About myself
I
am Dr. Shilpa Chitnis Joshi.
I have been working as consulting gynecologists' and obstetrician in Kothrud and Bavdhan in Pune since 1998.
I
have specialized in infertility treatments and IVF from UK.
I
am also a specialist in gynae sonographies and runs sonography clinic since
2008.
I
write articles about women's health in newspapers and social media regularly. I
also give health talks often.
I
have recently written a book "डॉक्टर ,एक विचारू?" about women's
common health and mental issues. This book is available for online delivery.
Antarang Team interviewed Dr Shilpa and here is the summary
1.
What makes you smile the most?
A. Exchanging jokes with my friends who are
important part of my life.
When I make difficult diagnosis for my patient.
2. What music makes you
cry?
A. Classical music and Hindi classical based
movie songs bring tears to my eyes, many times due to its sheer spiritual
impact.
3. What little thing
makes you the most grateful to be alive?
A. The feeling that I can make difference to some extent
in my patient's lives, make them feel better makes me feel grateful to be
alive.
4. On hard days, what
motivates you to get up and start your day?
A. The feeling that someone needs my help to get over
health issues, to get pregnant, to give birth without
complications makes me get up and start my day.
5. How do you find
strength when you are going through hardships?
A. My husband and my kids and my friends are my strength
while going through hardships. But i believe that ultimately
the strength has to come from inside
6. What family member
do you call when you have good news to share?
A. My daughter is like other part of me so I tell good
news to her first.
7. Who inspires
you to live your best life?
A. My husband has taught me to live good life and friends
contribute a large part to it.
8. When you have to
confront someone do you choose to stand strong, or to not say anything at all?
A. I always stand strong, confront the person
and fight if necessary.
Avoiding confrontation ultimately fires back on
you is my opinion but at the same time choose your fights carefully. No point
in wasting your energies on unnecessary conflicts.
9. What person made you
believe in love?
A. My husband of course and so many novels and movies
that try their best to make us believe in magic of love.
10. Do you believe in
fate and that everything happens for a reason?
A. To some extent i do believe in fate but I also think
that it is our actions which ultimately shape our destiny.
11. When you got your
heartbroken for the first time, what got you through it?
A. My strong self esteem and positive attitude in life
helped me.
12. What makes you most proud of yourself?
A. I am not a very self proud person but I feel
good when my writing makes a difference in women's lives and when I can take
care of their health issues.
To help heal another human being is a wonderful
feeling.
13. When in a crisis, do you act calmly, or do you
automatically freak out?
A. In professional crisis we have to be calm
because it is vital to save patient's life.
In personal life I do tend to freak out sometimes but
then control myself in a short while.
14. What keeps you up at night?
A. When I hear about incidences like gang rapes, violence
against women and any gross injustice against any human being, it keeps me
awake at night.
15. If there was one charity you could donate to,
which would you choose?
A. I would donate to charity working for rural
women and girls in India.
16. What is the one quality you need in a significant
other?
A. Absolute loyalty and Integrity is the quality
i need in my significant other.
17. On your best days, who do you want standing next
to you?
A. On our best days actually the whole world is
ready to stand with us but our family is the one who deserves that place.
18. On your hardest days, who do you want standing
next to you?
A. On my hardest days ,my best friends and my
family are my anchors.
19. What is the one word that perfectly explains who
you are?
A. I am a fair minded, empathetic and sometimes
excessively optimistic individual passionate about my work.
20. Where do you envision yourself in five years?
A. I envision myself happily working mainly for
infertility patients in next five years in addition to achieving work life
balance.
21. What is your message to our Antarang women
readers?
A. My message to my women friends is "Girls
take charge of your life and give your life the direction you want. Life is too
short for regrets and excuses .Be the boss of your destiny".
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