Another blog anniversary came and went, and as always, I missed it. This year, the tenth since I started this blog. When my friend Dina Mehta first urged me to begin blogging, I remember thinking, “But what do I have to say? Where will I go for things to write about all the time?” From… Continue reading Ten years of blogging
Category: My World
About this blog and the blogosphere outside
Put out your tongue. Say Aah.
Treat the patient, not the CT scan, says Abraham Verghese, physician and professor. Along with Atul Gawande, Verghese is to me one of the sane, honest and disturbing voices on medical ethics and practices. In my experience, being skilled at examining the body has a salutary effect beyond finding important clues that lead to an… Continue reading Put out your tongue. Say Aah.
The seven year itch
Hope you have all been well – and still have this blog on your reader and radar. Yes? Thank you for hanging on! Again, as in the last few years, when I was not looking, this blog went and completed seven years sometime in August. That makes me an oldie in the blog space. The… Continue reading The seven year itch
Atul Gawande on the Velluvial Matrix
Please read Atul Gawande’s fabulous commencement speech at Stanford’s School of Medicine. Here he talks about information overload – the amount of new information every doctor, professional, human being needs to be on top of – and the need to therefore specialize. And the pitfalls of super-specialization. Towards the end, he says, ‘And when you… Continue reading Atul Gawande on the Velluvial Matrix
Trying to remember…
– how many letters did we write in a day, a month, a year before we found email? – what was lingua franca for youngsters before SMSese? – how did people manage to make franship before social networking became all the rage? – when did we ever say ‘I wish I had 24-hour news channels’?… Continue reading Trying to remember…
Living with fibromyalgia
The December issue of Prevention carries a personal essay – purportedly written by me – on living with fibromyalgia. I say purportedly since (apart from the fact that I think the word has a nice ring to it – go on, say it aloud) it has been mutilated edited beyond recognition as the piece I… Continue reading Living with fibromyalgia
Joy and light!
This Diwali, light a lamp – for someone you love, for a cause you support, for a start to a prayer, for your own joy and peace… Happy Diwali!
The Great Driving Challenge: in the top 12
Update: Our blog for the trip is up and running now – please head to Traveholics Anonymous and become a follower – keep dropping by there with your comments and cheer us on! Thank you! Our motto for the TGDC: A Vroom with a View *** A few weeks ago ago, I was here seeking… Continue reading The Great Driving Challenge: in the top 12
Seeking your vote…
All ye who visit ‘A Time To Reflect’, all ye who leave nice comments, all ye who lurk quietly on these pages and all ye who read this blog through an aggregator, now is the time to come to the aid of the needy and deserving. The husband and I hope to participate in this… Continue reading Seeking your vote…
Writing and being written about
I recently wrote a piece about blogging for a magazine, filled with wise blogging tips and all the other things I rarely follow now. Therefore a slight sense of guilt and a resolve (yet again) to blog more regularly… For now, read my piece on Bell Bajao – and read the comment at the bottom… Continue reading Writing and being written about