©Dr. Aparna Govil Bhasker Princess of Panchal, Yajnaseni who emerged from the fiery fire, One of the strongest and most beautiful, O’ Draupadi, why did you allow yourself to be shared like a commodity? Why didn’t you say #NotMe when your husband, your partner and protector treated you like just another possession? Why didn’t you

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© Dr. Aparna Govil Bhasker      You are not your “weight”,   You are “love” and despite all the trials and tribulations, your zest for life is commendable.   You are not your “weight”,   You are “aspiration” and are capable of dreaming of ideas and goals that can make this world a better

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Dr. Aparna Govil Bhasker Bariatric and Laparoscopic GI Surgeon, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane and Surat It is widely believed that the cohort of children born in the year 2000 in the USA, may live sicker or may not outlive their parents. With 19.3% of Indian children being either overweight or obese, we too are staring

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The other day I saw a tweet from United Nations about the gap in gender pay parity. “Worldover……women across professions, earn 20 to 30% less than   men.”   It has been a week and I just cannot get the figures out of my system. I googled the figures for pay parity in healthcare and there

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Author: Mariam Lakdawala (Registered Dietician) With every 3rd patient walking up to me and asking for a ketogenic diet, I was curious to know if it is really a healthy way to lose weight. I typed ketogenic diet on Google, and was surprised to see so many trial diets, websites offering delivery of ketogenic diet

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