Disclaimer- I am, as of now, non-vegetarian. I was doing my residency in another state. One of my colleagues casually remarked that it was the natural state of human beings to be vegetarian. I contested this claim immediately. I had to, since I was not a vegetarian. Now, I wouldn’t have. I wouldn’t have argued; […]
Category: Journals
Doing what I don’t like
Another of my attempts at giving advice to young medical students. I cannot run away. They want me to. What can one do but oblige…….. Remember……they asked for it. In the film ‘Pretty woman’ , Richard Gere’s billionaire character asks the character of Julia Roberts, a prostitute: “What all do you do?” “I do […]
How to choose?- Maximise or Satisfice?
Sreehari was a friend of mine from high school. He was in fact, very good at studies. But he seemed to lack…..well- something. He had some favourite clothes that he wore repeatedly. He always ordered urud vada and coffee whenever we went out for a break. One thing he was really interested in was becoming […]
The terrifying Ascendance of Cancer
I had a grand aunt, an unmarried lady. She was an amazingly healthy old woman. At the age of fifty, she had an ultrasound of the neck done, as part of a work up for a sore throat. The throat cleared after a few days. It was some minor infection. But the ultrasound scan picked […]
The Pursuit of Happiness- Why is it like running on a treadmill.
Sunny was a classmate from school. He had two passions- travelling and vehicles. He gazed at cars and sleek bicycles. He trekked to the local parks and boarded buses to attend science exhibitions in schools miles way, and I always declined his invitations. He had two pet grouses, a principal source of dissatisfaction in his […]