Posts from the health category.
1. What is a Stroke?A stroke occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is interrupted, causing brain cells to die quickly.Ischemic Stroke (87% of cases): Caused by a blockage (clot or plaque) in an artery to the brain.Hemorrhagic Stroke: Caused by a blood vessel in the brain rupturing (often due to high blood pressure).Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) or \Mini-Stroke\: Symptoms are temporar...
There are some books you don’t read — they read you. They peel you open like an orange, sting the soft inner parts you thought you’d hidden well, and leave you sitting in silence long after the final page has closed. The Bell Jar is that kind of book. I picked it up on a tired Tuesday night, expecting a literary classic with polite gloom, maybe a sprinkle of poetic sadness. Instead, it dragged me ...
Gafur was a tall neatly dressed man. It was not everyday that a man like him walked into Sarabhai Nagar. He walked to the bank of elevators marked 4 and went down to the twelfth level. He took out his phone from his pocket to look for the flat number of Anwar’s residence. He saw a girl hugging two other girls and a boy. She looked like an Earthling. He felt like the Earthling was a younger version...
The first time I picked up The Sex Book: A Joyful Journey of Self-Discovery by Leeza Mangaldas, I felt like I was sneaking chocolate from the fridge at midnight — part thrill, part guilt, part curiosity. Growing up in India, even whispering the word “sex” was enough to earn raised eyebrows, let alone reading a book titled so boldly. But within the first few pages, I realized this wasn’t a scandalo...
Imagine this: you pick up a book thinking it’ll be another doctor’s memoir — maybe filled with medical jargon, some predictable patient tales, a touch of sentimentality. But within a few pages, you realize you’re not just reading about medicine. You’re reading about life — messy, beautiful, heartbreaking life. That’s what happened to me with The Reluctant Doctor: Stilettos to Stethoscope by Balesh...
The other night, I found myself lying awake long after I had turned the last page of Misunderstood: A Guide to Mental Wellness by Sree Krishna Seelam. You know that strange quiet after finishing a book — the kind that feels less like silence and more like someone has just left the room but their words are still hovering around you? That’s exactly where this book left me. And I’ll be honest — I did...
Some books don’t just land on your shelf — they arrive at the exact moment you need them. For me, The Ikigai Journey was that book. I had heard of Ikigai before — the Japanese concept of finding your reason to wake up each morning — but it always felt abstract. When this beautiful blue hardcover arrived as a gift, it almost felt symbolic, like a quiet nudge from the universe saying, “Now’s the tim...
There are books you pick up, and there are books that pick you. This one found me on a slow, reflective afternoon — the kind where emotions sit a little closer to the surface. I was sipping warm water (a new ritual after quitting tea) and mindlessly browsing my shelf when 5 Steps to Heal Yourself Through Emotional Matrix gently called out. It wasn’t the loudest title, but something about it felt g...
Have you ever looked at a new mother and wondered, Is she still the same person she was before she became a mom? I’ve asked myself that question more than once — especially watching friends who seem to disappear into their new roles, their own identities quietly pushed to the backseat.That’s what makes Chhavi Mittal’s memoir, More than a Mama, such a refreshing and powerful read. Known for her rol...
