Blissful Life

When you apply skepticism and care in equal amounts, you get bliss.

Year: 2021

  • The Great Indian Kitchen – A Great Movie About the Not So Great Indian Kitchen

    If you know Malayalam, you are better off reading Joshina Ramakrishnan’s review which captures the whole essence of the movie and places it smack in the middle of the collective conscience of Malayalis.

    The first thing that appears on the screen after CBFC certificate is not a 2D Ganesha idol. It is the words “THANKS SCIENCE”. What follows is 100 minutes of silently violent, nauseating, sensitive, beautiful modern cinema.

     

    There are a million things said without saying and to spoil them in a review would be a disservice to the movie. I suggest that you head over to neestream and get a week’s pack to watch this movie ASAP. English subtitles by 1″ barrier will help non-Malayalis catch the subtle dynamics between characters. 

    But to appreciate the brilliance of this movie you don’t need to know Malayalam, because many important dialogues in this movie are the sounds made by the kitchen in response to the woman who is forced to converse with it against her wish.

    But don’t for a moment be under the impression that The Great Indian Kitchen is about the kitchen. It is also about the bedroom. And the rest of the house. And the entirety of the society.

    The characters in this movie are all of us. The movie is thus a mirror. What we see in it is what we should see in ourselves. But who has ever looked in a mirror and decided to change their life?

  • Questions to Ask About Vaccine Data Tracking

    In vaccine data tracking debate, please question the assumption that the government needs to track who is taking vaccine.

    What are the implications of not tracking who is taking vaccine? What are the risks and benefits? Who gets excluded when IDs are required for vaccine? What is the government trying to prevent by making IDs mandatory? What are the costs of tracking vaccine beneficiaries? What will the tracking be used for?

    Only if tracking people is required does discussing the mechanism of such tracking make sense.

  • Wonder Regimen to End Tuberculosis in India

    Have you ever looked at Tuberculosis and thought, “Hmm. I wish there is a way to end this disease”?

    Well, wonder no more.

    Anurag Bhargava, Madhavi Bhargava & Anika Juneja have come up with a regimen that can achieve your dream.

    Another good news is that treatment with this regimen can also be helpful in many other diseases.

    Even better, it is a non-invasive regimen.

    Want to learn the regimen and start using it in your practice?

    Click here [PDF, 1.9MB] to know more. (You might want to skip to the end for the actual prescription, but read the full paper for context).

    Dr Anika Juneja, one of the authors of this paper, has won the India HPSR Fellowship this year.