Dr. Arvind Shenoi, our pediatrician

A few months ago, I had written a post asking readers to refer good pediatricians practicing in Bangalore. And there were many responses, thanks to all you folks who referred the peds you liked. Since then, I have had many questions from other readers about whom I had chosen and what my experiences were. For […]

Know an awesome pediatrician in Bangalore?

Practicing in Bangalore? If you know a good pediatrician and can recommend him/her highly, please share the info here in the comments section.
I have been quite disappointed with the ones we have been to. Especially when we went for our son’s 2nd year physical check up. He is going to be 2.5 yrs soon. He […]

6 months later - An R2I look back

We recently completed 6 months of stay in Bangalore. Overall, I don’t think there were any major surprises. But for a person planning on an R2I, I think what would be of more interest are the things that we missed the most on returning. I expected to miss and do miss all of the following:

Roads […]

R2I - Extremely affordable medical care, comparatively

So, I fell ill. Nothing major. Just a temperature, with a very bad throat, and dry cough. I was hoping it would heal on its own, mostly cause I don’t typically like to got to the docs, and kind of hope for the body to fight the infection by itself. Anyway, this […]

What am I missing out on right now being here?

The price war for toys currently happening between Walmart and Toys”R”Us. I would have loved to buy toys for the next year if I were there. I am told about the toy shops here, but I am yet to visit a store. I do know that the regular American toys sell for about 4 times […]