N

Nader, Laura, 8 , 310 , 321

naga, 226

Nagwa, xxii , 13 -14, 35 -36, 42 , 106 , 108 , 137 , 175 , 182 , 206 , 211 -213, 216 , 221 -243, 246 , 249 -255, 270 , 278 -279, 293 , 295 , 301 , 303 , 307

Nanak, Guru, 228 , 251

Nandanagar, 24 , 37 , 42 , 190 -195, 207 -209, 281 , 294

Nandi, S., 298 , 300

Nandy, Ashis, 104 -105, 120 , 163 -164, 166 , 317 -318, 320

Naraindas, Harish, 311

Narayan, and family, 227 -229, 235 , 239 , 251

narrative, 17 -18, 31 , 71 , 84 , 103 -106, 123 , 159 , 165 -166, 168 , 198 , 202 , 210 , 232 , 242 , 300 ;

illness; 216

Nascher, I. L., 62 -65, 67 -69, 71 -72, 76 -79, 81 , 83 , 310 , 314 -315

nation, 4 , 11 , 19 , 59

National Institute of Mental Health and Neurological Science (India), 39

National Institutes of Health (U.S.), 69

Nava Nir, l16-120, 298 , 301

Nayer, S. K., 109 -110, 112 -113

Nehru, Jawaharlal, 149 -150, 203 , 310

neo-rasayana , 133 -136, 217 , 220 , 304

Neugarten, Bernice, 183 , 321

neurasthenia, 76

neuroleptics, 201

neurology, 41

New Age, 45 , 305

Newsweek , 5 , 32 , 53 -54, 59 -60

New york Times , 61

Neysmith, Sheila, 100 -101, 103 , 317

nicergoline, 217 -218

Nichter, Mark, 319

Nigeria, 30 -31

niyam , 141 -142, 194 , 212 , 302

"no aging," 5 , 88 -89, 95 , 287 , 293

nongovernmental organization (NGO), 87

normal/pathological, 24 , 49 , 61 -64, 66 -69, 71 , 76 -77, 79 -80, 82 , 219.

See also aging, normal

Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH), 299

nursing home. See old age home

Nydegger, Corinne, 100 , 102 , 317