Yesterday I heard it again- ‘Our country is going to the dogs’. I looked outside. Many innocent members of the canine species looked back amiably. Some middle class Malayalees hurried along the road, looking focussed. Scores of construction workers from various corners of the country were building a Metro Rail track on which I and […]
“I feel great” may not be that good.
Imagine you are a young man living in a nice city. You are healthy and attractive. You have skills and are professionally qualified. You are attractive to women. Life is good. The future appears bright. You are happy. One day you realise that your life had been a lie. You are actually a prisoner […]
The Gift of Death.
Raphy’s first memories of Medical College, Trichur were pleasant. But they also included the unpleasant one about the stray dogs. And the attack of epilepsy. It was in his second year, and his grandmother had just died, leaving him an orphan. The grief was unbearable. Nobody could understand it, and that made it worse. Grandmothers […]
Terror- A Toxic Bubble:
I didn’t sleep well the next day also. Sometimes, these dreams were really disturbing. Getting into a suicide driver’s mind was a nightmare. I mean- a bad dream is a nightmare, right? Thank you- I thought so. But was there some reality to these sleep time journeys of mine? The screams. Then the thuds. The […]
Vaccination and Religion- Dr Guru speaks.
I walked up the leafy driveway. Many of the trees sprouted books, as usual. Some had small book-buds on them. The centre of the garden had a small statue of Saraswati. I rang the doorbell. The familiar name plate stared at me from the door with the inscription: Dr. H.R. Guru; MPBS He was no […]