How young a young doctor can be ? After completing 5+1 years, you add a MBBS degree. Then the street vendor while balancing one kg potatoes on a scale naively asks you,“Sir, what is your speciality ?” So you study 3 more years to add MD (anaesthesiology) to your name for the street vendor’s sake.Continue reading “Ultra-Super Specialization.”
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31st August 2020
We live in the moments of life. Here’s one such moment – of An audio clip, a mobile click and a WhatsApp message. This is the moment: When my daughter sent me one of her many voice recordings that I cherish. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zfy__qXhGQZuC8Q4gq-FZnKd64o9M2T6/view?usp=drivesdk When my wife was ready to cut her 51st birthday anniversary cake. IContinue reading “31st August 2020”
Our biggest data transfer event
When you compare one strand of human genome to the super computers of silicon valley you suddenly realize that the amount of data any pregnant lady is transferring can put all the super computers of our world into shame. The amount of data printed in to a new born baby is simply ENORMOUS. Just toContinue reading “Our biggest data transfer event”
Sunabesa
The Golden Shringara of Lord Jagannathji of Puri. Sunabesa of Lord Jagannathji was held on the last day of the car festival every year Legend has it that Suna Besha began during the reign of King Kapilendra Deb in 1460 when he brought gold on 16 elephants to Puri after a winning a battle withContinue reading “Sunabesa”
A blessing in disguise
Charles Nicolle of France was awarded the 1928 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his discoveries about typhus. But I believe his major contribution to infectious disease is what he called inapparent infection. He defined them as cases where an individual is infected with a disease and spreads it without falling ill. Today we call itContinue reading “A blessing in disguise”
