Saturday, January 7, 2023

STRANGE EVOLUTION

 


RETROGRADE  EVOLUTON

Everything is evolving.  Something natural.  Something cultivated.  Something expected.  Something strange.  Evolution is change.  Change is the only constant thing in the world.


                                     AI  EVOLUTION

( These are only marble stone statues.  Made to dance through AI (Artificial Intelliigence).  Marvelous technological evolution !!! )

WORK  FROM  HOME  (WFH)  EVOLUTION


EVOLUTION  in  COVID  "distancing"  !!!

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STRANGE  MEDICAL  EVOLUTION


     The present day doctors are demanding protection from attacks by patients.  The latest victim is Dr Balaji Jegannathan, an oncologist at the Kalaignar Centenary Super Speciality Hospital in Chennai, who was stabbed on his neck, head and chest in the government-run hospital on November 13, 2024.   Across the country, in recent times, people attacked doctors, even murdered a lady doctor (in Thoothukudi on Jan 2, 2012), and vandalized hospitals for alleged professional negligence (30 incidents in Tamil Nadu alone during the last 6 months of 2011).    

    In medical profession, there is a huge scope for helping humanity.  There is also a huge scope to exploit and cheat.   More people are looking at doctors with scepticism, suspicion and distrust.  This is the strange evolution in this holy field.   That's the root cause of the rot --  to know more about it, read :  


UNFORTUNATE  EVOLUTION






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WORLD  HEART  DAY     …    September 29

Various writings and ads (with commercial colour of discounts) appeared today across the globe scaring the public about their heart health.  Some of them, purported to be of educative value to the public, may have a hidden agenda of vested interests.  And, some normal persons may be converted into patients ! Much of the modern treatment may be like cutting some of the branches of an evil tree without tackling the roots – tobacco, trans-fat, junk food, smartphones, stress and most of the comforts of modern lifestyle – which are the root cause for HEART diseases.   ‘Modernity’ in lifestyle brought in its wake all the adverse factors,  STRESS & ECOLOGICAL IMBALANCE (destruction of Nature) being the important ones, associated with money, materialism, competition, comparison, ego, hubris, hegemony, selfishness, greed, arrogance, anger, miserliness, manipulability, vanity, vengeance, etc.  MODERNITY may be the root cause for the arrival of COVID.  Moderns may have to mend their ways to prevent emergence of more heart problems and new viruses. 

Cell phones arrived,  we forgot writing letters;
Automobiles arrived,  we forgot walking;
Computers arrived,  we forgot spellings;
Calculators arrived,  we forgot mathematics;
Modern jobs arrived,  we forgot families;


TVs arrived,  we forgot cinema theatres;
Digital games arrived,  we forgot playgrounds;
Modern pharma arrived, we forgot grannies’ remedies;  

Speciality hospitals arrived,  we forgot ‘MBBS clinics’;

Super-specialists arrived,  we forgot family doctors;


Nuclear families arrived,  we forgot relationships;
Junk food arrived,  we forgot healthy meals;
Food courts arrived,  we forgot cooking;

Internet has arrived, we forgot libraries & teachers;
HEART specialists arrived,  we forgot HEARTY meals !

 

COVID has arrived,  we forgot everything else !

( I too forgot everything else, and authored 28 articles in 30 months on COVID, during the COVID pandemic, which were published in a monthly medical journal, The Antiseptic – a WORLD RECORD of sorts in medical journalism !!!)

And, now, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) is coming to make us forget about our BRAINS !


We seem to be STRESSING ourselves too much by complicating everything connected with HEART.  Go to my 'scribbling' titled "HEART"   ( https://drtramaprasad.blogspot.com/2023/01/heart.html ) and see where we went to from the simple CHOLESTEROL --  here is an excerpt :    

      "While some amount of CHOLESTEROL is necessary for our body metabolism, cholesterol has long been considered as the cornerstone of assessing the risk of 'heart attack', and as an indicator for atherosclerosis -- the process of plaque build up that clogs arteries.  Let's have a quick look at it.  

        People with 'normal' cholesterol also died of 'heart attacks'.  Then came various types of cholesterols -- good and bad -- LDL, HDL, Triglyceride, etc.  Still people died, unexpectedly.  Then,  researchers said that ratios of the cholesterols are more indicative of the risk --  T.Cho / HDL;  TGL / HDL;  LDL / HDL.    When all these were also 'normal',  still, people died of unexpected 'heart attacks'.  

