Full moon, fertility and faith.

Just yesterday, a friend’s friend requested me to give her some advice over the telephone, about her plans of extending her family. In her early thirties, she has been married for over four years, but now wanted to conceive. Like any usual gynecologist would, I asked a few questions, and advised the need to just [...]

Moin Bhai Dilliwala, a tribute to Moin Akhter

As if the year passed in a stroke. It is hard to come to terms that one year has passed since Moin Akhter left us. A stand up comedian who took the art to a level whose altitude is hard for any other actor  to surmount. As a family friend there are countless small and [...]

Osteoporosis~ the silent thief Pre-Test

PRE-TEST : Before you begin to read the Health Blog Osteoporosis-The silent thief I would request you to take this Pre-Test to assess your awareness on OSTEOPOROSIS. 1. Osteoporosis is a condition: A. It is a disease of painful joints B. It is a cancer of bones C. It is thinning of bones D. It [...]

Baisakhi in Kashmir~ a tryst with nature.

“Woken up with the slightest of hint, we jumped out of our warm beds excitedly and got ready without much fuss. Ammi packed food in a four tiered brass tiffin carrier, placed plates, spoons, a stove, Samovar and other needful in a cane basket, and by 8:00 AM we were heading for the Hazratbal end [...]

The story of Siachen

With the tragic news of 150 Pakistani soldiers  buried alive in an avalanche in the Pakistan base camp at Siachen, it brings back to  memory the bitter truths about this conflict. The glacier: Siachen means ‘the place of wild roses’. Siachen glacier is the great Himalayan watershed that demarcates central Asia from the Indian sub-continent, [...]

Reflections of a little mind !

For years as a little girl I did not know the exact literal meaning of the word ‘socialite’. Having seen pictures in the centre pages of magazines, I knew they were pretty, mostly in full make up which looked so natural, nearly always dressed nicely and almost always wore the most enviable jewellery one could [...]

I am because we are !

An FB friend Jeffrey had posted a status which talked of an interesting story: “Today i read a story about an anthropologist who proposed a game to the kids in an African tribe. He put a basket full of fruit near a tree and told the kids that who ever got there first won the [...]

It’s just a Menopause !

Menopause simply means: *A woman will not be having periods anymore. Hence she will not be able to get pregnant. It certainly does not mean that she has lost her womanhood or feminity. Menopause is that point in time when periods stop forever. You can know that you had a menopause, only after a year has [...]

Smoker, and want to kick off the habit? Come on.

Have you tried to quit smoking before ? Whether or not, take comfort that most smokers try and fail many times, before they finally quit. Past failures do not suggest you cannot. It’s a normal journey for most smokers. TIP: Begin with the fact that it is harder than you think. You will probably get [...]

Abida Parveen, the therapeutic

If music is a mountain range, its Mt Everest is Abida Parveen. A summit of Sufi music, which no soul can surmount. The Queen not only drowns herself in the music she sings, but she sweeps along her listeners too, in the tides of the overpowering words that flow out her throat. After the plunge, [...]