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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.

Katua-gateway to a soulless India

Women in ‘modern India’, irrespective of age are at the receiving end of Rape and molestation of assorted kinds. Only a state that has lost its very soul can prioritize loopholes for the perpetrators to get away scot-free over justice for the victim, bruised in body and spirit, and often killed.

A vibrant democracy reacts to silent brashness

Riding on a massive majority, the Modi government took over reins of governance at the centre in 2014, only to fall to brashness, one-upmanship and highhandedness. Is the drubbing in the by-elections in UP and Bihar a harbinger of bad times for the BJP-led NDA in 2019?

Lenten ‘fast’: God’s no fool!

It has been the practice among Christians to ‘fast’ during Lent. Through the practice, they are only trying to hoodwink God through various versions of fasting, which have no bearing on their spiritual lives. It’s time they realized that God’s no fool!

Lynching of a tribal youth- a kneejerk reaction of a panic-stricken, failed state

While none is permitted under law to kill another, lynching of a tribal youth represents kneejerk reaction of a failed ‘god’s own country’ panicky of audacious daylight burglaries

Is medical care in India a curse to Indians?

Standards of ‘health care’ have improved substantially in India, with the country becoming a favorite ‘health-tourism’ destination. Has health care become a curse for Indians paradoxically?

Padmavati engraves ‘chop, chop’ culture into Indian ethos

A mere film threatens to conflagrate India in mindless violence and tags a price for the head of the director and the nose of an actress!

A celebration robbed of simplicity

Blatant commercialization, self advertisement and loud living have usurped the simplicity, humility and the quiet that are hallmarks of the birth of God’s Son.

Kerala to spruce up trauma care

There has always been a thorn in the flesh of the rosy ‘healthy Kerala’-that of treating trauma victims. The state government’s landmark decision nips that thorn away

Do doctors die young?

A recent study by the IMA seems to suggest that doctors in Kerala die young, succumbing to cardio-vascular diseases and cancer. Is it really true? Is a proper prospective study required to validate this?

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