        Science has ingenious ways of explaining.  It said "Just lipid (cholesterol) profile is not enough.  You need tests that can detect INFLAMMATION."  Then it came up with 'CRP' and 'hs-CRP' (high-sensitivity CRP).  "hs-CRP" is said to  detect  hidden INFLAMMATION in blood vessels, which directly contributes to atherosclerosis and rupture of the plaque in the heart.  Then, science went a step further and suggested testing for the markers like Lipoprotein(a) or Lp(a) which is a genetic form of bad cholesterol, and Homocysteine (an aminoacid) which can possibly be increased by taking B6, B12 & folic acid.  Statins like Resuvastatin are said to lower LDL and 'hs-CRP'.  Yet, there is an increase in 'heart attacks', in younger people too.  Further, more advanced tests like Myeloperoxidase (MPO) and Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) are  suggested by experts to be done as markers of oxidative stress and inflammation.  TMAO  is related to gut health which is said to be associated with 'heart risks'.     

        Then also, apparently healthy people died of 'heart attack' unexpectedly, even at a 'young age' --  doctors, yoga gurus, athlets --  while exercising, trekking, or even while at rest.

        So, then arrived the  CARDIAC CT SCAN (CT angiography) which is priced around 15,000 rupees.  In some centres, it's like an 'Over The Counter' product --  ask for it, they will do it.  Is it right or wrong to get it done without a doctor's advice ?  Some say it's right to know the status.  Some warn about the radiation during the procedure and the bad of a needless investigation and an unnecessary intervention.


             Recently two simple imaging techniques have been developed to assess the risk better --  1. 'Coronary Calcium Scoring' (CT scan measurement of calcium buildup in heart blood vessels);  2.  'Ultrasound Plaque Imaging' of the blood vessels in the neck and groin (measuring cholesterol deposits in the blood vessels).  It remains to be seen if these two new assessments improve our predictions.


            The list won't end here -- 1. Enhanced External CounterPulsation (EECP); 2. Laser Angioplasty; 3.  Coronary Angioplasty and Stent Placement; 3.  Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG);  4. ExtraCorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO);  5.  Heart Transplant;  etc.  may be suggested to compensate for the 'cholesterol consequences'.


          Finally, when a statin or sometthing else is prescribed, the 'internet-educated' patient comes back and asks : "Doctor, should I risk all these side-effects of the prescribed drugs to reduce the probable / possible risk of cholesterols ?" 

         Knowing and getting all these tests done is itself a great stress on the heart (as also on the pocket) !!!  That is science and evidence-based medicine. Has it got anything to do with money ? Of course, research and development is fuelled by money.    (Economic compulsions  seem to be at the root of a profit-oriented scientific approach --  more investigations and more procedures mean more money.)  


“Science is always wrong.  It never solves a problem without creating ten more.”   --  George Bernard Shaw


 Institutions (AIIMS, Delhi; University of Michigan;  Yale School of Medicine) which denounced certain things earlier are embracing them now.  And some are protesting at it.  Read more about it 

                                                                                                                  

God, please help ! "  Can we prevent 'heart attacks' without the drugs ?  Go to   https://drtramaprasad.blogspot.com/2023/01/heart.html   .    

            

        Ultimately, every beating heart has to stop.  When it does, we  call it a 'heart attack', as we don't know why it did stop !  GOD only knows.

        Perhaps, that's the reason why  the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi has just formed a committee to recommend a roadmap for a department on SPIRITUAL MEDICINE. Sections of the staff and faculty panned the decision, claiming it was deviating from an evidence-based approach.   Institutions (AIIMS, Delhi; University of Michigan;  Yale School of Medicine) which denounced certain things earlier are embracing them now.  And some are protesting at it.  Read more about it at  https://drtramaprasad.blogspot.com/2023/01/right-or-wrong.html It's a strange evolution in modern medicine.  Donald Trump would love the idea of saving on Federal Funding on healthcare system, and Elon Musk would be excited to shut down all the departments related to CHOLESTEROL and HEART --  what a credit to DOGE !!!


"Change of opinion  is the only constant thing in clinical practice."  --  T. Rama Prasad


 

Dr. T. Rama Prasad,

https://drtramaprasad.blogspot.com     WhatsApp: +91 98427 20393       drtramaprasad@gmail.com,  Director & Senior Consultant in TB and Lung Diseases,  'PAY WHAT YOU CAN CLINIC’,  Perundurai,  Erode Dt.,  TN.  Former Medical Superintendent (Special),  RTS & IRT Perundurai Medical College and Research Centre.


