Writing That Informs.
Science That Empowers.
Dr. Chandrakant Lahariya writes for a single purpose: to make complex medical and public health science accessible to everyone — patients, families, policymakers, and fellow physicians.
Pill Free
You Don’t Need Everything You Have Been Prescribed
The book that started the movement to safely reduce medicines.
Millions of Indians are on medicines they don’t need — for conditions that lifestyle changes can reverse. Pill Free is Dr. Lahariya’s definitive guide to understanding which medicines you may be able to reduce or stop safely, under medical supervision.
This book challenges the culture of over-prescription in India — with clinical evidence, practical frameworks, and compassionate guidance for patients and families.
What This Book Covers
- →How to evaluate whether each medicine you take is still necessary
- →Which lifestyle changes can reduce or replace common prescriptions
- →How to have an informed conversation with your doctor about de-prescription
- →Safe, supervised pill reduction for diabetes, hypertension, and more
New Release
The Thin Fat Indians
Why Millions of Indians Look Healthy but Aren't
Millions of Indians appear slim and healthy — yet suffer from diabetes, hypertension, fatty liver, and heart disease. Why? Because being thin does not mean being healthy. The Thin Fat Indians reveals the hidden metabolic crisis at the heart of India's health story.
Written in accessible, practical language, this book answers the questions most people never think to ask: What is your optimal weight? Is your child truly healthy? How much physical activity is actually enough? Do sleep and stress drive weight gain?
This book is for everyone who wants to achieve optimal weight, build lasting metabolic health, and prevent chronic disease — without fad diets or extreme measures.
What You Will Learn
- →How to assess your true metabolic health beyond the weighing scale
- →Why Indian bodies store fat differently — and what to do about it
- →Practical tools for parents to protect children from obesity
- →The role of sleep, stress, and physical activity in weight regulation
- →Your practical guide to healthy weight, better metabolism, and lifelong fitness
Your practical guide to
Healthy Weight · Better Metabolism · Lifelong Fitness
Till We Win
India's Fight Against the COVID-19 Pandemic
About the Book
"A book for the people, for political leaders, policymakers and physicians — with the promise and potential to transform public health in India."
— Publisher's Description, Penguin Random House India
When the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in India in early 2020, it raised a set of urgent, unprecedented questions that most Indians — and indeed most health systems — were unprepared to answer. Till We Win was written to answer those questions clearly, honestly, and accessibly.
Co-authored by three of India's most respected medical experts — Dr. Chandrakant Lahariya, Dr. Gagandeep Kang, and Dr. Randeep Guleria — the book offers a comprehensive, balanced account of how India fought the pandemic: how the virus emerged, how the country responded, what worked, what could have been better, and what the future holds for India's public health.
Written for general readers as much as for health professionals and policymakers, Till We Win was praised specifically for its balanced, evidence-based assessment of India's pandemic response.
What the Book Covers
Why Pandemics Happen
Viruses, ecosystems, and why human activities are increasing the risk of outbreaks
India's Pandemic Response
A chronicle of how India's policies evolved from the first detected case
Treatment & Vaccination
Management strategies, vaccine development, and COVID-19 treatment protocols
The New Normal & Beyond
Public health lessons and the path to Universal Health Coverage
What Readers & Critics Say
"Provides insights into how the pandemic emerged and grew, what was done to combat the virus, what continues to be done, and what the future holds for us."
— Mumbai Mirror
"Manages to give a much more lucid and objective assessment of a very dynamic situation... a balanced, nuanced approach to assessing India's Covid-19 response."
— Ideas for India
"Makes you understand the three main domains — health systems, vaccination and disease epidemiology — in a very simplified manner."
— Amazon Reader Review
"A must-read for everyone. Dedicated to frontline healthcare workers — a book as much for general readers as for health policymakers."
— Peer Review, ResearchGate
Till We Win
India's Fight Against the COVID-19 Pandemic
Co-Authors
Dr. Randeep Guleria
Former Director, AIIMS New Delhi · Leading pulmonologist · Padma Shri awardee · 350+ research publications
Dr. Gagandeep Kang
CMC Vellore · First woman in India elected Fellow of the Royal Society, London · WHO advisory committee member
Popular Writing
500+ Articles. One Purpose.
Beyond books, Dr. Lahariya writes regularly in India's leading national newspapers and magazines — making complex medical science accessible to general readers.
500+
Op-Eds & Articles
10+
National Publications
23
Years Writing
EN+HI
English & Hindi
Topics Covered
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