Wounded Healer

  I had to present at the monthly academic meeting at Max Hospital Dehradun Initially it was just another presentation .. and I decided to do one on Diet in Diabetes .. probably Intermittent fasting as it was the most contentious hot topic at the moment .. once I started reading about it it opened up new avenues for thought ..  and then I went from plain ol’ diabetic diet to Time Restricted Eating and then to the art and timing of eating .. and not just what and how much to eat ,,, to circadian rhythms ..   and I slowly realized how far wev moved from our roots and instincts .. and how that basically is screwing us up big time   both mentally and physically !! Sometimes when I view “academics” in its present form.. I find it a little too one dimensional ..too evidence driven..    we seem to be hanging onto the thread of data which is so brittle and so easily defied …most of it being data or guidelines from the West that wer so eager to adopt.. ra...

  It had been months of speculation after which we settled on adopting a cat .. and like a Godsend .. we met a wonderful lady called Sharfaa with all the motherly advice for us on raising a cat in our house .. Noodle being a home raised cat and being pretty well litter trained … we felt reassured in her guidance .. It had been 2 days with Noodle in the house and we finally felt she was getting comfortable and settling down in the new space when by some silly folly .. the main door remained open … and she pranced outside .. no one even noticing when she strayed out.. so light and noiseless is her movement ,.. well that’s a cat for u … Ajeet and I were both at our respective hospitals when this happened .. I got a frantic call from my mother that they had been searching for Noodle for a long time .. and couldn’t find her ,.. I knew how extensively they must have searched before calling knowing them and I could hear the sorrow and panic in her voice .. I tried to reassure her ...