By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD A fortnight ago, I was shocked and shaken on reading the news that a seventy-six-year-old retired lady school teacher, who was on her morning walk, was…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD
A fortnight ago, I was shocked and shaken on reading the news that a seventy-six-year-old retired lady school teacher, who was on her morning walk, was brutally attacked by a pack of a dozen stray dogs and mauled to death. The helpless lady was bitten all over her body so severely, that she did not even make it to the nearby hospital, where she was quickly rushed, by some alert passersby. She was declared dead, upon arrival there.
India seems to have developed a peculiar relationship with humour. We are confused about what comedy actually is. Every offensive remark is treated as either a national crisis or a Constitutional issue.…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD A small news item buried deep inside my newspaper caught my eye today. It said that the National Medical Commission (NMC), the body that governs and…
For years, D.K. Shivakumar was the eternal bridesmaid of Karnataka politics. He was always close to power, always indispensable to the Congress party, but never quite the chosen one. Now, at last,…
