If you want to trace the origin of epilepsy history will take you 3000 years back. Characterised by unexplained seizures popularly known as epileptic fits epilepsy is a largely misunderstood neurological disorder shrouded with myths and stigma. It is strange that in this century and age of information boom we still know very little about epilepsy which ranks 4th among the nerve diseases globally. An estimate by the Epilepsy Foundation reveals that this disease affects 65 million people worldwide and a third of them experience uncontrollable seizures because the remedial measures have no impact on them. These figures call for