Safai Saathis or waste pickers are the backbone of traditional wa

In a vast, multi-ethnic, multi-religious country like India, it is to be expected that we have several world-views operating at the same time in people's search for health and healing.

The relationship between society and nature is an old one. It might be better to say that this relationship is ancient.

Cancer of the cervix is the most prevalent form of cancer in developing countries, and accounts for 25 to 50 per cent of all cancers occurring in Indian women.