By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD I’ll start my article today with a parable that is very relevant to the present times. It appears, there were a cow and her calf, reared…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Very recently I saw a news report in Star of Mysore that the Command Area Development Authority (CADA) building in our city was getting a complete…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD In my last two articles I wrote about J.B.S. Haldane, the more than life-sized and more than queer man of science, who left Britain, the country…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Last weekend, I wrote about how I received a wrong book in response to my order from an online bookseller and how, instead of being a…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD There can be no denying that it is very good for all of us when the things we do, go right and it can naturally be…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Yesterday, I was both delighted and distressed too, upon reading a piece of news on the front page of one of the newspapers that I read…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem As you are all in the midst of celebrating a very colourful Dasara festival back in Namma Mysuru, my family and I are celebrating a different kind…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD I have had a fairly long standing and frequent interaction with Prof. B. Sheik Ali, the nonagenarian doyen of history who bid adieu to this world…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD The week that has gone by has been a very painful one for the entire medical fraternity of our city and its surroundings. It has taken…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Over the past few years, we have all been noticing that the old and sedate, but incredibly charming face of Namma Mysuru has been steadily changing.…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD The Friday that just went by two days ago, happened to be a very special day for all doctors across our nation. It was July 1st,…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD The results of our forthcoming Presidential election that is just around the corner, are a foregone conclusion. With a determined ruling party all set to put…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD A headline in Star of Mysore two days ago, proclaimed that those of us wishing to travel between Mysuru and Bengaluru along the new highway that…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Having been a practicing physician for more than thirty five years or so, I was doing a reasonably comfortable job, having the sense to cut down…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Very recently our State Health Minister and the Deputy Commissioner of Mysuru District have called upon citizens to continue to use masks, despite the Government withdrawing…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem There was a report two days ago that the elephant safari at the Bandipur National Park, which had been stopped for some years, would be resumed soon.…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Last fortnight, we heard of a most gut-wrenching incident where a young and capable lady doctor was desperately driven to commit suicide, by a most despicable…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Three days ago, a picture in Star of Mysore showing a son and his mother standing near a road signboard, caught my attention. When I read…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD In the recent passing away of Prof. H.N. Aswathanarayana, a former Professor of Mathematics at the St. Philomena’s College, I have lost a mentor and a…
By T.J.S. George Winston Churchill hated India. Which was natural because his mind was mutilated by imperialism, so he couldn't understand why the stupid Indians agitated for independence. Rudyard Kipling had no…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Last week I wrote about the philanthropy of Pandit Rajavaidya P.H. Chandrabhan Singh, one of the Royal Physicians of Mysore, in gifting away 32 acres of…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Very recently we were given the very heartening news that an exclusive medical post-graduate education and research facility is being planned at the Indian Institute of…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD I have a patient, Shama Rao, who can perhaps be called a global citizen. He and his wife Chandralekha stay here in Namma Mysuru while their…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD In the recent passing away of the legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, her die-hard fans and even moderate music-lovers too, have lost a very endearing and enduring…
