Beardo's blog

In a Godless world, wherein existed no beleiver in God nor religions, were people worshipping their passions. They were slaves of whatever pleasured them  and thus obeyed whatever their senses were pleased with. They were morally deprived and spiritually dead. They had consistently ignored their conscience whenever it pricked them when they did what they did. Because they couldn't find a logical explanation to consider something as moral or immoral, right or wrong. So their minds justified their debaucherous deeds & moral bankruptcy. In the Godless world, parents were respected no more. After all what is the use of obeying or serving two pieces of old flesh and bones. How are they even benificial to the society? Each had his own buisness to take care of, so no biological offspring bothered to visit or take care of their feeble gamete donors.  In the Godless world, there was no concept of brother, sister, uncles, aunts, cousins or grand parents. They were just w...

While having small talk at dinner in a messy mess with one of my male colleagues during my Post MBBS Government service, I asked him as to which subject he's interested in doing his PG [1] in? He said "OBG"! [2] And I was like, "Why?" with an expression on my face saying 'what's wrong with you?' Because all that I have,  is PTSD [3] from OBG. It's not the subject itself, as I liked to read it.(Thanks to a very good teacher we had in our UG college & Marrow's Dr. Sakshi Arora [4] ). Nor was it the hectic duties during internship (as we had some good PGs who were good to work with). But it was the labor ward which was in and of itself a war zone!!!  Lots of women shouting for lots of things!!! Pregnant ladies shouting out of pain, nursing staff shouting at the pregnant ladies and the consultants and PGs shouting at nursing staff and at each other!!  Kind of like a food chain or rather a 'Shout chain'! Everyone's bu...

We the 90s kids were born at a time, when the nation wanted their kids to be an engineer or a doctor. Atleast the educated class wanted their kids to be either one of them. I believe this attitude is changing now, because as the stand up comedians say 'There are more engineers in a gully than street dogs these days!'. And in the coming times, this might hold true for doctors as well! However this guy whose legend I am about to narrate unto you, was born at a time, where becoming a doctor is a big big deal, and there were only 3 government medical college in the whole state of Karnataka. He belonged to a rural area in Chikkamagaluru district, born in a family which essentially didn't really care if their children studied or not. He was a kid who used to study by himself. No adult nagged him to study. He used to study even when he had to wait for the bus while returning from high school. Unlike me, nobody really encouraged him to become a Doctor. But he wanted to be one! His ...

With an inquisitive mind to unravel the un-unravelable mysteries of human mind and to satisfy the novelty seeking thirst of my soul, which was bored by the mundane medical stuff - did I enter Psychiatry. Of course I couldn't completetely get rid of mundane medical stuff. Because apparently the "other world famous Psychiatry hospital" refers Psychiatry patients with mundane medical stuff, such as those with hypertension whose BP doesn't come under control on Amlong 5mg to St Johns for "multidisciplinary management". But thanks to them in a way, we get to see a variety of patients. Nonetheless the 1 year journey in Psychiatry has been amazing with its cyclothymic ups and downs. From blankly staring at slides during academics to trying to make sense of things ; From being tremulous while giving ECTs (1)to patients, to appreciating it's miracles (and wishing someone could give it to me, to improve my mood); From getting annoyed by the only TELUGU...

It was during my internship time in 2020.  There was some friction between a particular teacher and our batch. The context of conflict being, a redundant punishment some of my batchmates got for a minor mistake that they did. It was like what you say -  killing a fly with a canon.I wouldn't go into the details of this.  Anyways, the batch decided to take this matter seriously. The way our batchmates were treated was completely unfair. I don't intend to demonise that teacher by writing this blog. But there's a lesson I learnt from the sequence of events that unfolded after this issue, which I am trying to share. I highly respect this particular teacher, but none of us are saints! So we planned to approach the Director of the institute who was indubitably 'Student friendly'. And somehow we managed to take advantage of it as well, I would say. Anyways we approached him and I happen to handle a letter (which was authored by me) over to him with my batchmates signatures ...

In a desert land, wherein dwelled uncivilized communities, which mistreated their women and slaves; which buried their daughters alive and which shed each others blood in the name of clans - was born a king ! A king who neither sat on a throne nor wore a crown; A king who neither wore silk nor gold; A king who starved at times and lived in a brick house of few square feets!  Before he became a king, he was known to his people as 'Al-Ameen' (The trustworthy), for he was truthful and honest. He took care of the orphans and widows, and was known for his charecter and morality.  And when came unto him the message from the divine, his life changed. He became - a preacher and teacher in the day, and a monk in the night; A leader in the society, and a family man at home; A warrior in the battle field, and an arbitrator of his people. His message to humankind - Surrender and worship the one who created you and not his creations; Honour your parents and lead a life ...

Introduction  The new moon of Ramadhan is awaited with excitement by every beleiving Muslim throughout the world! And why wouldn't he/she be excited for this blessed month? Ramadhan or Ramzan - the 9th month of Islamic calender (AKA Hijri calender). A month wherein God opens his doors of mercy & closes his doors of anger. A month wherein the first few verses of the Quran were revealed & a month wherein he has commanded his beleivers to fast from dawn to dusk.  How do Muslims fast? Muslims are supposed to have a pre dawn meal (AKA Suhoor around 4:30 AM) and not consume any food or drink and avoid sexual pleasures from dawn till sunset. There is an exception however for those who are sick or are travelling who can makeup those fasts later on. Those who can't fast at all (like the elderly or those with chronic illness), can feed a poor person for every day of missed fast. Why has God commanded to FAST? When a person fasts, he is supposed to control the three b...