Good for the Sole
The abject surrender of medical intelligence in the age of gadgetry 18 February 2012BY: Kalpish Ratna
View ArticleMimics and Models
Whatever Jane Austen might think, PD James’ Death Comes to Pemberley ranks among the finest examples of literary mimicry, a genre that has good reason to exist 25 February 2012BY: Kalpish Ratna
View ArticleYou Might Be Dangerous
Shoot on sight, and don’t think twice. That seems to be the credo of the Italians on board the Enrica Lexie, unchanged since the European intrusion into our waters in 1498 3 March 2012BY: Kalpish Ratna
View ArticleFinding Fact in Fiction
Real life intrudes on fiction all the time. Kalpish Ratna indulge in some literary detection as they search for clues to the true character of Arthur Conan Doyle in Sherlock Holmes’ life and movements...
View ArticleMama Em’s Cope Book
In literature focused on insanity, the gaze seems to have shifted from the insane. The patient is no longer the victim; that status now belongs to the caregiver 12 May 2012BY: Kalpish Ratna
View ArticleThe Puzzle of Gilbert Hill
Signs of the Continental Drift are still visible in this densely populated part of Mumbai 19 May 2012BY: Kalpish Ratna
View ArticleSheep in Wolf Attire
Naomi Wolf’s new book on the vagina is as misogynistic as they come 13 October 2012BY: Kalpish Ratna
View ArticleNotes to Ourselves
What must we do to survive the persistent onslaught of dengue, malaria, chikungunya, swine flu…? 29 December 2012BY: Kalpish Ratna
View ArticleThe Last Free Lunch
The only way to evade diabetes is to stop evading responsibility for what we eat 19 January 2013BY: Kalpish Ratna
View ArticleCry Rape and Be Noticed
How the Delhi rape has wrought a prurient me-too madness in the media and the average citizen 26 January 2013BY: Kalpish Ratna
View ArticleOur Recurring Nightmare
The MERS-CoV virus has moved from the Middle East to other parts of the world. The WHO’s Director General calls it her greatest concern 6 July 2013BY: Kalpish Ratna
View ArticleNot Quite Polio-free Enough
Why India’s strategy to combat polio is mistaken 10 August 2013BY: Kalpish Ratna
View ArticleMisogyny, Rape and Medicine
Close encounters with doctors 5 October 2013BY: Kalpish Ratna
View ArticleThe War on Microbes
It is time to call a truce—and get to know the microscopic animals inside the zoo that’s the human body 28 December 2013BY: Kalpish Ratna
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