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Abortion is “something that has fascinated me since my days in medical college.” That is a direct quote from one of my first serious posts after I started this blog. In that post I had declared; “To us in India, abortion is almost a non-issue.”
In a related post a few days later, I answered some [...]

via David Porter of the Health Disparities Blog
The International Herald Tribune has a story posted that speaks to health disparities in India. The article contrasts the care provided by two very different hospitals.
Wockhardt is a state-of-the-art private hospital that provides 5-Star service. Patients have private rooms overlooking gardens. Cable TV and computers are just a [...]

A long-running poll on my sidebar has been closed. I waited eight months for fifty votes (pathetic, isn’t it?).
Here are the results.

An overwhelming majority (68%) who voted agree that family life would be better without TV.
Not surprising really, when we consider the mindless trash that is peddled on most TV stations.
It [...]

[Image Credit - The Hindu Magazine article]

The Hindu’s Sunday Magazine had an interesting article titled “Cheers in Chinese” by Pallavi Aiyar in the society section yesterday. I would suggest reading the short article before you read further here.
I found it to be interesting at many levels, not least for the opening anecdote.
“Premier Zhou Enlai [...]