SECOND OPINION: A surgeon’s view of healthcare and policy in India

Dev Anand’s tryst as a doctor
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Dev Anand’s tryst as a doctor

For many of us, Dev Anand is a part of old memories of younger days. The impact of films on our lives has been huge. We often locate events in our childhood and younger days to movies, scenes dialogues and songs from films

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A different Ganesha
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A different Ganesha

If Mayor Kishore Pednekar even partly implements what she said, it could be Ganesha’s best gift to his devotees. He will live up to his reputation as the god who demolishes obstacles.

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The sense of an ending
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The sense of an ending

Many things around us are ending. 2020 for example. But as long as we know that it’s not the end but just a sense of an ending, we can even savour the moment.

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The small warriors of a big pox
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The small warriors of a big pox

Those who survived smallpox were lucky. For the rest of us, the only reminder of the disease is the pockmarked faces that we still see. There was nothing small about smallpox, though.

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Lage Raho Munnabhai
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Lage Raho Munnabhai

Last week, I had that standard call for advice but with a new twist. After the usual pleasantries, I was asked, “My daughter is deciding her future. Do you think she should be pursuing medicine as a career?

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