Author: akshay
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Bharat Ratna Dr APJ Abdul Kalam
On account of graduation day of 2k9 batch, the former president is speaking inside PJA right now. “What can I give?” seems to be the message. More on his website.
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When There’s Nothing Left to Say
One of the many things I like in life is talking. I like to discuss things, dissecting events and analyzing situations. It gives me some kind of strange pleasure when there’s clarity in my mind on every way to think about an issue. Say, there is a forward on the IM client that is obviously…
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Something I was waiting for
Today the third year result was announced. As expected I failed in ophthalmology. Also otorhinolaryngology. But contrary to what I’ve been thinking about how it’d feel, I’m having an odd sensation of freedom. Now this is not a rationalization of the situation. But I’m feeling this way because I no longer have the pressure of…
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Neuroscience
Of late my likeness for neuroscience has resurfaced. Could be because of the urgency in deciding what to do after MBBS. Anyhow, I've been having email conversations with people in IISc Bangalore and I'll be visiting the place in April. Got loads to prepare by then. Found a nice set of courses in brain and…
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Final Year
OBG posting ended with an internal on 2nd March. We were supposed to do partograms. Skin posting started the day after. But the cubicles are filled with so many of us
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Being Feminist
Each day passing, I am turning more and more a feminist. Although I abhor extremism in feminism (I do not think calling every action of a man “sexist” is the right way to achieve gender equality), I cannot overstate the importance of visualizing the routine, systematized discrimination against women based on their gender alone. In…
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How many hours of sleep do you actually need?
OBG OPD on Thursday. Suddenly those people whom nobody wanted are doing per speculum examination. Ah, that’s what final year fetches you. Luckily, we removed a copper T, saw androgen insensitivity syndrome, pubertal menorrhagia, etc. After days of procrastinating, had to spend a whole night on writing down MAA project report. Luckily my study isn’t…
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Third year theory question papers RGUHS phase 3 part 1 December 2014
Ent, community medicine, ophthalmology question papers.Nobody knows if I’m passing ophthalmology and ent
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The Line Between Morality and Freedom – A Guide to the Confused
Morality is a dilemma for many – “What is right for me is not necessarily right for you. Am I right in forcing you to see things my way?” Christopher Hitchens and Shashi Tharoor debate for over an hour in the above video about which is more important – “freedom of speech” or “not hurting…
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Making of a Maker Party
Mozilla is asking all of us to throw parties all over the world from July 15 to September 15. Webmakers all over the world are responding by hosting “Maker Parties” wherever they can. I did one too. This is a report for the sake of other webmakers. To begin with there was me. I have…