NEET-PG 2026: Why India Needs a Hard Reset in Medical Education
At a Glance: The NEET-PG Reform Crisis The qualifying score for the 2025-26 NEET-PG session has been revised. The cut-off...
Vipassana Meditation: An Evidence-Based Guide
Vipassana is an ancient Pāli word that translates to “insight,” or quite literally, “seeing things as they really are.” It...
Which Cooking Oil? A Physician’s Guide
The Oil Crisis in Your Kitchen For the past few decades, we abandoned our traditional ghee for plastic bottles of...
The Pathology of Half-Truths
In medicine, looking at only one or just a few convenient symptoms and signs while ignoring the rest of the...
From Protection to Trust: 4 Stages of Parenting
Applying Ancient Wisdom to Modern Child Development As a physician, I often observe that the root cause of family stress...
Doctor, Do I Really Need Cataract Surgery?
Patient: Doctor, the eye specialist says I have cataracts in both eyes and need surgery. But honestly, I am 75...
The Paradox of Progress: Why Modern Medicine Needs Ancient Wisdom
The Triumph of Modern Science We live in the golden age of medical science. In just a single century, we...
The Liver Dialogue: Final Interview with a Damaged Liver
In this unique dialogue for World Liver Day, Dr. Shashikiran Umakanth interviews a damaged liver to reveal its silent struggle against alcohol and lifestyle abuse. Discover why the liver suffers in silence, the truth about “detox” supplements, and how to spot warning signs before it is too late.
