New Delhi, March 25 -- Everyone wanted to take a photo with Rajinikanth but Rajinikanth wanted a photo with me." The comment could well be added to the immensely popular pantheon of 'superstar Rajinikanth jokes' but when you are Dr Issac Mathai, 65, doctor or healer of the who's who of the world, that's just one of the many anecdotes you casually drop into a conversation with a straight face.

Mathai is founder chairman and medical director of Soukya International Holistic Health Centre, a residential medical institute and retreat in Bengaluru that offers treatments that blend 'Ayurveda, homeopathy, yoga, naturopathy and other complementary therapies'. Of course, if you were to ask trend watchers, they'd probably refer to him as the 'doct...