The No Nonsense Series: A Stone’s Throw from Wisdom
June 21, 2025The No Nonsense Nation Series: A Stone’s Throw from Wisdom By Dr. Shishir Srivastav Physician | Founder – Vaccine Buddy | Editor – isaychaps.com India is a land of plenty — plenty of people, plenty of opinions, and an overabundance of unfiltered knowledge. Knowledge fountains erupt from every ‘pan shop‘, podcast panel, WhatsApp group, and YouTube comment section. Everyone’s a guru now — even when they don’t know the difference between the uterine cervix and the cervical spine. But perhaps the most unusual knowledge gurus I’ve encountered don’t wear white coats or hold MBBS degrees. They drive trucks. Yes, truckers…
The Sky Has Fallen: Doctors Die Young
By Dr. Shishir Srivastav But for that mysteriously crooked one minute between soaring dreams and the Dreamliner’s dive, they would have been stitching wounds, fixing broken bones, performing CPR — and pouring hope into tragedy-stricken souls. But for that crooked…
“Cockamamie Clamor and Bureaucratic Valor.”
I had originally titled this chronicle the “Nonsense Nation” series. But—as expected—a few terribly righteous voices found it “objectionable,” self-loathing, pessimistic, and a few even to the point of labelling it “anti-national.” So, just to infuse some sense into this…
Nonsense Nation Series: Healthcare in India: Pandit First, Pediatrician Later
Nonsense Nation Series Chronicling the Absurdities of Everyday India – One Ridiculous Episode at a Time A few days ago, my wife—an obstetrician—received a call from one of her antenatal patients around 12:30 in the afternoon. “Ma’am,…
From Sikkim to Switzerland: A Tale of Two Peaks
From a nation that lost its wealth and wisdom by sheer idiotic living to one that got rich by turning snow into gold, my Swiss tour has been… enlightening. A tale of contrast, really. Of chaos and clockwork. Of wild,…
Beneath The Holy Waters: A journey Within
और मैंने डुबकी लगायी! पिछले वर्ष शिवरात्रि को जब मेरी माताजी अपनी दिव्य यात्रा पर निकलीं थी तब मैंने उनकी अस्थियों को गंगा में प्रवाहित किया था। जाने कितने ही मात्र पितरों के आशीर्वाद का समागम गंगा के प्रवाह में…
Kumbh… the story of ‘Sankalp
Last weekend, on the auspicious occasion of Maha Shivratri, I had the good fortune of visiting the Kumbh Mela and taking a dip in the Holy Ganges. I was told it was the largest human gathering ever on earth, and…
समय की वीणा:
कल मैंने आँगन में मोर देखा मोरनी थी शायद चपल, रंग कुशल चंचल पग, लयबद्ध चाल मैं स्थिर खड़ा उसके पास कौतुक नैनों में नृत्यलोकन की आस वो उड़ बैठी नीम की डाल त्रीव सौन्दर्य करता सहज उपहास मैंने देखा…
Some Heroes Don’t Have A Face
Have you ever wondered why, despite its roughness and gloom, and in spite of all its unfairness, pain, and suffering, this world remains a beautiful and vibrant place? What drives the world forward? What keeps it connected, despite the superficial…
Reimagining Healthcare Leadership: The Need for Physician Leaders
In the current landscape of Indian healthcare, one of the most pressing challenges is that we are grooming doctors as skilled laborers, not as leaders. Medical schools across the country focus on clinical excellence and technical expertise but often neglect…
A Journey of Cultural Shock and Customer Satisfaction”…The Nordstrom Tyre Story
During my recent, first-ever, visit to the United States, I was struck by the stark contrast with India where I have spent the last fifty years. The absence of the constant chaos and noise that I had grown so accustomed…
