Rituals, anthropologists will tell us, are about transformation.
ABRAHAM VERGHESEEmpathy can be replaced by cynicism.
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As she bent over the child she realized that the tragedy of death had to do entirely with what was left unfulfilled.
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Students undergo a conversion in the third year of medical school – not pre-clinical to clinical, but pre-cynical to cynical.
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Life, too, is like that. You live it forward, but understand it backward. It is only when you stop and look to the rear that you see the corpse caught under your wheel.
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Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny.
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Don’t Let Him Know is a rich, evocative and brilliantly told tale of family, of loyalties, and of love that must stay secret.
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When you win, you often lose, that’s just a fact. There’s no currency to straighten a warped spirit, or open a closed heart, a selfish heart.
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I believe in black holes. I believe that as the universe empties into nothingness, past and future will smack together in the last swirl around the drain.
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Sandip Roy has broken new ground in this tale of the modern Indian family. A lovely read
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The world turns on our every action, and our every omission, whether we know it or not.
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A beautiful literary collection that tells of today’s country doctor, somewhat removed from our romantic black-bag image of days gone by, but still fulfilling an essential need in caring for spread-out populations.
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Patients know in a heartbeat if they’re getting a clumsy exam.
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What treatment in an emergency is administered by ear?
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The bottom line: health care reform is about the patient, not about the physician.
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If seems almost un-American to enjoy delays, and perhaps enjoy is not the best word, but certainly a delayed flight
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In an emergency, what treatment is given by ear? Words of Comfort.
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