There has been a lot of discussion on the recent article titled ‘Coping with Illness: Insight from the Bhagavad Gita’. For those who have not read the article, I suggest you do so before you read my views on it further. It is worth reading, no matter which side of the debate you support and it is completely different from the way in which the media has portrayed it. A lot of people have trolled the authors for publishing an article on religion and diabetes. Adding fuel to the fire is the media which has misinterpreted the article and publicized it with religious overtones.
There are two aspects of the debate: a) Does the article have religious overtones? b) Should IJEM publish such an article? First, let's take the point: A) In my opinion, the article was not meant to have a religious overtone. Those who think that is so, probably take religion a little too seriously. In my opinion,…
