This is an English translation of the original Hindi. Translation may have changed the meaning a little; the Hindi original is the authoritative version.

Dear all,
Om Namah.
Salutations to Dev, Shastra and Guru.

The main health problems of modern living (with India in view)

1–10: Lifestyle and non-communicable diseases

1. Heart disease (cardiovascular diseases): calcium deposits and blocked coronary arteries, even in the young
2. Diabetes: around 9% of adults in India affected
3. High blood pressure (hypertension): more than 80 million cases
4. Obesity and metabolic syndrome
5. Fatty liver and liver disease: rising quickly, even in people with no symptoms
6. Cancer, especially of the breast, the lungs and the prostate
7. Nutritional anaemia, especially in women and children
8. Vitamin D and B12 deficiency: an effect of city living
9. Osteoporosis and weak bones
10. Thyroid disorders and hormonal imbalance

11–20: Mental and social health

11. Stress, anxiety and depression
12. Digital addiction and lack of sleep
13. Loneliness and cognitive decline among the elderly
14. The risk of associated illness in women after menopause
15. ADHD, autism and behavioural disorders in children
16. A rise in suicide
17. Addiction: alcohol, tobacco, drugs
18. Sexual health, and how little is understood about it
19. Mental health services that fall short
20. The stigma around mental illness, and its neglect

21–25: Infectious disease and the environment

21. Bird flu (H5N1) and the risk of a pandemic
22. Malaria, HIV and TB: a growing danger from drug resistance and a changing climate
23. The long-term effects of COVID-19
24. Asthma and lung disease from air pollution
25. Water pollution and waterborne disease, such as cholera and typhoid

We will now take up each of these in turn, in its own chapter.