I used to have nightmares during internship. It was acute during the stint in Surgery. After those unending shifts in the emergency room. I have cried- not just metaphorically, but literally. Great heaving sobs in the tiny bathroom adjoining the casualty in Thrissur Medical College. The wails, the groans of pain. Bodies being brought in […]
Category: Rational ruminations
Dancing with bombs- The End.
“Mohammed Khan is dead”- Manu said. Manu was the person who got the first pair of hands that were ever transplanted from a dead human to another in India. Now, he worked as a transplant assistant, helping in the rehabilitation of patients operated by us. He was in contact with Mohammed and his family, who […]
Love- and the Rodent’s Tale.
“Divorce commoner among the educated and rich!!” Ah. We are getting culturally degraded as we become well off. That is a good excuse to tank the economy and keep us in perpetual poverty. Clarity, anyone? Let us start with love. It happened when I was ten. I don’t even remember who she was. A strange […]
The Father Document, the Rational Son and the Holy Ghost.
The year 1947 was a momentous one in world history. Gandhi became an international icon, and India got its independence. This was the start of the setting of THE Empire- and all empires. Along with us, Pakistan, the Middle East, and countries in south Asia and Africa, got a chance to rule themselves. All aspired […]
Chance- And 2020. Happy New Year.
Sometimes, I do think- what is the big deal? Is the passing of 2019 something to celebrate? Would 2020 be a new and improved version of last year? Chance- what has chance got to do with anything? A good deal. Much more than most of us would admit. See, guys. It is almost inevitable that […]