Represent!

Finally... The british may have setback our manufacturing expertise, but the written knowledge in the vedas will finally be accessible to everyone.

"The electronic encyclopaedia, which will be made available next year, will contain information on the traditional medicines, including exhaustive references, photographs of the plants and scans from the original texts."

"In 1995, the US Patent Office granted a patent on the wound-healing properties of turmeric. Indian scientists protested and fought a two-year-long legal battle to get the patent revoked."

I realize the US patent system no longer serves it's purpose, and adds insult to injury in most fields of research, but patenting a herb is going too far. And last but not least... can you say h-e-a-l-t-h-c-a-r-e?

"The mammoth Indian encyclopaedia may finally give alternative medicine the shot in the arm it sorely needs."