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A poignant scene in my memory is a colleague’s six year old son lisping a bedtime prayer “…..and please God, don’t let my father get sued” – His father happened to be an obstetrician practicing [...]

Summer vacation commences and off to to Kolkata on the dusty Howrah Mail; hungrily waiting at the Igatpuri station  for the “Thali” from the train kitchen, and eating it with gusto while seating [...]

“Get out of your comfort zone” is an oft repeated admonition. One year I decided to do just that and signed up for scuba diving lessons. Living in Florida you are surrounded by water and you hear [...]

Calcutta or Kolkata as the city is now called was a “happening place” in the 1940s. It is hard to describe the energy, the feeling of anticipation, the exhilaration, and the suspense that [...]

Hello, This is Dr. Udita Jahagirdar. I have started this Blog exclusively for my patients, peers and friends. It is my way of sharing my experiences and contributing to the society. I love to [...]

When we got into medical school a kind and optimistic professor with a penchant for French phrases said in congratulation – Your future will be “ La vie en rose”- A rosy life. So here we [...]

We were a foursome group of fifty something doctors adventuring in the Bolivian Altiplano. Our destination was the Sun Island of Moon Virgins in Lake Titicaca, the mythical birthplace of Inca [...]

Imagine a journey across an exotic far-flung land the size of Italy, which also happens to be the number one tourist destination in India. Imagine two busload full of family and friends, [...]

Hormone Replacement Therapy in the post menopausal patient has become a hotly debated and somewhat confusing issue today. It was previously felt that administering estrogen and progesterone to a [...]