ayurveda
Early morning sunlight filters through the dense leaves of the Peepal tree. Mats are carefully…
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One evening, after a gap of a few days. Dr. Azad’s clinic. Rohan, Kabir, and…
Lesson-13: Ten Pairs of Properties
A late morning under the Peepal tree. Mats are spread. In front of Charaka are…
Reflection–13
Dr. Azad’s clinic. Afternoon light filters through half-drawn blinds. Scattered notes from previous sessions cover…
Lesson 14: Fever: The Idea of Trapped Heat
In the forest Gurukula, physician Charaka sits beneath a tree with his three students, Bhadraka,…
Reflection-14
It is late evening. The clinic lights are still on, casting a calm glow across…