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Heart Troubles
Puneeth Rajkumar’s untimely death due to a heart attack on October 29 was a shocker because of his age, just 46 years old and superior fitness. Now, his death due to a…
27 Nov 2021 · 6 min read
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Sudden Cardiac Death: What YOU can do!
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD In my two earlier articles I have told you all about why Sudden Cardiac Deaths (SCDs) occur and what you should know about this deadly problem.…
21 Nov 2021 · 6 min read
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PRASHAD or Pain for Chamundi Hill ?
There was another landslide on Chamundi Hill yesterday. If this weather pattern of incessant rain continues for a few more seasons and as more and more water is held in the soil,…
20 Nov 2021 · 5 min read
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Musings on a Tamil film Jai Bhim
While leafing through the recent copy of The Week magazine, I ran into the cover-story on Justice Chandru Krishnaswamy (Chandru for short), who had retired recently and a connected interview of Suriya…
16 Nov 2021 · 4 min read
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Sudden Cardiac Death: Why it happens?
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD In the first part of my article on this subject, I highlighted the differences between two types of Sudden Cardiac Death or SCD. To recapitulate what…
14 Nov 2021 · 5 min read
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Sudden Cardiac Death: What you SHOULD know ?
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD The sudden passing away of the apparently ‘Fit as a Fiddle’ film actor, Puneeth Rajkumar , the ‘Apple of the Eye’ of every one of his…
7 Nov 2021 · 5 min read
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Dr. B.S. Ajaikumar: Man with a Mission
On Sunday, after watching Kannada TV channels showing the burial of Kannada film world’s iconic matinee idol Puneeth Rajkumar, who had died of heart attack on Friday (Oct. 29), I came to…
2 Nov 2021 · 6 min read
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‘I am the glorious Past. Leave me alone,’ says the Pyramid Sphinx
Yesterday’s Deccan Herald had carried a pictorial item under the column ‘World at a glance’ which interested me. It was about the Great Pyramids of Giza, near Cairo, Egypt. Since I had…
26 Oct 2021 · 4 min read
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An Unforgiving Raja Marga and an Unrepentant Administration!
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem Just a few days ago, even as our annual Dasara festivities came to an end, SOM published a front-page report which said that the ornate stone balustrades…
24 Oct 2021 · 6 min read
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Stoned Age?
Since actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death we all have learnt a great deal about ‘ganja.’ We learnt that globally it’s known as ‘marijuana.’ We learnt that it was a Spanish word. We…
23 Oct 2021 · 6 min read
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Musings on MySugar: May the sugar be sweeter
Air-India comes back to TATAs ; Business of Government is not to be in business Our Mandya farmers must be the happier lot now. After years of uncertainty about the local Sugar…
23 Oct 2021 · 6 min read
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Musings on Annual Report of an Education Fund
A couple of days back I received the Annual Report of the Coorg Education Fund, Madikeri, Kodagu, like in the past few years. Though I hardly go through it, it is a…
18 Oct 2021 · 7 min read
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Porbandar, Phulpur: Lessons to Learn
By T.J.S. George Must things go from bad to worse as civilisation progresses? Of course not. In civilised societies, everyday routines go from good to better. New York's subway system, one of…
12 Oct 2021 · 4 min read
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A Kanhaiya opportunity for Congress
By T.J.S. George What is happening in the Congress Party? The one-and-only Kanhaiya Kumar quits Communist ranks and joins the Congress. Amarinder Singh, who led the Punjab Government as though he was…
5 Oct 2021 · 4 min read
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Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mysuru Kendra: Remembering Dr. Mathoor Krishnamurthy
In the human garden, where flowers bloom, Mathoorji was also one; but one that was perfumed spreading subtle fragrance. On 25th September 2021, I had the privilege of unveiling the bust of…
4 Oct 2021 · 6 min read
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Are we inviting Covid again?
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Even as we were all still heaving a sigh of humungous relief that the terrible second wave of Covid-19 has finally been conquered, we seem to…
3 Oct 2021 · 6 min read
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Krishna is Vokkaliga, but he’s a Kannadiga first
Two days ago, Karnataka Government announced that former Chief Minister S.M. Krishna would inaugurate this year’s Dasara festival. Immediately, but not surprisingly, it was seen as a political decision. People in political…
2 Oct 2021 · 6 min read
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TIME to know the world’s most influential people
The American influence peddler and deceptive persuader of a magazine TIME has come up with an interesting and revealing subject in its Sept. 27, 2021 issue. It has its selection of ‘The…
29 Sept 2021 · 6 min read
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Lessons to learn from Ayodhya
By T.J.S. George The Ayodhya story is never old. The historical background, the personages involved, the tragedies and the triumphs associated with the city will always remain fresh in the minds of…
28 Sept 2021 · 4 min read
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Recalling a plague epidemic of 1907 in times of COVID-19 pandemic
Coronavirus, the COVID-19, had taken its toll of human beings all over this planet earth since 2019 and presently threatening to enter its III Phase, as experts call, to attack the children…
27 Sept 2021 · 6 min read
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Men’s Biggest Misfortune!
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD After reading my last article about my childhood fascination for roadside fortune-tellers and their fortune-telling parrots, many readers responded with different emotions. While some said that…
26 Sept 2021 · 5 min read
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Happenings after Kamba Ramayanam
By T.J.S. George It is rather foolish, politically and socially, to question what God does. But sometimes God himself makes us raise questions. Familiar legends tell us about what happened one day…
21 Sept 2021 · 4 min read
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A fortune-teller reveals his secrets!
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD In my last two articles, I had talked of how I once posed as a palmist while on a train journey with my friends and impressed…
19 Sept 2021 · 7 min read
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Dr. Devi Shetty speaks of how medical doctors treat a patient
Renowned Cardiac Surgeon Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty, MS, FRCS, who is also the Founder and Chairman of Narayana Health, shares his encounter with Mother Teresa in 1989. He tells how his perspective…
15 Sept 2021 · 3 min read