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DOCTOR  …   a highly respected person … full of nobility.

            

            Somebody informs him that somebody is very ill.  He picks up his ‘doctor bag’ of emergency drugs and flies to that somebody by his bicycle.  (My father had a 'doctor bag' in those good old days, and a cycle too !).  Gives some treatment, holistically with the wisdom of clinical hunch and common sense.  If necessary, he takes the patient to a hospital for further treatment, and would bring him back home, and gives the follow-up treatment.  

 

The patient may be rich or poor, nearby or far away.  He accepts whatever peanuts are given for his nuggets of service.  He strictly follows the ‘Hippocratic Oath’ and ‘doesn’t make money in the sick room’.  In case of death, he may even accompany the body to the graveyard like a family member.  That’s why he is called a ‘family doctor’ aside from the fact that he treats all the family members, young or old.  Full of empathy and sympathy, he constantly counsels the family members to get over health problems.  Such doctors made the medical profession noble, holy and essential.  This is the noblest of all the professions, and the doctor is equated to god.  Immense respect and gratitude were showered on the professionals.    They were GODS.  That's why the medical profession is called the NOBLE  PROFESSION.


That was the scenario in the past.  Now, let us fast-forward to 2024.  In stark contrast to the scenario painted above,  the present day doctors are demanding protection from attacks by patients.  The latest victim is Dr Balaji Jegannathan, an oncologist at the Kalaignar Centenary Super Speciality Hospital in Chennai, who was stabbed on his neck, head and chest in the government-run hospital on November 13, 2024.   


The age-old relationship built on mutual respect and trust  is being 'stabbed' repeatedly since 1970s.  The good old 'human family doctor' is mostly non-existent now, and the present day patient dashes straight into a 'programmed specialist' who clinically deals with 'cases' than with 'human beings', and as such the 'clients' (who are loaded with half-baked information and misinformation from the Internet and social media which caress one into callowness) look at doctors with scepticism, suspicion and distrust.  This is the evolution.


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EVOLUTION  of  father-in-law



          
       Here is an amusing gag about the STRANGE EVOLUTION of the 'New Generation Indian Daughter-in-law'.  May be a provocative parody of sorts !  Read on and enjoy.

 ... It is a myth that the family members can relax a little more when a son gets married and a new daughter-in-law arrives.
The scenario in this modern age is as visualised below: 
The new wife (progressive, modern, empowered and assertive  Indian woman of today) is being welcomed at the husband's home.

The motor-mouthed novice delivered the following maiden discourse with an air of conceit:

          "My dear family members, I thank you all for welcoming me to MY new home and YOUR family. At the outset, I would like to make it very clear to you all that I have a deep respect for you all,  and that I don't want to interfere with your life style.  MY being here doesn’t  mean that I would want to change your way of life and your routine activities. No, I will never do that, never in a million years."

          "What do you mean my child?," asked the father-in-law.

          "What I mean is this (looking at her 'in-laws') -- I don't want to take away your pleasure of housekeeping. Continue to keep MY house clean and tidy. Those who used to serve the food would continue to serve, and those who wash the dishes must continue washing them.  Those who used to do the laundry work must continue doing it.  Those who were cooking should not stop attending to kitchen work, and those who used to water the plants would hold the responsibility of growing vegetables."

          "And what are you here for MAHARANI ?" enquired the traditional Indian mother-in-law.

          "AS FOR ME, I AM HERE JUST TO MANAGE THIS HOUSE, RECTIFY ALL THE DEFECTS, DO SHOPPING, ENTERTAIN YOUR SON and CONTROL EVERYTHING, INCLUDING YOUR SON'S BRAIN AND HIS VOICE BOX !!  As I am in the driver’s seat, you need not worry about anything. I shall lead you all in the right direction.  And, it would be politically correct if you all cooperate to run MY HOUSE smoothly.”

The mother-in-law’s jaw dropped !





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BLOG :  https://drtramaprasad.blogspot.com       NOTHING is PERMANENT



Left to right:  1 Rajiv Gandhi  2.Morarji Desai  3.Pandit Nehru  4.Balagangadara Thilak  5.  Mahatma Gandhi  6.Rabindranath Tagore  7.Subashchandra Bose   8.Bhagath Singh  9.Dr.Radha Krishnan 10.Indira Gandhi

There are only 10 faces in this drawing,   but the COVID has many more  !

