Homoeo Dynasty Seminar Sept 96
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 1996 Sep / Oct Vol V No 5.
Vishpala Parthasarathy.
Seminar Reports
- Calcutta.
MY IMPRESSIONS :
This seminar was held at Ashutosh Birth Centenary Hall, Indian Museum, Chowringee, Calcutta ON SEPT 26-27 & 28. It was promoted by Homoeo Dynasty, an organisation for young Homoeopaths.
From 1995, they hold an yearly seminar and select the masters by whom they want to be taught that year and award him / her the "Great Masters of the Year "96" award - a truly innovative idea.
The recipients for this year were yours truly, Dr Vishpala Parthasarathy, Dr R P Patel (Kottayam) Dr K P Mazumdar (Mumbai), Dr Sunil Nayak (Calcutta), Dr Girish Gupta (Lucknow) and Dr A C Dutta (Calcutta). Their trophies were fittings but their certificates missed out the female gender- a lapse worth rectifying. The delegate strength was large, but funds were limited. What was disturbing was the lack of control over the proceedings as the speaks reigned supreme. The time taken was uneven ranging from 15 minutes to 22 hours for presentation of the papers and with yours truly being given a 70 minute stand too. This is not to say any of the speaks were not good. A good amount of sense and experience was conveyed during the three days.
Dr Girish Gupta is fast becoming a master of statistics and presented a study of 17 cases of ovarian and uterine tumors reporting a 66 percent and 33 percent cure rate with constitutional remedies supplemented with organ remedies.
Incidentally, Dr Girish Gupta, Editor of Asian Homoeopathic Journal,called NJH the best Journal of Homoeopathy in India, a truly generous comment. Dr R P Patel, talking on the theme of the causes of failure in practice, gave some wonderful last stage cases. One most striking case was that of venomous poisoning of a young Homoeopathic student, who was finally cured with a single dose of Thuja 200 given as the only general anti-venom remedy by Dr Kent (I do not know where).
The NJH Lucky draw was won by Mohd Abdul Sheikh of Bengal Homoeopathic college of Asansal, 2nd : Narendra Patel, Cuttack Homoeopathic college, 3rd : Bikash Halder, D N D E Homoeopathic Medical College, Calcutta. The event lent some buoyancy to the proceedings and brought in many an erring delegate to the hall, if only briefly. Truly I wonder why some of these mammoth seminars are held when 50 percent of the delegates do not even step into seminar hall. Even as a student, more so today, I cannot even imagine a situation when we would take the trouble to go all the way for a seminar and then not attend it. It is a situation similar to the wholesale bunking of college time, but I though that we left all that to the Arts section !.
The same situation had prevailed in the Pune seminar in August but then,I had blamed it on free participation. But here I am sure that most delegates were not free barring the 70 volunteers... so what they did and what they achieved is anyones guess ! However, we did have two good volunteers ! for the NJH table; not that the NJH table did any brisk sale; the pamphlets distribution was brisker.
Remember students, nothing in life is free and we have to pay for it in some form or the other whether in cash, kind, team work or dedication. Cultivate sincerity from now on and if you are negligent, you will have to pay for it with failure in your homoeopathic life.
Of course, the organisers are young and growing. So take this not as a criticism but as a constructive suggestion without which we cannot grow and improve. The organisers should tell exactly the kind of topics coverage they want. Every topic is tailormade to suit the needs of that particular seminar. My paper on Neurosis was tailormade the complete with a set of 100 slides covering general aspects cases and treatment. Talk on Nosodes, as usual,was enthusiastically received. It continues to be our best paper.
Overall, the seminar was a novel experience for me.
