Dr Subhash DHIWARE responds to ThinkWellness360 questionnaire. Why and how did you think of becoming a doctor? I grew up in a tiny hamlet. My beginnings were understandably humble. I remember vividly — whenever a doctor was called, they would come by ‘tonga,’ the horse-drawn cart. The doctor would be the only person who
Dr Christine LASCHKOLNIG responds to ThinkWellness360 questionnaire: Why and how did you think of becoming a doctor? Medicine connects two important and fascinating parts for me: science and encounters with human beings. Also, accompanying people on their way, or journey, to a healthy life is deeply satisfying for me. What made you think of, study
Words: Dr Sanjeev RASTOGI & Prof Ram Harsh SINGH The SARS-CoV-2 [COVID-19] pandemic and strategies to containing it and adopted by various nations have invited a great debate vis-à-vis their respective successes, failures and/or underlying reasons. Science was seen as the great rescuer at the onset of the pandemic; it was believed that sooner, or
Niharika SAPRA responds to ThinkWellness360 questionnaire: Your view on beauty? A pretty face, stunning figure, and beautiful attire — this is what it takes to be admired, or so we all think. Well, the dizzy idea smacks of materialism at work. When you look at its whole canvas, with a spiritual intent, nothing can match
Words: Team THINKWELLNESS360 India is the world’s foremost producer of cashew nuts. Cashew trees produce a fruit-like shoot — the cashew apple — well, the name is a misnomer, because they look so much like pear. The cashew nut is attached to the end of the cashew apple. It has a smooth, ash-tinted outer shell.
Lakshmi KRISHNANKUTTY responds to ThinkWellness360 questionnaire: Your view on beauty? For me, beauty is being yourself and comfortable in your own skin, as also the ‘skin’ of your own thought. It’s rightly said, that, “Self-confidence is the best make up you can wear.” If you love yourself, it reflects on your face, body language, and
Dr Sridevi REDDY responds to ThinkWellness360 questionnaire: Why and how did you think of becoming a doctor? I just can’t recall how it happened, or emerged. It’s a fact that we’ve a handful of doctors in our family. My dad too wanted to become a doctor, but he opted for a doctorate in zoology and
Chinmaya NARASIMIAH responds to ThinkWellness360 questionnaire: Your view on beauty? I think beauty is one of the most polarising, also blinkered, topics since the beginning of time. It has gained enormous, albeit skewed, traction — for all the wrong reasons — especially in our troubled times. There is, perhaps, a supposed, also cock-eyed, standard set
Dr Sherlyn Elizabeth PAUL responds to ThinkWellness360 questionnaire Why and how did you think of becoming a doctor? It is, to use a cliché, stating the obvious. My mother is a nurse by profession in one of India’s premier institutions — All India Institute of Medical Sciences [AIIMS], New Delhi. I had had the good
Words: Team THINKWELLNESS360 It’s often said, as also realistically, that technology makes some of the same promises as religion. Pledges like security, link with others, a handhold in history, and so on. The point also is: just as surely as its ‘favours’ accumulate, there may be a point where it can also fall ‘asleep.’ You
