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Scepticemia ― This is a guest post written by Ms. Deepali Kaul. I have made slight grammatical and syntactical edits and otherwise, left it untouched. This article and its opinions and contents are not due to me, but to Ms. Kaul. Any links are not endorsements ...
Tags: Life Beyond Medicine, Economy, Guest Post, India, Indian Economy
Pranab ― 5 weeks ago
Scepticemia ― Merry Christmas, dear readers. Unfortunately, this season of festivities, which has turned secular in India and is celebrated by Christians and non-Christians (like me) alike, has been jarred by a series of unfortunate events, one of which is an...
Tags: Life Beyond Medicine, Delhigangrape, Politics, Theekhai
Pranab ― 21 weeks ago
Scepticemia ― In an announcement in the Official Google Enterprise Blog, it was revealed that the Google Apps free version is no no longer available. While I always thought that this was a possibility, I never really thought that Google would kill the whole...
Tags: Life Beyond Medicine, Business, Custom Email ID, Domain Names, Email, Email ID
Pranab ― 24 weeks ago
Scepticemia ― 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 the frenzy of the hustle and bustle of city life. The journey is in itself great fun,...
Tags: Life Beyond Medicine, Deoghar, Durga Puja, Personal, Pictographs, Postaday
Pranab ― 30 weeks ago
Scepticemia ― 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. And every time “Carnival of Rust” comes on, I feel a little more miserable. Clichéd...
Tags: Life Beyond Medicine, Apologies, Delhi, Friendship, Kolkata, Music
Pranab ― 38 weeks ago
Scepticemia ― 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 fortune (it has come down to $18.75 from its $38 IPO in May and experts say there is ...
Tags: #MedEd, Life Beyond Medicine, Counseling, Essay, Facebook, Humanities And Medicine
Scepticemia ― 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 with an indescribable heaviness as I sit down top type out this post. As all his students...
Tags: Life Beyond Medicine, Ajit Sengupta, Memories, Narendrapur, Obituaries, Personal
Pranab ― 48 weeks ago
Scepticemia ― 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 acceptance, which is basically all that “the gays” are asking from society. I have been ...
Tags: Life Beyond Medicine, Gay, Gay Pirates, Gay Rights, Homophobia, Homosexuality
Pranab ― 18 May, 12
Scepticemia ― First up, a sincere apology to my email subscribers for messing up your email with multiple temporary post mails from Windows Live. Sorry for spamming you, the program went bonkers trying to get a hold of my new blog theme (Nuntius). I hope you do...
Tags: Life Beyond Medicine, AIIMS, AIPGMEE, CBS, Exams, Memories
Pranab ― 7 May, 12
Scepticemia ― 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 brought in at the last moment through diplomatic dialogue. Their boycott of the players ...
Tags: Life Beyond Medicine, Cricket, Dada, Ganguly, Inspiration, IPL
Pranab ― 6 Apr, 12
Scepticemia ― 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 Tuesday. Purported to be one of the most widely read poets of the latter half of last ...
Tags: Life Beyond Medicine, Adrienne Rich, Life, Literature, Obituaries, Poetry
Pranab ― 29 Mar, 12
Scepticemia ― I went on a trip to Benares to take an exam and it turned out to be a journey of introspection and self-criticism for me. I was going through a really tough phase in life when I went out to Benares and this trip became a catharsis. There were so ...
Tags: Life Beyond Medicine, Benares, Blogging, Images, Kashi Katha, Personal
Pranab ― 20 Mar, 12
Hey everyone! This week (20th May - 26th May) is National Vegetarian Week across the UK. ...
∙ I created this Greek Chicken and Rice Cake Salad recipe as part of the ...
someone got the giggles during his photo shoot~OUTFIT DETAILS~Shirt: Brooks BrothersPants: ...