By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD It was distressing to read reports that thousands of birds’ nests, eggs and hatchlings at the Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary were washed away recently when the floodgates of the KRS Dam were opened to let out the water that exceeded its storage capacity. This is not the first time that…
Let us resurrect the NICE Road Project
August 3, 2018By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Since I wrote three weeks ago, about the pitfalls of upgrading the existing NH 275 that links Mysuru and Bengaluru without changing its present alignment, many readers have sent in their suggestions about how best we should go about connecting the two cities so that this now nightmarish journey…
Helpless Cupid & the Helpful Cross!
July 27, 2018By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Taking up the string of my narration from where I left off last week, I would like to remind readers here that truth can often be stranger than fiction and this is what amazing and sometimes incredible real life stories are made of. This is one such story of…
Two Keepers of the Holy Cross !
July 20, 2018By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD The recent passing away of Fr. Denis Noronha, a very well-known catholic priest of the Mysuru Diocese, brings to my mind snippets of my very long association with him as I started my education and completed it right up to the B.Sc. level, entirely in Christian educational institutions in…
A Road Map for NH 275
July 13, 2018By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Yes, that is going to be the new name of the now ‘not-so-good-old’ Mysore-Bangalore road that we have all been driving on all these years. The debate on whether we should or should not widen the existing road between Mysuru and Bengaluru seems to have started, at least on…
Race Course in a Race against Time
June 22, 2018By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Perched, rather precariously now, at the two ends of one of the most majestic roads of our city are two of its most iconic and notable landmarks — the Mysore Race Course and the Lalitha Mahal Palace, both being the gifts of our erstwhile Maharajas which strengthen the royal…
Musings on Dogs and Men!
June 8, 2018By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Being neither a dog-lover nor a dog-hater, little did I think that I would be writing about dogs and men today. But that was only until I read in yesterday’s SOM that our City Corporation is seriously planning to regulate dog ownership within the limits of Namma Mysuru. The…
The Nipah Virus Scare!
May 25, 2018By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Like a bolt from the blue, the spectre of the deadly Nipah virus infection which was almost unknown to most people has come into the limelight over the past two weeks. The first known outbreak of this disease was from the village of Nipah in Malaysia in the year…
Elections: The Grouse of the Disappointed Urban Elite
May 11, 2018By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Ever since I wrote my last Friday’s piece urging more and more townsfolk to shed their apathy to our elections and come out of their comfort zone to cast their votes, I have found myself at the receiving end of their angst. My inbox is full of letters, just…
Village-dwelling Voters versus Town-dwelling Dodgers!
May 4, 2018By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD The transient villager that I once was out of my own volition by choosing to practice for many years as a doctor attached to a very remotely located village hospital, I have seen a great deal of difference between the way villagers and townspeople view our elections. Today, our…
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