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Without much ado, do enjoy the images as much as we enjoyed being there. Congrats to the couple and families. …

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Should we pay for prevention? Making health the goal of health care (5/24/12)

Reblogged from The Rest Doctor:

Making Health the Goal of Health Care

How much do practitioners get paid to prevent illness and regenerate people’s health?  Most of the time – zero.  How much do doctors get paid to treat long standing, chronic illness?  Depending on health insurance – which prefers some illnesses to others – the sky’s the limit.

Why do we pay so much to treat a bad result but not to prevent that result?

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food for thought..

Excellence in studies for an aspiring medical missionary

Reblogged from The Sparrow's Nest:

I have written this for my student friends – simple strategies that helped me to be a good student:

I am sure we all want to study well. Somehow it does not seem to happen. We open one of the reference books (Gray’s Anatomy or Harrison’s Medicine) and read a page. When we have gone through the first 3 paragraphs, our eyelids start to droop and we find ourselves unable to proceed (an effective cure for insomniacs !).

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Great piece of reading for medical(and even nonmedical students) students!!!

Who’s the crybaby ?

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crybaby, crying child, grandmother and child, granny, Guruvayur temple, Indian street photography, Sony Alpha DSLR

I didn’t intend granny to be in the shot,but she walked in anyway.

How to feed the elephant #3 (final part)

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bananas, child, feeding the elephant, how to feed an elephant, Indian street photography, mahout, Sony Alpha DSLR

Rule #4. Bribe the mahout. Easy-peasy. Then it becomes child’s play,literally.

How to feed the elephant #2

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alpha male, child and elephant, feeding animals, feeding the elephant, Guruvayur temple, Indian street photography, Sony Alpha DSLR

Rule #3. Confrontation. Along with the alpha male, if possible. Brings in more experience to the experience.

No offence meant, if anyone takes any.

How to feed the elephant, part 1

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brother and sister, children and elephants, Guruvayur temple, how to feed an elephant, Indian street photography, Kerala, sibling rivalry, Sony Alpha DSLR, travel

Rules of engagement #1. Watch from a distance.

Rule #2. Always have a distraction handy.

The fascination of the people of Thrissur with the pachyderm goes  a long way back and can be seen even now and  even in the littlest of little ones, boy and girl alike.

From Guruvayur temple, Thrissur.

“Hey look, the photographer is here.. #10

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being creepy, drama, family, indian family, Indian street photography, photographer in the street, Sony Alpha DSLR

,and he’s been prowling here for sometime. “

“Ah, that kid, I can see he’s harmless. Honey, follow me and give him a wave too.”

It feels so nice to get a smile and wave. What do you think?

Solitude and Silence

Reblogged from Steve McCurry's Blog:

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Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. – Octavio Paz, Nobel Laureate

Mali

Language… has created the word “loneliness” to express the pain of being alone And it has created the word “solitude” to express the glory of being alone. – Paul Tillich

India

We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship.

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How I met Captain Kerala, Jr..

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caped hero, Captain America, children in the street, concentration, flying lessons, focus in his eyes, Guruvayur temple, Indian street photography, Sony Alpha DSLR, superhero

and how he gave me flying lessons. He said the first step is to watch his eyes focus.

From Guruvayur temple..