At a traffic signal at Chowpatty beach in Bombay, (Mumbai) India, I once spotted a young boy clad in a dirty white vest and khaki shorts. His hair was disheveled and his deep black eyes sparkled with determination. I found him racing from car to car begging for alms. Seeing me stare at him, he …
Kakadu, the first Australian area inscribed on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Properties, is a natural wonder of the world. The area was so called in honor of the early aboriginal settlers of this region who spoke ‘Gagudju‘, as recorded by Baldwin Spencer, a great anthropologist in 1911. These Gagudju- speaking people were almost …
Bullying is perhaps the single most destructive experience we’ve all come in contact with. Most of us may have confronted with bullying during our childhood as either a victim or as a silent spectator. However, bullying isn’t just limited to a person’s early years. It can also confront you in adult life at your workplace …
Strolling through the streets of Alice Springs I was struck by traditional art exhibits – how different this art form was from elsewhere in the world. On gazing hard and reading about it, I realized what a beautiful visual language it was, an imagery that was part of aboriginal life – a connection between their …
It was the year 2000. In January, our small twin-engined plane had whirred into the sky on a sultry summer morning from steamy Darwin towards mystical Alice Springs. Dawn broke out in an array of strange iridescence so native to the southern skies and we gently rolled into a quaint little airstrip seemingly in the …
This blog post was written for Center for Health Innovation and Implementation Science at IU School of Medicine, while I was a Strategic Digital Communications intern back in 2018-2019. Technology has taken a place in caring for our loved ones by providing some wonderful tools, both for those with Alzheimer’s and for those who care …
It’s alarming to read headlines regarding deaths caused by overdoses. The misuse of opioids – including prescription pain killers, heroin and other artificial opioids have become a severe national crisis affecting public health. Beyond public health, opioid addiction also affects social and economic welfare. According to the Centers for Disease control and Prevention, “In the …
Physician burnout in the US is reaching epidemic proportions as we seek for health care system solutions that optimizes people’s health and is yet affordable. Fundamentally, if we could better influence the health-related decisions that take place between a clinician and a patient, we would be making significant strides towards the triple aim. This is …
Four years ago, I found myself sitting nervously in the doctor’s office for my annual physical check-up, unaware that I was about to receive alarming news. When the results came in, my heart sank—I was pre-diabetic! My A1C blood sugar levels registered at 5.6, just shy of the warning zone where diabetes could take hold. …
In 2018, I was interning as a communications specialist at the Center for Health Innovation and Implementation Science (CHIIS), IU School of Medicine. That year, I was fortunate to have attended the Healthcare Thinkathon’ event hosted by them at the Hilton in downtown Indianapolis. The theme of the conference centered around transforming the current health …
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