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I am a surgeon working in Lake shore Hospital in Kochi, a city in the state of Kerala at the southern tip of India. A stroke at the age of 39 left my left side considerably weakened, putting paid to my career as a surgeon. The scalpel, through which I communicated with the world, and expressed myself as an individual, being of no use to me since the stroke, I took to writing, as a means to express myself and to communicate with the world. this blog 'writerbychance' is part of my new-found passion.

Healthcare dispensation: tug-of-war between dilemmas and ethics

Healthcare dispensation does not function on a one plus one equals two formula. It is a product of churning of ethics governing the profession and dilemmas faced by its dispensers.

Lack of money has many give up on dear and near

Dearth of precious money has many to give up on their sick dear and near, often even when they’re responding favorably to treatment

A Hymnal verse brightens up my darkness

I was hit by the ‘empty-Nest Syndrome’ abruptly, catching me unawares, and plunging my world in darkness. A verse from a famous hymn stood me in good stead in times of woe

Chants amidst stars, cribs and carols

Kerala witnesses two distinct religious practices practiced by two entirely different faiths in November and December, much in keeping with the communal amity the state is known for. Hope this lasts well into the future in these troubled times when man is up against man in the name of religion

NMC Bill: victim of mistrust than ‘untouchability’

The ailing Indian healthcare dispensation badly needed a treatment to nurse it to health. Modi(2), in good faith passed the NMC Bill in Parliament, which doctors, exhorted by the IMA protested against it by striking work. NMC, an ‘untouchable’ among medical fraternity is actually a victim of mistrust. Will the government shepherd Indian Healthcare to more credibility and effectiveness without messing it up?

An inebriated erudite IAS officer behind the wheels: youth let down

Sriram Vankataraman, a medical doctor-turned IAS officer had served as sub-collector in Devikulam in Kerala’s Idukki District. He turned hero and youth icon for his strong action against illegal encroachers in Munnar, Kerala’s prime tourist destination. He, reportedly inebriated knocked down a two-wheeler borne-journalist with his car which he drove rashly. The Hero turned zero instantly. Even a moment’s Indiscretion isn’t a good companion especially for people holding responsible office, and who are looked up to.

Modi 2.0: Golden opportunity to make amends

The NDA spearheaded by BJP and captained by one man -Narendra Modi was swept to a second term to govern India, in the process banishing a nonexistent opposition into further nonexistence, on the tide of a majority that surpassed everybody’s expectations. The results of Elections 2019 was so spectacular, rendering NDA win for at least 3 more subsequent elections a certainty.

Unwinding in nature’s arms in Valparai

A day amidst tea plantations of different shades of green, birdsong and lack of intrutions by modern day ‘amenities’ like internet and whatsApp, had us unwind right within nature’s arms, giving us much-needed break as family

Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur represents the grotesque visage of the BJP

Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, facing trial in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, yet contesting the 2019 Lok Sabha polls from Bhopal against senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh terms Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse ‘a patriot’. This comes close to the heels of her loud mouthing that Hemant Karkare, the Anti-terrorist Chief who was investigating her role in the Malegaon Blast Case and died in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, died because she cursed him. These two unutterables, during her campaigning represents the grotesque visage of the party she represents- the BJP, and all that it stands for.

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