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When Breath Becomes Air (Book)

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  When Breath becomes Air            "When breath becomes air" by Paul Kalanithi. I came across this while scrolling bookstagram for my next read. It's been a long time since I read something like this. This book is an autobiography of a neurosurgeon who dies of metastasis to brain from stage 5 lung cancer. It was a difficult read as it was quite emotional. What I enjoyed about this book was how bravely author confronted death. He questioned it, he examined it and tried to make sense of it. He analyzed it both scientifically and philosophically. Paul takes the reader through his thinking, an adventure through this emotions. From Paul's deteriorating relationship, to his diagnosis, to him questioning his identity, navigating chemotherapy and finally becoming a dying father, I got to see Paul at his most vulnerable moments. I realized people change their goals and aspirations depending on the time they have. When Paul though he had 7 years, then he wan...
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Complications (Book)

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  Complications           Notes from the life of a Young Surgeon                           You know when we are little, and someone asks us what we want to be when we grow up? At that point of time, we believe or at least I believed anything was possible. I could be a doctor, teacher or an IFS officer. I genuinely believed I could become anything or anyone. As time passed, I didn’t think about what I wanted to become. People told me that they could imagine me as a doctor. I was told that I had the composure of a doctor. I was overall a good student. Good at studies but not a topper. I played sport but I wasn’t part of any national team. I enjoyed drawing but I was no artist. I loved writing and reflecting so, I started a blog.            Do I regret pursuing MBBS? Sometimes. Honestly, I find MBBS to be a fun course. There is so much interesting things to stud...
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Being Mortal (Book)

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  Being Mortal "Medicine and What Matters in the End"           Being Mortal by Atul Gawande is a truly thought-provoking book. He has questioned the healthcare system to its core. One of the things I truly enjoyed about this book was that it emphasized more on the well-being of the patient than simply their health and survival. As people in the healthcare sector, our job isn't simply to prolong life, we have to ensure that people are living a meaningful life as well.           In the previous century, there was a lack of medicine and treatment options. People used to live till their 50s. They could die of simple diseases such as Malaria or dengue. Any bacterial infection used to cause severe degradation in health. With advancements in health care, life expectance increased. People lived longer. They began to experience old age. Old age comes with various ailments.           Humans are mortal. We all will d...
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Dark Matter (Book)

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 Dark Matter                                 Dark Matter by Blake Crouch is an amazing and mind-blowing book. It's a page-turner. There is a mediocre high school Physics professor- Jason, who always ponders about his life choices. What if he hadn't settled down with his wife? What if he didn't have a kid? What if he continued with his research? He keeps wondering about the path not taken. Our choices make us. Every decision that we take impacts our tomorrow.                Our world is three-dimensional. The two dimensions help in perceiving the length and breadth. The third dimension adds the element of depth. This makes up our reality. Now, this book deals with the fourth dimension- time. At a given moment we make a certain choice. Hence, with time we make various choices. Now imagine that one choice leads to where you are at present and the other...
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The Lover Boy of Bahawalpur: How the Pulwama Case was Cracked (Book)

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  The Lover Boy of Bahawalpur: How the Pulwama Case was Cracked                      A couple days ago, CJI N.V. Ramana said that there has been a decline in investigative journalism. Earlier, newspapers would be responsible for exposing big scandals and speculate scams. However, today journalism has been reduced to politics and sensational headlines. The media is doing more politics than politicians. This is the reality. Over time it has become increasingly difficult to differentiate between the truth and a publicity stunt. Every other day there is an actor or an actress involved in a money laundering case or with narcotics. Trial by media is the new trend. Very few police evidence or courtroom dialogues are provided. The news today is the public or the powerful's opinion.           In this new era, Rahul Pandita's book The Lover Boy of Bahawalpur: How the Pulwama Case was Cracked provides a refreshin...
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Sex, Explained (Documentary)

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  Sex, Explained           "Dad, how are children made?"           "Ask your mom."           "Mom, how are children made?"           "God made you.           "How come?"           "Baby, you are His blessings."           I was really curious about babies and their origin when my mother was pregnant with my sister. My mom told me that my sister was in her tummy. I was five or six at the time. Obsessed with cartoons and fairy tales, I believed that fairies were God's messengers and put the baby in my mom's tummy. That made total sense to me because my mom said that my sister was sent by God. Eventually, education happened. Then, the reproduction chapter brought some things to clarity. However, the process was still a mystery. Why? I have no idea. India has such a big population yet talking about sex is taboo. Fo...
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Killing Eve (Series)

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  Killing Eve Dear Phoebe Waller-Bridge,           You have a beautiful mind. I wonder what is it like in there. How do you come up with such ideas? A female assassin and a female spy played by Jodi Comer and Sandra Oh respectively. Both are equally obsessed and fixated with each other. Two brilliant minds in a cat and mouse chase. Phoebe, every time I think I have figured you out, you successfully confuzzle me. Your writing is bizarre. It is unpredictable. Killing Eve is always a step ahead of the viewers.           Eve (played by Sandra Oh) is an MI5 British Intelligence agent stuck with a boring desk job. Her brilliance and caliber aren't used to the full extent in this particular cell. Her sharp observation and assassination obsession lands her a job in an MI6 spy cell. Her first task is to find out the assassin behind the murder of high-profile political figures. Phoebe, how did you decide that the assassin has to be a woman? ...
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