Dearth of precious money has many to give up on their sick dear and near, often even when they’re responding favorably to treatment
I was hit by the ‘empty-Nest Syndrome’ abruptly, catching me unawares, and plunging my world in darkness. A verse from a famous hymn stood me in good stead in times of woe
Kerala witnesses two distinct religious practices practiced by two entirely different faiths in November and December, much in keeping with the communal amity the state is known for. Hope this lasts well into the future in these troubled times when man is up against man in the name of religion
The ailing Indian healthcare dispensation badly needed a treatment to nurse it to health. Modi(2), in good faith passed the NMC Bill in Parliament, which doctors, exhorted by the IMA protested against it by striking work. NMC, an ‘untouchable’ among medical fraternity is actually a victim of mistrust. Will the government shepherd Indian Healthcare to more credibility and effectiveness without messing it up?
Sriram Vankataraman, a medical doctor-turned IAS officer had served as sub-collector in Devikulam in Kerala’s Idukki District. He turned hero and youth icon for his strong action against illegal encroachers in Munnar, Kerala’s prime tourist destination. He, reportedly inebriated knocked down a two-wheeler borne-journalist with his car which he drove rashly. The Hero turned zero instantly. Even a moment’s Indiscretion isn’t a good companion especially for people holding responsible office, and who are looked up to.
The NDA spearheaded by BJP and captained by one man -Narendra Modi was swept to a second term to govern India, in the process banishing a nonexistent opposition into further nonexistence, on the tide of a majority that surpassed everybody’s expectations. The results of Elections 2019 was so spectacular, rendering NDA win for at least 3 more subsequent elections a certainty.
A day amidst tea plantations of different shades of green, birdsong and lack of intrutions by modern day ‘amenities’ like internet and whatsApp, had us unwind right within nature’s arms, giving us much-needed break as family
Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, facing trial in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, yet contesting the 2019 Lok Sabha polls from Bhopal against senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh terms Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse ‘a patriot’. This comes close to the heels of her loud mouthing that Hemant Karkare, the Anti-terrorist Chief who was investigating her role in the Malegaon Blast Case and died in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, died because she cursed him. These two unutterables, during her campaigning represents the grotesque visage of the party she represents- the BJP, and all that it stands for.
The Pakistan-backed JeM-masterminded suicide bomb attack on February 14, 2019 on a CRPF convoy in Pulwama in J&K killing 40 has resulted in a surgical strike on terror exporters deep in Pakistan. But what is warranted is cleaning the nation’s stables within her borders
Writer By Chance. 