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Women's Day
"Ladkion ke zada chul machti hai" "Ladkian bas shakal dikha ke pass ho jati hain." "Tum to ladki ho, gynaecologist hi banogi." "Are wo...

Dr Harsh Srivastava
Mar 8, 20222 min read
"Do you remember me?"
"Do you remember me?" "I wish I was capable of forgetting." "So you remember the curse that you bear." "Yes." "And the killings of the...

Dr Harsh Srivastava
Feb 27, 20221 min read
Apology
"You taught me how to fly, then cut my wings as I soared in the sky." "I am sorry, I didn't mean to." "Your apologies. That's all I get...

Dr Harsh Srivastava
Feb 21, 20221 min read
Running away
I've always despised running away. Why can't I face those adversities head on? Lately, this idea seems to be flawed. Maybe I am choosing...

Dr Harsh Srivastava
Feb 20, 20221 min read
The Disease
"The disease, it's spreading." "How much?" "I am more of the disease and less of myself."

Dr Harsh Srivastava
Feb 20, 20221 min read
Attire
Every communal incident brings to light an even deeper problem. The people who support it, all across the country. Possibly, they were...

Dr Harsh Srivastava
Feb 8, 20221 min read
Cacophony
Let me dance, to this cacophony. I'll place my feet elegantly, sway my arms swiftly, arch my back gently, submitting myself to this...

Dr Harsh Srivastava
Jan 8, 20221 min read
Mercy
"You see, my dear boy, I am not meant to be caged." "No. Wh...why do you get to choose that?" "This world needs me, don't you think?...

Dr Harsh Srivastava
Jan 2, 20221 min read
Grief bonding
Pediatric ICU drowns you into a cocktail of emotions. The sweetest children, gasping for their breaths, screaming in pain. What did they...

Dr Harsh Srivastava
Dec 23, 20213 min read
Medicine & Research
One of the reasons I keep urging the medical fraternity to get into research is that they don't yet realise that we, as doctors, are...

Dr Harsh Srivastava
Dec 6, 20211 min read
Debate
I remember, back in 12th grade, my english teacher entered our class asking me to take part in the school debate. A classmate of mine...

Dr Harsh Srivastava
Oct 31, 20212 min read
Serendipity
We were returning from the library when we heard someone reciting a beautiful poetry. We immediately knew we had to listen to more of...

Dr Harsh Srivastava
Oct 6, 20212 min read
Fallacy
How do I know you're not me? And when I'll be done with pulling your guts out, contorting your neck, tearing your flesh, will I be saved?...

Dr Harsh Srivastava
Sep 15, 20211 min read
Plight of a woman
"डॉक्टर साब, मै सबसे अच्छी थी, अब खराब हो गई |" These are the words of a 30 year old woman who has been admitted with 95% third degree...

Dr Harsh Srivastava
Jul 14, 20211 min read
Where am I?
Where am I? I see an endless roof. My chest feels heavy, gasping for air. Am I drenched in sweat? Everything feels moist. Oh. It's blood....

Dr Harsh Srivastava
Jul 5, 20211 min read


OBGY
Done with 60 days of rotational posting in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 60 days of witnessing everything a female has to go through...

Dr Harsh Srivastava
Jul 1, 20211 min read
Acceptance
The hardest part of coping is acceptance. The reason it's hard is that it rejects the entire narrative that you had laid out for...

Dr Harsh Srivastava
Jun 28, 20211 min read
First COVID-19 duty experience
I spent my last 14 nights looking after people with severe acute respiratory illness (suspected COVID-19) in the emergency holding area....

Dr Harsh Srivastava
Jun 1, 20212 min read
MBBS
4.5 years back, when I entered this college, I didn't have the slightest idea about things I would go through. Different culture,...

Dr Harsh Srivastava
Apr 24, 20212 min read
Geriatric woes
There's something that I feel doesn't receive enough attention. A couple months of lockdown drove most of us crazy. To converse with just...

Dr Harsh Srivastava
Apr 17, 20211 min read
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