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A doctor’s survival: Fighting a battle I didn’t choose
Two years ago, July 15, 2013 to be precise, I was diagnosed with advanced stage of breast cancer at the age of 40. A mother to two young children and a practicing psychiatrist, my life had handed me a...
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Is it safe to eat chicken in Pakistan?
Heated debates have been taking place on various forums revolving around the topic of hormones being used in chicken production. As a professional in the field of poultry, I find this assumption to be...
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When Uncle Prem Naat Mehra finally made it across the border
There sat a man, terminally ill, writing a letter. It was a combination of intuition and denial which compelled him to write a letter to a man who was declared dead. Yet he sat there, holding onto his...
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Remembering the ones we lost too soon
It seems like the year 2016 just started a while back, but here we are, just a few days shy from welcoming 2017. A lot happened last year which took us by surprise and shocked us. But even amidst such...
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Series 7: Dada Baba and me Part 2 ‘Life’s gift of giving… and taking’
Thanks to Dada Baba, I had a bit of a charmed life. I had experienced enough in life to know what was true for other people but was still inexperienced to know what was true for me. Nothing too...
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Too tired to cook? Fret not, this easy and delectable chicken handi is here...
This one is for all the working women (and men) out there! Have you ever come home too tired to cook? Or have you ever struggled your way through some very low emotional time? Recently, I have started...
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She was never little miss sunshine
She sat there staring outside her balcony, watching the heavy, thunderous downpour tear its way through the dark clouds and fall to the ground, like it was the last time it was falling. She realised...
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Khalil never drank, until he did…
If there was something everyone knew about Khalil, it was that he never drank. And if there was something one could say with even more surety, it was that he especially never drank before his night...
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Even Karan Johar, who calls himself a ‘feminist’, doesn’t understand that ‘no...
Karan Johar is the king of love triangles; perhaps even ‘love squares’ at times. After all, most of the movies he has directed, including Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Student of the Year, have the same...
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#TherapistDiaries: A hard worker is not the same as a workaholic – the latter...
Farooq’s* work was a matter of utmost importance for him. He used metaphors like “battlefield”, “winning” and “war” when talking about work. He worked in the corporate sector and was at a higher level...
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