The face of COVID would be remembered for a longer time than any of the faces in the ‘tree’ above.   Of course, everybody would be forgotten in course of time.  And the ‘time’ is a very relative thing.  Just see the ‘timeline’ of EVOLUTION below:

 

'Age' of the Sun       --  4.54 billion years.   Expected lifespan.  --  7 billion years more

'Age' of the Earth     --  4.54 billion years.   Expected lifespan  --   1 billion years more

'Age' of Himalayas  --  50 million years

'Age' of Humans.     --  3  lakh years

'Age' of Religions   --   4  thousand years

'Age' of Temples.     --  3  thousand years 

                    

‘Age’ of viruses       --  3.5 billion years  

‘Age’ of viral epidemics  --  12,000 years 

‘Age’ of COVID       –  about 5 years    as in 2024

 

We have 380 trillion viruses (mostly harmless) on or inside our bodies !!!

“Computer Virus” is a “Mechanical Organism”, such as a computer code, which may damage computers, ‘copy’ itself and ‘infect’ other computers, just like a “Biological Virus”.

 

                                             … Dr. T. Rama Prasad

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Dr. T. Rama Prasad   

LOVABLE  RURAL  FOLK ... February 10, 2018

 


Yes, rural are really lovable folk. Most of them have a refreshingly rural and innocent background. They have blind faith in gods, and doctors as well.

After a few decades, we may see no more of such good plain-hearted rural folk. And, even now, we rarely see the good old grand grandmother of ‘topless’ (‘blouseless’) era ! The women of that generation cover their upper bodies with a piece of a cloth only (end piece of sari) wrapped around without any underclothing like bra or blouse. 

Today (February 10, 2018), one frail-looking grandmother in that 'topless' attire (see the attached photo) walked into my consultation chamber, accompanied by her grandson, but not needed to be assisted by him to walk in.  She (Gowandayamml) fluently talked in the grand old style ... said she got the appointment with great difficulty (limited consultations today, as I had to spare some time to attend my granddaughter's 'food court bonanza' at her school).   At the end of the consultation, she wanted a 'cough syrup' (most of the 'cough syrups' are used unnecessarily and for psychological satisfaction, and to the great delightfulness of drug industry !).   I gave her a sample bottle of a cough syrup, free of cost, of course ... and lo and behold, her face was lit up with happiness. Little pleasures ... little things matter in life ... read the 'Scribbling' titled 'Richness & Happiness' on my blog.   She narrated at length of her previous visits over decades and profusely thanked me for keeping her fit (in fact, it is her good old lifestyle and her constitution that kept her fit, not me !).   I asked her whether I may have a photo with her.  She was amused and laughed.  I called the receptionist to take a photo.  The lady of the old school put up a serious pose for the photo.  Receptionist, Nandhini, asked her to smile ... in vain ... perhaps, the grandma thought that one should not move or smile when the camera clicks (In our school days, photographers used to instruct us not to move or smile when they take group photos in the school, with those bulky 'plate' cameras with a long exposure time !).  I shall give her a print of the photo when she visits me again ... curiously, we both are of the same age group by the calendar, though seem not to be by the images !   Finally, the plain, simple, candid and 'topless' granny left my chamber.  After a while, she came back with money (hundred rupees notes) in her hand to put into my tiny 'Pay what you can' hundi,  as consultation fee.  I had to persuade her a lot not to give any consultation fee,  saying that it's a great pleasure for me to treat her free of cost ... again there was a flash of a cheerful smile across her face.  This is the most pleasant reward we get in medical practice -- the cheerful smile of satisfaction.

If you wish to read more about the good rural folk, click on http://drtramaprasad.blogspot.in/2017/08/rural-are-real.html

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Dr. T. Rama Prasad,  www.rama-scribbles.in        http://drtramaprasad.blogspot.in
'PAY WHAT YOU CAN’ Clinic, Perundurai, Erode Dt., TN, India., Former Medical Superintendent (Special), RTS & IRT Perundurai Medical College and Research Centre, Perundurai.

                 

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 Good or bad is a part of the evolution.  A tryst with destiny that wasnt to be.   --  T. Rama Prasad. 

The Ground Reality :  

        The MBBS  degree is considered as a STATUS symbol and a stepping stone for PROSPERITY and ACADEMIC excellence, in India.  That’s the reason why it has become a very expensive 'commodity'.  And, a speciality is often chosen by many for its potential to generate name, fame and money.  

