His steps seemed a bit unsure. But I surely knew they were walking up to me. He stood next to my bed, in his now classic pose of hands cl...

A winter morning. Thursday. The year -1990. Can you imagine the delight and happiness of 19 year old, going to the place she virtually re...

I howled. I pleaded. I cried. Daddy had his regular Monday, Sports round up to record for the brand new National Channel of AIR which had...

This is All India Radio. The news read by C.Pallavi Rao. These were the dozen words I yearned to say on Radio. My ultimate ambition in li...

Voices. I heard voices around me. Incoherent at first. Was I sleeping,  awake or in a trance? I could not fathom. I vaguely heard them. T...

I was now dripping wet. Only nursing mothers would know what it feels like. Lousy. Exasperating. And on a sweaty August humid monsoon day...

AUGUST END 2005 Something was amiss. Something was not right. I was breathing. But you know, not to my satisfaction. I felt like taking a...

We are the privileged few. The chosen ones. You know, the ones diagnosed and living with Myasthenia Gravis. Myasthenia Gravis affects 20 ...

Please tell me does this happen with you too? Had a party at home yesterday night. It was considered a hit because 5 of my best whiskey g...

What is Myasthenia Gravis? A question asked all the time. By acquaintances, some friends and at others even by qualified practitioners. I...

It has been 3 days since I first saw the #MeToo hashtag on FB. Ever since that is all we have been seeing across all social media: FB, Tw...

Imagine, you are down with a bad viral, flu, chicken pox, chikungunya or let’s take it to the next level- pneumonia, cancer, lupus, TB, H...

"Kya hua Kalikant jee?" "Madam, petrol Khatam ho gaya." Deep breathe Pallavi deep breath, I told myself.

I had never been happier getting into the Intensive Care Unit as that day. I said to myself, ok…now I shall be fine. Eventually, I shall

It is Day8 of the #lockdown and this is a cream Sungudi cotton saree with phool-bail motif and a simple paisley Zari border. We had a Rad...

A 100% vegan recipe from Karnataka, Batata Sasmi is an instant hit with all.

I finally decided to start my blog today. The last time I sat to pen down my blog, was the day I could not hold a spoon or a pen, type, s...