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Favorite fruits and fruits I grow

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on July 3, 2025

List your top 5 favorite fruits.

I can’t stop at five so here goes my favorite fruits with the top five in order.

Mangoes

Oranges

Mosambi/Sweet lime

Black grapes

Jaam/Indian black berry,black plum or java plum

Bananas

Guavas

Water Apple/Rose apple/Jamrul

Mulberry

Jackfruit

But secretly a fruit platter is my favorite way to snack .I even wrote a book about all the fruits I like and their nutrition secrets .It’s called Fruits for Life |What your Doctor Won’t Tell!

I grow mangoes,chiku,water apple,banana, tute(mulberry),jamun, litchi,jackfruit,guavas and papaya. Each of these fruits taste amazing when plucked and eaten fresh.

West Bengal has the perfect climate for growing the sweet tropical fruits which are delicious straight from the tree.

Sharing videos of the fruits I grew.

Mango garden

Mulberries in the balcony garden

Fresh Guavas

Starting a Home Garden

Water Apple

I even wrote a wellness book on gardening,walking and writing .

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One Percent Improvement Daily

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on May 13, 2025

What’s one small improvement you can make in your life?

On April 22nd , Hindu tourists in Kashmir ,India was killed after checking their religious identity .It made Bharat remember how it all started thousands of years ago and Pakistan got their due.

Operation Sindoor Is India’s Doctrine!

While addressing the nation, PM @narendramodi gave a resolute message against terrorism and declared that Operation Sindoor is not over—it now represents India's standing policy against terror.

PM @narendramodi lauded the continuous… pic.twitter.com/GgrBovQBqH
— MyGovIndia (@mygovindia) May 12, 2025

It’s a temporary,unwritten ceasefire where the Government of India is clear that terrorism will be dealt with appropriately and punitively.

Several key points from the speech by PM Modi:
There will be zero tolerance for terrorism
India will not accept nuclear blackmail.
The only talks will be on terror and on POK.
Water and blood cannot run together
Terrorism will destroy Pakistan itself if it doesn't act.
— Vikram Chandra (@vikramchandra) May 12, 2025

In the last few weeks I realized the broken window theory can have a positive spin.

But before I go into that,here’s a short synopsis of the Broken window theory.

The Broken Window Theory was proposed by James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling in 1982.Its a psychological theory suggesting that visible signs of disorder, like a broken window left unrepaired, will lead to a further decline in order and potentially an increase in crime.

TLDR:If you address minor offenses and maintain a sense of order can deter more serious crimes.

This is important for law and order,discipline at schools,colleges and civil society over all.

A simple version of it is-

“A stitch in time saves nine.”

Now since I talked about a positive spin on the broken window thing,I meant improving by 1percent every day.James Clear made self improvement easier.

Learn something new,be a little kinder, procrastinate less,stop judging so much …you know the drill right.

So for me ,I plan to write again .Everyday. The Pahalgam Islamic terrorism incident ,killing innocent Indians made writing difficult. Calling a spade a “spade” is important. Because in this world narrative is also important.

Prayers for all the people who lost their lives in Pahalgam, all the fallen soldiers and gratitude for GOI and the Indian Army.Its not easy walking the talk.Its even more difficult to do the right thing,in this day and age when gaslighting the victim is the usual with a strange lack of moral courage.

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi said

Terror and talks cannot happen simultaneously.
Terror and trade cannot happen simultaneously.
Water and blood cannot flow simultaneously.

Let’s repair those broken windows.Its way past time.

Good Choice makes Positive Change!

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on April 10, 2025

Describe one positive change you have made in your life.

The choices I make daily ,each of them have the potential to change my life.If the change is for the good ,it’s definitely a positive change.

When I decided I would be cooking during the pandemic,it was a spur of the moment decision.The lockdown meant the cook couldn’t come and this continued for two years until one day ,I realized we were all cooking as a family.

Initially it was survival food and then I started baking bread,cookies and kachori.It was one of the best decisions I made .

Good Health starts with what you eat!

But one habit I started in childhood which changed my life is Reading books .C.S Lewis explained this perfectly through this quote –

“I can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”

I am participating in Blogchatter A2Z 2025 and also the April Ultimate blog challenge and you can find all the April posts here. This is a G post.

What’s the most fun way to Exercise?

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on April 9, 2025

What’s the most fun way to exercise?

Swimming,weight lifting followed by calisthenics is easily the most fun way to exercise for me.Gardening on the other hand is absolutely effortless,time flies and you end up with beautiful flowers and fresh fruits,veggies for your kitchen!It’s a win win.I also have a constant companion;my treadmill with a DIY table which I use for lazy days when I write and walk very slowly.But I also like going for nature walks and hiking with my friends.That’s a lot of fun.K

If you want to keep your body as a whole, heart and brain healthy then there’s nothing like exercise.

