![]() ![]() Her medical role was to ascertain my place in the cosmos in that way, she could determine whether the timing was propitious for me to be healed. Rama told me that she was connected to the clinic's Department of Yajnopathy, an ancient Indian specialty that roughly equates to astrology. As she set up her equipment-on a painted wooden board, she carefully arranged a collection of shells, rocks, and statuettes of Hindu gods-Mrs. Rama's diagnostic work is covered by Indian medical insurance. Still, her professional services were considered an essential element of the medical regimen at India's famous Arya Vaidya Chikitsalayam, the Mayo Clinic of traditional Indian medicine. It wasn't exactly medical equipment they were carrying, because Mrs. Rama came sweeping into my hospital room with the haughty grandeur of a Brahmin empress, wearing a salmon pink sari and leading a retinue of assistants, interpreters, and equipment bearers. List price: $25.95 Footnotes have been removed from this excerpt ![]()
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