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...
Category : General
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...
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...
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...