Roshan Radhakrishnan's Blog, page 15

How to Protect Yourself from Seasonal Illnesses When It Rains #WordsMatter

The monsoons tend to be associated with a lot of pleasant memories for us all - hot pakoras, warm hugs, playing in the rain et al. However, it is not fun for all. The rains tend to bring with it diseases that can really do a bad number on your health unless you are careful.

These are some of the tips I shared with The Weather Channel earlier this year on precautions to take to protect yourself from seasonal illnesses  when it rains .

1. Prevention is better than cure
Airborne and wa...

Onam: How Kerala celebrates The Return of Their King

Author's note - Consider this your fun 'General knowledge about Onam' class.

For a Keralite, there really is no festival as joyous as Onam. Religion, caste and bank balance all take a back seat during this period as everyone gets together to celebrate 'The Return of the King'


Which King am I talking about?
Well, this is where the fun begins for those who are not familiar with the story. It also gives a very telling insight into the Malayalee mindset. You see, we are celebrating a demon king / as...

Your favourite coffee is... #WordlessWednesday

I have a lot of memories associated with coffee.


It reminds me of the numerous times I and my college mates would bunk afternoon classes and sit at Cafe Coffee Day, sipping cold coffees like Tropical Iceberg (a mere Rs 15 - 20 back then, I kid you not as opposed to the Rs 100+ I see these days) while gossiping on seeking out the next movie to watch.

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Everyone has their Cafe Coffee Day memory. We gossiped. We played songs on the jukebox for 5 rupees each. We ordered co...

High School Children Build a Power Wheelchair for Differently Abled Child #WATWB

The parents of 2 year old Cillian Jackson faced a horrible dilemma. Their child suffered from a genetic condition (similar to cerebral palsy) that made it difficult to control his body. Unfortunately, due to the horribly twisted rules, this very same genetic condition also meant that insurance companies would deny reimbursement for a wheelchair for young Cillian and the parents could not afford paying for one themselves with the costs being over $20,000 (Rs 14.4 lakh).  In their tim...

Doggy Desktop #WordlessWednesday

What do you mean, 'dogs don't sit on tables?'Okay, fine, smarty pants. So what is the weirdest/coolest thing on your table this week? 

Author's note
I am linking this post with Esha and Natasha for #WordlessWednesday. You can find more picture based posts there and add your own too. 


Earlier posts I have written for Wordless Wednesday include:
1. Kerala Meals (Food)
2. Have You Ever Had Pain During Surgery? (Medical)
3. Beautiful Desserts&...

The One Who Darkens the Room #WordlessWednesday

Every cylinder in this room is filled with the same liquid except one. The light from the bulbs enter unharmed in all of the others but does not light the different one. The dark one.
Can you spot that cylinder? The dark one that does not get brightened when the bulb goes through it?
Look carefully. Find it.

Did you see the cylinder? I certainly hope not. Because I lied. All the cylinders are placed with different fluids - from water to milk and even oil. All of them brighten up when light...

What failing the #StandUpChallenge taught me

Have you seen the Stand Up Challenge video that went viral recently? 
I watched as many of my friends - and even their parents and children –put up videos online where they confidently crossed their arms, raised one leg and then stood up from their seated position using the other leg. 
The irony? For a guy like me who is known for standing out from a crowd in all my avatars (as a blogger, a doctor and an author), this was a challenge where I couldn't stand UP. 



I failed 11 ou...

Four Hopes Through my Window #WordsMatter

With a prompt like 'Outside my Window' for this #WordsMatter bloghop, I actually had a whole article prepared in my mind, showcasing the early effects of the rains in Kerala, keeping in mind the devastating floods that hit us last year around this time.

I ditched that post.

You see, I barely look out the window of my house. Most of my awake life is spent inside a hospital doing surgeries. And those glass panels on the operation theater doors... those are the windows I am most familiar with. But...

Pavlov's Classical Conditioning #WordlessWednesday

In Pavlov's famous experiment, he would make a unique sound with a metronome before giving food to the dogs. Soon, just the sound of the metronome would make the dogs salivate even if no food was there because they now associated that sound with food.
This is called Classical Conditioning. 
And it is not restricted to pooches, either. You and I undergo it every day. The anger you feel when you see a particular politician you hate even if he has not said anything new. The hope you...

#WordlessWednesday What if Gods were just advanced Aliens? #Area51

The recent jokes about millions of people considering a plan to raid the controversial Area 51 in Nevada, USA to free alleged aliens in there (which the military definitely did not find funny!) got me thinking of the History Channel show 'Ancient Aliens.'

The show, filled with admittedly flimsy conjectures, is a documentary series that deals with the novel concept that humans and extra terrestrials have had multiple contacts throughout human history.

A major theory in that show was that the bei...