Collaboration of Stakeholders for Positive Outcomes- Part 3
The State’s Role in the Care of T1D Persons Sir Frederick Grant Banting , a Canadian medical scientist, physician, painter, […]
Read More
Collaboration of Stakeholders for Positive Outcomes – Part 2
I once again reiterate the story of Mitchell Jacobs and Britanny Gilleland, who has been living with type 1 diabetes […]
Read More
Collaboration of Stakeholders for Positive Outcomes – Part 1
For a child who develops Type 1 diabetes at a very young age, the parents, healthcare professionals and the teaching […]
Read More
Embracing Different Shades of Life
Everyone has a different journey in this plane of existence. So does Niky. In my life as a journalist who […]
Read More
Working Together is Success
I was overwhelmed to read the story of Mitchell Jacobs who fell in love with Brittany while riding a bike […]
Read More
The Lost Child | Sugar and Spice Blog series
When the news about their child having developed Type 1 Diabetes is first broken to parents, especially the fact that […]
Read More
Together We Can Overcome
Helping a loved one who has diabetes is very important because they need the support of their partner, family and […]
Read More
Sugar is not Sweet | Sugar and Spice Blog series
Families with a T1D child have to face several medical adversities for the T1D child, including common illnesses that children […]
Read More
London Beckons | Sugar and Spice Blog series
Among the many books I have read in my lifetime, some books have left a lasting impression and continue to […]
Read More
The Voyage to Excellence | Sugar and Spice Blog series
The book, ‘The Voyage to Excellence’, was released in January 2005. In the midst of Niky’s undergraduate studies she not […]
Read More
Sibling Revelry | Sugar and Spice Blog series
Chinky landed on earth like a bombshell, literally! She decided to make her appearance when the entire city of Chennai […]
Read More
The Other Child | Sugar and Spice Blog series by Swati Amar
I am dedicating this blog to Chinky, Niky’s sister and to all other siblings of Type 1 Diabetics, because they […]
Read More
A Writer’s Trail
Life had changed for the better for Niky and for us once she had joined the new school and moved […]
Read More
A Blessing from the President
Before my providential visit to interview Dr. Mohan at Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre, we were visiting a voluntary hospital […]
Read More
Penning Her Story
Deeply upset that her class boys were running away from her whenever she attempted to move around in class, Niky […]
Read More
The rigors of living with disabilities
The fact that we are living in an unequal world becomes apparent when you have a family member with a […]
Read More
Settling for a Sugar Free Life
When a child is diagnosed with Type1 Diabetes, the first shock for the child and the family is not about […]
Read More
The Thirst for Life
I was recovering from brain surgery. We had shifted to a rented house and my husband went to stay there […]
Read More
The Gifted World
I was operated upon for a brain tumour, known as acoustic neurofibroma in medical parlance, in April 1995. This was […]
Read More
An Illusory World
As a mother and one who had studied psychology, my intuition told me our firstborn was a very sensitive and […]
Read More
The Eye of the Matter
Following the traumatic experience of the suicide attempt of our daughter’s care-taker and its aftermath, we decided to leave Kolkata, […]
Read More
A Bitter Pill to Swallow
My formative years in Kerala and later exposure to Kolkata, coupled with a Master’s degree in Psychology from Delhi University […]
Read More
Sugar-coated Milestones
When we held our petite princess in our hands little did we realize this soft and tender bundle of joy […]
Read More
As Sweet as Sugar Candy
“You have a healthy, bonny baby girl!” exclaimed Dr. Gupta, my obstetrician at Northern Railway Hospital, New Delhi, who had […]
Read More
Is Type 1 Diabetes a Disability?
I begin my series with the affirmation that every individual born into this world deserves to live a useful life […]
Read More
Dr. Mohan’s – ‘A Home Away from Home’
‘Sugar and Spice – Blog series’ by Swati Amar For a long time I have been contemplating on doing a […]
Read MoreTrusted diabetes care at
Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre
Book appointment with us today!