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My Mama’s Baby in Sickness and in Health
My mother and I lived under the same roof after two decades and clashed, as mothers and daughters do, about “settling down”. All that changed when I got a renal tumour.
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PCOS, the Condition Every Other Indian Woman Experiences But Doesn’t Talk About
When Sara Ali Khan spoke about PCOS on a Koffee with Karan episode, I screamed, “Go girl”. I’d had the disorder – which affects one in 10 Indian women – for years before I sought help for it. But if it is so common, why are we so afraid and ashamed to talk about it?
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What It Takes for an 11-Year-Old to Battle Cancer
Cuddles Foundation works toward providing food and nutrition for underprivileged children fighting cancer, giving them a better shot at defeating the disease. Treatments like chemotherapy and radiation therapy, take a serious toll on young bodies. Just ask 11-year-old Tonoto Zhimomi, who has been battling medulloblastoma.
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Movies Made Cancer Sexy. My Leukaemia Didn’t Match Up
As a 10-year-old I wondered if I was doing leukaemia right. I was nothing like Jamie from A Walk To Remember or any other dying girls from the movies. I couldn’t captivate hearts by singing, or look cute when chemo made me throw up every day.
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My Didi, My Keeper: Did My Illness Steal My Sister’s Childhood?
When I was nine and my sister 13, I was diagnosed with leukaemia. Suddenly, my family’s plans changed overnight. My father gave up a job offer, my mother became my full-time carer. And my sister, always the mature, responsible one who never needed supervision, was left to her own devices.
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The Merchants of Mumbai’s Cancer Economy
An ecosystem of lodge owners, taxi drivers, and idli sellers keep things running outside Mumbai’s Tata Memorial Hospital, one of the city’s largest cancer facilities.
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Happy Birthday, Irrfan Khan. We’ve Missed You
For a man like Irrfan Khan, who has always marched to the beat of his own drum, narrating his story of fighting cancer might be his boldest role yet. By sharing the truth of his struggle with his fans and followers, he has displayed a rare kind of generosity.
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Love in the Time of Cancer
When my mother’s cancer came, I got a crash course in adulthood. I had to become the mother that my mother needed.
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“I’m On a Journey”: Irrfan Khan’s Candid Interview is Heartbreaking
In a 2018 interview with AP, Irrfan Khan spoke candidly about his cancer, and how it made him see “life from a totally different angle”. “Life offers you so much. That’s why I feel like I have no other words but thanks. There are no other words, there’s no other demand, there’s no other prayer,” he’d said.
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The Autowallah Who Takes Cancer for a Ride
On World Cancer Day, the story of an autowallah for the terminally ill who straddles the role of driver and counsellor with ease.
