Recipient of White House Honor
Author's Corner
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
A New York Times published author, Dr. Shuvendu Sen's Amazon bestseller Why Buddha Never Had Alzheimer’s: a Holistic Treatment Approach through Meditation, Yoga and the Arts, (published/marketed by HCI/Simon & Schuster), won the 2017 Nautilus Award, bestowed previously to His Holiness Dalai Lama, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Desmond Tutu, Deepak Chopra, Mariel Hemingway among others.
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Inaugurated by the Indian Consulate, New York at the First International Yoga Conference, the book has been selected at the American Expo, London/Beijing/Frankfurt Book Fairs and has been recently translated into French by Hachette Foundation and Italian by Terra Nuova Publishers. Produced by the Government of India, the book has been made into a Documentary screened at the United Nations and the Marce du Films, Cannes, 2024.
​Dr. Sen holds a column for the Times of India and previously wrote for the Telegraph and New Jersey Voices Section of The Star-Ledger. His stories, poems, articles have appeared in many prestigious print and online journals/media, including The New York Times, the Telegraph (UK), The Daily News, The Star Ledger, The Statesman, Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement (Online, Founder, Maria Shriver), BBC (UK), Yoga Magazine, Counselor Magazine among others. His previous books titled A Doctor’s Diary (Times Group Books, 2014) and The Fight Against Alzheimer's (Rupa Publications, 2024) were selected at the prestigious IAAC New York South Asian Literary Festival, and the World Book Fair, India.
Dr. Sen's collection of verses, Behind the Blue Veil (Light Hearted Meals Press, 2005) won the American Chapbook Manuscript competition and earned the Pushcart Award nomination.
An invited speaker for United Nations officials, World Parliament of Religions, Toronto, Canada, Indian Consulate, New York, Duke University, Harvard Medical School, City University of New York among many others, Dr. Sen has been featured by major television and radio channels nationally and internationally, including WFLA (NBC affiliated), CNN, PBS, CBS, Citizens TV, WRAL, All India Radio, among others.
Why Buddha Never Had Alzheimer's is precisely what is needed to cause a drastic and necessary revolution in medical care.
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PRAISE FOR THE BOOK
“In this thoughtful and far-ranging book,
Dr. Sen has raised the intriguing question
of whether meditation, yoga, and spirituality could contribute to protecting the brains of our aging population from the ravages of illnesses like Alzheimer’s disease. Excellent work!”
—John W. Denninger, MD, PhD
Director of Research, Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital/Associate Director of the MGH-McLean
Adult Psychiatry Residency Training Program/Harvard Medical School
“Dr. Sen’s work is an important, provocative contribution to the field of neurology.
I commend his book to any who are
interested in Alzheimer’s disease.”
– Benjamin Doolittle, MD
Director, Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program, Yale School of Medicine
"An Engaging Compilation of lively personal relationship stories between a truly caring physician and his patients."
– Professor Karl Bardosh, International Film Scholar & Dramaturge
A highly-recommended and well-researched piece of work, ' A Doctor's Diary' is a must in your bookshelf.
– Times of India
Excellent user friendly medical book. One of a kind. Loved the interactions and the anecdotes. A must for every household!