Pediatric Gastroenterology trainee; pursuing the science of the healing arts. Sometimes a writer, always a reader, wants to try harder.
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There are many sciences. This is an India only thing because we are very high on science illiteracy and poor in critical thinking.
🌤️Standard science - Universal. The one that really helps humanity progress.
🔴Bro science - Jitendra Chouksey, Luke Coutinho
🔴Baba science - Ramdev and dalals
🔴Pseudoscience - Ayush Ministry
🔴Fringe Science - Huberman, Biohackers, Anti-aging, Longevity cults
🔴Bad science - Ayush + Standard Science (Eg - Integrative Medicine at AIIMS, NIMHANS etc), B M Hegde
🔴Delusional Science - Homeopathy
🔴Looks like science - Wellness industry
🔴Our Science - Traditional Medicine
🔴Your Science - Anything against Traditions
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🚨INDIA’S WOMEN ARE READY.
The Indian Women’s League is back. The country’s top-tier women’s club competition kicks off on November 13 with eight clubs, defending champions East Bengal, and a new title sponsor in Lxme. An editorial spotlighting the growth, the talent, and why this season matters for the future of the women’s game in India.
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फिर भी कहेंगे कि भारत का युवा गांवों में जाकर काम नहीं करना चाहते। डॉक्टर कस्बों में नहीं जाना चाहते हैं। जो जाएगा, ग़लत देखेगा, बोलेगा तो जेल में डालेंगे।
Doctor moved to Odisha to treat Adivasis, now behind bars for anti-mining protests indianexpress.com/article/in…
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The cost of every dialysis done for patients will increase 3-4 times with dialyser becoming single use. It’s not just a financial disaster for patients who already struggle with significant monthly costs. Many of them may just fall out and suffer catastrophic consequences.
Ayushman Bharat too will take a huge blow. The single most commonly done procedure in private setups under Ayushman Bharat is dialysis and this will suddenly become totally unviable. The volume of dialysis being done at pvt centers under AB will likely come down to zero and hit the total volume of AB itself by as much as 50%.
I don’t know who has advised the govt on this, but it is a massive blunder. @MoHFW_INDIA @JPNadda @narendramodi
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Consider the cost of an ERCP, a common gastroenterology procedure which requires sphincterotome, guide wire, stent pusher, basket at the least. The cost of an average procedure is 50-60k when these devices are reused. If everything is single use, the cost of devices itself will exceed the cost of the procedure and lead to at least a doubling of the cost to well over a lakh. In advanced laparoscopy, the harmonic scalpel is a vital device. We can use it 3-4 times and bring the cost (60k per piece) down sharply. But with this, every patient will need to be charged 60k for not the treatment but the device.
It’s a windfall gain for the manufacturers but a massive jump in cost for patients and insurers. I once again request @MoHFW_INDIA @JPNadda @narendramodi to reconsider this disastrous move.
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Genuinely the first season I can remember where I’ve had no motivation to watch other Premier League games, really.
Are United just so rubbish that I don’t care enough to see if our rivals drop points?
Whatever it is, it’s boring. I miss the sport.
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A good rule of history: if you find yourself opposing a student movement while siding with the ruling class, you're wrong. Every time, in every era, whatever the issue.
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Student movements have not always been on the right side of history. Mao's student Red Guards persecuted hundreds of thousands. Students helped Castro and Khomeini rise to power, and Nazi student groups opposed the Weimar Republic.
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My dear friends, something important.
I am deeply honored to share that I am one of the eight finalists globally shortlisted for the 2026 John Maddox Prize.
Established in 2012 in memory of Sir John Maddox (the legendary former editor of Nature and Fellow of the Royal Society), this global prize, spearheaded by Sense about Science and supported by the Royal Society. It was previously co-awarded by Nature. And honors individuals who stand up for sound science and evidence in the public interest, advancing critical discussions despite facing hostility, powerful vested interests, and severe obstacles.
For me, an India-based science communicator and clinician, this recognition carries immense weight. This is the very first time a resident from the Indian Subcontinent has been shortlisted for the Maddox Prize.
Speaking truth to power against pseudoscience, predatory health misinformation, and unscientific traditional remedies in a cultural and political ecosystem that heavily endorse them, comes at a steep personal, legal, and professional cost.
To stand alongside seven extraordinary global finalists—from public health researchers working under fire in Gaza, to scientists defending rigorous evidence in the UK, France, Bolivia, Mexico, New Zealand, and the US—is deeply humbling for me.
I may or may not win. But with this shortlist, India’s advocacy for evidence-based medicine has a place on this global stage. Our patients, our public conversations and our struggles to defend scientific integrity matter beyond our borders.
I hope this encourages more doctors and researchers across India, the wider subcontinent and West Asia to speak openly, engage the public and stand by sound evidence.
Whatever the result, the work continues.
Jai Hind.
Please read the official announcement and details of other candidates here: senseaboutscience.org/activi…
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Jitni expectations aur sawaal Dipke se hai utne agar Modi se hote toh desh kahana ka kahan pahunch jaata 12 saal mein
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Sarkar BJP ki ho
Congress ki ho
AẠP ki ho
Ya Apke baap ki ho
Accountability fir bhi mangenge!
Ye Desh ke Sewak hain
Desh inka sewak nahin hai!
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Being a RW is so easy. No critical thinking required. You can just be yourself - racist, classeist, casteist, homophobic. No fighting w yourself or the society.
Just follow what your parents and society taught you, and hate on minorities collectively. So low effort.
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Godi media and Andhbhakts would call Jallianwala Bagh a masterstroke if it happened today.
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The level of brainwashing modi has achieved needs to be studied in a lab because even hitler would be taking notes. imagine being so politically conditioned that you genuinely believe questioning a politician is the same as betraying your country. bro has been turned into a god, criticism is treated as treason, and his supporters will defend literally anything as long as it comes from him. and then we wonder how the british ruled India for over 200 years. bestie, the colonial mindset never left, it just found a new daddy to worship.
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They have fukked your vehicles with Ethanol, Peak corruption, Voting rights are snatched. Ministers and their families are enjoying with your money, still you are busy slut shaming and abusing the ones fighting against it. Think yourselves how much they have brainwashed you LOL
