We spent the second half of the year 2013 in Ernakulam, Kerala. My sister lives there with her family and was sorely missing us. To placate her we decided to visit for a month, but ending up staying for six. Apart from the famed Ayurvedic treatment in Kerala, its also offers other promising alternatives. Her friends suggested a Varma treatment / massage that cures the incurable. This is an ancient Siddha treatment with its origins from the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu. Although we have had some experience of Varma in Chennai, but for some reason the one in Kerala had an authentic ring to it. The Master, as the practitioner is addressed, graciously made an exception and visited our father at home. Between my sister, who can understand malayalam better than speak it, myself with no Malayalam knowledge, the Master with no English and his assistant with some English, we surprisingly communicated with ease and conveyed our father's si...
When our father suffered a massive brain haemorrhage our lives changed forever. He was not expected to live. Life, priorities, love, friends, family, money, health – everything has gained a new, in many aspects finer and better perspective. A renaissance in our lives. Finding little or no survivors stories online, my sister and I decided to tell our story along with those of many others whose lives have crossed ours in this journey.