What if you had one day perfectly healthy? I asked. What would you do? “Twenty-four hours?” Yes, twenty-four hours. “Let’s see… I’d get up in the morning, do my exercises, have a lovely breakfast of sweet rolls and tea, go for a swim, then…
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Recently, a post titled “Death by Computer” went viral on social media. It detailed the tragic incident involving Ethiopian Airlines Flight #ET302. The passengers and crew aboard the brand new Boeing 737 MAX 8 had no chance of survival. A total of…
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While I watch this beautiful movie, I remember Viktor E Frankl’s quotes: “For the first time in my life I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed as the final wisdom by so many thinkers. The truth – that Love is the…
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This is a true story. One of my classmates treated me in exchange for allowing him to copy from my exam paper. I am grateful he considered me superior in our studies. During the exam, seated right behind me, he signaled halfway through to see my paper. I complied,…
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Very few people, particularly those with a background in Business Administration, consider writing as their career path. Even fewer achieve notable success with their debut literary works. Two contemporaries who have carved out their destinies in the literary…
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My travel assignments were so frequent that patrons of our hospital thought I worked abroad and only came to my home place a few days a month. My wife always teases me, saying I was born with wings and wheels! Traveling always had its own consequences, such…
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This man was from before our time. He was introduced to me recently by Pico Iyer, known for “The Art of Stillness.” I was glad it was freely available on Amazon Prime. I picked up the album “Essentials of Leonard Cohen” to get the best…
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I was an avid reader during my childhood. However, the pressures of undergraduate and postgraduate medical education put the reader in me into deep hibernation. During a visit to my friend Dr. Devan’s house in Kerala, I found an old book which claimed…
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