Tag: opera

• The Lincoln Highway – Book Review

  The audible version of ‘The Lincoln Highway’ was the first time that I enjoyed hearing a book more than reading it. How can I tell? Because midway into the book, I decided I like this book so much that I want to keep a paperback. But the styles of reading, the accents and the expressions…
• Life in Melghat

  One of my most unique experiences was working in the Subdistrict Hospital (SDH) of Dharni, a subdivision in Melghat, for close to two years. My wife was posted as Subdivisional Magistrate as her first posting in IAS  and I decided to join her leaving a fellowship in one of the most renowned hospitals – Medanta…
• Book Review- Anxious People (Fredrik Backman)

  My rating: 5 of 5 stars I started hearing the audiobook of ‘Anxious People’ after completing a sci-fi novel (Project Hail Mary). I wasn’t sure which book to read next but found this one in my Audible app recommended by my wife. As such I had not heard about the author, Fredrik Backman and when…

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  Unfinished Cadence IX: KM Day or Exams?

  Sometimes I wonder. What was the need to pluck the flower, dissect it, analyse it, study it, and worst of all try to recreate it? Wasn’t seeing it, touching it and enjoying the scent enough? Why couldn’t I just be satisfied by listening to music? What was the need of trying to learn, sing, practice…
• Writing on writing

         I recently published a fiction novel ‘White Coats’ based on the training, work and life of doctors in India. No doubt, a lot of doctors write academic books and publish articles in reputed journals. Many non-fiction books and memoirs, as well as poetry and anthologies, have been written by doctors. Renowned doctors have written…
• A year as Radiology H.O.D.

  Usually, I am not very keen to take initiative as long as there are other people willing to do it. I prefer to stay in the shadows and do my work quietly. With 2.5 years of experience as an Assistant Professor in Radiology, I was about six years away from becoming a Professor and ideally,…