By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Despite numerous suggestions and appeals and a few feeble protests too, from some very sensible and concerned individuals and groups, our State government seems hell-bent on creating a new bus stand for our city, in the now beautiful Bannimantap area. Yes, all protests in Namma Mysuru have always been…
Over the past few weeks, hospitals have seen a strange epidemic — not of heart attacks, but of panic attacks about heart attacks. I should know. I was one of them. With a family history of heart disease, my anxiety wasn’t entirely irrational. It all started in 2021 with the shocking death of actor Puneeth…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD In a move which is perhaps the first-of-its-kind in our country, a Judge of the Allahabad High Court is on the verge of being impeached and the process of collecting the signatures of our legislators, necessary for the purpose, is already underway. This has been necessitated because of the…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD The recent announcement by an international drug testing laboratory that many anti-cancer drugs of Indian origin have failed to clear quality tests by alarmingly wide margins, should come as an eye-opener to our authorities vested with the very crucial responsibility of the enforcement of drug quality control standards. The…
While writing the Abracadabra titled “Pondering over wars and warmongers of the world!” on June 19, 2025, I remembered my trip to Israel 28 years ago. In 1997, I went on a Christian Holy pilgrimage to Israel with my Hindu friend late R. Gururaja, a retired Commissioner of Provident Fund (PF), Karnataka, along with a…
War begins in the minds of men.— Atharvaveda War is to man, what maternity is to woman.— Benito Mussolini Has Operation Sindoor accomplished its mission? Yes or No? The answer is both Yes or No. No, because it is only a Ceasefire. How many times Prime Minister Narendra Modi must say this? The answer is…
By Dr. K. Javed Nayeem, MD Some time ago, I had an occasion to write an article about how a petty thief who had stolen a pair of buffaloes and a calf in Karnataka, was nabbed far away in Maharashtra, a full fifty-seven years after he had committed the crime. The man, who had indulged…
Recent events underscore how language is becoming a flashpoint. From pro-Kannada protests over shop signage to actor Kamal Haasan’s factually incorrect claim that “Kannada was born from Tamil,” linguistic tensions are simmering. Imagine the uproar if a Kannada actor went to Tamil Nadu and claimed the reverse. A riot would not be far-fetched. Language isn’t…
I strongly feel that Google and the miracle of digital technology, WhatsApp, are greatly contributing to educate people and widen their knowledge on every subject under the sun. Talk of self-education? These are the two no-cost, all-time tools. A doctor friend of mine was so annoyed with his lady patient who began to spew her…
A victory celebration turned to tragedy. But when the state of our Police and the quality of our political leadership are tragic, we are bound to have tragedies. It appears the reasons for the Bengaluru stampede were a collective failure of the Bengaluru Police, the politicians and the RCB marketing team. The Police failed to act…
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