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...
Some days, Bangalore doesn’t wake up — it jolts. Autos growl like irritated uncles, WhatsApp groups beep like anxious sparrows, and fear drifts through the...
It began with a man who forgot his own shoes. Mr Murthy, seventy-two, retired banker, proud owner of three umbrellas and zero memories.“Doctor,” he said,...
In every hospital corridor, one question hangs heavier than disinfectant: Why me?A man who never smoked gets lung cancer. A saintly grandmother loses her memory....
This morning, my phone pinged with an image: a tiny foot, swollen and proud.“Doctor,” the message read, “my daughter sprained her ankle at school.”The foot...
People think the most challenging part of medicine is breaking bad news. It isn’t. The hardest part is convincing a perfectly breathless, sweating, clutching-his-chest patient...