Inverted quarantines, mosquitoes & the common man in Delhi

This post has been some time in the making, ever since Raul Pacheco-Vega introduced me to Andrew Szasz’s concept of an ‘inverted quarantine,’ defined further below, and fabulous Manpreet Singh and I started kicking around how the idea applied to our lives in Delhi. This week, a few events, including a desperate effort to stayContinueContinue reading “Inverted quarantines, mosquitoes & the common man in Delhi”

Going viral in Delhi / is diagnosis a luxury (Delhi summer illness 2)

In this post, I continue to try to make research and observational hay out of my own illness in Delhi (starting here). As a quick re-cap, there was a week of severe, arthritic joint pain and weakness, which started to let up slightly right when the rash and fever kicked in. Those were mercifully short-lived,ContinueContinue reading “Going viral in Delhi / is diagnosis a luxury (Delhi summer illness 2)”