By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Teachers’ Day has gone by yesterday. Although different countries across the world celebrate their Teachers’ Days on different dates thankfully most countries have this tradition. In India our age-old Teachers’ Day was on ‘Guru Poornima’ the full moon day of the month of Ashada which falls in June or…

By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Even as we are going through a very grim and devastating flood situation, we are reading many disturbing reports of tourists being stranded in flooded resorts and home stays. A notable example is of the hundreds of tourists, including a handful of foreigners, who had to be evacuated at…

By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD It was reported in the press very recently that our Government that existed technically until two days ago was thinking of building a median with Jersey Barriers all along the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway that is right now under renovation. I used the term ‘technically’ because I felt that it was…

By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Yesterday morning when I saw my newspaper headline I almost choked on my own laughter. Although we are told that it is a good thing to start your day laughing since we can never say how the rest of the day may turn out, it was no laughing matter…

By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Last week I told you about the time long ago, when I drove buses and today I will be telling you about how as a young boy I used to drive trucks and also about how I came to acquire a driving licence for heavy transport vehicles. Incidentally, after…