Mukta Bhonsule, 55 was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer 9 years ago in Mumbai. She shares her journey with breast cancer, the survivorship issues she deals with and the challenges of balancing this as a caregiver of a COPD patient.
I was…
Prof. (Dr.) Shilpi Bhattacharya, diagnosed in the prime of her life with rare disease GNE Myopathy that weakens skeletal muscles, fought hopelessness and decided to take the illness by the horns to make a difference to herself and the rare disease…
Pramesh Ratnakar, English professor, author, and third generation patient of Parkinson’s Disease, rues the absence of a cure, discusses Eliot and Homer in class to overcome Covid adversities and duels unrelentingly and imaginatively with the…
Dr Prathima, 41 is a General Physician, and was diagnosed with Young Onset Parkinson’s Disease (YOPD) in her late thirties. She shares her struggles and fears, as well as her strategies for coping with the challenges and pent up tensions.
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Rima Pande in her debut novel, His Voice, writes a fictionalised narrative about the teeming thoughts swirling in her father’s mind for two years as he lay conscious but paralysed and unable to speak due to two successive strokes in a month. There…
Preeti Monga, blind since childhood, who works towards inclusion and empowerment of blind children and women, gives some valuable tips to sighted people about interacting with the blind or visually impaired to avoid awkward encounters.
Do you feel a…
Bhushan Ghate, 45 of Nagpur has been suffering from Ankylosing spondylitis, an inflammatory disease that can cause bones in the spine to fuse, from the early age of 12. Delayed diagnosis worsened the condition for which he is completely home bound…
Dr. R.Asha Rajini, 66 from Chennai loves running marathons. A hamstring injury upset her rhythm and affected her physical and mental health, especially diabetic control. She talks about the challenges of dealing with this setback and the…
Anu Bhatia, a school teacher, fulfilled her late husband’s wish to write a novel after he lost his voice to cancer of the vocal chords to help those going through similar experiences. Her book sensitively captures the two year’s journey of loss and…