~~But the problem is you can’t only do one thing~~ .You may do one thing,but its not fun ,not sustainable and plain boring .In winters I don’t swim so the others comes in use .

I first started lifting weights in my late teens.Then there was a long gap and I started again seriously in 2017 and that’s a part of my weekly routine.But since I do it at home ,it’s limited in it’s extent and fun quotient.But I like using different things like dumb-bells,kettle bells and recently I got a mudgar!

Calisthenics is something I started doing since last year.I can only do L sits properly now but I am focusing on doing that well

Why do I want exercise to be fun?That’s like wanting to read for fun!Well I do read for fun and that’s why I know exercising is the best way to release the good endorphins,look good and feel great.Its also an underappreciated way of keeping your gut health great.

Plus exercising and muscle building is still the only scientifically proven way of ageing gracefully maintaining,flexibility,mobility and strength .If it’s one thing I have diligently focused on in my life as a doctor mommy, is walking the talk.You can listen to my Audiobook “How to Walk Write and Garden for the Healthy Life You Want , where I talk about this and more!

Here are the links to the marketplaces where its currently available.

I am participating in Blogchatter A2Z 2025 and also the April Ultimate blog challenge and you can find all the April posts here. This is an E post.

What Book is a Repeat Read?

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on April 8, 2025

What book could you read over and over again?

I have not one but six series book and one nonfiction I repeat read ,whenever I want a comfort read.The thing about comfort reads is,they rarely challenge your understanding and is like a warm hug.

Now without any delay here’s my list-

1.The Enchanted Wood series by Enid Blyton

2.Famous Five Series by Enid Blyton

3.Hercule Poirot series by Agatha Christie

4.Perry Mason Series by Erle Stanley Gardner

5.Feluda by Satyajit Ray

6.Five Find Outer series

7.Things are What you make of them

The best part about these books are they are now being re-read by my daughter too.Its a cupboard full of family favourites.

The common things about these books on my list are-

They are feel good
Very inspiring
Holds my interest
Time less
Written in simple language
Makes me forget my current worries effortlessly.

In case your child is not yet a reader and you want to help them find their reading habit ,then 1,2 ,6 could be just the thing!

I am participating in Blogchatter A2Z 2025 and also the April Ultimate blog challenge and you can find all the April posts here.

This is R post and I couldn’t help but post it!

10 Reasons I Walk Everyday (Plus My Book on Walking)

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on September 13, 2024

How often do you walk or run?

I love walking .I love chatting and walking too .I like it so much that I bought my first treadmill in 2010 , while planning to have a baby.

You might ask how that’s related?

It’s because I knew that going for long walks was going to be tough with a baby in tow.

I knew I wouldn’t be happy without walking.

I love walking so much my husband designed a treadmill desk to mount on my treadmill to help me keep up with blog, stuff while I strolled.

When I am short of time I take short sprints,that’s when I listen to music on my playlist.That’s a different type of high and I love doing that in the mornings before leaving for work.

I like walking so much,that on dates with my husband I still like going for walks.

I love walking so much I wrote a book about my love for walking and how walking, writing and gardening helped me find my own self.Give it a read. It’s free on Kindle unlimited.

I find walking so helpful that I tell all my patients with reflux disease to go for walks post dinner.

I like walking so much ,that on weekends I would rather walk in the fields with my friends than go for movies or shopping.

I like walking so much ,we look for holiday destination where walking is a bliss.

I love walking so much I dream of walking on the beach.

I like walking so much that I had to write on this prompt ,when I saw it .

10 Reasons I Walk Everyday

Walking is one of the best way to stay fit and maintain good cardiovascular health.

Walking helps me feel calmer .It’s a great way to release those lovely endorphins which are great for my health.

Walking helps me look good .

Walking helps me grow stronger.

Walking helps me sleep better.

Walking helps me in digesting food better and prevent reflux.

Walking helps me keep the weight in control when we are traveling .

Walking helps me find my flow state ,when I do my creative work with ease.I am blogging since 2014 and now currently have 1300 plus blog posts on the blog.Thanks to a large part to my walking habit.

Walking helps me with ideation.I love day dreaming while walking.

Walking helps me feel more controlled and in charge of my health.

Having strong legs means I am ready to walk anywhere.Mobility is crucial as we grow wiser and the birthdays add me.I am happy to report it’s been more than 20 years of my love affair with walking and it’s the reason I am never afraid to walk anywhere!

How to WALK, Write & Garden for the Healthy Life you want (Wellness Secrets Series Book 1): Mind Body and Spirit

“Above all, do not lose your desire to walk.
Everyday, I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness.
I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it.
But by sitting still, and the more one sits still, the closer one comes to feeling ill. Thus if one just keeps on walking, everything will be all right.”

By Søren Kierkegaard

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