Suman Dhar


Suman Dhar


The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down By Anne Fadiman

Midnight lights buzz at a pitch found only in hospitals. Inside Merced Community Medical Center’s ER...

The Emperor of All Maladies By Siddhartha Mukherjee

Cancer’s Biography: A Pulitzer-Winning Saga of Humanity’s Greatest Foe...

Book Review: “Do No Harm” by Henry Marsh

When the line between saving a life and ruining one is a single millimetre...

Book Review: Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

The room is lit by harsh fluorescent bulbs, the kind that wash colour from faces...

Book Review: ‘Bad Science’ by Ben Goldacre

A Tour Through the World of Quacks, Claims, and Questionable Cures...

One Year of Magazica: From a Spark to a Movement

A year ago, I couldn’t have imagined how one conversation between two instructors...

Book Review: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks

Journey into the Mind's Uncharted Territories: A Neurologist’s Poignant Tales of...

“Being Mortal” by Atul Gawande

The Elephant in the Hospital Room: Why Longer Life Isn’t Always Better...

“When Breath Becomes Air” by Paul Kalanithi

Imagine life as a bestselling novel you’re halfway through, only to...

Data Dilemma: Can Fitness Trackers REALLY Personalize Your Workout… Without Snooping on You?

Let’s imagine a scenario. You want to enhance your fitness. For that awareness is needed. So...