Indian Classical Music: Medicine in melody

The Healing Ragas

Six-year-old Radhika was in coma and only support from medical science was a ventilator which made her breath. All efforts to make her move failed. Then the doctor tried a relatively wild idea. Putting a head-phone around, they made her to listen Carnatic music. Guess what, the comatose broke. Radhika showed movement in a week and with the music playing, she was partially out of total paralysis in less than two months. Lovejeet Alexander explores the healing power of Indian ragas. 


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The story published in the December 2010 issue of THE INDIAN - a monthly tabloid - published from Australia catering to the tastes of an ever-changing Australian-Indian diaspora.