DR ARCHANA'S BLOG

  Vulnerable and frail as those butterfly wings was she Tied into wedlock, to a rigid headed behaving lordly Apprehensive to the core when she did conceive Receiving counselling intense against the fears she perceived Five months with good antenatal care went by in a jiffy At each antenatal check-up, she got down from the table perplexed and jittery Beginning of sixth month brought with it painless spotting and bleeding Resultantly into thoughts of fear and concern she was thrown reeling It happened at times during sleep and periods of inactivity Leaving her fearful and doubting the treatment's effectivity Diagrams and you-tube videos allayed the rattling thoughts Intense counselling and assurance helped her  in joining the dots The placenta, a blood reservoir was low lying completely covering the os This supplier of nutrition and oxygen was responsible solely for all the blood loss It was a developmental and structural anomaly courtesy mercy divine That had to be dealt with like

  Link to video  Himalayan Peaks as seen from Mukteshwar We spent time this December (3rd-6th December 2021) in a property that charges for it's location and it's courteous staff. From one's bed lying down, one could see the Himalayan peaks Nanda Ghunti, Trishul, Mrigthuni, Maiktoli, Nanda Devi, Nanda Devi East, Sunanda and Nand Kot. This property is not located in Mukteshwar but in Saliyakot where one can see the Himalayan peaks from the bed as one wakes up and looks out of the window resting on one's pillow. The shorter route is via Bhimtal and Dhanachuli. In one's map one should not write Mukteshwar but just Justa Mukteshwar to avoid longer route. The rooms at such a height were spacious and well decorated with originals. They value environment and that could be seen in the statues that decorated the place. They have statues of Vayu, Agni, Buddha, Ganesha, horn of Nandi and Shiva. The tree trunks could be seen inside the rooms and balconies for they have preserv

Seek thou grace From you O Lord From sufferings and afflictions As we seek your hand For none is capable of that As we stand encompassed By the bubbles in a bubble bath  Of forlornness, afflictions and travail Lacking the will to sail Seeing all around the equations that prevail  Leaving one, no longer astound For the laws are not constant  And are just food for brains For displaying a polished persona  And basking in reciprocal gains One's indispensability the measure of a premium existence Is forcing people into a race Sidelining consistence the elixir of coexistence  O Lord, help us develop the practical survival instincts Preserving subsistence and not subservience skills To help one sail through this worldly sea of human existence Which flourishes on realism And perishes if fed with idealism The balance of idealism and realism needs a restoration If people are to be freed from the doom of isolation Dr Archana Tandon

At Maheshwari's Sukriti Relaxation and rejuvenation at Bhimtal Developed pharyngitis and had two sleepless nights. Was in a dilemma to cancel the long awaited Bhimtal trip or to go ahead with it for the trip had been cancelled many times for varied reasons. Ultimately decided to go ahead and started packing. We were heading to "Sukriti" the Maheshwari's villa ( owned by Jai's"boss" as he called him; his senior at BHU). We started on 13th Nov, at 8 AM from Moradabad via Rudrapur and Halwani. The way was good and was a 4 lane highway, except for a patch just before Rampur which was uneven because of recent floods. Had mega aloo ka paratha, idli sambhar and uttapam at Udupiwala at Kathgodam which is on the right side on the road to Nainital just before it bifurcates with the right turn leading one to Bhimtal. With God's grace and courtesy Ranidom for my viral gastritis and stemetil, had an uneventful journey uphill and reached 'Sukriti' timely.