           The profession has an aura of affluence and superiority.  Exuding a whiff of pride, one says : "I am studying MBBS  /  I am a doctor.  My child is studying MBBS / My child is a doctor"  It's for this flattering feeling of being on cloud nine that motivates many to opt for MBBS.  Of course, there may be some students who are pushed into this course by the parents much against their interests.  And, there are some parents and students who struggle to get into this course hoping to earn a lot of money.

    And, especially after the introduction of the NEET system, the medical student is considered to be academically of a high standard at the national level, though many at the lower ranks in the NEET examination may become 'nobler professionals', if given the chance to study MBBS.  NEET evaluates only one aspect -- theoretical knowledge through rote memorisation to answer multiple choice questions in a few hours.  It doesn't assess the aptitude, attitude, kindness, empathy, commitment, caliber and dedication to serve the humanity which are more important to make a "noble professional."  720 marks out of 720 may not mean a potential Nobel Laureate or a good doctor;  he may even become the 'infamous principal of the RG Kar Medical College' about whom you may read in the following pages ! The system seems to cultivate a generation of scholars more adept in passing examinations than at pushing the boundaries of a noble service.  To read about the merits and demerits of NEET, go to my writing at  https://drtramaprasad.blogspot.com/2017/04/school-education_30.html  --  NEET & School Education.

May 3,  2025


The fraudulent practices may have been in existence since a long time, though they surfaced out only in 2024.

        Thus, the foundation (service to humanity) of the MEDICAL PROFESSION is thoroughly shaken by the MONEY FACTOR.  Even in those good old days,  GORU's life couldn't be saved due to the MONEY FACTOR.  Go on, read about GORU:

An anecdote about  “GORU” 

During my childhood, one of my schoolmates had huge nails.  Her name was Gowri.  We nicknamed her as ‘Goru’ (‘goru’ in Telugu means nail of a finger or toe ).  They used to say that her huge nails caused a problem in her heart.  It might be a case of ‘Digital Clubbing’ (abnormal nails present in some ‘Congenital Heart Diseases’).  After one summer vacation, ‘Goru’ didn’t come back to the school.  It was learnt that she died due to the nail / heart problem, and that treatment could not be availed as they didn’t have money to pay for it. 

Perhaps, this incident prompted me to look at everyone’s nails from that time which might have led me to report the first case from India of ‘Yellow Nail Syndrome (YNS)’ from India in 1980 (published in an American journal, CHEST) and the first case in the world of ‘Yellow nails & Covid’ in 2023, published in an Indian journal, THE ANTISEPTIC - https://drtramaprasad.blogspot.com/2017/04/yellow-nail syndrome_28.html

And perhaps, the preventable death of ‘Goru’ due to the inability to pay for the treatment motivated me to start my ‘PAY WHAT YOU CAN’ Clinic (PWYCC) half-a-century ago where patients may pay whatever they can. No fixed fee http://drtramaprasad.blogspot.com/2017/06/pay-what-you-can-clinic.html ).   The credit for these case reports on YNS and the starting of my PWYCC should go to ‘Goru’.  Thanks to “Goru”.

                                                        --     T. Rama Prasad

 

More at : https://drtramaprasad.blogspot.com/2017/04/dr-t-rama-prasad.html  


This is not an ad,  it’s about an odd service.

GREETINGS  from

PAY  WHAT  YOU  CAN’  Clinic

“Thena  thyakthena  bhoojithaha”– Ishopanishad

   ( Translated by  Prof. B.M. Hegde  as: “Rejoice  in  giving.”)

          True to this quote, I have been rejoicing at what little I could give.  Defying stereotypes, this clinic has been in existence for a very long time, sans glitz, blitz, ads, microphones, speeches and noise.  As a matter of my policy, publicity is shunned.  The reason is simple.  Good work needs no noise and nonsense.  My ‘SCRIBBLINGS’ on related topics may be accessed at:  http://drtramaprasad.blogspot.com

 



 

My consultation fee is not decided by me.  It is the patient’s pleasure. The patient may pay (donate) whatever he can and what he wishes.  If one is short of money, he or she need not pay anything.  The money may just be put into the ‘hundi’ box kept outside the consultation room.  And the money thus received is used for charity to help the needy, the poor and the less fortunate.  If interested to know more about this facility, go to: http://drtramaprasad.blogspot.com/2017/06/pay-what-you-can-clinic.html .  And, if you wish, you may also 'contribute what you can'  through bank (Dr. RAMA PRASAD T,  A/C No.  451075868, INDIAN BANK,  IFS CODE  IDIB000P155,  PERUNDURAI, Erode District, Tamil Nadu - 638052 ).

