There’s a particular kind of tiredness I see in my clinic. It’s not just from a blocked nose or a headache. These are the exhaustions of not finding any solutions despite visiting numerous specialists to breathe freely, which is not achieved. I sat with such patients and all their stories are familiar. Usually, they tell […]
There’s a particular kind of dread that sets in for divers after ear surgery. It’s not the pain, and it’s not even the recovery — it’s the not knowing. Will the reef trip you already paid for still happen? Will your ears ever trust the water the way they used to? We hear a version […]
You know those small moments that just stick in your head for no real reason? I’ve got one from last winter. It was chilly outside, the kind of Delhi-Gurgaon cold that bites a little. A young father, maybe early thirties, came into my room. He looked like he hadn’t slept well in years. He told […]
Gurgaon is noisy. Actually, that’s putting it mildly.The relentless sounds like working in the next block, autos honking relentlessly, music as loud as all can hear from the next house at 7 AM. So it’s normal when a senior citizen comes in and complains about hearing loss. What shocks me? The resignation. The quiet acceptance […]
So, there was this woman who came to see me last year. I’ll call her Mrs. K. She must have been in her early fifties, very put together, the kind of person who’s used to handling things on her own. She sat down and told me, very calmly, that for six months she’d been feeling […]
I have been doing this ENT thing for over twenty years now. Started my practice back when we were still developing film X-rays in a dark room and hoping they came out right. Seen a lot of change. It is a dull and continuous sensation of weight which has a feeling like someone stuffed her […]
Let’s just get real for a minute. If you’re here, you’re probably tired on a level most people can’t grasp. Not the “had a rough week” tired, but the kind where you’ve almost forgotten how it feels to breathe with your mouth closed. When you’ve finished your third or fourth round of antibiotics, felt sort […]
I’ve been meaning to write this down for months, but every time I sat to type, some patient would walk in with a worried face and the whole thing got pushed. Maybe that’s fitting. Because what I want to tell you isn’t a polished idea. It’s a messy, very human one, learned from years of […]
Most people, when they hear the phrase “nose job,” still picture something rather rough. The idea of a surgeon taking small instruments and purposely fracturing the nasal bones, then the face swelling up in dramatic shades of black and blue for weeks, is a persistent old image. And I get why that frightens folks. It […]
When you went outside in Gurgaon street in late July after a heavy downpour you can feel the air clinging to the skin. The heavy humid air coming from beneath is not only uncomfortable, it is like burning your skin from inside. For most, it is fizzy air and sticky traveling but for a growing […]