I have had the golden opportunity of watching Dr. Raj Kumar from my age of 10 years due to my father’s close association with the veteran superstar. I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to supervise his Physiotherapy sessions at HOSMAT Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Hospital in Bengaluru during 1995, when he had developed severe…
By Dr. Veena Bharathi “Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into the dark rooms of our souls.” —Ingmar Bergman, Acclaimed Swedish Director About sixty years back, my father Ashwathanarayan started the very first movie theatre in his…
Bengaluru: The Biography of Veteran Director, Actor and Environmentalist Suresh Heblikar, “Live With Dreams”, written by Dr. Veena Bharathi (an alumnus of Mysore Medical College and Research Institute) and published by Sapna Book House – Publishing Wing, has been selected by the Karnataka Government Book Selection Committee for the year 2018, to be distributed among…
Matte Haadalilla Kogile… By Dr. Veena Bharathi I consider myself extremely fortunate since I could meet and speak to the legendary singer S.P. Balasubrahmanyam (SPB) in 2005 and 2007 in Bengaluru. In 2005, when my husband was working as the CEO of Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain Hospital, I had guided the Medical team that…
Mysuru: A talk on Women’s Mental Health (Mahileyara Maanasika Aarogya) in Kannada was given by Dr. Veena Bharathi (an alumnus of Mysore Medical College and Research Institute) on Dec.18 at B.M. Shree Hall, Bengaluru. The function was organised by Karnataka Lekhakiyara Sangha, Bengaluru and sponsored by Department of Kannada and Culture. Dr. Veena Bharathi spoke…
By Dr. Veena Bharathi, Diabetes and Diabetes related distress “Diabetes concerns every family” is the theme of World Diabetes Day observed on Nov.14 and Diabetes Awareness Month this November. The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) is raising awareness of the impact that diabetes has on the family and promoting the role of the family in diabetes…
Mother’s Day is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, most commonly in March or May. In most countries including India, Mother’s Day is celebrated every year on the second Sunday of May. This year, Mother’s Day coincides with International Nurses Day, which is also celebrated each year on May 12 to…
The 11th edition of BIFFes (Bengaluru International Film Festival) will be kickstarted on Feb.21 at The Orion Mall in Rajajinagar, Bengaluru. The week-long festival of movies will be screened on 11 screens till Feb. 28. Ahead of BIFFes-2019, Dr. Veena Bharathi interviewed Namma Preetiya Huduga Nagathihalli Chandrashekar, the present Chairman of Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy, for…
By Dr. Veena Bharathi The Mysore Medical School was started in 1924. Although it was started at Bangalore, it was named ‘The Mysore Medical School’ because it was the first-of-its-kind in Mysore State. The Medical School started training the so-called “Sub-Assistant Surgeons.” The course was for four years to be qualified as LMP (Licensed Medical…
MAA Utsav of Mysore Medical College Alumni Association tomorrow: Reminiscences By Dr. Veena Bharathi In May 1981, when I attended my very first Para-Clinical subjects’ theory class at MMC (Mysore Medical College), I was feeling a bit left out, reason being that I had just then been granted a transfer to MMC, after my one-and-a-half-year…
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