Pranab

LATEST ARTICLES ( 332 )

• Banning Gutkha: Paternalism in Public Health Or Pro-Active Advocacy?

  

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  Posted on 11 November 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Literature Search Workshop at UCMS: Extra-Curricular Academics at the MEU

  

  The Medical Education Unit at the University College of Medical Sciences, where I am now doing my residency, is a small, but super-active group of people, and... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Communicating Correctly: A Community Based Communication Exercise

  

  The sixth age shiftsInto the lean and slipper’d pantaloon,With spectacles on nose and pouch on side,His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wideFor his shrun... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2012 COMMUNITY, LIFE COACH

• Deoghar Diaries: Panchami and Shasthi

  

  Our family has an annual ritual – during the Durga Pujas, the whole family comes down to Deoghar, a “pilgrims’ city” in the state of Jharkhand – to escape from... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• William Gosset: A True Student

  

  Today I attended a Basic Epidemiology class meant for the undergraduate students as I thought it would be good to brush up on my basic knowledge. Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• eThesis: A Continuous Narrative Experience

  

  Our thesis protocols were submitted today and most of us had a bit of running around in circles to do before the closing bells chimed at 1 PM. Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Side Effect of Narela: Missing PoTF and Friends

  

  It is 2 AM in the morning, and I cannot go to sleep. As one PoTF favorite after another rolls off my laptop, I feel an myself retreating into a cocoon of misery. Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Facebooking Your Faculty: To Be Or Not to Be?

  

  Few emerging technologies have taken by storm the world as much as Facebook has. Although a plummeting share price has theoretically halved Mark Zuckerberg’s... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Protocol Writing Workshop 2012 and Falling in Love… with UCMS!

  

  As residents, one of the most important things that we have to do is complete a dissertation, or thesis in course of our training. Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Despatch from Narela: Another Rural Posting Experience

  

  It has been quite a long hiatus since I last wrote here, and a plethora of changes have affected my life since then. I hope to write about them sometime, and... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Ajit Sengupta: Burning Bright

  

  Today marks 2 years since that fateful day when Ajit Sengupta passed away. As one of the many admirers and students of this wonderful teacher, my heart fills... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2012 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Peter Binfield Leaves PLOSONE to Found A Novel OA Journal

  Peter Binfield joined PLoS ONE in March 2008, when the journal was merely a new fangled concept looked on with a lot of suspicion. Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO)

  

  Hat tip to David for putting me up to this.International Day Against Homophobia is celebrated every year on May 17, and promotes the concepts of tolerance and... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• On Being A Gadfly

  

  Although this is the age of Evidence Based Medicine, in large parts of our country, the “E” in EBM does not stand for Evidence, and more often than not, means... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger

  When Chris Rumble, an American Hockey player aged all of 22 years was diagnosed with Leukemia, he was, understandably crushed. Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Indo-Pak Medical Students Romance the Border: A JPMS Initiative

  

  From the press release of the Journal of Pakistan Medical Students, an endeavor worth the accolades: A Peace Initiative: A Group of Young Researchers And Doctor... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• AIIMS May 2012: Part–I: Nostalgia

  

  First up, a sincere apology to my email subscribers for messing up your email with multiple temporary post mails from Windows Live. Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• David Vs Goliath: And Dadagiri Forever!

  

  In today’s Pune warriors vs Mumbai match, it was a battle of unequal powers. The Pune team was almost on the verge of pulling out of the tourney and were brough... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• National Doctors’ Day & The Perils of Being an Indian (Junior) Doctor

  

  “There is no greater reward in our profession than the knowledge that God has entrusted us with the physical care of His people. Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• The Passing of Adrienne Rich

  

  Adrienne Rich died from complications related to rheumatoid arthritis which she had suffered from all her adult life. She was 82 when she passed away last... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE