India’s Fertility Crisis Isn’t About Children. It’s About Everything Else.
They sat across my desk the way many young couples in Bengaluru sit these days, slightly apart, slightly distracted, her laptop bag still on her...
Category : General
I Slept Eight Hours. My Watch Says Sorry
At 3:12 in the morning, a man opened one eye, lifted his wrist to his face, and checked whether he was sleeping properly. Then he...
The Busy Trap
A patient rushed into my consultation room seven minutes late. Before sitting down, he apologised twice, answered two phone calls, and checked his smartwatch repeatedly...
The Health Memory of a Family
A man once walked into my clinic carrying six laboratory reports and absolutely no memory of his medicines. “Doctor, cholesterol, sugar… everything problem,” he announced....
Stopped Rice? Check Your Cholesterol.
In the 1960s, a man could smoke in a cardiologist’s waiting room. Today, he avoids rice and counts carbohydrates on his phone. The rituals changed....
BLACK RICE: Trend, Truth, and the Dark Grain Everyone Is Talking About
Last month, a software engineer sat across my table and placed a small packet on the desk as if it were contraband. “Doctor, everyone in...
Coffee, Cortisol, and Morning Fear
She did not call me about the ankle. “Doctor, I did not want to disturb you,” she said, voice firm despite her eighty-five years. “Two...
Before You Swallow That Antibiotic
“Doctor, I had a bad cold.” “How many days?” “Four.” “Fever?” “Little.” “What medicines?” “Ghar me Augmentin pada tha. Teen din le liya. Phir bhi...
Doctor, Are They Mixing Mineral Oil in Our Cooking Oil?
She came at the end of the clinic, when questions grow softer and more personal. Sushma Shenoy is not the kind of patient who panics...
A Doctor’s Upma Story
He was fifty. An entrepreneur. The kind who lives on numbers. Revenue, margins, growth curves, projections. He spoke comfortably in percentages and quarterly targets, and...