Cities are a natural progression of human population growth and progress: Where ever there has been a rapid growth of population powered by agriculture, animal farming or industry, there has been rise of the city. Cities are a more efficient way of packing in people: Studies have shown that per capita utilization of resources is […]
Category: Journals
Tale of two world-views
“There are two types of people, if you look at history” The psychologist ran his fingers through his beard. How could he comment on history? I looked at him sceptically. He must have caught it, because he asked me: “Do you think human history follows a different path from human psychology?” I kept quiet. “There […]
Bias and us
Recent goings-on have been very divisive. Some have revealed deep fault lines in our society as seldom before. Many friends messaged me saying that I am wrong. “You are wrong” they say. Some concede that I am merely biased. That is true. I am biased. There are certain unchangeable facts about me. I am male, […]
Thyroid diseases- in a nutshell.
The thyroid gland is a small butterfly shaped thing sitting just under the skin and muscles in front of the neck, under the voice box. Usually , it is not visible. When it becomes big, due to some disease or abnormality, it is commonly called‘Goitre’. Then it is prominent as a swelling in front of […]
Of Threats- and Horrible Histories.
I was in the sixth standard. Sunil and I had a common enemy, Manoj. To smuggle a live lizard into the class and put it in Manoj’s bag was a bright idea. It was mine. Sunil executed it to perfection. Manoj had a most satisfactory attack of hysterics. But he found out that we were […]