By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD The recent proclamation of the State Government that the possession of all kinds of wildlife artifacts by citizens would be dealt with by taking very stern…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD A little more than a week ago, I read in very small print, an announcement in Star of Mysore that said an exhibition of watercolour paintings…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD My last article about loneliness and what it is doing to our present-day society has unsurprisingly drawn a spate of responses from my readers, both young…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Very recently, my attention was drawn by one of my patients, very anxiously, to a video clip that was doing the rounds on YouTube. This kind…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Consequent upon the recent publication of a disturbing report in some newspapers, naturally followed by their rapid circulation, in the now hair-trigger social media, a wave…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD The recent passing away of a close friend, D.R. Shivram, a coffee planter and an ace car rallyist of a bygone era, brought back to my…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Our expectantly awaited annual Nada Habba has come and gone for this year. Our State Government had announced, well in advance, that in view of the…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD It is now a very well-established fact that the nearly two-decade-old man-animal conflict in areas bordering our forests is not showing any signs of being resolved,…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD A recent bit of news has started my heart beating much faster than it usually does at my age! I have been given to understand that…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD The coming new year is bound to be one with a very sad beginning, at least for me. Although there are bound to be millions like…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Last Thursday, I was a part of the organising team of a small function that was held by the Apollo BGS Hospitals in our city, at…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Just a few days ago my family and I, as we often do, decided to go out for a late-night round of chats. This time we…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD The Price of Onions’ is the name of a book by Ashok V. Desai, that I first read, exactly twenty years ago and which I have…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD It is for the third time in a very short span of time that I am writing about this subject and I hope and pray that…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Last Sunday, I wrote about the parking problems in our city. Very strangely, this Sunday too, I’m writing about the parking problems in our city, albeit…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD It was heartening to read in yesterday’s Star of Mysore the good news that after more than a decade of dilly-dallying, our City Corporation is going…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Last week we saw the terribly disturbing tragedy of a young lady techie, losing her life, when she got trapped in her cab, that became submerged…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD This article is not about what happened at the election that we have just had in our State and what its outcome was. It is also…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem The reason why Nagarahole forest, in particular, was Prof. KV’s favourite destination for his Botanical excursions was because it had as its caretaker and Range Forest Officer,…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD In my last and concluding article about my visit to the Falaknuma Palace in Hyderabad, I had mentioned about the Jacob Diamond, the fifth largest diamond…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem In my last article, I wrote about my visit to the magnificent Falaknuma Palace at Hyderabad. The response from fascinated readers to my article about it was…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD The year was 1975. I was a first year medical student at the M.R. Medical College, Gulbarga and we were on a class tour of Aurangabad…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD My friend Dr. Sudhir Oswal, a practicing Physician like me, who is based in New Delhi, recently sent me a link to a site which was…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem In my last article about the pitfalls of the Yeshasvini medical insurance scheme that has been relaunched by the State Government, I highlighted why it is bound…
