In 2006, my father fell terribly ill and had to be admitted in the ICU. He underwent an angioplasty and proceeded to later develop pneumonia and severe septic shock.My mother was with him at… Read More

An atom is made of protons, electrons and neutrons The number of positively charged protons equal the negatively charged electrons An imbalance between the sheer numbers of protons… Read More

Scene: The beautiful albeit wild and poisonous woods of PanchvatiSita is stringing a garland of jasmines and humming with the beesRam is stringing his bowLakshmans doing his fifth bicep repW… Read More

There's been a great deal of hullabaloo about the whole tolerant  aspect of India. Or rather the intolerance of those practicing the Hindu faith towards the hapless minority.Every worm… Read More

Sometimes in all earnest I wish my ecosystem would just consist of me and only me. I always looked upon people as a pestilence. In the 29 years of my life there would be just a handful of pe… Read More

The other day, a particularly pompous neurosurgeon in my hospital likened the emergency room where I work in, as "a mere transit station, devoid of significance".Now at that very moment, tak… Read More

Articles on religion have been done to death of late. They either stem from extreme criticism to ridiculous lengths of justification for the crimes people commit "in the name of God".The lat… Read More

There comes a time in our lives, when driven by a primal instinct instinct of raging hormones, tepid insecurity and the wanton need for company, we begin searching for the one person we wish… Read More

Yesterday, after a nearly year long hiatus, I decided to go to the movie theater. The movie they were playing was a Bollywood film called Barfi. In a nutshell, the film basically&n&hell…Read More

There are somethings in life, that defy comprehension. No matter how much you try to make sense of it all, the basic explanations to all your queries remain unanswered. Answers remain elusiv… Read More

I suppose by now all of us are well aware of the passing away of Michael Jackson. Frankly, I suppose this has been by so far one of the most read and sought after news articles that has grip… Read More

I usually do not write much about myself, but nevertheless, the past few days have been quite a milestone in my life. For I have finally graduated. And hold the degree, Doctor of Medicine. I… Read More

Now Rads, of the Rads-blog-a-Zine fame has awarded me the International bloggers community award, and to her I say, Merci Beau-coup Mademoiselle...And as tradition, I am carrying forward the… Read More

In the news of late, its not uncommon to hear or read about news pertaining to various acts of terrorism being perpetrated across the world. Needless to say, most acts of terrorism… Read More

Often in some point of our lives we find ourselves in the doldrums. Some part of the day, when all we want to do is crawl up into a small hole and lie there for for days to come. When in spi… Read More

One of the things most bloggers face in the due course of their blogging history is the bloggers void. Aptly put by Shadowthrone.The thing is, no matter how much ever dedicated we are to blo… Read More

Its been a while since I last posted on my blog, and frankly I cannot express in mere words how glad I am to be writing this post, after such a long hiatus.For all who were aware, and for th… Read More

They say time flies by when you're having fun. Well, if that is to be believed, then I guess I'm having a blast!Its been seven months since I returned back home. And frankly it only seems li… Read More

I recently came across an article in the BBC website which caught my attention. The title read, "Diet of mud and despair in Indian village".Now frankly, when I read the title, "A Diet Of Mud… Read More

Back in high school, and even during medical school for that matter, I was always notorious as a student who never paid attention in class. I would spend the long hours during dreadfully bor… Read More

In the course of time, as busy as we are with our lives, we seldom get to spend time with ourselves and deal with the things that bother and affect us.I suppose the ability to be introspecti… Read More

For those who know me, and are close to me, know for a good fact that I am crazy about dogs. Words cannot describe how much I love them, and how much I yearn to have one as a pet. Then again… Read More

There are a lot of things in life, which we tend to take for granted. And one of mankind's greatest folly, is that to assume that life shall always remain the same. Nevertheless try as we mi… Read More

It has been quite a while since I wrote something. And while in the past I have attributed numerous reasons for my writers block, I can only say that looking back none of those reasons have… Read More

Of late, I have been bit by the lazy bug. And frankly apart from hitting the gym in the evenings, there's nothing much I do of late. I suppose I'm in a phase of absolute mental hibernatio… Read More

Every year, in the month of January, huge colossal crowds of men gather in the dense forested hilltop of Sabarimala, in Kerala. Some have come as far as hundreds of miles to witness a specta… Read More

The media is abuzz with the death of Amy Winehouse.Its funny how only when someone famous passes away, you begin to develop an interest into the lives of the said individual.The same goes fo… Read More

I suppose a great deal of people have fond memories of their senior school days. What we call 11th and 12th grade. Well as for me, the experience was far from memorable. My class consisted m… Read More

Its been nearly two months since I last posted anything on my blog. After spending nearly all my time and energy buried beneath a ton of books, lets just say the effort did not go all to was… Read More

I suppose a significant few of you would have heard of the name Susan Boyle. For those who haven't she is a Scottish singer who received general attention, when she first appeared in the sho… Read More

The purpose of having a blog are numerous. Some use it to convey what they feel, while some use it to spread some sort of social message. A good number of people use it as a medium to sharpe… Read More

Theres a great deal of hullabaloo going on about the racist attacks in Australia. After the general elections, the Indian media seems to be going whole hog on the latest scoop, which I suppo… Read More