Author: akshay
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The Wait While The Dosa is Baked
Read how to make Dosa here I finished Ophthalmology postings. And I started Orthopaedics postings. These days are very rainy, very clam, very eventless. NIE has a quiz fest from today. I’m participating in all that I can. Because tomorrow I’m going to attend the Firefox Launch party. It’s unfortunate that “biz-sci-tech” quiz is on…
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“Share” Button is the Biggest Threat to the Human Capacity to Think
The ability to read and rationalize is unique to human beings. It could be the so called “fast paced environment” in the 21st century that caused it, but we do not read things carefully these days. In ancient past the only way for people to communicate was to talk to each other – in sign…
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Holidays and working days
General election is definitely making a wave. I did my first vote on April 10 standing in queue for just over an hour in Maruthayi LP school. I resisted the urge to rub the indelible ink right after the officer put it on my index finger. I wanted the mark to stay, at least till…
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MAA grant
The medical education unit room in the first floor of Platinum Jubilee Hall is a neat place. There is a projector with a flexible base that stays where you put it. There are excellent rotating chairs and static cushioned chairs with nice tables that go along. And last Thursday the room hosted the MAA grant…
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Workshop on Coercion
What could be called the 2nd Indo-European symposium on coercion, started today morning at 9 in the first floor of Platinum Jubilee Auditorium, JK Grounds, Mysore. Checkout their website here: mysorecoercion.com First, Prof. Tom Palmstierna talked about various forms of coercion used in Europe. Belts, net beds, clothes, so on. The interesting thing is, these…
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Time to Fly
It has already been half a month since I turned 21. The sedentary life was giving me a heart attack. So I started jogging. Three days later replaced that with football in the evening. Only “Campnow stadium” (or hostel ground) is so full of dust that playing there is equivalent to smoking 2 cigarettes. Postings…
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3rd year
Community medicine department became the first to suggest reading a textbook that was written for a different subject when the HoD asked us to read Harrison’s, Davidson’s and Hutchinson’s , McLeod’s instead of community medicine textbooks like Park. He also suggested one important thing – to stop getting involved in college activities, politics, etc and…
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How To Never Lose Your Contacts or Data on Your Smartphone
This post will tell you everything you need to know about: Having to never lose any of your contacts Having to never lose any of your chats/messages/whatsapp conversations, etc. Required: An android phone (though the concepts presented in this post will apply to other smartphones like iPhone, and Blackberry too) What you need to know…
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Pathology Practical Examination
After revision on 4th (coming back from a quick visit to home) and 2 days of not studying anything related to pathology, today on 7th I took the Pathology practical exam. As usual, it started with the spotters. I remember fatty liver, and peptic ulcer; WBC Pipette, bone marrow aspiration needle, Wilm’s tumor, CLL. And…
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Theory Question papers
Been waiting to upload them all. Pharmacology microbiology forensic medicine. RS3, December 13