          "We need not run after money.  If we are meritorious and compassionate, money would run after us, and it eludes us if we run after it.”      --  T. Rama Prasad

            “Richness is not having lots of money.  It is the feeling that one has enough of it.   Contentment sans comparison is what makes one really rich.”     --  T. Rama Prasad.      

 

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Most ailments can be cured at local level



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A STRANGE EVOLUTION IN OUR SOCIETY


        I received the following post on WhatsApp from GANESH whom I know from his childhood and who experienced a lot in his life and who had seen  "the GOOD, the BAD, and the UGLY" in human beings around.


" ... The Vanishing Bond: How Friendships and Family Ties Are Fading


There was a time when our homes were filled with life. Cousins were like brothers and sisters. Siblings stood shoulder to shoulder. 


Neighbours became family. Sundays were for visiting, not for rushing. EID, DIWALI weddings, funerals-whatever the occasion, we showed up. No invite needed. No hesitation.


But somewhere along the way, something precious has slipped through our fingers.


Today, even siblings, those who grew up under the same roof, ate from the same pots, fought and laughed in the same cramped rooms, now barely speak once our parents pass on. 


Without Amma and Appa holding the family together, the gaps between us widen. Cousins who once shared school holidays and sleepovers now feel like strangers. 


Our children, who should have been each other's playmates and confidants, barely know one another beyond a few polite greetings at functions, if they meet at all.


What happened to us?


Somewhere between the dreams of a better life and the pressures of modern living, we lost something vital.


We chased education, careers, new postcodes, and financial security, things our parents and grandparents fought so hard for us to have. 


But in that chase, relationships were pushed to the side. 

Family time became "when I have a chance." Friendships became "when it’s convenient." The gatherings grew smaller, then fewer, until one day, they stopped happening altogether.


Materialism crept in too. Quietly, subtly.

Now, it’s who has the bigger house, who’s sending their kids to private school, who’s travelling overseas. 


Conversations, once warm and messy, now feel like subtle competitions.

And vulnerability, admitting you're struggling, lonely, or simply missing someone, has become almost taboo. 


We protect our images instead of sharing our truths. We hide our struggles behind shiny posts and proud updates, fearing that showing weakness would invite judgment rather than support.


Social media hasn’t helped either.

Instead of heart-to-heart chats over tea, we scroll past each other’s lives, clicking "like" and moving on. It’s easier to post a perfect picture than to make the uncomfortable call that says, "I miss you," or, "I'm not okay."


And when our elders left us, when the prayers and birthday get-togethers stopped being arranged by parents and grandparents, we realised something painful: without them, many of us don’t know how to hold each other together.


We let small grudges turn into lifelong silences. 

We let pride, business, and fear get in the way.

We stopped reaching out. And without tending to it, love and connection, like anything else, withered.


But the cost is heavier than we admit.


Loneliness is now thick in the air. Depression and mental health struggles are rising quietly behind beautiful front doors. 


Children grow up disconnected from their roots, missing the powerful safety net that once came naturally from being part of something bigger, an entire village of family who cared.


It’s not too late to turn back.


We can still rebuild what we've lost, if we choose to.

We can still call our siblings, even if it’s been years. We can invite the cousins over, even if it feels awkward at first. We can teach our children that family is more than just a word on paper, it’s showing up, it’s forgiving, it’s trying, even when life pulls us in every direction.


At the end of it all, we won't remember the number of bedrooms in our homes or how many likes our posts got.


We will remember the people we loved, or regret the ones we let slip away.


The bonds didn’t vanish on their own.


We let them go.


But we can bring them back. 

One phone call. 


One message. 


One heartfelt moment at a time. ..."


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 The following is a list of some of my 'scribblings', including a few from the 28 articles on COVID published in a monthly medical journal in 30 months (a world record).   To open them, click on any of the titles.  --  T. Rama Prasad

These are only 'scribbles' for the general audience to pass some time, not for experts.  The expressions may be biased and the narration may be a crashing bore on negative aspects.  Taste a bit of the bitterness before leaving.   --  T. Rama Prasad 

 

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