“Be happy.” It’s one of those dictates that seems bossy and disingenuous all at once. You can’t just tell me to be happy and suddenly I am happy. And who are you to tell me how I should feel anyway? This is one of those conversations that goes on in my head...

I talk a lot about life, love and happiness in my yoga classes. Because what else are we here for but to be happy, to love and be loved? A question that came to my mind today is: Can we work on being happier? Absolutely. More and more research is being published on...

Yesterday, one of my patients died. We came across her during routine morning rounds; the entire team, expecting to see her in her usual state (sick, but stable), only to discover that she was agonally breathing... we felt for a pulse.. thready... and then, quietly,...