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This is an article by Mr. Karthik Madhavan that was published in the front page of the local edition of 'The Hindu' today. Though it tells the story in Erode district, I am quite sure that it would be true of any district in the country.
(at left is the 'gopuram' of the Srivilliputtur Andal Temple [...]

This week's edition of Grand Rounds is truly fantastic.
Dr. Crippen (NHS Blog Doctor) has done a phenomenal job.
He begins with a 'thumbnail sketch' of 'cricket, the finest sport in the world' which I think deserves to be recorded in the annals of cricket writing as the 'Zen of Test Match Cricket'.
You have two sides, one [...]

Thanks to Abs* and Philip K. Dick** for inspiring the title of this post.
*Abs is a friend from the US who visited India for the first time a few months ago. When asked what she thought about the traffic on Indian roads, she exclaimed "Traffic!! What Traffic? Its like a Video Game!!"
**I may not have [...]

I’m home for the weekend. I can access the net, what a relief
This post is not related to medicine. It is about computers.
I saw Suresh’s post about Steve Jobs a few days ago. I wrote this the same night, but wasn’t able to post it. I read through the post and followed the link [...]

Our phone lines have been down for 48 hours. The unlimited internet access that I had taken for granted was down too.
I feel disturbed, anxious, fidgety….
Are these withdrawal symptoms…
Am I becoming an internet junky?
I’m posting this from the Computer Department in the hospital which has an emergency line working full-time. I came to check [...]

I resolved to post something today….
After hours of non-existent effort.. I came up with this. Its not original. I got this on email - I don’t know when & from who. But I had thought at that time that it was worth saving for a rainy really boring day…
Well today is the day.. Read on [...]

Over the past few days I was preoccupied with some personal issues which - to use our colloquialism - were ‘eating my brain’. I’ve had some respite since yesterday. Last night, Suresh very thoughtfully gave me a book to take my mind off more irritant issues. I must say he succeeded.
The book is ‘Freakonomics‘ by [...]

The abortion ban in South Dakota made it to the Indian newspapers today (you can read the story in the online edition here - the link doesn’t open in Safari for some reason. works fine on Firefox).
I certainly didn’t expect to write about abortion again today. But T.J. had asked me some questions on abortion-related [...]