Roshan Radhakrishnan's Blog, page 16

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie #WordlessWednesday

6 years ago, this week, Snoopy came to our house during a very troubling phase of our lives. The kind of joy and selfless love he has brought did not just turn the emotional tide within our homes back then but even today, remains the light that brightens the lives of all of us. 
My sincere advice: At least once in your life, find space in your heart to look after and love a dog. The selfless love you get back is simply unmatched. 
He also tends to fall asleep on the couch when there i...

Why Obstructive Sleep Apnea needs to be Identified and Treated Early #Philips #DontSleepOnIt

If I were to ask you to close your eyes and think of someone you know who is on the chubbier side, tends to be lethargic at work and whom you know snores really loudly in bed, who comes to mind? More importantly, did you smile picturing that image of him or her?
Please don't. What you are seeing are the signs of a disorder that has devastating effects on the individual and can even be fatal in the long run. It is time to talk about Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA).

What is OSA?OSA is a disorder ch...

Why a Zero Tolerance Policy against Violence Needs to be Set up in Every Hospital

According to the latest WHO data published in 2018 life expectancy in India is: Male 67.4 years , female 70.3 years and total life expectancy is 68.8 years which gives India a World Life Expectancy ranking of 125.

As doctors, when a patient does well, we experience great satisfaction and don’t expect anything in return, similarly when a patient dies; we grieve as much as the family does. We think, we discuss about it with our colleagues, we talk about it in our meetings, why we could not save...

The Foundation that has helped the dying cross off over 7000 items from bucket lists #WATWB

It began as a desire to help dying men and women in the Netherlands to fulfill one last item off their bucket list.

A Dutch charity called Stichting Ambulance Wens ( The Ambulance Wish Foundation) use their resources and medical transportation to transport hospice and immobile patients across the country to allow them one last hurrah. The team consists of over 270 medically trained staff and volunteers who help complete around 5 to 6 wishes of the dying every day.



Doing this since 2007, th...

Things to Look Out For When Choosing a Health Insurance Policy

I was recently discussing the need for health insurance with a dear friend and it dawned on me how this was a topic people actually know so little about beyond a basic concept.

As someone who has been a part of the Indian healthcare system for this entire century and has been a keen observer of its merits and flaws, it is a no-brainer to me that everyone really needs to have health insurance in today's India. With the health sector being the way it is, the choice of whether to go to the privat...

My Experience with Casteism as a Doctor (And Why Indian Doctors Need to Speak Up Against this Cancer)

I had spoken about this anecdote of my life on many an occasion with friends and even briefly online once last year under various contexts but it bears repeating now perhaps more than ever.

This incident occurred more than 12 years ago. Having joined as a post graduate in anaesthesiology in Pune, I was the junior most student in my department. As a newbie, I was used to the usual barrage of questions about my family, academics and all that. But early on, I had overheard queries asked of f...

The Best Restaurant Biryanis in India

If somebody were to compile a list of the best biryanis in the country based on public opinion and hand it over to you along with their location, what would you say? Thank you, perhaps?

Well, you're welcome.

A few months ago, I conducted a poll on Twitter asking people to tell me about the best biryani they have ever had from a restaurant in their lives. Replies poured in from all across the country and sure enough, patterns began to develop based on certain cities and styles of biryani.

I final...

How Avengers Endgame Brilliantly Showcases the 5 Stages of Grief

I held this article back for as long as I could to avoid spoilers for those yet to see Avengers: Endgame but now that a week has passed and around 2 billion dollars worth of movie tickets have been sold, I think it is far safer territory to discuss this.

As a fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Avengers: Endgame was entirely satisfying for me and frankly, a comprehensive cinematic experience, making one cry, smile, remember, squeal, hoot and scream in theaters across the world. As a fan of t...

The woman who donated her kidney to her ex-husband

I wanted to end 2019's A to Z Challenge about Heroes of Kindness with something unique and this story felt just right to me. It is something I can't imagine doing and I wonder if you would too.

Mary Zeigler was 14 years old when she fell in love. She remembers hanging around as Bill Henrichs chased his musician dreams, helping carry around the amplifiers too as a young girl. As soon as they turned 18 years old, the two got married to one another.



As the years went by, the childhood sweethearts...

Why a Syrian immigrant's Falafel restaurant deservedly won the 'Nicest Place in America' award

Yassin Terou is a Muslim immigrant refugee who escaped persecution from his own country Syria and arrived in America in 2011, knowing little English and with very few job prospects beckoning. Arriving in Knoxville, the small Muslim community offered to provide him free food and shelter but Yassin refused - he did not want handouts, he wanted to contribute to the people who had given him a chance at life.


He began by selling sandwiches outside the mosque following the Friday prayers. Even the l...