That prescription slip. You know the one. It’s been sitting in your wallet for what feels like forever now. You flip past it when you’re hunting for your metro card. You push it down when you’re fishing out a tenner for chai. The edges have gone soft and fuzzy from all that handling. But you … Read more
Not too long ago a retired schoolteacher came to see us. She was holding a bundle of papers like they were a court notice, her hands were trembling, just a little bit, you could see it. Her son had pushed her to get a Full body checkup in Kolkata, and now the report had three … Read more
Let me write this not like a blog that was assigned to someone, but like a letter to a friend who has been putting off a checkup for too long. I have lived in this city long enough to know how we think about health. We do not go to a doctor until something hurts. … Read more
Let’s just be honest here. If you grew up in a Bengali home, the idea that your lovingly made maachher jhol or that Sunday mangsho could be silently working against your heart feels almost insulting. Most of us eat home- cooked food, we do not live on burgers and fries. In our mind, it is … Read more
You cut the rice. You walk after dinner. You say no to the extra doi and the muri mix your colleague offers. And still, the number doesn’t drop. Some mornings it even climbs half a kilo just to spite you. After two decades in clinical practice across this city, I can tell you something most … Read more
I’ll be honest—when someone told me twenty-somethings in Kolkata should be booking a Full body checkup in Kolkata, my first thought was, “Isn’t that a bit much?” Most of us grew up watching our parents ignore their health until something broke, and then scrambling. That script feels normal. You assume the big screenings are for … Read more
Whoever lives in Kolkata knows that sunshine is not a light source, it is an energy that has importance. During summer, people escape it all the time as it is very severe and during monsoons they wait when the dark clouds will break to show a glimpse of the sunshine. There is an irony here. … Read more
There is a particular kind of sentence doctors hear often from elderly patients. “I thought it was just weakness.” Sometimes it is a weakness. Sometimes it is poor sleep. Sometimes it is age catching up slowly. There are lots of hidden symptoms which are not noticeddue toy negligence. Not controlling sugar intake, kidney functions decline, … Read more
Most people remember cholesterol in two parts—good and bad. It is easy to carry, easy to repeat. Yet, when you sit with an actual report, the lines are less clean. A Lipid profile test in Kolkata often leaves people with a quiet assumption: if the “good cholesterol” number looks fine, things must be under control. … Read more
Gifting, for most of us, was never something we questioned. It followed a rhythm—festival, occasion, purchase, exchange. The intent was always there, but the outcome was often short-lived. A box opened, a smile shared, and then, gradually, the object slipped into the background. What has begun to change is not the act itself, but the … Read more
