• Writing

    Your Doctor Was Trained to Treat Someone Else

    In this piece The Problem Ayurveda Unani Colonial Medicine Modern Medicine The Heart Endometriosis Drugs India’s Burden Verdict In 2024, a major meta-analysis of cardiovascular disease in India found something that should have stopped clinicians in their tracks. Among elderly Indians, women had a 33% higher likelihood of developing CVD…

  • Genetics

    The Double Helix and Its Shadows

    I remember the day clearly when DNA was first introduced to me. Two names stood out—Dr. James D. Watson and Francis Crick (Wilkins was there too, but it took me a while to remember his name). Our textbooks presented them as heroes, Nobel Prize winners who had discovered the structure of life itself:…

  • Writing

    Mindfulness and Depression – Is it really effective?

    Tell someone you’re depressed and one of the first questions you’ll probably get is: “Do you meditate?” Say no, and get ready for a heartfelt lecture on the countless benefits of meditation, how mindfulness is basically a cure-all, and, bonus, how you don’t really need medication if you just breathe…

  • Marketing - Writing

    Apple-Samsung forever crush

    There is nothing like a good brand feud to make us bring out our popcorn and just scroll through the drama. Things are about to get a little…crushed. Apple’s new ad promoting its latest iPad Pro model – the thinnest tablet created by Apple made people wish it stayed a…

  • Genetics

    Genetic memory – past life explained?

    Growing up, the concept of reincarnation always fascinated me. My first introduction to reincarnation began when I read about Shanti Devi, the Indian child that had memories of her past life – a family that she had left behind, a mother’s struggle through child birth, a husband. Mind you, this…