New Delhi, July 25 -- "The progression of Anorexia Nervosa is that you start feeling very empowered that you can control something as biologically basic as hunger. You know, we have a few basic things that are just primal...going to the bathroom, feeling hungry and feeding ourselves, falling asleep when we're exhausted...we don't have control over those things-but the Anorexic does."

This observation by Cynthia Gibb-the actor who portrayed singer and drummer Karen Carpenter in the 1989 television film The Karen Carpenter Story-gave me pause. I was watching the recently released documentary Once More: The Karen Carpenter Story Reunion, in which cast members reflect on the making of the film and Carpenter's enduring legacy.

Karen Carpente...