On this auspicious occasion of Odia New Year, I wish you proudly remembered these four illustrious kings of Odisha:I wish we should be able to tell our story clear and loud so that the Indian history gives us our due respect that our past deserves. Each of them are much bigger in their valor andContinue reading “Thoughts on this Odia Naba Barsha.”
Author Archives: Dr. Ramakanta
Charaiveti, Charaiveti
Charaiveti, Charaiveti.( Aitareya Brahman)Move on, Move on. Change that does not kill us makes us stronger? Nietzsche Sometimes change can be exciting. Sometimes it can be frustrating. And sometimes it can be scary and terrifying. Yet change can be a wonderful thing, if only we welcome, introspect, appreciate and learn from it. Lord Buddha usedContinue reading “Charaiveti, Charaiveti”
That summer of ’76.
Boston, 10 March 1876. It was a sultry afternoon. Thomas Watson was listening intently to the tuning fork sounds coming from the closet of his boss TWO rooms APART. Suddenly he heard his boss cry out,“Mr Watson, Come Here. I Want You.” He ran, in panic to his boss’s closet two rooms away. His bossContinue reading “That summer of ’76.”
Impact of Microbes and Vitamins on Modern Medicine
The growth of medical science was never smooth and linear. While the 1880s saw Koch’s postulates lead to the rapid discovery of most bacterial causes of disease, the 1930s witnessed the identification of deficiency diseases. In the 5,000-year history of medical science, no two decades have had such a profound impact on modern medicine.
Being born by Cesarean Section
( Diseases in childhood and later in life are potentially mediated by the disturbances in the colonisation of infant gut microbes. The gut of a foetus is sterile. It gets its first exposure to microbiome as it passes inside the mother’s birth canal. This opportunity is denied during C- section.) I work in a hospitalContinue reading “Being born by Cesarean Section”
Dr Ramakanta's Ideas 