Focus Wellness

  My passion for driving always stuck with me since I got behind the wheel. Being myopic from a young age, I always wanted a clear windscreen on my car. Driving safely and being responsible for my passengers and the others on the road demanded clear driving conditions. Wiper blades are the most sensitive part of a motor car. Being exposed to nature, they wear out fast. Heavy monsoons at my place add to the woes of wet driving conditions. I replace them quite often as I have to see the road ahead clear. Nowadays, quality has deteriorated due to the increasing costs. Anyway, I replaced it on schedule. In two weeks, streaks appeared when the blades started to wipe. It bothered me as it was sooner than expected. I worried about the streaks made by the sooner worn-out part of the wiper. The road ahead was again not clear. The two streaks ran parallel and were almost at my eye level, blurring my vision of the road. I pondered for a while. Wasn't I too focused on the two little streaks ma...

The daily commute to my workplace includes tackling a busy railway level crossing. Increasing rail traffic makes it sure that peak hours are made worse by lengthy closures of the level crossing gate. It becomes a nightmare when an unruly motorist jumps the line and creates chaos. In comes the national lockdown with the trains coming to a halt, leaving the level cross open at all times. It was indeed a huge relief and freedom from painful traffic snarls. The very thought of not being stranded at the level crossing gave an immense sense of joy: one of liberation from not being held up. Being a doctor, I never got restricted at any police checkpoints. I was enjoying the privileges of my profession and the freedom that came associated with it. Slowly through the days, public life came to a standstill, and so did the number of patients. Now here was a doctor free to go to work with no traffic jams but not much purpose to go for; of course, many of my brethren in the medical profession were ...