Roshan Radhakrishnan's Blog, page 54

This is your moment, Doctors of India. Make it count...

Okay. So that happened.

You write a regular blog post, hoping to hear the opinion of the usual 5-10 odd doctors who visit your site and the next thing you know, you are getting calls from friends while you are having dinner letting you know that you are in the front pages of national newspapers and on BBC.

Or as I like to call it, just another normal Friday at Godyears.

Jokes aside, I did not in my wildest dreams expect this kind of a reaction. I don't think any blogger could have, honestly. I e...

Why I will never allow my child to become a doctor in India

A pup was walking down the street when it came across a group of young boys. The leader of the group spotted the dog and pointed it out to his friends. Seeing the boys, the dog too wagged his tail and barked, looking forward to being petted and making new friends. 
However,even as the pup wagged his tail, one of the boys picked up a stone. The boy turned to the others and told them how dogs are bad because another dog had bitten his grandfather years ago. As he nodded, a second boy picked...

The song of a scarred soul

I share my happiness with everyone.I keep my scars to myself.
I want to trust with all my heart. I cannot find it in me to trust my heart. 


I would go to the end of the world to win love over. Standing beside love, I would label myself unworthy and walk away. 


I cherish making friends. I fear trusting them.

I am building the road to my future.
I do not understand my purpose.
I do not visit institutions of religion. I pray for every person I care about.
I survived. ...

Avengers: Age of Ultron Review #SpoilerFree

You would have to have been living under a rock not to know that the most anticipated sequel in the Marvel movie universe was releasing. So without further adieu, let us dive into the movie, shall we?

When Tony Stark decides to use a newly acquired energy source to try and create his own version of a peacekeeping force of Iron Men robots, all hell breaks loose when the system attains artificial intelligence and determines that the key to the survival of the Earth is the extinction of its bigge...

Superheroes don't just exist in comic books #WillOfSteel

Do you remember the name of DC comics 2013 movie blockbuster (re)launching their most famous creation?
'Superman, Man of Steel' right? You are wrong actually.
You see, Superman's name does not appear in the title. He (and subsequently, the movie title) is just the Man of Steel. In that sense, he is very similar to another legend from the pages of DC comicbook lore, Batman aka the Dark Knight. Because they are more than just the people called Clark Kent or Bruce Wayne. They are ideals that shine...

The Canine's Guide to Nurturing Humanity #1000Speak

Dear friend, 
When I see you, I often worry. You are bigger, stronger, more intelligent & capable than me and yet at times, you seem like a man lost in the dark, seeking a candle light to guide you back. And I worry that none of your kind seem to find it in them to light that one candlelight for your sake. 

I don't know as much as you do obviously but there are a few slivers of wisdom that I have attained too along the way. A lot of it is stuff you know but have perhaps just forgo...

Top 5 television advertisement wars

Once upon a time, there was a strange world that existed in a dimension unlike any other. Situated within the confines of a rectangular magic box, this television advertisement world brought the impossible to life. In a land without water, it showed you rain. In a village without roads, cars drove effortlessly within the screen. It was an era of magic for a race of human beings who had only known the magic of the spoken voice through radio up until that moment. Children and the elderly alike...

India’s Digital Superstar – an innovative idea, indeed

Innovation. At the end of the day, that is what everyone is looking for in their shows – something that makes it stand out from the hundreds of other alternatives that are available on television and social media.
FreMantle Media knows that all too well. After all, they are the ones who ushered in a whole new era of television show viewing in India with two of the most successful reality shows in the country – the iconic Indian Idol and India’s Got Talent. Internationally too, their list of sh...

Not an ending but a new beginning

We have been probably been aware of each other’s presence for nearly a decade, I reckon. But that statement is so misleading. You see, we are two individuals who have very little in common, I feel sometimes. Neither have we ever visited each other’s native states nor are we from the same social circles or occupational fields. And yet, she is someone I trust with the inner musings of my mind and heart more than I would a hundred others who walk beside me every day.
We encountered each other ye...

Once Upon a Time - An Anthology of Historical Short Fiction

Fablery Publishers have always looked to be different in their approach to telling tales. Their first anthology was a collection of the best stories from a contest held over nearly a year across ten different genres, each month focusing on a separate genre. The end result was a wonderful collection of taut stories, Ten Shades of Life, that had a lovely book launch in Bangalore and received rave reviews (individual links to reviews at the end of the post in the link) from all those w...