The Concept of ‘Being Happy’ in India India, spanning across 29 states and 8 union territories, offers unique ethnic, religious and linguistic diversity. While taking a stroll in the streets of India, one can see people doing their daily stuff, whatever that is. Or they are just standing and sitting
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PATIENTS OF AUTISM AND THEIR LUGUBRIOUS CONDITION
Autism is a development disorder that forbids an individual from social interactions and communications. They are bound to repetitive behaviour far too often. Autism usually shows up at a young age and as an individual grows up, more and more symptoms show up. Many children take time to reach some
RIGHT TO ABORTION: ARE WOMEN LOSING THEIR FIGHT?
Over the years, women have had to fight for many things to find a place in a world primarily run by patriarchal ideals. Women have been conveniently thought of as objects and have been kept away from basic human rights. One such right is the Right to Abortion. Society has
ENSLAVED BY GADGETS? ARE YOU NOMOPHOBIC?
Human beings were believed to be born with two kinds of phobias; ‘Basophobia’ or the fear of falling and ‘Phonophobia’ or the fear of big sounds. As a person grows up, the list gets longer and new phobias keep on getting added. With technology taking a firm grip of human
FRAGMENTED SELF: DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER
Mental health has been extensively explored by popular media and oftentimes they have their own take on mental illnesses. Conforming to the codes of psychological thriller and “detective story” narratives, films portraying Dissociative Identity Disorder has become a popular and enduring genre. While some movies may successfully highlight mental health
TELEMEDICINE – THE NEW NORMAL IN MEDICAL WORLD?
Telemedicine allows health care professionals. i.e. Doctors. To evaluate, diagnose and treat patients using telecommunication technology. It is a way to treat patients through a distance. During early days, the practice was used to connect doctors treating a patient at one place to specialists at another location; which proved to
COVID-19 Test Trace and Isolate – Flattening the Curve
India spends less than 2 per cent of its GDP on healthcare, crises like that of the COVID-19 pandemic poses great challenges to our healthcare system. Poor doctor to population ratio and low accessibility of medical facilities are some of the biggest problems faced by the Indian healthcare system. The