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...
Category : General
Why Chyawanprash in Winter?
Bengaluru winters never storm like Delhi’s. It creeps in like a shy intern: polite, underconfident, but somehow managing to disrupt the whole office. One morning,...
The Colostrum Craze: Liquid Gold or Just Golden Hype?
When I was nine, my grandmother made something called ginna from the thick yellow milk a neighbour’s cow produced after calving. It looked strange—custard with...
One Map. One Nation. Too Much Sugar.
A man barged into my clinic waving a map of India, and in that instant, I knew the country had finally found something sweeter than...
FOFO: Why Fear of Finding Out Is India’s New Anxiety
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...
How to Plan Your Second Innings After 50?
Last Tuesday, over a simple North Indian lunch that tasted more of memory than masala, a friend of mine—techie, 50, California resident, ex-Amazon, start-up survivor,...
How Your Gut Can Affect Your Mood?
Every night, across many Bengaluru homes, a small ceremony takes place. Coffee powder is measured with priestly precision, hot water is poured over it, and...
The Man Who Measured His Pressure Every Hour
He walked in holding his BP monitor like a trophy.“Doctor,” he announced, “I check it every hour.”His app was a gallery of numbers — 122/80...
A Doctor Who Can’t Switch Off
Some jobs end with a punch card. Medicine doesn’t. The stethoscope may rest, but the questions never do. This morning, I went to a restaurant...
Sadyo Rasayana in Ayurveda: Instant Rejuvenators You Can Try Today
A young man once slumped into my clinic, his eyes drooping, his tie loosened, his voice weary. “Doctor,” he sighed, “I need something instant. I...