Author: akshay
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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…
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A Smartphone in ₹2000 – What is Firefox OS?
Mozilla is all set to sell Firefox OS smartphones that costs $25 (~₹1500) in India. Who is Mozilla? Mozilla is to Internet what WHO is to world’s health. Mozilla is a community of “Mozillians” from all over the globe with a common mission – to build a better internet. Most of us know Mozilla as…
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Organzing a fest
The work on saMMsCRIthi ’14 started already. The website is here: saMMsCRIthi.in The facebook page: fb.com/saMMsCRIthi The twitter profile: twitter.com/saMMsCRIthi Sponsorship committees are starting their work. We, Malayalis are going to all the hotels and restaurants. It was a good start today.