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Boys! It is your turn now!!

Mr. Shankaran is a nice man. I know him since few years now. His wife came to me for treatment during pregnancy. Both the children were delivered by me. They are a lively couple with two beautiful children. This time they came to discuss with me about contraception. Nalini (...

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Is baby massage helpful?

My patient shared a video of her baby’s massage or “Malish”. I was aghast and dumb stuck looking at the way the “Malishwali” lady was doing the baby massage. I shared the video on face book and other social media and it went viral! It has got more than 260000...

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Why India needs to reconsider 20 weeks cut off for abortions

Happy to share my article published in Times of India on 28th july 2016 While this article reaches the readers, doctors would have safely terminated the severely abnormal foetus of Miss X. It is a moment of pride that Miss X has been permitted access to legal abortion (despite crossing the...

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Once upon a time there was PCPNDT Act

Once upon a time there was a king. His kingdom had severe shortage of water. People used to suffer and die because of lack of water. One great architect built a huge reservoir of water. The citizens became happy as they could get sufficient water. Few goons started misusing the...

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nano medicines, Ayurveda and we

I was dressing a wound of my patient in the clinic. She had undergone a major surgery.A few months back I was introduced to a new medicine that was made up from silver nano particles. I was using that medicine( ointment) for the dressing and wound was...

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Email to Ganpati Bappa

Hey Lord Ganesha, while I was driving back home from my clinic I saw a part of the road decorated. Some film music was being played at an ear blurring and mind numbing volume. Suddenly I heard “ Ganpati bappa moraya” and I realised that it is the Maghi...

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Unsung Heros

I searched from newspapers and TV channels for the people who can inspire me. Those people who can lead the  way. But I realized that most of the media is into news items which are best selling news items or “chatpata Masala”.I am sure you also must have had  the...

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Middle class & apathy

I had two annoying experiences few days before the municipal elections that took place in Mumbai. The incidence depicted the apathy of the “so called” educated middle class who claim to be the “thinkers” in the  society. This time when elections were round the corner I reminded every patien that came...

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