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Welcome to the last episode of the first season of The Conversation Series.  What do you think of the series so far? It was really exciting to get to talk to people about these topics and also in a way learn a bit about them. In all, there were pointers and bits of understanding of what it takes to be them and also to be human. There were lots of laughter nestled in between each episode and a newfound respect for the people that I brought on the blog. My absolute favourites were the ones that I didn’t plan ahead and just sort of freestyle. But in all honesty, the TCS I looked forward to for the longest was the one I wanted to make the season finale because I believe having a conversation on that was going to be a very beautiful thing. It was supposed to be titled; The Human Condition: Intimacy, Vulnerability, And Emotional Visibility. My first attempt at this was with a classmate of mine after a certain discussion we found ourselves in, but for some reason, it didn’t happen. The se...

  Source: pexel.com Hello lovelies, how have you been? What is the situation like for you? I hope things are going on well, you are sorting out all there is to sort out, and you are approaching the end of the year with hope and a lot more ticked off the checklist of your plan for the year. I hope you were accountable to your resolutions and to the places you have not measured up to, I pray that you find the courage to work on those before the year is over. In all, I hope you are not giving up on yourself, your dreams and any ambition you have for the year. And for the things that seem out of reach, I hope you have the courage to have a go at it again. I have been following the program as the year slowly comes to an end, you know, attending postings, writing a few things, sewing and making plans to get a different accommodation and for once, all these are not as overwhelming as I expected. For one, I am more relaxed, I have people helping me out in ways that they can, and I don’t kn...

Source: pexels.com Hello,  How have you been? And how has the year been going? So for the past six weeks, I have been on postings while trying to do every other thing. And I am just going to say I love this posting experience compared to the other ones because of two things: one, we get to visit a lot of places and two, we are not stuck in the hospital all day. Saying stuck in the hospital is going to seem like I am complaining about being a medical student and taking my training for granted and all that, but I assure you it is not. For one, I like being on postings at the hospital even if it seems like everything just goes on and on, but for some reason, the visit to different places was refreshing. It was a break, a step away from the things we usually do. There was no clerking of patients, no presenting to consultants, no ward rounds and the hours were generally shorter.  So Community Medicine is centred around public health, the community, factories/industrial health, gove...