There was a time, when I could not get enough of News. TV Sets had become widespread during my teens. The constant stream of accidents, rapes, killings and street fights kept me riveted to the newspaper and the TV screen. The genocides, progroms, wars and famines going on in different parts of the world, promptly […]
Modern Medicine- Knowing our enemies through Science:
It was the mid eighteenth century in Hungary. A young doctor joined the Vienna General Hospital’s Obstetrics and Gynaecology wing as Chief Resident. His name was Ignaz Semmelweis. There were two maternity Units in the hospital, each admitting on alternate days. Poor pregnant mothers from across the country flocked to this hospital to give birth. […]
The Real Clash of Civilizations
It was a grand undertaking. The morning was misty and cold. The wind pierced my armour like the innumerable arrows that made Bheeshma’s deathbed. I was off to a battle. That was what I understood. As it sometimes happened, I could make out that it was a dream. It was sometime in the future. The […]
A symbol of prosperity; but…..
It was 1997. I had just finished MBBS. For a short period, I stayed at home. One day I met Raman Menon and family from the house nearby. It was many years since we met. Raman Menon was in his early seventies. He had made his fortune in the Middle East. That was his ticket […]
Genes- and the way we think
Robert Chang was a second generation American. He was born and brought up in the United States of America. His parents had migrated from China when they were young. Robert had an interest in Palaeontology, but his parents wanted him to become an electronics engineer. He was good in mathematics also. So he didn’t mind. […]