Medical attention by doctors, both general practitioners and specialists as well as super-specialists (whose expertise lies in a well-defined narrow area of medicine) to (a) Patients who can convey about their affliction to the whitecoat-attired fraternity with clarity (even with the help of technical terminology) and (b) Patients who cannot disclose their health problems, leaving…

Aspiring for good Governance on the part of the land’s people and the extent to which its successive governments have measured upto that daunting task seem to have sidelined people’s role in bridging the two aforementioned sides to the nation’s wellness. In a certain sense, the country’s people as a mass have been contributing enormously…

While the Police force is respected in some countries nationally and feared in some others, one is not sure where the khaki-clad law-keepers stand in respect of their connect with the land’s people at large. But, for sure, the cops no longer enjoy the power of wielding their lathi as they did during the years…

Thanks to the many entitlements of the land’s senior citizens governed by both provisions made in its Constitution and laws introduced subsequently on different occasions as well as additional facilities that have been in practice by private agencies in the corporate sector, the beneficiaries don’t seem to have been totally neglected by the rest in…

While most poets writing their lines about birds in general and their favourites in particular fascinate themselves and their adoring readers glorifying the flight at great heights and over long distances across the planet earth as well as the magical colours of their plumes adorning the headgear of monarchs and women with captivating looks, poet…

A seasoned columnist respected for his astute analysis of the ways of public figures in the West has rightly observed that the people we need to hear from most are the ones who make themselves heard the least. The land has a legacy of rich literature marked by words of wisdom attributed to its cognoscenti…

Officers of various Departments of the Government and those of companies in the corporate sector make a fascinating study of their ambiance. While the scene that strikes an observer in the offices of either Union Government or its counterparts in the States and Union Territories across the country may fall into a common pattern familiar…

Presence of women in fields, raising grains, filling the country’s food basket from the stage of sowing to the stage of moving the harvested mass rid of the inedible dockage for stocking before turning it to a commodity in the land’s commerce appears to have been taken for granted. The home-maker’s untiring inputs in keeping…

Usually, rare events, including the case of a man biting the dog, when reported in the print media, not only draw the attention of readers of dailies but also figures in the evening sessions of the urban literati sipping their favourite beverage in drawing rooms or in parks as well as restaurants. However, the recurring…

The need for and importance of raising the skill set in the economically productive sections of the nation’s population, estimated as more than three-fourths of its total headcount have just been bestowed focussed attention by the incumbent governments, both at the centre and a few states, including Karnataka. The much delayed change in the mindset…