A few years back, I had sifted through the scientific literature about human happiness. The journey was gripping. I wrote a book too- “Health and Happiness without Bullshit”. Measuring Happiness has become a fad. The recent “World Happiness Report” released by a UN agency, has put India in the 139 the position from a total […]
Most of us have had, I would presume, in our youth, elders who would have influenced you with their grasp of history, analytical ability and superior perspective. I met one of them, recently. He is not old enough to be senile. But he had become rather vacuous. He blabbered something about the Covid 19 being […]
“Divorce commoner among the educated and rich!!” Ah. We are getting culturally degraded as we become well off. That is a good excuse to tank the economy and keep us in perpetual poverty. Clarity, anyone? Let us start with love. It happened when I was ten. I don’t even remember who she was. A strange […]
Suddenly, the population is back! It was there even in the PM’s speech to the Nation. Assam wants to withhold government jobs to persons who have more than two children. Taking the bait, Muslim leaders have come out, shouting at the top of their voices. In fact, the shouting has been going on for some […]
A CARPENTER in his early fifties came to the OPD, complaining of weakness in his right arm. He was seen by Sooraj, one of our young assistant professors. I remember this patient well. I was a third year student at that time. The professor admitted him in the ward. Soon he could not lift his […]