To, Honourable Minister of health, Government Of India. Sir, I am a qualified medical professional (allopathic), and in the service of the nation for the last twenty years. Sir, very humbly I wish to submit here that my qualifications, it now seems to me, are nothing but unnecessary and evil, serving no purpose other than…
Three important inferences to draw from Ramdev’s flagrant audacity
Mr Ram Kisan Yadav’s recent jibe with allopathic medicine and allopathic doctors created a furore in the media and public. It is definitely more than a mere act of stupidity—well crafted and predetermined. A close inspection of the entire episode will lead us to the following glaring inferences—bold, flagrant and with distasteful revelations. 1.Formal education…
Some Heroes Don’t Have A Face
Have you ever wondered why, despite all its roughness and doom, despite all its unfairness and gloom, and despite all its pain and suffering, this world is still a beautiful living place? What drives the world? What is keeping it bound despite all the looseness and shallowness we see around us every day? Is…
Man’s Search for Meaning
Disclaimer: This, by no means, is a review or a critical analysis. My capabilities are too dwarf, too plebeian, too limited to comment or criticize these masterpiece creations. Consider these to be only as thoughts arising out of reading this literary work, thoughts that I wish to share with you all. Man’s Search for Meaning…
When your child is suddenly diagnosed to have a critical/debilitating illness
There is only one thing that I dread: not to be worthy of my own suffering….Dostoevsky Why Me? Why My Child? If someone is struck with this unfortunate blow of destiny that his beloved son or daughter has to suffer from a debilitating, potentially lethal disease, or with a medical condition that may have a…
ISOPARB-Lohri Delight: An Unofficial Newsletter.
I was under such a swivet about attending this Lohri-Special, power-packed, webinar Of ISOPARB West Up Chapter that my feet were literally shaking. Thank God it was a cold winter evening and my wife thought it was owing to the low temperature. Whereas, the fact of the matter was that the prospect of attending…
ECSTASY 2021
Generally speaking, the year 2020 was a year of betrayal. We all were betrayed by hope. The biggest complication of Covid19 is not the lack of respiration which ensues upon its befalling, rather it is the feeling of desperation which lingers upon the world due to forced confinement. A curse—not to socialise. But like the…
MIXOPATHY…ANOTHER NAIL IN THE COFFIN
“If you cannot compete, impede.” The term ‘Mixopathy” does not have a dictionary meaning, nor does it have a legitimate definition behind its origin and use, it is as illegitimate as the government intention behind the notification to legalise the practice of allopathic procedures by Ayurvedic doctors. Over the past few years, there has been…
Mandatory CT-Chest Pre-Hospitalisation. Are Mumbai Hospitals Flouting Norms?
Mrs. Niranjana, a seventy-nine-year-old lady, was lying on the stretcher, outside a private hospital in Mumbai, waiting for admission. She was a case of urinary tract infection and does not exhibit any signs and symptoms suggestive of a chest infection. The hospital wouldn’t admit her until the relatives allow the patient to undergo a CT-Chest…
The Covaxin Promise…Is it Possible
Since there is no cure for the disease to date and prevention seems to be the only saviour, the world is waiting with bated breath for a vaccine against the virus. It’s been more than six months since the dreaded coronavirus hit the world. Over eleven million people, the world over, had been infected with…