Earning Respect Rather Than Asking for It Paid Members Public
All about earning respect rather than demanding it.
Choosing the Right Doctor: The Futility and Uselessness of Google Search and Reviews, Online Aggregators and Social Media Platforms Paid Members Public
Google search and reviews, online aggregator platforms and social media platforms are quite useless and futile when you have to choose the right doctor
Koi Andar Aaya Tha Kya? Paid Members Public
This is one of those inside medical college jokes. A slightly mad Parsi, let’s call him Zubin, was giving his final IIIrd MBBS practical exams. His long case patient was a 55-years old woman, originally from Uttar Pradesh. In those days (late 1980s), all practical exams were always held
Lessons Learnt from The Translumbar Aortogram Paid Members Public
Any image guided biopsy can cause two major complications. The first is bleeding, which can happen from within a vascular organ (liver, spleen, kidney) or when you injure or traverse a vessel (lung, liver, abdomen, head & neck, mediastinum). The second is a pneumothorax. Many radiologists balk at the idea
Crosstalk Paid Members Public
A message popped up on Rahul’s Slack telling him that Samir, a patient wanted to speak with him. Samir had recently undergone an MRI of the lumbar spine, which Rahul, a radiologist, had reported. Samir had a left posterolateral intervertebral disc hernia, a slipped disc that was pressing on
Above King's Circle Paid Members Public
Background: This write-up is an amalgamation of two pieces, the first published in October 2005 (How Green in My Matunga) and the second in September 2006 (Aamchi Mumbai), before and after I had acquired a copy of Jehangir Sorabjee’s book, “Above Bombay”, which, according to me, is a book
1.4 - What I Write About, When I Write About Running (with Due Respect to Mr. Murakami) Paid Members Public
Background: This was the piece that convinced Meenal to give me my own column. After Writer’s Bloc died a natural death, essentially due to lack of interest and contributors, I didn’t have an outlet for my writing. People who knew me would keep coming up to me all
10.8 - No-Horn "Athai" Paid Members Public
Background: This came out in December 2007, immediately after I tried this out as an experiment. To Subscribe Matunga is famous for its “athais”, which are 8-day fasts that Jains undertake during “pajosan”, a festival of penance, which usually comes around Aug-Sept. A Jain fast means no food at all,
