With my teen-years in the bloody 70s and the early college days in the sloganeering 80s of Kolkata, the world seemed loaded against the common man (and it still is). Convinced by the radical portrayal of conventional education as a means to submission, I had little desire to embark on post-graduation in medicine. Travelling toContinue reading “An Ode To The Friends Who Have Humbled Me Forever”
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War and pieces- who picks them up
It was a rather warm day in February. The ordinarily dusky skies of Delhi looked even duskier. I was worrying as usual about a couple of patients who were not doing as well as expected. A knock on my door announced the entry of a young Afgan boy, barely 5 years old, along with hisContinue reading “War and pieces- who picks them up”
PROFUNDITY LOST -MISSING THE ‘WHOLE’
According to a recent study, over 50 million scientific articles have been published from 1665 to 2009. Every year over 2.5 million scientific articles are being published in recent times. At this rate, we should have uncovered all the mysteries of the human body and the natural environment where we survive. Yet, we are unawareContinue reading “PROFUNDITY LOST -MISSING THE ‘WHOLE’”
My First Blog Post
Between everything and nothing I often sit back and ponder how much the earth has revolved on its axis in the last 40 years. What has changed so dramatically in the last four decades! Everything, I suppose or maybe, nothing. Between ‘everything’ and ‘nothing’ lies an emptiness which I cannot fathom. If I had optedContinue reading “My First Blog Post”
A Doctor's Dairy 