So there is this viral post on how a doctor in India wont let his kid be a doctor. Its true and is a pervasive feeling among a few doctors. The cat is out of the closet I believe. So what has brought it to such a pass. The answer I believe is complex but… Continue reading I will not let my child be a Doctor in India – Why it Came To This?
Category: Opinion
The tyranny of Indian celebrities
Well it takes very little to become a celebrity in India. In the age of 24 x 7 media anyone giving a juicy bite (no pun intended) can claim to be one. Recently the breathless coverage of Salman’s court case let loose a litany of tweets and prime-time debates. Most of them threw up stars… Continue reading The tyranny of Indian celebrities
Jailing Salman Khan is not going to change anything
I am not a Salman Khan fan. His movies (if you can call them that) are utter nonsense and in many ways promote things that are wrong with the society. I know for a fact that his charity through ‘Being Human’ is nothing more than image building and he probably earns four times the amount… Continue reading Jailing Salman Khan is not going to change anything
Sides of the Coin
I went to a catholic school and happened to be surrounded by those typical nerdy, super intelligent people. I wasn’t bad myself but somehow constantly licking books was tasteless to me. It was a stifling environment. I still remember being enrolled to brilliant tutorial foundation course in high school preparing for the big competition. I… Continue reading Sides of the Coin
Criticism
Nature has made us all critics. And consciously or not, and oftener than we perhaps imagine, we criticize and dissect indiscriminately, doing no good probably to any one, and no harm but to ourselves. Criticism, to be sure, has its proper place and its occasional benefits. More often though, it degenerates into mere fault-finding, gets… Continue reading Criticism