Keith Jarrett was a legendary piano player. He was a perfectionist. He practises hard, reaches the concert venue 3 hours early to have a rehearsal and distributes cough drops among audience lest it will disturb his rhythm. In 1975, he arrived at Cologne for a concert and reached the venue ahead of schedule. All 1400Continue reading “A Reluctant Genius and half a Piano”
Author Archives: Dr. Ramakanta
The Alma Mater
“Alu paratha, Anda bhujia.” I mumbled bellow my breath and let those 4 nostalgic words hang in the air in between us. As if on queue, he echoed: “दो Alu paraNtha, दो Ande ki bhuruji aur Chai, 40 rupees, 11 number” and moved on to the next customer. 11 is the serial number of myContinue reading “The Alma Mater”
On Vaxxed
The man who linked AUTISM to MMR vaccine In 1998 Andrew Wakefield, a British gastroenterologist had published a paper in the Lancet. It claimed that there was a link between the vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), and Autism and Bowel Disease. It took 6 years for the GMC ( British Medical Council )Continue reading “On Vaxxed”
The Code
( A simple swap of any single letter out of 3 billions in the code can change our life beyond imagination. For example, Out of those 3 billion, only one letter in the sixth position of chromosome 11 is changed from GAG to GUG (RNA). That changes the HB so much that it no longerContinue reading “The Code”
The Migraine Brain
Migraine brain doesn’t tolerate change. Whenever there is a perceived change in your comfortable surrounding, the brain dissents by a headache. What is the commonest Neuro disability affecting humans ? Stroke- No. Paralysis- No, No. The commonest Neurological disability affecting us is MIGRAINE. What is the cause ? Migraine, like any pain or fever isContinue reading “The Migraine Brain”
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