A Doctor’s Guide to Bangalore’s Toughest Winter in Years
This winter in Bangalore has arrived unannounced. It did not come gently. It did not come politely. It came with a shiver that reaches the...
Author : Dr. Brahmanand Nayak
Doctor, I’m Wearing a Jacket—Why Am I Still Falling Sick?
In Bangalore, winter is not a season. It is a performance. The temperature dips to eighteen degrees, and the city behaves as if Switzerland has...
Why We Forgot How to Rest?
Once, work came with rest built into it, no permission required. The body stopped, society allowed it, and nothing collapsed. Today, stopping feels risky. We...
Why Constipation Has Become India’s Most Common Gut Complaint?
Constipation is no longer a digestive complaint. It is a scheduling problem. In my clinic, it arrives daily, politely disguised as lifestyle confusion. “Doctor, I...
When Everyone Meditates Now!
Today is World Meditation Day. Which means if you ask ten people whether they meditate, eleven will say yes. One will add, “I do it...
Are You Really Hungry or Just Dehydrated?
At 4:40 PM on a humid Bangalore evening, a software engineer sits across from me clutching a steel flask like evidence. He looks mildly offended...
When Prescriptions Aren’t Enough
For ten years, she has walked into my clinic carrying more than her reports. Her thyroid numbers were obedient. Her life was not. Three-fourths of...
Can Nuts Really Lower Cholesterol?
The funniest thing about cholesterol is that it rarely scares people; what scares them is the thought of giving up biryani, so they run to...
Continuous Glucose Monitor: The Body’s Truth Serum
Continuous glucose monitoring entered Indian life the way CCTV cameras appeared in apartment complexes, not because everyone was guilty, but because no one fully trusted...
Winter Wellness: An Ayurvedic Survival Story
Winter in India never walks in politely. It barges in like an auto driver who decides at the last second to take a left without...